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STATE v. OSBORNE
Defendant appeals from his conviction for robbery in the first degree, ORS 164.415, arguing that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a judgment of acquittal. Defendant reasons that, because he only held a knife in his hand as he demanded
Updated: 04/14/2011 07:55A
STATE v. SONNICK
Leonardis, 71 NJ 85, 122 (l976) (Leonardis I); Cannel, New Jersey Criminal Code Annotated, comment 2 on NJSA 2C:43-12 (2010). The PTI director and prosecutor must evaluate the merits of a PTI application according to the Guidelines and statutory
Updated: 04/14/2011 07:52A
STATE v. CASS
C. Cr. P. art. 894.1. There is a two-pronged inquiry for appellate review of sentences for excessiveness when there is a substantive motion to reconsider. First, the record must show that the sentencing court complied with La. C. Cr. P. art. 894.1.
Updated: 04/14/2011 07:49A
The return of the rule of law?
For many powerful people in the United Kingdom, the criminal law became something that only applied to other people. As supposedly progressive politicians and tabloid newspapers clamoured for "crackdowns on crime", it was they who were engaged in
Updated: 04/14/2011 07:42A
PEOPLE v. VOCARDO
Appellant alleged that he was not advised of the immigration consequences of his plea as mandated by Penal Code section 1016.5; that his conviction was for an aggravated felony for purposes of deportation proceedings and that he was in federal
Updated: 04/14/2011 07:33A
PEOPLE v. PADILLA
Padilla also informed officers that he worked with a Mexican drug cartel and was in charge of distribution in San Diego's North County. Padilla indicated police caught him on a "light day" because the drugs left in the safe were left over after
Updated: 04/14/2011 07:32A
PEOPLE v. SMITH
In such case, "unless a criminal defendant can show bad faith on the part of the police, failure to preserve potentially useful evidence does not constitute a denial of due process of law." [Citations.]'" (Carter, supra, 36 Cal.4th at p.
Updated: 04/14/2011 07:31A
Bohoslovska sure it won't take much time to prove Tymoshenko's guilt in
"According to the law, the prime minister had no right to issue the directives individually." Bohoslovska said that the UAH 1.5 billion figure given for damages to the state mentioned in the resolution on the opening of a criminal case against
Updated: 04/14/2011 04:29A
Philosophers Speak
He is an internationally acclaimed legal philosopher and especially interested in the connections between moral philosophy and substantive criminal law. Select publications from Professor Husak's considerable body of work include The Philosophy of
Updated: 04/14/2011 12:07A
Criminal Law: Jury Instruction – Forcible Rape – Separate Acts
Where a defendant, who was found guilty of a lesser-included charge of attempted forcible rape, argued that a jury instruction was plainly erroneous because it did not specify the conduct that constituted the alleged substantial
Updated: 04/13/2011 10:58P
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