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Vol. 84, Nos. 1 - 25, pp. 1 - 704 & Vol. 85, Nos. 1 - 13, pp. 1 - 452 Oct. 1, 2008 - June 24, 2009 A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
SCHOOLS
Interrogations and confessions, custody, interview of student in principal's office (Neb.), In Brief, 85:143
Student tip re drugs provided sufficient basis for strip search (U.S., rev grant), 84:485; (oral arg), 85:165
Identity theft, jury instructions, harmless error (2d Cir.), In Brief, 85:241
Backyard of suspect, warrant not required for drug dog sniff (2d Cir.), 84:373
Bail bond recovery agents, intrusions not subject to 4th Am. restrictions (10th Cir.), 84:628 Community caretaking doctrine, three-part test (Del.), In Brief, 84:313 Consent to search
Children under 16 may not consent to search of parents' home (Mont.), 85:387
Confidential informer cannot invite police into suspect's home (U.S., rev grant), 84:17 Consent-once-removed exception to warrant requirement, qualified immunity (U.S., oral arg), 84:151; (judg rvs), 84:444; text, 84:462 Subsequent illegal detention (Fla. Dist. Ct. App.), In Brief, 84:241 Third-party consent, officer failure to ask suspect on premises for permission to search (2d Cir.), In Brief, 84:213 Voluntariness, use of ruse to obtain DNA sample (U.S., rev sought), 84:274; (rev den), 84:297 Warrantless entry of home, resident with no key (2d Cir.), In Brief, 85:223 Drugs
Delinquent's parent, juvenile court testing order unconstitutional (Utah), 84:599
Detention of express mail package, contractually guaranteed delivery time (9th Cir.), In Brief, 85:330 Drug-detection dog alert to car, officer search of passenger (Va. Ct. App.), In Brief, 84:213 Reasonable expectation of privacy in campsite (Cal. Ct. App.), In Brief, 84:293 Strip searches
Removal of bag seen protruding from arrestee's rectum (U.S., rev den), 84:51
Student tip re drugs provided sufficient basis for school search (U.S., rev grant), 84:485; (oral arg), 85:165 Exclusionary rule
See EVIDENCE
Concern re anhydrous ammonia (Wash.), In Brief, 84:509
Warrantless entry of home after armed robbery (N.H.), In Brief, 85:394 Investigative detentions Motor vehicle searches Parolee's underwear (Cal. Ct. App.), In Brief, 85:108 Passenger in parked vehicle, seizure, state constitution (Wash. Ct. App.), In Brief, 84:264 Prisons and jails
Cross-gender strip searches of pretrial detainees (9th Cir.), In Brief, 85:278
Officials' glimpses of nudity as inmates change clothes are not strip searches (2d Cir.), 85:323
Computer files, police search of hard drive not justified by (M.D. Pa.), 84:160
Government employee prying for personal reasons (8th Cir.), In Brief, 84:662
See PROBABLE CAUSE
Prohibition against searching vehicle passengers who have violated seat belt law, warrant check (Ill.), In Brief, 84:550 Protective sweep, search under mattress (11th Cir.), In Brief, 84:509 Reasonable expectation of privacy
Documents seized by civil receiver admissible in prosecution (5th Cir.), 85:232
GPS device on car, extended use requires warrant (N.Y.), 85:231 Longtime friend of resident lacks when visiting home (Me.), 84:654 Prescription medication records, warrant required for access (La.), 85:212
See ARREST
See SEARCH WARRANTS
Suspicionless border searches for currency, inspectors may read letters in packages (9th Cir.), 84:135 Traffic stops
See TRAFFIC STOPS
Warrantless searches
Barricaded suspect, officers involved in 12-hour standoff need not seek arrest warrant (9th Cir.), 84:676
Computers, search of image files based on defendant consent to search for viruses (Ill. App. Ct.), In Brief, 85:222 Entry of home, exigent circumstances, possible injuries to driver of abandoned and wrecked car (Mont.), In Brief, 85:87 Police role in investigation did not make parole detention improper (1st Cir.), 85:321 Probation search in violation of state law (1st Cir.), In Brief, 84:452 Reasonable suspicion justified search of probationer's home (11th Cir.), 85:175 Video surveillance of open field (4th Cir.), In Brief, 84:411; (U.S., rev sought), 85:314; (rev den), 85:338
Affidavit can cure deficient description even if not present at scene of search (Conn.), 85:270
Automobile exception, opportunity to obtain warrant, state constitutional law (Mass.), In Brief, 85:144 Computer hard drive, agent delay in getting warrant after seizure requires suppression (11th Cir.), 85:133 Exclusionary rule, good-faith exception, warrant to search home of admitted child molester for child pornography (6th Cir.), In Brief, 84:11 Opening safe in suspect's home pursuant to warrant to search residence (Ark.), In Brief, 85:13 Particularity, warrant to search for drugs (Ala.), In Brief, 84:453 Probable cause, inference that suspect keeps evidence at his residence (6th Cir.), In Brief, 84:117 Sealed warrant, place to be kept (Cal.), In Brief, 84:411 Thermal scan, warrant may not be based on reasonable suspicion, judgment approving vacated (8th Cir.), 84:523 U.S. searches of U.S. citizens abroad, warrant not required (2d Cir.), 84:251
Documents seized by civil receiver admissible in prosecution (5th Cir.), 85:232
Employer contributions, failing to pay can be theft of ERISA pension plan assets (U.S., rev sought), 84:24; (judg vac), 84:582 Federal sentencing guidelines, effects of Booker on fraud cases, conferees discuss, 84:39 Insider trading, information available to public (2d Cir.), In Brief, 84:332 Mail fraud
See MAIL FRAUD
Money laundering
See MONEY LAUNDERING
Potential defense witness invocation of Fifth Am. privilege, defendant access to transcript of in camera hearing (Mass.), In Brief, 85:395
Presumption that teen is triable as adult violates privilege (Nev.), 84:286 Probation revocation hearing, holding before retrial does not violate defendant allocution right (Conn.), 84:237 Prosecutor improper exploitation of defendant post-arrest silence, contemporaneous objection requirement reimposed (Kan.), 85:46 Right to silence
Defendant failure to return pre-Miranda telephone calls from police (Cal. Ct. App.), In Brief, 85:223
Prosecutor comment on prearrest silence (Ga.), In Brief, 84:685 Showing jury videotape of accused refusing to respond to officer (Vt.), In Brief, 84:118
Bail, exceptional reasons justifying release pending sentencing, meaning of judicial officer (4th Cir.), In Brief, 84:291
Capital punishment
Habeas corpus, resentencing order not appealable until new sentence imposed (3d Cir.), 85:237
Resentencing after repeal of statute under which death penalty was imposed, savings statute (4th Cir.), In Brief, 84:452 Conditioning sentence reduction motion on withdrawal of appeal (7th Cir.), In Brief, 84:685 Consecutive sentences, findings required trigger jury trial right (U.S., rev grant), 84:18; (rvs and rem), 84:400; (text), 84:423 Criminal history, defendant agreement with prosecution's suggested range (Wash.), In Brief, 85:183 Double jeopardy, sentencing package doctrine (Vt.), In Brief, 84:531 Drunk driving, enhancement for having child in car, felony child endangerment (Kan.), In Brief, 85:240 Elements of defendant's prior conviction, trial court reading to jury (Ky.), In Brief, 84:355 Enhancement for prior convictions, government notice, post-sentence appeal (11th Cir.), In Brief, 84:90 Equal protection, home confinement program (N.H.), In Brief, 84:264 Explanation of sentence, lower limits set (6th and 9th Cirs.), 85:40 Federal guidelines Guilty pleas
Conditional waiver of appeal right (1st Cir.), In Brief, 84:295
Information's failure to allege basis for sentence enhancement (Fla.), In Brief, 84:684 Habitual offenders, jury instructions (Ind.), In Brief, 84:168 Identity theft, statute mandating consecutive sentence does not forbid variance on other counts (1st Cir.), 85:78 Jury findings
Recidivist enhancement based on judge's finding re public interest (N.Y.), In Brief, 84:634
Retroactivity of Blakely on collateral review (Alaska), In Brief, 84:663
No-injury kidnapping, sentence cruel and unusual (Cal. Ct. App.), 85:211
Robbery (U.S., rev grant), 85:201 Mandatory life sentence for failure to register as sex offender cruel and unusual (Ga.), 84:255 Meaning of investment contract, investor role in management of company, sentence enhancement based on judge-found facts (U.S., rev sought), 84:225; (rev den), 84:269 Modification, court lacks inherent power to vacate own judgment out of time (3d Cir.), 84:330 Murder, Violent Crime in Aid of Racketeering (VICAR) statute, minimum authorized sentence (9th Cir.), In Brief, 85:87 Prior nonjury juvenile adjudications (Kan.), In Brief, 85:145 Pro se representation, denial of right, harmless error (9th Cir.), In Brief, 85:331 Right to counsel, conflicts arising between guilty plea and sentencing (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div.), In Brief, 84:147 Sex offenses, 10-year term of parole for misdemeanors, cruel and unusual punishment, equal protection, separation of powers (Iowa), In Brief, 84:242 State mandatory minimum, application to conspiracies (Pa.), In Brief, 84:511 Supervised release, imposition of conditions unrelated to offense of conviction (10th Cir.), In Brief, 84:333
Legislation on indirect criminal contempt proceedings (Pa.), In Brief, 84:383
Generally
Attempted luring, proof of substantial step toward completion (7th Cir.), In Brief, 84:383
Border searches for currency, inspectors may read letters in packages (9th Cir.), 84:135 Child endangerment, unmarried cohabitation with sex offender, equal protection (Iowa), In Brief, 84:242 Child pornography, sentencing, prior conviction for sexual abuse of minor (7th Cir.), In Brief, 84:412 Children under 16 may not consent to search of parents' home (Mont.), 85:387 Complainant capacity to understand nature of conduct (N.D.), In Brief, 84:383 Double jeopardy does not bar prosecution of charges replacing expired counts (Utah), 84:567 Generic jury instructions for multiple individual counts cannot be cured by counsel's argument (Ky.), 84:165 Indecent exposure, defendant awareness of observer, store security camera (Iowa), In Brief, 84:356 Interrogations and confessions, custody, interview of student in principal's office (Neb.), In Brief, 85:143 Juries, extrajudicial influences, juror's special expertise (N.Y. App. Div.), In Brief, 84:570 Mental health, witness disclosure of privileged records does not eliminate judge's gatekeeper role (Conn.), 84:164 Palm crease expert identification of sex abuser's hand in photograph proper (Me.), 84:525 Prisons and jails, ex post facto laws, retroactive application of law narrowing eligibility for good-time credit (Iowa), In Brief, 84:530 Prostitution
See PROSTITUTION
See RAPE
Daughter and niece, charges re incidents occurring decades apart properly tried in single proceeding (R.I.), 85:413
Double jeopardy, retrial after state charged one crime but proved another (Wash. Ct. App.), In Brief, 84:211 Evidence, prior rape of adult woman, admission to prove course of conduct (Ga.), In Brief, 84:661 Failure to seek severance of child pornography and sexual assault charges ineffective (Wash.), 85:100 Impeachment, character witnesses, prior convictions, preservation of issue (Ariz. Ct. App.), In Brief, 84:609 Jurisdiction, effects doctrine (Mass. App. Ct.), In Brief, 84:312 Jury trial right, prior-conviction element, partial waiver (Wash.), In Brief, 84:312 Lifetime ban on molester contact with wife proper (Wash.), 84:256 Public defender failure to move to withdraw due to excessive caseload ineffective (Cal. Ct. App.), 84:681
After sentence served, federal law allowing improper (4th Cir.), 84:374; (U.S., rev grant), 85:447
Commerce Clause gives Congress power to enact law requiring (8th Cir.), 85:233 Evidence that offender faced life imprisonment if convicted again (Cal. Ct. App.), In Brief, 85:109
Internet-based sex trade, craigslist reaches deal with state attorneys general and National Center for Missing and Exploited Children to shut down ads, 84:244
Would-be online sexual predator cannot rely on private party defense (7th Cir.), 84:307
Ban on making eye contact with victim witnesses, involuntary servitude (10th Cir.), In Brief, 84:239
Hearsay, published compilations exception, Mapquest printouts to prove travel times (Del.), In Brief, 84:292 Replacing nontestifying codefendant name with another person in redacted confession cured Bruton problem (2d Cir.), 85:412
Corpus delicti rule, child sex abuse exception (Fla.), In Brief, 84:409
False testimony, prosecution use can be harmless error (6th Cir.), 85:383 Hearsay
Children's out-of-court statements admissible without competency finding (Ohio), 85:103
Protected person exception limited in child sex abuse cases (Ind.), 85:83
Child sex abuse (Idaho), In Brief, 84:528
Felony murder based on rape (Cal.), In Brief, 85:142
Enhancement, victimization of minor, fictional minor in pedophile sting operation (6th Cir.), In Brief, 85:50
Equal protection, mandatory minimum, absence of safety valve (7th Cir.), In Brief, 85:50 Firearms, crime of violence, indecent liberties with minor (10th Cir.), In Brief, 84:382 Large number of vulnerable victims (10th Cir.), In Brief, 84:239 Mandatory life term for offender with prior state child sex abuse conviction, federal jurisdiction (7th Cir.), In Brief, 85:223 Nonguidelines sentence for violation of Mann Act (8th Cir.), In Brief, 84:412 Vulnerable victim enhancement, homelessness of child victims (2d Cir.), In Brief, 84:510
Registration and notification requirements
Adults-only reprieve denies juvenile offender equal protection rights (S.D.), 84:207
Lack of jury trial right, due process (Ill.), In Brief, 85:330 Records, expungement (Del.), In Brief, 85:330
Ex post facto guarantee under state law (Mo.), In Brief, 85:419
Failure to update, Cal. sentence cruel and unusual (9th Cir.), 84:343 Federal sentencing guidelines, recidivist enhancement, statements on registration forms may be considered (9th Cir.), 84:657 Guilty pleas, voluntariness, failure to advise re registration requirements (Pa.), In Brief, 84:36 Hearsay, use to set offender risk level (N.Y.), In Brief, 85:419 Homeless offenders (Ga.), In Brief, 84:168 Indecent exposure as qualifying offense (Md.), In Brief, 84:687 Judge's inquiry beyond elements of offense of conviction (Neb.), In Brief, 85:109 Jury findings, lifetime supervision (Neb.), In Brief, 85:243 Kidnapping another's child without sexual motive or act (N.Y.), In Brief, 84:612 Mandatory life sentence for failure to register cruel and unusual (Ga.), 84:255 Mandatory lifetime registration for sex acts involving minors, equal protection (Cal. Ct. App.), 85:419 Megan's Law preempts municipal residency restrictions (N.J.), In Brief, 85:243 National Sex Offender Registry, additions and expansion of availability Primary and secondary targets, scheme requiring state to publish triggers due process rights (Utah), 84:328 Residency limit on registrants punitive for jury trial right purposes (Cal. Ct. App.), 84:258 Retroactive application violates state ex post facto provision (Ind.), 85:214 Risk level, offenders have right to hearing re factors used to set (Mont.), 84:327 Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA)
Criminal provisions may be applied retroactively (10th Cir.), 84:308
E-mailing obscenity to minor does not trigger (11th Cir.), 84:504; en banc rehearing ordered, 85:183 Failure to register after relocation, retroactivity (4th Cir.), In Brief, 85:15 Individual defendant lacks standing to bring 10th Am. challenge (8th Cir.), In Brief, 85:242 Lack of notice of registration requirement (8th Cir.), In Brief, 85:224 Residence, work, and school registration requirements proper exercise of Commerce Clause power (8th Cir.), 84:451 Travel taken before passage covered (7th Cir.), 84:350 Travel taken before passage not covered (10th Cir.), 84:179
Interrogations, interview by child protective services agent (R.I.), In Brief, 84:382
Invocation of Miranda right, passage of time alone does not remove (U.S., rev sought), 84:438; (rev grant), 84:485
Elements of defendant's prior conviction, trial court reading to jury (Ky.), In Brief, 84:355
10-year term of parole for misdemeanors, cruel and unusual punishment, equal protection, separation of powers (Iowa), In Brief, 84:242
Civil commitment
Conditions, hospital officials denied immunity (U.S., judg vac), 85:311
Escape from, double jeopardy, equal protection (Wash. Ct. App.), In Brief, 85:106 In custody requirement (Fla.), In Brief, 84:334 Mentally incompetent offender cannot be committed (Cal. Ct. App.), 85:385 Presentence report data not used at sentencing, claim re possible later use may not be heard on direct appeal (9th Cir.), 84:656 Visual body cavity search of civil detainees for cell phone reasonable (8th Cir.), 85:355
Ban on library access, chaperones (8th Cir.), In Brief, 85:420
Home Internet access, total ban for convicted child molester overbroad (1st Cir.), 84:503 Imposition of conditions unrelated to offense of conviction (10th Cir.), In Brief, 84:333 Inpatient treatment, delegation of decision to probation officer (9th Cir.), In Brief, 84:455 Penile plethysmograph testing, ripeness of challenge (7th Cir.), In Brief, 84:454
Confrontation, right of
See JURY TRIAL RIGHT
See RIGHT TO COUNSEL
See SPEEDY TRIAL
See SEX OFFENSES
Firearms, application of 2nd Am. to states, 84:613
Appointed counsel, delays caused by attributable to state (U.S., rev grant), 84:43; (oral arg), 84:436; (rvs and rem), 84:623; (text), 84:635
Speedy Trial Act, tolling of clock for pretrial motions (U.S., rev sought), 84:620; (rev grant), 85:122 Time granted to prepare pretrial motions should be excluded from Speedy Trial Act time limit (2d Cir.), 84:143 Tolling of clock for exceptional circumstances, appeal in unrelated case (N.Y. App. Div.), In Brief, 84:612
Civil claims re police killings, due process standard set (9th Cir.), 84:142
Collateral attack, retroactivity of U.S. Supreme Court rulings, standard in state courts (Minn.), In Brief, 84:631
See specific topics
Capital punishment, challenge to method of execution, commencement of period (5th Cir.), In Brief, 84:263
Double jeopardy does not bar prosecution of charges replacing expired counts (Utah), 84:567 Habeas corpus
See HABEAS CORPUS
Out-of-time appeal, filing standards clarified (Kan.), 84:236 Post-conviction remedies, tolling during petitioner's mental incompetence (S.C.), In Brief, 85:332 Restitution, Victim and Witness Protection Act, state period for enforcing money judgment (U.S., rev sought), 84:556; (rev den), 84:585 Third-party claimants in criminal forfeiture proceedings, timeliness of claim (11th Cir.), In Brief, 85:84 Tolling, filing of void charging instrument (Tenn.), In Brief, 84:169
Passengers of motorists caught with drugs may be frisked under automatic companion rule (U.S., oral arg), 84:317; (judg vac), 85:202
Obstruction of justice, responding with false records qualifies (10th Cir.), 85:76
Unencrypted files on laptop, subpoena for does not violate act of production privilege (D. Vt.), 84:628
Civil rights, absolute immunity, governor's wrongful denial of parole (U.S., rev den), 84:56
Commencement of term, time spent in county jail work program (9th Cir.), In Brief, 84:214 Conditions of release
Banning defendant from county (1st Cir.), In Brief, 84:664
Limiting defendant to residing with spouse or blood relatives only overbroad (5th Cir.), 84:163 Medical marijuana law trumps usual conditions (Mont.), 84:163 Reconfinement upon violation, new conditions (Wis. Ct. App.), In Brief, 84:314 Sex offenses
Home Internet access, total ban for convicted child molester overbroad (1st Cir.), 84:503
Imposition of conditions unrelated to offense of conviction (10th Cir.), In Brief, 84:333 Inpatient treatment, delegation of decision to probation officer (9th Cir.), In Brief, 84:455 Penile plethysmograph testing, ripeness of challenge (7th Cir.), In Brief, 84:454 Equal protection, sentencing, home confinement program (N.H.), In Brief, 84:264 Guilty pleas, misinformation re length of available supervised release, plain error (1st Cir.), In Brief, 84:684 Parole
See PAROLE
See PROBATION
Continuation of hearing so government can bring in evidence (8th Cir.), In Brief, 85:110
Federal courts, district court authority to review and stay magistrate judge dismissal of proceedings and release of defendant (5th Cir.), In Brief, 85:358 Hearsay, admissibility in hearing, test set (3d Cir.), 85:324 Resentencing, unenumerated sentencing conditions (U.S., rev den), 84:45
See SEX OFFENSES
Appointments and personnel
Justice, Obama begins effort to replace Souter, 85:184; Sotomayor hearing set, 85:396
Arrest, probable cause, officer failure to listen to bystander version of events (rev den), 84:44
Attorney-client privilege, federal agent recruitment of former counsel as informer did not violate suspect's rights (rev sought), 84:227; (rev den), 84:270 Escape by failure to report for confinement as prior violent felony, Armed Career Criminal Act (oral arg), 84:245; (rvs and rem), 84:402; (text), 84:428 False statements, naturalization proceedings, government misconduct, incompetent interpreter (rev sought), 84:671; (rev den), 84:696 Guilty pleas, failure to contemporaneously object to breach of agreement, plain error rule governs claim (judg aff), 85:4; text, 85:21 Informal association-in-fact enterprises, scope of RICO expanded to cover (judg aff), 85:347; text, 85:361 Juvenile offenders, life imprisonment without parole for nonhomicide offenses (rev grant), 85:201 Petition for writ of error coram nobis, Article I military court has jurisdiction (aff in part, rem), 85:348; text, 85:367 Public trial, closure of courtroom to sole spectator during voir dire, structural error (rev sought), 85:315 Restitution, Victim and Witness Protection Act, state limitations period for enforcing money judgment (rev sought), 84:556; (rev den), 84:585 Speech or Debate privilege, violations would not invalidate indictment of legislator (rev sought), 85:167; (rev den), 85:258 White collar crime, Taft-Hartley Act settlement provision requires some formal structure to resolution of dispute (rev sought), 84:360; (rev den), 84:616
Existence of real person whose identity is stolen (rev grant), 84:122; (oral arg), 84:618; knowledge of actual victim required (rvs and rem), 85:172; text, 85:190
Federal law requires proof defendant knew ID belonged to real person (rev sought), 84:364; (rev den), 85:258
Forced labor, federal law forbidding survives vagueness and overbreadth challenges (rev sought), 84:364; (rev den), 84:386
Immigration consequences of guilty plea, affirmative misadvice not ineffective (rev sought), 84:365; (rev grant), 84:582 Vienna Convention, failure to advise of treaty right to contact consulate, foreign national arrestee may not sue government (rev sought), 84:20; (rev den), 84:93
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, exporters had fair notice bribes to Haitian tax men forbidden (rev den), 84:45
Public official whose existence was not proven (rev sought), 84:273; (rev den), 84:486
Double jeopardy, relitigation of mental retardation (rev sought), 84:363; (rev grant), 84:485; (oral arg), 85:204; (rvs and rem), 85:319; text, 85:333
Indigent offenders seeking state clemency entitled to federally-appointed habeas counsel (U.S., judg rvs), 85:36; text, 85:61 Juror consideration of scripture during penalty-phase deliberations (rev den), 84:47 Juror consideration of scripture during penalty-phase deliberations raised presumption of prejudice, error harmless (U.S., rev sought), 85:31; (rev den), 85:122 Rape of child who does not die, death penalty improper (rehear den), 84:41 Right to counsel, interrogation, indigent defendant acceptance of appointed counsel (oral arg), 84:494; (vac and rem), 85:267; text, 85:281
Absolute immunity, governor's wrongful denial of parole (rev den), 84:56
Informer data sharing, supervisory prosecutors not immune from suit for failing to train subordinates (rev grant), 84:18; (oral arg), 84:195; (rvs and rem), 84:445; text, 84:468 Target of sting, police not liable re failure to protect informer from reprisal (rev sought), 84:226; (rev den), 84:269
Media accounts of pending cases, prosecutors reinstated (rev sought), 84:102; (rev den), 84:123
Public defenders, state constitutional election requirement, law providing for unelected counsel (rev den), 84:219
Mixed verdicts on charges with shared essential elements (oral arg), 84:699; retrial may be barred (rvs and rem), 85:409; text, 85:438
RICO charge dismissed in prior plea deal may be reprosecuted (rev den), 84:51
Use of communication device to facilitate felony, phone calls arranging drug buy for personal use (rev sought), 84:198; (rev grant), 84:218; (oral arg), 84:647; (rvs and rem), 85:268; text, 85:292
Ex post facto laws, statute limiting availability of clemency petitions (rev den), 84:45
Forfeiture, probable cause, post-seizure determination (rev sought), 84:225; (rev grant), 84:582
Confrontation right, submission to jury of evidence defendant was denied right to see, harmless error (rev sought), 84:515; (rev den), 84:583
DNA evidence, right to post-conviction access (rev grant), 84:170; no due process right (rvs and rem), 85:407; text, 85:421 Exclusionary rule, statements elicited by jailhouse snitch may not be used to impeach defendant (rev grant), 84:42; (oral arg), 84:513; (rvs and rem), 85:171; text, 85:186
Arson, deviation from guidelines allowed to obtain parity in codefendant sentences (rev sought), 85:340; (rev den), 85:376
Concealing asset in bankruptcy, loss may not be value of hidden asset (rev den), 84:44 Distribution of crack cocaine, nonguidelines sentences may be imposed (judg rvs), 84:446; text, 84:472 Resentencing
Guidelines amendment (rev sought), 85:402; (rev den), 85:448
New guideline requiring, nonguidelines sentence unavailable (rev sought), 85:227; (rev den), 85:259 Revocation of supervised release, unenumerated sentencing conditions (rev den), 84:45 Upward deviation, notice may be given at sentencing hearing (rev den), 84:48
Geographical factors may be basis for deviation from federal sentencing guidelines (rev sought), 85:314; (rev den), 85:338
Impoundment, lack of standardized rules does not make use of discretion unreasonable (rev den), 84:171 Mandatory minimum sentence, accidental discharge qualifies (judg aff), 85:173; text, 85:194 Misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, domestic relationship between offender and victim must be element of predicate offense (rev grant), 84:17; (rvs and rem), 84:559; text, 84:574
Commercial driver's license, use of U.S. military form to fraudulently obtain (rev den), 84:56
Direct deposit of salaries obtained by fraud was use of wires, aiding and abetting conviction proper (rev sought), 85:315; (rev den), 85:338 Honest services fraud, gain to innocent third party may satisfy private gain requirement (rev sought), 84:360; (rev den), 84:583 Honest services fraud, public official misconduct need not violate state law (rev sought), 85:450
Anti-spam law ban on false routing data in bulk e-mail violates sender right to anonymous speech (rev sought), 84:666; (rev den), 85:28
Depictions of animal cruelty protected (rev sought), 85:31; (rev grant), 85:122
Accomplice liability, jury instruction did not justify relief (rvs and rem), 84:447; text, 84:475
Brady violation, procedural default in state court (oral arg), 84:337; federal review not barred (vac and rem), 85:131; text, 85:146 District court refusal to consider argument not made to magistrate judge (rev sought), 85:315; (rev den), 85:338 DNA probabilities, testimony that overstated supports relief (rev sought), 84:362; (rev grant), 84:485 Final state sentences, Cunningham applies retroactively (rev sought), 84:300; (rev den), 84:315 Procedural default, adequate and independent state ground (rev den), 84:47 Second or successive petition, freestanding actual innocence claim cannot be raised (rev sought), 85:451 Statutes of limitations
AEDPA period does not start until all direct review complete (rvs and rem), 84:403; (text), 84:432
Reliance on later-overturned law entitles petitioner to equitable tolling (rev den), 84:93 Resentencing makes conviction final and restarts clock (rev den), 84:485
Failure to file appeal, no prejudice presumed when client executed valid waiver (rev sought), 84:394; (rev den), 85:399
Failure to pursue claim counsel believes is doomed to fail not ineffective (rvs and rem), 84:675; text, 84:688
Agent misrepresentation re point of interview made confession involuntary (rev sought), 84:247; (rev den), 84:386
Arrestee confession given after unreasonable delay in bringing before judge barred (vac and rem), 85:35; text, 85:52 Confrontation with fingerprint evidence (rev sought), 85:340 Deception by interrogators not coercive unless motivation to confess extrinsic to guilt introduced (rev sought), 84:556; (rev den), 84:585 Failure to expressly advise defendant of right to have counsel present during questioning invalid (rev sought), 85:264; (rev grant), 85:447 Invocation of Miranda right to counsel, passage of time alone does not remove (rev sought), 84:438; (rev grant), 84:485
Hung jury, solicitation of parties' views too early to satisfy mistrial rule (rev sought), 84:228; (rev den), 84:270
Instruction on invalid theory of guilt does not require automatic reversal (vac and rem), 84:254; text, 84:276 Jury selection, peremptory challenges
Erroneous denial, harmless error (oral arg), 84:593; state law governs review (judg aff), 85:3; text, 85:17
Race-neutral explanations defeat Batson motion (rev den), 84:123 Venue, racially motivated strikes (rev sought), 85:263; (rev den), 85:399
Consecutive sentence, findings required trigger (rev grant), 84:18; (rvs and rem), 84:400; (text), 84:423
Written waiver, prejudice inquiry must focus on whether client would have opted for jury after oral colloquy (rev den), 84:54
Civil commitment, insanity acquittees, standard for obtaining unconditional release (rev sought), 84:175
Competency, involuntary medication of accused, order must specify drugs and treatment details (rev den), 84:44
Civil rights, N.Y. statute barring §1983 suits against corrections officers exceeds power (rvs and rem), 85:269; text, 85:295
Elective abortions, state policy barring transportation unconstitutional (rev den), 84:49 Prison Litigation Reform Act, exhaustion of administrative remedies, judge must decide factual issues (rev sought), 84:667; (rev den), 84:694
Belton search may not be conducted after arrestee secured in police vehicle (rev grant), 84:17; (oral arg), 84:129; (rvs and rem), 84:443; text, 84:458; (judg aff), 85:95; (text), 85:111
Consent-once-removed exception to warrant requirement, qualified immunity (oral arg), 84:151; (judg rvs), 84:444; text, 84:462 Consent to search, confidential informer cannot invite police into suspect's home (rev grant), 84:17 Exclusionary rule, good faith exception, faulty records from other police agency, evidence obtained admissible (rev grant), 84:16; (oral arg), 84:100; (judg aff), 84:399; (text), 84:415 Officer warrantless lifting of automobile cover (rev den), 84:47 Shooting psychotic man stealing police car not unreasonable seizure (rev sought), 84:224; (rev den), 84:296 Strip searches, removal of bag seen protruding from arrestee's rectum (rev den), 84:51 Student tip re drugs provided sufficient basis for school strip search (rev grant), 84:485; (oral arg), 85:165 Voluntariness of consent, use of ruse to obtain DNA sample (rev sought), 84:274; (rev den), 84:297 Warrantless video surveillance of open field (rev sought), 85:314; (rev den), 85:338
Employer contributions, failing to pay can be theft of ERISA pension plan assets (rev sought), 84:24; (judg vac), 84:582
Mail fraud, sufficiency of evidence, innocent mailings (rev sought), 85:92; (rev den), 85:123 Meaning of investment contract, investor role in management of company, sentence enhancement based on judge-found facts (rev sought), 84:225; (rev den), 84:269 Money laundering proceeds, unpaid taxes unlawfully disguised and retained may qualify (U.S., rev sought), 85:90; (rev den), 85:376 Pharmacy general operating accounts, money laundering convictions based on transactions involving proper (rev sought), 85:380; (rev den), 85:400
Sex offenders, law allowing civil commitment after sentence served improper (rev grant), 85:447
Sexually violent predators, civil confinement conditions, hospital officials denied immunity (judg vac), 85:311
Appointed counsel, delays caused by attributable to state (rev grant), 84:43; (oral arg), 84:436; (rvs and rem), 84:623; (text), 84:635
Speedy Trial Act, tolling of clock for pretrial motions (rev sought), 84:620; (rev grant), 85:122
Bivens claim against cabinet-level officer, liability for acts of subordinate officials (oral arg), 84:339; suit should be dismissed (rvs and rem), 85:238; text, 85:244
Resident alien with alleged al Qaeda ties may be detained indefinitely (rev grant), 84:296; (judg vac), 84:641
Breath tests, reagent ampoule testing and instrument inspection certificates nontestimonial (rev sought), 84:175
Lab reports, Crawford rules should not apply, prosecutors argue (oral arg), 84:221 State drug laboratory report testimonial (rev sought), 84:20; (rev dism), 84:42
Passengers of motorists caught with drugs may be frisked under automatic companion rule (oral arg), 84:317
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