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People v. Harper
Amendment to certificate of rehabilitation process does not violate ex post facto clause because it is administrative, not punitive mechanism.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 28, 2001
People v. Schmidt
Statute making it a criminal offense for ex-felon to possess firearm doesn't violate ex post fact clause.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 28, 2001
State v. Ahluwalia
Petitioner, neither acquitted nor convicted of lesser charge of second-degree murder in first trial, was properly retried for second-degree murder.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 28, 2001
State v. Guilliot
Court does not err in excluding evidence of personality disorder and expert's opinion testimony when it would not have helped jury.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 28, 2001
People v. Barba
Where defendant commits sexual offenses on one single victim, court may not treat offenses as separate and impose multiple life terms.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 25, 2001
People v. Martin
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 25, 2001
Fultz v. Stratman
Special parole statute bars Parole Commission from imposing new term of special parole following revocation.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 24, 2001
Tuggle on Habeas Corpus
Review granted
Criminal Law and Procedure May 24, 2001
U.S. v. Sanchez
Conviction cannot stand where prosecutor commits misconduct by forcing defendant to characterize Deputy U.S. Marshal as liar during cross-examination.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 24, 2001
State v. Lusby
Trial court erroneouly believed it lacked discretion to refer drug offender to work ethic camp.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 24, 2001
People v. Diaz
Court applies three strikes law and punishment enhancement provision in sentencing habitual rapist.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 24, 2001
People v. Acosta
Statute that permits prior bad acts in domestic violence case doesn't violate due process or equal protection clause.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 23, 2001
People v. Belcher
'One-strike' law, imposing mandatory life sentence for certain crimes, subjects defendant to only one life sentence per victim per single occasion.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 23, 2001
People v. Bohannon
Court errs in sentencing convicted rapist by failing to order preparation of probation report to be considered at sentencing.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 23, 2001
Walter v. Wilkinson
Evaluation to determine if individual is sexually violent person must include separate examinations by experts within short-time frame.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 23, 2001
State v. Burden
Criminal charges must be dropped when State loses materially exculpatory evidence.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 23, 2001
State v. Williams
Evidence of lack of criminal history should have been admitted to rebut testimony of defendant's reputation as thief.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 23, 2001
Chamberlain v. Shanks
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 23, 2001
U.S. v. 1,100 Machine Gun Receivers
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 23, 2001
U.S. v. Black
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 23, 2001
State v. Cronin
Criminal accomplice must have intended to help commit the specific offense charged, not 'any' crime.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 22, 2001
Washington v. Nolan
Court may require convicted criminal to pay State's costs for appellate review.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 22, 2001
State v. Fulps
Defendant's right to speedy trial under state law is violated when trial is scheduled nine months after release from bail.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 22, 2001
State v. Sullivan
Pseudo-legal documents do not qualify as judicial process for purpose of prosecuting defendant under barratry statute.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 22, 2001
Personal Restraint of Perkins
Court of Appeals had authority to transfer second personal restraint petition to state supreme court.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 22, 2001
State v. Chapman
Court errs in reversing accused conviction for violation of 'no-contact order.'
Criminal Law and Procedure May 21, 2001
In re Greening
Petition against unlawful sentence filed more than one year after sentencing is not time barred if there is significant change in law.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 21, 2001
State v. Twyman
Jury selection that only includes three zip codes of county is constitutional so long as resultant jury is fair and impartial.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 21, 2001
State v. Platt
Individual committed to state hospital after not guilty by reason of insanity defense has burden to prove fitness for conditional release.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 21, 2001
State of Washington v. Ferguson
Aggravated exceptional sentence may not be based on charged element of underlying offense
Criminal Law and Procedure May 21, 2001