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People v. Bianco
Court acted within its discretion in imposing probation condition prohibiting defendant, who obtained recommendation for medicinal marijuana, from using or possessing marijuana. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Dec. 10, 2001
People v. Acevedo
Court prejudicially erred in precluding cross-examination about partition ratio used to convert urine-alcohol measurement into blood-alcohol equivalent. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Dec. 10, 2001
State v. Armstrong
Defendant who violated plea agreement cannot withdraw guilty plea, and state may file additional charges. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Dec. 10, 2001
People v. McPherson
Resentencing of defendant to department of corrections after rejection of community corrections did not violate due process. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Dec. 9, 2001
People v. Mancebo
Order 		Criminal Law and Procedure Dec. 6, 2001
People v. Medina
Order 		Criminal Law and Procedure Dec. 6, 2001
U.S. v. Michaud
Police didn't initiate questioning after defendant invoked her right to counsel, therefore suppression motion was properly denied. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Dec. 6, 2001
U.S. v. Adelzo-Gonzalez
Court abused its discretion by failing to make adequate inquiry into defendant's requests to substitute counsel. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Dec. 6, 2001
U.S. v. Severino
Sentence of drug offender may be enhanced based on prior drug felony convictions so long as prosecution files information with court. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Dec. 6, 2001
Ainsworth v. Woodford
Defendant, whose attorney failed to investigate and present mitigating evidence at penalty phase of trial, received ineffective assistance. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Dec. 6, 2001
U.S. v. Hannah
Court did not provide adequate explanation for three level upward departure in defendant's sentence. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Dec. 6, 2001
U.S. v. Olabanji
Court must consider sentencing guideline for underlying offense upon resentencing. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Dec. 6, 2001
U.S. v. Summers
Fourth Amendment was not violated by voluntary police stop, jury instructions were not confusing, and Armed Career Criminal Act is facially constitutional. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Dec. 6, 2001
U.S. v. Chavez- Valenzuela
Fourth Amendment violation is found when driver's nervousness was not sufficient factor for reasonable suspicion to warrant officer's request of vehicle search. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Dec. 6, 2001
U.S. v. Adams
Trial court did not err by excluding expert testimony that merely vouched for credibility of another witness. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Dec. 4, 2001
US v. Sherwin
Patrol car door qualifies as dangerous weapon for purposes of applying sentencing guidelines of aggravated assault offense. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Dec. 4, 2001
U.S. v. Williams
Nervousness of driver and discrepancy of car rental papers justified search of automobile. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Dec. 4, 2001
State v. Fire
Defendant was not prejudiced when required to use peremptory challenge to excuse juror who should have been dismissed for cause. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Dec. 4, 2001
People v. Mabini
Testimony of child with whom defendant committed similar acts of child molestation was sufficient to corroborate victim's testimony. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Dec. 3, 2001
State v. Rasmussen
Defendant sentenced for four offenses on same day should have received concurrent sentences. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Nov. 30, 2001
State v. Vasquez
Licensing department's findings regarding probable cause do not prevent trial court from revisiting issue. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Nov. 30, 2001
State v. DeVries
Juvenile defendant denied right to present closing argument is entitled to new trial. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Nov. 30, 2001
U.S. v. Hanson
Upward sentence departure for pre-meditated murder appropriate. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Nov. 30, 2001
People v. Marshall
Trial court's failure to instruct jury to find elements of sentence enhancement statute beyond a reasonable doubt is harmless error. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Nov. 29, 2001
People v. Marshall
Trial court's failure to instruct jury to find elements of sentence enhancement statute beyond a reasonable doubt is harmless error. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Nov. 29, 2001
U.S. v. Minjares-Alvarez
Among other things, suppression of defendant's statements made to federal agents isn't appropriate remedy for violation of Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Nov. 29, 2001
U.S. v. Purdy
Statute which prosecutes 'unlawful users of controlled substances' survives vagueness challenge. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Nov. 29, 2001
U.S. v. Smith
Completion of first step in process of manufacturing methamphetamine constituted substantial step and warranted imposing longer sentence. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Nov. 29, 2001
U.S. v. Davis
Court did not depart downward based on defendant's diminished mental capacity because criminal history demonstrated need for incarceration to protect public. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Nov. 29, 2001
U.S. v. Cannon
Storage rooms connected to guest house are within curtilage of main house and therefore are covered by search warrant. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Nov. 29, 2001
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