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  • United States v. Zapien

    Publication Date: 2017-07-05
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-07-03
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: David C. Bury, Senior District Judge, Presiding Before: M. Margaret McKeown and Michelle T. Friedland, Circuit Judges, and Richard F. Boulware,*District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Christina Cabanillas (argued), Assistant United States Attorney; Robert L. Miskell, Appellate Chief; John S. Leonardo, United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, Tucson, Arizona, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Francisco León (argued), Law Office of Francisco León, Tucson, Arizona, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Case Number: No. 14-10224

    Biographical questions posed to suspect in custody did not constitute interrogation (per curiam)

  • People v. Hopson

    Publication Date: 2017-07-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-07-03
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Dane R. Gillette and Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, Steven T. Oetting, Deputy State Solicitor General, Andrew S. Mestman, Sean M. Rodriquez, Michael Pulos and Seth M. Friedman, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Gordon S. Brownell, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant.
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    Admission of deceased codefendant's confession violated Confrontation Clause (Kruger, J.)

  • People v. Valencia

    Publication Date: 2017-07-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-07-03
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Dane R. Gillette and Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, Stephen G. Herndon, Rachelle A. Newcomb, Peter W. Thompson and Darren K. Indermill, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Michael Satris, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant Clifford Paul Chaney.
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    Prop 47's definition of "unreasonable risk of danger to public safety" does not apply to resentencing proceedings under Three Strikes Reform Act (Cantil-Sakauye, C.J.)

  • Godoy v. Spearman

    Publication Date: 2017-07-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-06-30
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Manuel L. Real, District Judge, Presiding Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, and Kim McLane Wardlaw, Raymond C. Fisher, Ronald M. Gould, Marsha S. Berzon, Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Milan D. Smith, Jr., N. Randy Smith, Paul J. Watford, Andrew D. Hurwitz and Michelle T. Friedland, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Stephanie Adraktas (argued), Berkeley, California, for Petitioner-Appellant.
    for defendant: James William Bilderback II (argued), Stephanie A. Miyoshi, and Colleen M. Tiedemann, Deputy Attorneys General; Lance E. Winters, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Gerald Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Los Angeles, California; for Respondent-Appellee.
    Case Number: No. 13-56024

    State court deviated from clearly established law in rejecting defendant's claim of juror misconduct (Fisher, J.)

  • United States v. Perez-Silvan

    Publication Date: 2017-06-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-06-28
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: David C. Bury, Senior District Judge, Presiding Before: Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain and John B. Owens, Circuit Judges, and Dana L. Christensen,**Chief District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Ryan P. Dejoe, Assistant United States Attorney; Robert L. Miskell, Appellate Chief; United States Attorney's Office, Tucson, Arizona; for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Myrna R. Beards, Law Office of Myrna R. Beards, Tucson, Arizona, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Case Number: No. 16-10177 No. 16-10205

    Tennessee conviction for aggravated assault qualified as crime of violence for purposes of sentencing guidelines (O'Scannlain, J.)

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  • United States v. Calvillo-Palacios

    Publication Date: 2017-06-30
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-06-28
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Jennifer G. Zipps, District Judge, Presiding Before: Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain and John B. Owens, Circuit Judges, and Dana L. Christensen,**Chief District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Erica Anderson McCallum, Assistant United States Attorney; Robert L. Miskell, Appellate Chief; United States Attorney's Office, Tucson, Arizona; for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Myrna R. Beards, Law Office of Myrna R. Beards, Tucson, Arizona, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Case Number: No. 16-10039 No. 16-10077

    Texas conviction for felony aggravated assault qualified as crime of violence for purposes of sentencing guidelines (O'Scannlain, J.)

  • K.R. v. Superior Court (People)

    Publication Date: 2017-06-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-06-29
    Court: Ca. Sup. Ct.
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Paulino G. Duran, Public Defender, Arthur L. Bowie, Patricia Beza Contreras and David Lynch, Assistant Public Defenders, for Petitioner.
    for defendant: No appearance for Respondent. Kamala D. Harris and Xavier Becerra, Attorneys General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Michael P. Farrell, Assistant Attorney General, Jesse Witt, Rachelle A. Newcomb, Michael A. Canzoneri and Eric L. Christoffersen, Deputy Attorneys General, for Real Party in Interest.
    Case Number: No. S231709

    No factual showing needed to demand that same judge preside over both plea and disposition hearings (Werdegar, J.)

  • People v. Castel

    Publication Date: 2017-06-28
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Constitutional Law
    Industry: Education
    Date Filed: 2017-06-26
    Court: C.A. 2nd
    Judge:
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Lance E. Winters, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Shawn McGahey Webb, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Noah P. Hill, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Wayne C. Tobin, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. B271396

    No equal protection violation in not requiring district attorneys' petitions for revocation of parole to be accompanied by same written reports required for supervising agencies (Hoffstadt, J.)

  • United States v. Strickland

    Publication Date: 2017-06-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-06-26
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Michael W. Mosman, Chief Judge, Presiding Before: Alex Kozinski, Raymond C. Fisher and Paul J. Watford, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Amy Potter (argued), Assistant United States Attorney; Kelly A. Zusman, Appellate Chief; Billy J. Williams, United States Attorney; United States Attorney's Office, Eugene, Oregon; for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Kevin W. Bons (argued) and Kelly R. Beckley, Beckley & Bons P.C., Eugene, Oregon, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Case Number: No. 14-30168

    Oregon's third degree robbery statute not violent felony under Armed Career Criminal Act (Kozinski, J.)

  • Davila v. Davis

    Publication Date: 2017-06-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-06-26
    Court: U.S. Sup. Ct.
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    Case Number: No. 16–6219.

    Ineffective assistance of postconviction counsel does not provide cause to excuse procedural default of ineffective-assistance-of-appellate-counsel claims (Thomas, J.)