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US v. Blaylock

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's drug convictions are affirmed over his challenges to 1)the denial of his suppression motions, 2)the prosecutor's peremptory challenge of a...

US v. Strobehn

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's conviction for bank robbery with forced accompaniment is affirmed over his claim that the evidence was insufficient to prove the forced...

US v. Mendoza

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Denial of defendant's motion to suppress is denied where his warrantless arrest was lawful since police had probable cause to believe his arrival at...

Fuesting v. Zimmer, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a strict liability and negligence case arising from the failure of a prosthetic knee, a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff is reversed where the...

Agster v. Maricopa County

Civil Procedure, Evidence
Federal law recognizes no privilege of peer review in the context of a case involving the death of a prisoner.

US v. Patino

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Defendant's drug conviction is affirmed over his claim that the district court committed reversible error in admitting hearsay evidence at trial.

US v. Caballero

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's sentence for a drug conviction is affirmed over his claim that the admission of firearms possession evidence was irrelevant to the charge...

US v. Montelongo

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendants' drug convictions are reversed where the district court's exclusion of cross-examination violated the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth...

Conley v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
The government's suppression of impeachment evidence violated plaintiff's right to due process under the Fifth Amendment.

US v. Weiland

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's conviction for illegal possession firearms and ammunition is affirmed over his claim that the warrant that authorized the search of his...