Criminal Law Reporter Index

CALIFORNIA

– Aggravated child molestation, consent no defense (Cal.), 88:551
– Attorney candor toward tribunals, accounting for failure of client to appear, San Diego ethics opinion, 88:786
– Collateral estoppel, probation revocation (Cal. Ct. App.), 88:434
– Competency, burden of proof re retrospective incompetency (Cal.), 88:599
– Guilty pleas

– – Probation conditions based on dismissed charge (Cal.), 88:428
– – Withdrawal of plea, ineffective assistance of counsel (Cal. Ct. App.), 88:141; opinion amended, 88:257

– Habeas corpus

– – Collateral attack, flexible deadline (U.S., rvs), 88:631; text, 88:665
– – State parole denials (U.S., rvs), 88:464

– Harmless error, guarding accused while on stand (Cal.), 88:755
– Jury instructions, cultural differences in child discipline (Cal. Ct. App.), 88:122
– Jury misconduct, juror claims made under oath (Cal. Ct. App.), 88:599
– Jury trial right, prior conviction exception (9th Cir.), 88:565
– Prosecutorial misconduct

– – Communication with represented parties through cooperating witness (9th Cir.), 88:466
– – State bar probe, 88:145

– Rape victim, expert testimony on developmental disability of (Cal. Ct. App.), 88:756
– Restitution

– – Child support order, priority (Cal. Ct. App.), 88:782
– – Music piracy victims (Cal. Ct. App.), 88:142

– Sentencing, gang enhancement (Cal.), 88:375
– Subpoenas, state access to information (Cal.), 88:168

CANINES

See DOGS

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

– Castle doctrine, death penalty eligibility re warrantless undercover officer entry (Ga.), 88:246
– Juries

– – Harmless error, failure to instruct on aggravating factor (U.S., rev den), 88:735
– – Inability to make unanimous sentence recommendation (U.S., rev den), 88:99
– – Instructions, youth as mitigating factor (Cal.), 88:548
– – Poll of deadlocked jury re rejection of death sentence (9th Cir, en banc), 88:589

– Lethal injection

– – Cruel and unusual punishment, availability of challenge (Ohio), 88:313
– – Drug substitution, stay denied (10th Cir.), 88:372
– – Foreign drug source, disclosure of (U.S., judg vac), 88:167

– Mental retardation

– – Burden of proof, habeas corpus (11th Cir., rehear en banc grant), 88:194
– – GED program completion (Fla.), 88:570
– – Habeas corpus filing deadline (5th Cir.), 88:215

– Penalty phase

– – Aggravating circumstances, sufficiency of evidence (U.S., rev den), 88:174
– – Defense strategy, query by prosecution psychiatrist (6th Cir.), 88:437
– – Prison fight, videotape admissible (S.C.), 88:342
– – Rebuttal of victim character evidence (U.S., rev den), 88:26
– – Witness sequestration (Tenn.), 88:64

– Proportionality review (N.H.), 88:83
– Tex., pretrial as-applied challenge to state scheme (Tex. Crim. App.), 88:575

CFAA (COMPUTER FRAUD AND ABUSE ACT)

See COMPUTERS

CHILD ABUSE

– Confessions, corpus delicti rule, trustworthiness approach (N.M.), 88:401
– Confrontation right, testimonial statements by sex abuse victim (N.M.), 88:93
– Jury instructions, cultural differences (Cal. Ct. App.), 88:122
– Qualified immunity, interview of sex abuse victim at school (U.S., rev grant), 88:71; 88:72

CHILD PORNOGRAPHY

– Child exploitation enterprise (11th Cir.), 88:137
– Evidence

– – Definition of “accused” (7th Cir.), 88:550
– – Exclusionary rule, good-faith exception (2d Cir.), 88:165
– – Hearsay, rebuttal testimony re other suspects' confession (3d Cir.), 88:169
– – Spousal abuse (8th Cir.), 88:140
– – Sufficiency, temporary internet files (N.Y. App. Div.), 88:142
– – Temporary internet files (10th Cir.), 88:517

– Expert witnesses, possession of fabricated images (6th Cir.), 88:512
– Federal jurisdiction, interstate commerce (9th Cir.), 88:638
– Federal sentencing guidelines

– – Bartering enhancement (6th Cir.), 88:193
– – Downward variance for offenses occurring overseas (U.S., rev sought), 88:798
– – Duplicate files (6th Cir.), 88:770
– – Enhancement despite plea bargain (3d Cir.), 88:399
– – Presumption of reasonableness (7th Cir.), 88:519
– – Substantive unreasonableness (3d Cir.), 88:132

– Freedom of speech, digitally modified images (2d Cir.), 88:750
– Knowledge of transmission in interstate commerce (2d Cir.), 88:163
– Lasciviousness, fleeting nude tanning salon image (5th Cir.), 88:817
– Mandatory minimums

– – Physical restraint in images (Ga.), 88:815
– – Prior solicitation conviction related (10th Cir.), 88:352

– Possession, mere viewing of content on internet (Or.), 88:517
– Restitution to child depicted, proximate cause

– – (5th Cir.), 88:806
– – (11th Cir.), 88:542

– Search and seizure

– – Computers, plain view doctrine (3d Cir.), 88:562
– – Exigent circumstances, concealed-carry permit (4th Cir.), 88:548
– – Government agents, ISP mandatory reporting (U.S., rev sought), 88:79; (rev den), 88:99
– – Probable cause, lack of description of images in warrant (3d Cir.), 88:817

– Supervised release, lifetime supervision (9th Cir.), 88:816

CHILDREN

– Child support

– – Failure to pay

– – – Cash gifts received by deadbeat parent (7th Cir.), 88:375
– – – Guilty pleas, apprisal of mandatory restitution in colloquy (Ill. App. Ct.), 88:402

– – Restitution priority (Cal. Ct. App.), 88:782

– Confrontation right, statements of child witness during ongoing emergency (U.S., vac), 88:735
– Federal sentencing guidelines enhancement, use of minors (5th Cir.), 88:143
– International custody suit evidence irrelevant re International Parental Kidnapping Crime Act violation (2d Cir.), 88:317
– Jury instructions, role of support person (N.H.), 88:516
– Juvenile offenders

See JUVENILE OFFENDERS

– Molestation

See generally SEX OFFENSES

– Negligent endangerment, exposure to drugs (Va.), 88:192

CITIZENSHIP

See ALIENS AND CITIZENSHIP

CIVIL RIGHTS

– DNA testing, post-conviction access to evidence (U.S., oral arg), 88:102; (rvs and rem), 88:683; text, 88:713
– Favorable-termination rule, unavailability of habeas relief (10th Cir.), 88:168
– Municipality liability, limitation applicable to declaratory relief (U.S., rvs), 88:247; text, 88:264 et seq.
– Police

– – Excessive force, use against fleeing suspect (U.S., rev sought), 88:418; (rev den), 88:494
– – Self-incrimination privilege of officer, use of compelled statements (U.S., rev sought), 88:417; (rev den), 88:612

– Prisoners

See PRISONS AND JAILS

– Prosecutor failure to disclose exculpatory evidence, pattern of Brady violations (U.S., rvs), 88:805; (text), 88:825
– Qualified immunity

See IMMUNITY

COLLATERAL ATTACK

– Cal., flexible deadline (U.S., rvs), 88:631; text, 88:665
– Firearms, retroactivity of Watson rule on bartering (4th Cir.), 88:435
– Guilty pleas, immigration consequences, ineffective assistance claim (Md. Ct. Spec. App.), 88:400

COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL

– Attorney malpractice, grant of post-conviction relief not dispositive (Alaska), 88:86
– Evidence, sufficiency finding binding on separately tried codefendant (1st Cir.), 88:541
– Forfeiture, untimeliness of civil action (9th Cir.), 88:432
– Probation revocation (Cal. Ct. App.), 88:434

COLORADO

– Prosecutor disqualification (Colo.), 88:190

COMMERCE CLAUSE

– Body armor, law banning felon possession proper (U.S., rev den), 88:406

COMPETENCY

– Burden of proof re retrospective incompetency (Cal.), 88:599
– Ex parte contacts undertaken by judge (Vt.), 88:121
– Mental health, involuntary administration of antipsychotic drugs

– – Appellate review standard (9th Cir.), 88:66
– – Due process (4th Cir.), 88:8
– – Marijuana cultivation sufficient to justify (Conn.), 88:310

– Psychiatric evaluation, tolling of speedy trial clock (Neb.), 88:256
– Sentencing, appeal of failure to pass provisional sentence (9th Cir.), 88:464
– Witnesses

See WITNESSES AND TESTIMONY

COMPUTERS

– CFAA

– – Cell phones, qualification as computers (8th Cir.), 88:561
– – File access limitation violation (11th Cir.), 88:366
– – Proprietary data (N.D. Cal.), 88:316
– – Valuation, production cost of TV commercial footage (6th Cir.), 88:509

– Child pornography

– – Federal sentencing guidelines, duplicate files (6th Cir.), 88:770
– – Probable cause, lack of description of images in warrant (3d Cir.), 88:817
– – Transfer from one folder to another (9th Cir.), 88:638

– E-mail

See E-MAIL

– Evidence, database search result printout (9th Cir.), 88:185
– Hacking, unauthorized e-mail access, scienter (Tex. Crim. App.), 88:464
– Ineffective assistance of counsel, failure to discover illegal pornography on victim's computer (U.S., rev den), 88:26
– Internet

See INTERNET

– Search and seizure

– – Applying old-age principles to new-age technology, BNA Insights, 88:644
– – Border searches of e-devices

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 216

– – Plain view doctrine (3d Cir.), 88:562

CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS

– American Bar Ass'n (ABA) Midyear Meeting, 88:605
– BNA, electronically stored information webcast, 88:783
– National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL)

– – Fourth Annual Forensic Science Seminar, 88:553
– – U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Seminar, 88:606

CONFESSIONS

See INTERROGATIONS AND CONFESSIONS

CONFIRMATIONS

See NOMINATIONS AND CONFIRMATIONS

CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

– Dual representation

– – Prosecution witness and defendant, co-counsel taking over (Miss.), 88:696
– – Victim and defendant (Mo. Ct. App.), 88:60

– Joint representation, duty of judge to inquire (R.I.), 88:752
– Prosecutors

See PROSECUTORS

– Public defenders, simultaneous representation of codefendants (Mont.), 88:162
– Sexual assault, civil consultation with victim (Wis.), 88:460

CONFRONTATION RIGHT

– Future of confrontation clause, BNA Insights, 88:258
– Habeas corpus

– – Attorney-client privilege of witness (U.S., rev sought), 88:554
– – Change in testimony of state witness (11th Cir., rehear en banc grant), 88:195
– – Jury instructions, use of codefendant's confession (3d Cir.), 88:780
– – Unavailability of witness, inadequate effort to locate (7th Cir.), 88:511

– Manufacturer's certificate, nontestimonial business record (Me.), 88:224; (U.S., rev sought), 88:763
– Rape victim's prior accusations (Fla.), 88:779
– Sentencing trial, cross-examination of experts permitted (N.C. Ct. App.), 88:217
– Testimonial statements

– – Affidavit in support of protective order (Va.), 88:515
– – Arrest warrant not testimonial (Or. Ct. App.), 88:219
– – Child sex abuse victim statements (N.M.), 88:93
– – Excited utterances of officer after fight with prisoner (Pa. Super. Ct.), 88:168
– – Forensic lab reports

– – – Blood draw analysis report, testimony by someone other than report preparer (U.S., hear scheduled), 88:580; (oral arg), 88:758
– – – Expert repeating another's test results (C.A.A.F.), 88:372

– – Memory loss of present witnesses (Tex. Crim. App. & Mo.), 88:695
– – Natl. Automobile Dealers Ass'n “blue book” (Va.), 88:515
– – Ongoing emergencies

– – – Child witness, statements made after removal from home (U.S., vac), 88:735
– – – Victim statements in aftermath of crime (U.S., oral arg), 88:76; (vac and rem), 88:629; text, 88:649

– – Suicide note by defendant's lover (U.S., rev sought), 88:761
– – Victim statements to 911 operator (Cal. Ct. App.), 88:191

CONGRESS, U.S.

– Ed. Note: For coverage of legislation by bill number, see LEGISLATION, FEDERAL. For information on measures not yet assigned bill numbers, see specific subject headings.

CONNECTICUT

– Involuntary medication of incompetent defendant, marijuana cultivation sufficient to justify (Conn.), 88:310
– Jury instructions, waiver of constitutional error (Conn.), 88:507

CONSPIRACY

– Child exploitation enterprise (11th Cir.), 88:137
– Drug trafficking

– – Evidence, sufficiency of (5th Cir.), 88:549
– – Money laundering proceeds of (9th Cir.), 88:69; (U.S., rev sought), 88:851
– – Scienter, foreseeability of drug type and quantity (2d Cir.), 88:372

– Restitution of co-conspirator (9th Cir.), 88:160
– RICO Act

See RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS (RICO) ACT

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

– Commerce Clause

See COMMERCE CLAUSE

– Confrontation right

See CONFRONTATION RIGHT

– Counsel, right to

See RIGHT TO COUNSEL

– Cruel and unusual punishment

See CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT

– Double jeopardy