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People v. Holmes
In accepting defendant's plea, trial court must garner information regarding factual basis either from defendant or counsel. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 1, 2004
People v. Johnson
Trial court's amplification to jury about reasonable doubt requires retrial. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jul. 1, 2004
State of Arizona v. Johnson
Court did not abuse its discretion in sexual assualt case when it answered question from jury during deliberations. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 30, 2004
U.S. v. Diaz-Cardenas
Defendant convicted of importing drugs was not entitled to benefit of new sentencing law. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 30, 2004
Collins v. Rice
Court rejects state's argument that peremptory challenges were race neutral in drug possession case. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 30, 2004
U.S. v. Grajeda-Ramirez
Violation of Colorado reckless vehicular assault statute is considered 'crime of violence' for sentencing purposes. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 30, 2004
U.S. v. Wenner
Court rules that Washington residential burglary is not crime of violence warranting sentence enhancement. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 29, 2004
U.S. v. Friedman
Defendant's involuntary commitment to custody of Attorney General is warranted based on finding of mental illness. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 29, 2004
Bartlett v. Alameida
State must prove that convicted sex offender knew or probably knew of his lifelong duty to register as sex offender. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 29, 2004
Taylor v. Maddox
Teenage defendant's confession is inadmissible because police did not abide by his requests for attorney. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 29, 2004
U.S. v. Plancarte-Alvarez
Evidence of defendant's prior acts involving drug smuggling are admissible to support purposeful and repetitive conduct. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 29, 2004
U.S. v. Kovac
Statement in pretrial sentence report is not sufficient evidence to designate defendant as career offender. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 29, 2004
U.S. v. Brooks
Search of hotel room based on "911" call from adjacent room reporting suspected beating was lawful. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 29, 2004
U.S. v. Lynch
Defendant violated Hobbs Act because his unlawful actions had direct effect on interstate commerce. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 29, 2004
U.S. v. Benitez-Perez
Defendant's earlier possession for sale conviction is 'drug trafficking' offense justifying 16 level sentencing enhancement. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 29, 2004
U.S. v. Arellano-Gallegos
District court's failure to ascertain whether defendant's waiver of appeal was knowing and voluntary before acceptance of plea was plain error. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 29, 2004
U.S. v. Ratigan
Court's subject matter jurisdiction over bank robbery charge cannot be undemined by insufficient evidence of bank's FDIC insurance status. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 29, 2004
U.S. v. Williams
Court improperly required defendant to take psychotropic medication as condition of supervised release. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 29, 2004
U.S. v. Christian
Police did not exceed proper scope of investigatory stop by demanding defendant's identification. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 29, 2004
U.S. v. Terry-Crespo
911 call had sufficient indicia of reliability to provide police with reasonable articulable suspicion justifying investigatory stop. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 29, 2004
Ellis v. U.S. District Court (United States of America)
District court exceeds authority in determining plea should be vacated following its rejection of plea agreement. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 29, 2004
U.S. v. Medina-Maella
Prior felony conviction for lewd or lascivious acts on child constitutes conviction for 'crime of violence' under federal sentencing guidelines. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 29, 2004
U.S. v. Toliver
Jury's inability to determine quantity or type of drugs involved in conspiracy did not entitled defendants to acquittal. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 29, 2004
Laws v. Lamarque
One-year deadline to file federal habeas petition may be tolled due to petitioner's mental incompetency. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 28, 2004
U.S. v. Doe
Court may deny sentence reduction under federal rule based on factors other than defendant's assistance to government. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 28, 2004
Desyllas v. Bernstine
Official's mere questioning and requests to turn over stolen property did not amount to a violation of appellant's Fourth Amendment rights. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 28, 2004
U.S. v. Melchor-Zaragoza
Conspiracy to take several hostages is properly treated as separate offenses committed against separate victims for sentencing purposes. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 28, 2004
In re Young
Second strike inmate is not entitled to 'Heroic Act' credit for saving life of prison employee. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 22, 2004
U.S. v. Benitez
Failure to inform defendant he could not withdraw guilty plea if court did not accept sentencing recommendation in plea agreement is plain error. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 22, 2004
John L. v. Superior Court (People)
There is no ex post facto violation in applying Proposition 21 to revoke juvenile probation when underlying offense occurred before effective date. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 22, 2004
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