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State v. Hern
Defendant's prior conviction was erroneously counted as 'strike' for sentencing purposes. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 22, 2002
State v. Taylor
Trial court erroneously sentenced defendant to community custody based on early release when defendant was not entitled to early release. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 22, 2002
Yuille v. State
Prospective adoptive parent accused of being abusive fails to show evaluation was made in bad faith. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 22, 2002
State v. Jones
Police were not justified in searching purse of passenger riding in defendant's car. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 22, 2002
State v. Sanchez
Defendant may not withdraw guilty plea despite receiving longer sentence than promised in plea agreement. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 22, 2002
State v. Baldwin
Defendant's convictions for both identity theft and forgery do not violate prohibition against double jeopardy. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 21, 2002
State v. Waggy
Sex offender's guilty plea is valid even if he was not informed of conditions of community custody restricting his freedoms. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 21, 2002
State v. Jackson
Defendant did not have sufficient privacy interest to require warrant to attach global tracking device on vehicle. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 21, 2002
People v. Mata
No ineffective assistance of counsel where defense counsel is charged with traffic offenses. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 20, 2002
State v. Spencer
Defendant was entitled to call witness to impeach credibility of other witness. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 20, 2002
State v. King
Defendant's failure to register as sex offender counts as prior sex offense for purposes of sentencing. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 20, 2002
State v. Claypool
Interest on restitution accrues from date of judgment, not release from custody. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 20, 2002
State v. McGovern
Affidavit contained sufficient facts to justify issuance of search warrant. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 20, 2002
Personal Restraint Petition of Mines
Parole board's failure to produce tape of revocation hearing requires new hearing. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 20, 2002
State v. Rodriguez
Prosecution witness should not have appeared in court in prison garb and shackles. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 20, 2002
U.S. v. Ma
Court's improper colloquy during guilty plea does not constitute plain error. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 20, 2002
Jennings v. Woodford
Prejudicial error found where counsel failed to investigate psychiatric evidence which could have been presented as client's defense during murder trial. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 20, 2002
Reynolds v. Cambra
'Apprendi v. New Jersey' does not apply retroactively. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 20, 2002
People v. Darbe
Self-defense instruction is not required to refer to defendant's exposure to domestic violence. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 15, 2002
People v. Barton
Defendant's due process rights were not violated where he was retried after jury failed to agree. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 15, 2002
People v. Belgard
Defendant is not entitled to additional reduction of sentence after trial court reduces mandatory minimum sentence. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 15, 2002
People v. Campbell
Different penalties for use and possession of controlled substances do not violate equal protection requirement. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 15, 2002
State v. Tarter
Numerous telephone calls and heavy traffic to hotel room within short period established probable cause to issue search warrant. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 14, 2002
Moore v. Schoeman
Habeas petition with unexhausted claims must be dismissed in entirety without prejudice or denied in entirety on merits. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 14, 2002
State v. Gonzales
Trial with biased juror and prosecutorial misconduct requires retrial. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 14, 2002
U.S. v. Tush
Defendant's stipulation prior to guilty plea relieved government of proving interstate commerce element of arson. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 14, 2002
People v. Wutzke
Defendant who lives with victims' grandmother as her husband and has grandfather relationship with victim is 'relative' for purposes of probation eligibility. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 14, 2002
People v. Hurtado
Legislature's failure to define 'predatory' in sexually violent predator statute is harmless error and warrants defendant's committal to hospital. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 14, 2002
People v. Hurtado
Order 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 14, 2002
State v. Torres
Defendant's right to speedy trial was not violated, but he must be resentenced. 		Criminal Law and Procedure May 14, 2002
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