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US v. Cha

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a prosecution for conspiracy, sex trafficking and coercion, and enticement to travel for the purpose of prostitution, a grant of defendants' motion...

Thu v. Holder

Administrative Law, Evidence, Immigration Law
In a petition for review of the BIA's order dismissing his appeal from a denial of petitioner's asylum application and related relief, the petition is...

People v. Memory

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction of defendants for murder arising from a fight in a parking lot outside a bar between two groups of men, the trial court erred in admitting...

Smith v. Mahoney

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
In a capital habeas matter, the denial of the petition is affirmed where: 1) although defense counsel inadequately investigated the facts of the case...

US v. Brown

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, White Collar Crime
Defendant's bank fraud conviction is affirmed where: 1) the extrinsic evidence of defendant's other uses of fictitious financial documents was...

Quasius v. Schwan Food Co.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In an employment discrimination action, summary judgment for defendant is affirmed where defendant failed to file a motion to withdraw his dispositive...

US v. Washington

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's conviction for distribution of a controlled substance is affirmed where: 1) the record did not suggest that defendant's counsel was...

Urbina-Mejia v. Holder

Administrative Law, Evidence, Government Law, Immigration Law
Petition for review of a decision of the BIA denying petitioner's applications for withholding of removal is denied where: 1) the BIA erred in finding...

Coito v. Sup. Ct.

Civil Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's wrongful death suit against the State of California and various other defendants for the drowning death of her 13-year old son,...

Williams v. Allen

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a capital habeas matter, a denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where: 1) defense counsel was not ineffective because the record...