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  • Weaver v. Massachusetts

    Publication Date: 2017-06-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-06-22
    Court: U.S. Sup. Ct.
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    Case Number: No. 16–240

    Ineffective assistance claim based on public trial violation during jury selection must demonstrate prejudice if not raised on direct appeal (Kennedy, J.)

  • Turner v. United States

    Publication Date: 2017-06-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-06-22
    Court: U.S. Sup. Ct.
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    Case Number: No. 15–1503 No. 15–1504

    Favorable evidence properly withheld under Brady as not material (Breyer, J.)

  • Maslenjak v. United States

    Publication Date: 2017-06-22
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Immigration Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-06-22
    Court: U.S. Sup. Ct.
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    Case Number: No. 16–309

    Defendant's illegal act must play role in acquisition of citizenship in order to sustain conviction for knowingly procuring naturalization contrary to law (Kagan, J.)

  • In re Jose S.

    Publication Date: 2017-06-21
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-06-21
    Court: C.A. 4th
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, Eric A. Swenson and Allison V. Hawley, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Cynthia M. Jones, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. D070521

    Juvenile court record could not be split so as to allow sealing as to one offense only (McConnell, P.J.)

  • United States v. Kleinman

    Publication Date: 2017-06-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-06-16
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Otis D. Wright II, District Judge, Presiding Before: David M. Ebel,*Milan D. Smith, Jr., and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Julie Shemitz (argued) and David P. Kowal (argued), Assistant United States Attorneys; Lawrence S. Middleton, Chief, Criminal Division; United States Attorney's Office, Los Angeles, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Becky S. James (argued) and Jessica W. Rosen, James & Associates, Los Angeles, California, for Defendant-Appellant.
    Case Number: No. 14-50585

    Federal bar on prosecuting conduct that complies with state medical marijuana laws not applicable to convictions for money laundering and interstate distribution (M.D. Smith, J.)

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  • United States v. Hernandez

    Publication Date: 2017-06-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-06-15
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: George H. Wu, District Judge, Presiding Before: Mary M. Schroeder and Jay S. Bybee, Circuit Judges, and William E. Smith,* Chief District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Yasin Mohammad (argued), Assistant United States Attorney, Asset Forfeiture Section; Lawrence S. Middleton, Chief, Criminal Division; United States Attorney's Office, Los Angeles, California, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    for defendant: Alexandra W. Yates (argued), Deputy Federal Public Defender; Hilary Potashner, Federal Public Defender; Office of the Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, California; for Defendant-Appellant.
    Case Number: No. 14-50214

    Jury instruction improperly permitted conviction based on defendant's intent to commit future crimes (per curiam)

  • People v. CHR Herbal Remedies

    Publication Date: 2017-06-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Retail
    Date Filed: 2017-05-30
    Court: Super. Ct. (App. Div.)
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Michael N. Feuer, City Attorney, Asha Greenberg, Assistant City Attorney, and John R. Prosser, Deputy City Attorney, for Plaintiff and Respondent the City of Los Angeles.
    for defendant: Eric D. Shevin, Stephen J. Fisch, Ryan M. D'Ambrosio, and Benjamin S. Reccius of the Shevin Law Group for Defendants and Appellants CHR Herbal Remedies, aka California Herbal Remedies, Inc., and Orlando Yepes.
    Case Number: No. BR 053028

    City ordinance regulating location of medical marijuana businesses could not be satisfied by "substantial compliance" (Ricciardulli, J.)

  • Saunders v. Superior Court (San Jose Mercury News, LLC)

    Publication Date: 2017-06-13
    Practice Area: Information Governance and Compliance | Criminal Law
    Industry: Technology Media and Telecom
    Date Filed: 2017-04-28
    Court: Super. Ct. (App. Div.)
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Counsel for Petitioner, Ryan Saunders: Joshua A. Olander, Mastagni Holstedt APC.
    for defendant: Counsel For Real Party in Interest, San Jose Mercury News, LLC: James M. Chadwick, David E. Snyder, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton, LLP.
    Case Number: No. 16AP002041

    No public right of access to private cell phone records seized pursuant to a search warrant but never admitted into evidence (Williams, P.J.)

  • People v. Wilford

    Publication Date: 2017-06-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-06-12
    Court: C.A. 4th
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    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Xavier Becerra, Attorney General, Gerald A. Engler, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Julie L. Garland, Assistant Attorney General, Barry Carlton and Heidi Salerno, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.
    for defendant: Anthony J. Dain, under appointment by the Court of Appeal, for Defendant and Appellant.
    Case Number: No. D069888

    Belated sentencing amendment violated defendant's due process rights (Huffman, Acting P.J.)

  • United States v. Gorman

    Publication Date: 2017-06-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
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    Date Filed: 2017-06-12
    Court: 9th Cir.
    Judge: Larry R. Hicks, District Judge, Presiding Before: Stephen Reinhardt and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges, and Ann D. Montgomery,*District Judge.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Greg Addington (argued), Assistant United States Attorney; Elizabeth O. White, Appellate Chief; United States Attorney's Office, Reno, Nevada; for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    for defendant: Vincent Savarese, III (argued), Gentile Cristalli Miller Armeni Savarese, Las Vegas, Nevada, for Claimant-Appellee.
    Case Number: Nos. 15-16600, 15-17103

    Coordinated traffic stops violated Fourth Amendment (Reinhardt, J.)