| Description | Date | Docket # |
|---|---|---|
Johnson v. RimmerUnited States Seventh Circuit
Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure, Evidence
Affirmed. The district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of two individual defendants in a Fourteenth Amendment case arising from the...
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08/30/2019 | 18-1321 |
In re SaginCalifornia Court of Appeal
Habeas Corpus, Evidence, Criminal Law & Procedure
Vacated conviction. Defendant was sentenced to life without parole for the conviction of a murder in 1986. He petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus...
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08/30/2019 | H044767 |
US v. BarberUnited States Seventh Circuit
Evidence, Criminal Law & Procedure
Affirmed. Facebook evidence and cellphone data were properly admitted in the conviction of a man for stealing firearms from a federally licensed...
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08/27/2019 | 18-2803 |
People v. AledamatSupreme Court of California
Criminal Law & Procedure, Judges & Judiciary, Evidence
Reversed court of appeal ruling that found prejudicial error. Defendant was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, specifically a box cutter. The...
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08/26/2019 | S248105 |
Janusiak v. CooperUnited States Seventh Circuit
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence
Affirmed. The state court determination that the long questioning and reference to access to her children were not coercion was affirmed, where a...
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08/22/2019 | 19-1198 |
US v. BurdenUnited States DC Circuit
Evidence, Criminal Law & Procedure
Vacated and remanded. The district court erred in admitting deposition testimony by a witness who was deported before trial because they failed to...
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08/20/2019 | 17-3018 |
Cole v. HunterUnited States Fifth Circuit
Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure, Evidence
Partially affirmed, partially reversed. The court determined that a jury, not judges, will resolve competing factual narratives relating to an...
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08/20/2019 | 15-10045 |
People v McDanielCalifornia Court of Appeal
Evidence, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Reversed. Defendant appealed from multiple convictions for robbery. He challenged the trial court’s admission of police interrogation statements, text...
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08/16/2019 | F075749 |
US v. ClarkUnited States Seventh Circuit
Evidence, Criminal Law & Procedure
Vacated conviction, otherwise affirmed. A hearing should have been held on the issue of a search warrant where the criminal informant was potentially...
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08/15/2019 | 18-2604 |
People v. ShahCalifornia Court of Appeal
Evidence, Criminal Law & Procedure
Affirmed. Defendant submitted a forged letter as false evidence in a traffic trial. After the traffic trial the Defendant was charged with submitting...
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08/14/2019 | C085988 |