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Tomlinson v. Mendez
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 3, 2001
State v. Woods
Court affirms death penalty in case where defendant is convicted of the murders of two women and the attempted murder of another.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 3, 2001
People v. Garcia
Evidence that sex offender was given notice of registration requirement before being paroled is sufficient to support conviction for failing to register.
Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 1, 2001
People v. Superior Court (Laff)
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure Jun. 1, 2001
U.S. v. Asido
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 31, 2001
People v. Superior Court (Laff)
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 30, 2001
People v. Hoover
Defendant's prior bad acts of domestic violence against girlfriend are admissible to prove current physical abuse.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 29, 2001
People v. Graves
Double punishment is not permissible under three strikes law.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 29, 2001
People v. Mar
Accused's right against self-incrimination is not violated when he is required to wear electric stun belt while testifying at trial.
Criminal Law and Procedure May 29, 2001
People v. Briscoe
Order
Criminal Law and Procedure May 29, 2001
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