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US v. Garcia-Ortiz

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction and sentence for intentionally obstructing and delaying commerce by robbery, armed robbery, and first-degree murder is affirmed in part and...

U.S. v. Redcorn

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing, White Collar Crime
Convictions and sentences on charges of embezzlement from a health care benefit program, wire fraud, and money laundering are reversed in part as to...

Pierre v. Atty. Gen. of US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Immigration Law, International Law
In a case involving an ex-convict petitioner with a liquid-only diet due to a self-imposed injury to his esophagus, petition for review of a final...

Rizzo v. Smith

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
In habeas proceedings involving claims that a state trial court violated petitioner's constitutional rights in its denial of his requests for access...

Bath Junkie Branson, L.L.C. v. Bath Junkie, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Evidence
An order denying appellants-franchisors' motion for an evidentiary hearing, raised after the district court announced its intentionto enforce a...

Hervey v. County of Koochiching

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Evidence, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII action brought by a plaintiff-employee alleging claims of gender discrimination and retaliation based on her participation in protected...

Butler v. Curry

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Grant of a petition for writ of habeas corpus, which claimed that petitioner's Sixth Amendment rights were violated when a California state trial...

Uybungco v. Superior Court (San Diego Police Dep't)

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Petition for a writ of mandate seeking reversal of a trial court ruling denying discovery from the personnel files of four police officers involved in...

People v. Carrillo

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
Conviction for first-degree murder is affirmed over defendant's claims that: 1) his constitutional rights were violated because the prosecution would...

People v. Ramos

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction for second-degree murder is affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) inadequate jury instructions which did not expressly state that the...