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Case #	Name	Category	Court	Judge	Published
S107791	People v. Butler Defendant may challenge sufficiency of HIV testing evidence on appeal even in absence of timely objection.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jan. 23, 2004
02-1060	Illinois v. Lidster Traffic stop aimed at obtaining information from motorists regarding past crime did not violate Fourth Amendment.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jan. 21, 2004
02-50492	U.S. v. Bright District court could not have reduced or offset defendant's obligations for forfeited funds not paid over to his victims.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jan. 13, 2004
02-15215	Hell's Angels Motorcycle Corp. v. McKinley Corporation had no reasonable expectation of privacy in documents that were subject of previous lawful seizure.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jan. 13, 2004
S069685	In re Price Order	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jan. 8, 2004
03-30025	U.S. v. Peterson Police entry into defendant's residence after someone inside suddenly opened door wasn't unreasonable under Fourth Amendment.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jan. 6, 2004
02-50482	U.S. v. Peyton Presumption of vindictiveness did not arise at appellant's resentencing because adjustment was supported by record.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jan. 6, 2004
02-35124	Lord v. Lambert Use of witness testimony derived from intercepted cordless phone conversation did not result in miscarriage of justice for defendant.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jan. 5, 2004
01-30158	U.S. v. Brown District court was not precluded from considering additional 34 grams of cocaine for purposes of raising defendant's sentencing range.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Jan. 5, 2004
02-809	Maryland v. Pringle Defendant's argument that his confession was fruit of illegal arrest is rejected because officers had probable cause to arrest.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Dec. 23, 2003
02-6683	Castro v. U.S. Federal court cannot recharacterize prisoner's pro se motion for new trial as habeas petition without warning.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Dec. 23, 2003
D037485	People v. Athar Single overt act committed during limitations period supports conviction for multiple transactions of money laundering.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Dec. 22, 2003
B142943	People v. Smith Pre-arrest sentence manipulation by police violated defendants' due process rights and requires modification of their sentences.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Dec. 21, 2003
03-406	Opinion of Lockyer Neither federal statutes nor state statutes governing issuance of subpeonas provide authority for state law enforcement officers to use pen registers.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Dec. 19, 2003
G029933	People v. Pigage Deputy district attorney who repeatedly threatened to defy court order committed prosecutorial misconduct.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Dec. 18, 2003
B163585	People v. Tardy Pleading was sufficient to put defendant on notice of prior conviction that would support enhanced sentence.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Dec. 12, 2003
B159949	In re Calhoun Medical personnel did not act improperly in treating sexually violent predators with psychotropic drugs.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Dec. 12, 2003
B163411	People v. Punzalan City lacks standing to challenge court's order sealing arrest record of factually innocent defendant.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Dec. 12, 2003
E032345	People v. Pirnia Physician who performed unsuccessful breast enhancement while his license was suspended is guilty of mayhem.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Dec. 12, 2003
C042734	People v. Dixon Defendant's failure to report by mail to probation officer was non-drug related violation of probation under Proposition 36.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Dec. 12, 2003
B145387	People v. Cervantes Same prior conviction cannot be used to qualify for 25-years-to-life sentence and as strike under Three Strikes law.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Dec. 11, 2003
A092567	People v. Chico Trial court did not err by imposing consecutive firearms enhancement for each of four counts of robbery stemming from simultaneous robbery of four victims.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Dec. 11, 2003
G028636	Burris v. Superior Court (People) Penal code section does not bar district attorney from refiling dismissed misdemeanor charge as felony.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Dec. 10, 2003
S101183	People v. Batts Prosecutor's intentional misconduct that resulted in mistrial did not bar retrial of defendants.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Dec. 10, 2003
D042054	Abatti v. Superior Court (People) Court will determine whether former police officer's personnel records indicated propensity to fabricate facts.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Dec. 10, 2003
B156926	People v. Aguilar Appeal dismissed for failure to obtain in timely manner required certificates of probable cause.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Dec. 10, 2003
G027960	People v. Anson Citizen's arrest of defendant was timely and subsequent search of defendant's camper was lawful.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Dec. 10, 2003
C041637	People v. Duncan Judge decides not to remand Vietnam veteran's manslaughter case for resentencing.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Dec. 10, 2003
S015381	People v. Carter Because trial court's errors were nonprejudicial, defendant's sentence of death is affirmed.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Dec. 10, 2003
C039029	People v. Garza Imposition of full and separately served enhancement is proper where crimes involve sodomy and forced oral copulation.	Criminal Law and Procedure			Dec. 9, 2003