Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
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98-5218
|
U.S. v. Hughes
Failure to demonstrate effective withdrawal from conspiracy supports defendant's prison term. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Oct. 28, 1999 | |
98-6161
|
Davis v. United States
It is error to dismiss case, for failure to join indispensable party, simply because tribe's sovereign immunity prevents it from being joined. |
Civil Procedure |
|
Oct. 28, 1999 | |
98-6004
|
Moore v. Gibson
Trial court errs in denying discovery with respect to defendant's claim that the police planted evidence against him. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Oct. 28, 1999 | |
99-2119
|
Davis v. Madrid
Order |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Oct. 28, 1999 | |
99-8042
|
Williams v. Wyoming Attorney General
Order |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Oct. 28, 1999 | |
98-1427
|
Rice v. Christopher
Order |
Civil Rights |
|
Oct. 28, 1999 | |
98-5186
|
Howell v. Apfel
Order |
Administrative Agencies |
|
Oct. 28, 1999 | |
97-2355
|
Nevins v. McKinley Capital Management, Inc.
Order |
Civil Procedure |
|
Oct. 28, 1999 | |
a074501
|
People v. Superior Court (Cain)
Law authorizing civil commitment for sexually violent predators is not ex post facto law. |
Constitutional Law |
|
Oct. 28, 1999 | |
S060563
|
People v. Givens
Legal and scientific developments validate use of 'unmodified product rule' to quantify DNA test results. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Oct. 28, 1999 | |
S063516
|
People v. Bogard
Review granted |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Oct. 28, 1999 | |
S063653
|
People v. Superior Court (Branham)
Review granted |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Oct. 28, 1999 | |
A074574
|
People v. Wright
Defendant is entitled to definitive minimum term in life sentence with possibility of parole. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Oct. 28, 1999 | |
D027417
|
People v. Sullivan
Court may order defendant to pay restitution for victim's medical expenses even though victim was insured. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Oct. 28, 1999 | |
B108578
|
People v. Zermeno
Required two offenses for gang enhancement can be shown by currently charged offense involving an accomplice. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Oct. 28, 1999 | |
S068191
|
People v. Becerra
Review granted |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Oct. 28, 1999 | |
S068312
|
People v. Wright
Defendant is entitled to definitive minimum term in life sentence with possibility of parole. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Oct. 28, 1999 | |
S068763
|
People v. Sullivan
Court may order defendant to pay restitution for victim's medical expenses even though victim was insured. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Oct. 28, 1999 | |
A076665
|
People v. Tufunga
Claim-of-right defense is not a valid defense where the retaking is by force or violence. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Oct. 28, 1999 | |
S070580
|
People v. Thomas
Review granted |
|
Oct. 28, 1999 | ||
B110053
|
People v. Snyder
Before Proposition 208, campaign reporting violations were subject to administrative action but were not crimes. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Oct. 28, 1999 | |
H017022
|
People v. Whitworth
Prior felony conviction admissible to impeach even though jury must make factual finding concerning conviction. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Oct. 28, 1999 | |
B115359
|
People v. Thomas
Court has discretion to impose either concurrent or consecutive sentences in case involving multiple crimes. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Oct. 28, 1999 | |
98-7173
|
Harrison v. Apfel
Order |
Administrative Agencies |
|
Oct. 28, 1999 | |
98-5109
|
U.S. v. Rosales
Order |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Oct. 28, 1999 | |
99-2129
|
U.S. v. Buck
Order |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Oct. 28, 1999 | |
97-16420
|
Fiduccia v. United States Dept. of Justice
Requiring those seeking information from the government to wait eight years violates the Freedom of Information Act. |
Government |
|
Oct. 28, 1999 | |
97-50643 and 97-50645
|
U.S. v. Montero-Camargo
Vehicle's turnaround prior to checkpoint, combined with tandem driving and ethnicity of occupants, can be sufficient to justify border patrol agents' investigative stop. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Oct. 28, 1999 | |
99-1187
|
Oates v. Englund
Order |
Prisoners Rights |
|
Oct. 28, 1999 | |
99-8034
|
Springfield v. Hettgar
Order |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
Oct. 28, 1999 |