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U.S. v. LeVeque
Government-issued license is not 'property' for purposes of mail fraud statute. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 26, 2002
Karis v. Calderon
Failure to present mitigation evidence during penalty phase is not too speculative to find counsel constitutionally ineffective. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 26, 2002
U.S. v. Thompson
Sentence enhancement based on number of child pornography computer files was correctly applied. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 24, 2002
U.S. v. Angevine
Professor had no reasonable expectation of privacy when downloading child pornography on university computer. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 24, 2002
Butler v. Elle
Because of material failures and omissions in investigator's affidavit, warrant is issued without probable cause. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 24, 2002
Florez v. Williams
Denial of ineffective assistance of counsel claims arising from failure to request instructions is contrary to federal law. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 24, 2002
Chia v. Cambra
Because statements to police were reliable and crucial to defense, it was error for trial court to exclude them. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 24, 2002
U.S. v. Cummings
International Parental Kidnapping Crime Act is valid exercise of Congress' Commerce Clause powers. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 24, 2002
Matus-Leva v. U.S.
Writ of error coram nobis is unavailable to defendant who is in custody and more usual remedy of habeas petition is available. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 22, 2002
U.S. v. Working
Court abused discretion in sentencing defendant to one day for assault with intent to commit first-degree murder. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 22, 2002
People v. Taylor
Police officers may stop vehicle to arrest passenger therein without violating Fourth Amendment rights of driver. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 22, 2002
People v. Smith
Officers' warrantless entry was not justified by emergency exception. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 22, 2002
People v. Haley
Police lacked reasonable suspicion to conduct dog sniff search of exterior of automobile for illegal substances. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 22, 2002
People v. Heilman
Officer seized defendant and his van without reasonable suspicion. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 22, 2002
People v. Polander
Trial court erred in finding that investigatory stop of defendant's in parking lot wasn't supported by reasonable articulable suspicion. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 21, 2002
People v. Miranda-Olivas
Police officer's statement about defendant's girlfriend, made to urge defendant to tell truth, didn't amount to coercive conduct. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 21, 2002
State v. Shepherd
Defendant convicted of drug possession failed to show he was providing marijuana to patient for medical purposes. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 19, 2002
State v. Pietrzak
Defendant's pre-crime statements may corroborate post-crime statements to prove homicide had occurred. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 19, 2002
State v. Perry
Multiple juvenile convictions for which defendant was sentenced on same day count as single conviction under former Sentencing Reform Act. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 19, 2002
Johnson v. McKune
Although Supreme Court ruling decided before defendant's conviction is final, ruling is not retroactively available on collateral review. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 17, 2002
U.S. v. Thompson
Indictment is properly dismissed where government attempts to prosecute beyond statutory time limit. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 17, 2002
U.S. v. Golyansky
District court abused its discretion in excluding Government's witness as discovery sanction. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 17, 2002
People v. Moody
Enhancement imposed upon 'Second Strike' offender for armed robbery was improperly calculated. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 17, 2002
People v. Mancebo
Sentence enhancement for personal gun use was improperly imposed when One Strike law had already been applied. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 17, 2002
People v. Moore
Substantial evidence supported defendant's conviction for attempted murder. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 17, 2002
People v. Castro
When legal necessity requires mistrial Double Jeopardy Clause isn't violated by retrial and Legislature may reduce conduct credits for murderers without voter approval. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 17, 2002
People v. Burgess
Legislative enactment adopting more restrictive formula for calculation of conduct credits doesn't require voter approval. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 16, 2002
People v. Castro
Order 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 16, 2002
US v. Lujan
During sentencing, failure to object to indictment specifying drug quantity will not afford convicted drug offender reversal under Apprendi. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 16, 2002
Turner v. Calderon
Denial of evidentiary hearing to uncover potentially persuasive mitigating evidence for use during penalty phase was constitutionally ineffective. 		Criminal Law and Procedure Apr. 15, 2002
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