Criminal Law Reporter Index

DEATH PENALTY

DEFENSES

– Battered-woman syndrome, mental exam by state expert (Ohio), 88:429
– Consent, aggravated child molestation (Cal.), 88:551
– Drugs, innocent possession (Ky.), 88:572
– Infancy

– – Child molestation (Ga.), 88:696
– – Jury trial right (N.M.), 88:131

– Insanity

– – Appellate jurisdiction (9th Cir.), 88:139
– – Lay testimony re mental condition (10th Cir.), 88:573

– Medical necessity defense re marijuana manufacture, due process (9th Cir.), 88:224
– Necessity, drunk driving (Nev.), 88:94
– Parental-discipline defense to battery charge (Kan. Ct. App.), 88:434
– Perjury, literal truth (U.S., rev sought), 88:850
– Self-defense

– – Firearms, illegal possession (Okla. Crim. App.), 88:465
– – Immunity, pretrial motion (Fla.), 88:436

– Sexual assault, waiver of sex-for-drugs defense (Vt.), 88:641

DELAWARE

– Jury instructions, accomplice liability (Del.), 88:374

DEPARTMENT OF

See specific department e.g., JUSTICE DEPARTMENT (DOJ)

DISCOVERY

– Electronically stored information

– – BNA webcast, 88:783
– – Implication of client, 88:787

– Prosecutor failure to disclose exculpatory evidence, pattern of Brady violations (U.S., rvs), 88:805; (text), 88:825
– Punitive sanctions improper for noncompliance (Mass.), 88:349
– Subpoenas

See SUBPOENAS

– Text messages between FBI agents and witness discoverable under Jencks Act (D.N.J.), 88:222
– Witness investigation for sex offense, failure to disclose (9th Cir.), 88:778

DISORDERLY CONDUCT

– Bystander alarm (N.Y.), 88:641
– Criminal mischief, similarity to disorderly conduct (9th Cir.), 88:227
– Threatening behavior, voter registration disruption (Vt.), 88:641

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

– Firearms, right to possess ammunition (D.C.), 88:192

DNA TESTING

– Arkansas

– – New trial motion procedure clarification (Ark.), 88:188
– – Third-party DNA, prisoner unable to compel testing (Ark.), 88:374

– Civil rights, post-conviction access to evidence (U.S., oral arg), 88:102; (rvs and rem), 88:683; text, 88:713
– Confessions, impact on post-conviction request (Pa.), 88:684
– Court order to obtain sample (Wash.), 88:95
– Exculpatory evidence, materiality of lost evidence (Ga.), 88:642
– Online database of exonerations, 88:18
– Right to counsel, hearing on motion to compel (9th Cir.), 88:141
– Waiver, federal prosecutors to no longer require for guilty pleas, 88:229
– Warrantless DNA collection, privacy and accuracy concerns, BNA Insights, 88:320

DOGS

– Traffic stops, entry of car by drug dog (3d Cir.), 88:63

DOJ

See JUSTICE DEPARTMENT (DOJ)

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

– Battery, third-offense felony (W. Va.), 88:173
– Conflicts of interest, dual representation of defendant and victim (Mo. Ct. App.), 88:60
– Evidence of spousal abuse by child pornography defendant (8th Cir.), 88:140
– Federal sentencing guidelines, criminal history score, protective order violation (9th Cir.), 88:551
– Hospital records, statements re domestic violence not hearsay (N.Y.), 88:245
– Other crimes evidence, due process implications (Ill.), 88:293
– Right to bear arms, intermediate scrutiny (10th Cir.), 88:373
– Search and seizure, Wash. state emergency aid doctrine (Wash.), 88:545

DOUBLE JEOPARDY

– Child exploitation enterprise, conspiracy to engage in (11th Cir.), 88:137
– Child pornography, transfer from one computer folder to another (9th Cir.), 88:638
– False statements, multiple lies on loan applications (Tex. Crim. App.), 88:67
– Juries, effect of hung jury on one of multiple charges (U.S., rev den), 88:148
– Retrial after erroneous mistrial (9th Cir.), 88:549
– Supervised release, sentence correction (U.S., rev den), 88:27

DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED

See generally DRUNK DRIVING

DRUGS

– Attorneys, criminal liability for arranging drug buy to discredit witness (Ind. Ct. App.), 88:752
– Child endangerment, negligent exposure to drugs (Va.), 88:192
– Conspiracy to distribute, scienter (2d Cir.), 88:372
– Evidence, insufficient evidence for trafficking conspiracy (5th Cir.), 88:549
– Expert witnesses, courier profile testimony

– – Mental state of defendant (5th Cir.), 88:67
– – Per se ban rejected (9th Cir.), 88:779

– Federal jurisdiction, Drug Trafficking Vessel Interdiction Act (11th Cir.), 88:595
– Federal sentencing guidelines

– – Adequacy of reduced sentence explanation (8th Cir.), 88:13
– – Career offenders, Fla. drug purchase conviction (11th Cir.), 88:639
– – Crack amendments, retroactive application, career offender receiving departure (7th Cir.), 88:634
– – Ecstasy equivalent (2d Cir.), 88:780
– – Immigration offenses

– – – Illegal reentry, enhancement based on sentence imposed before removal (7th Cir.), 88:748
– – – Prior suspended sentence (10th Cir.), 88:172

– – Presentence interviews, prior distribution activity (10th Cir.), 88:59

– Firearms, retroactivity of Watson rule on bartering (4th Cir.), 88:435
– Forensic lab reports, expert repeating another's test results (C.A.A.F.), 88:372
– Hearsay, testimony re dealer transaction ledgers (5th Cir.), 88:186
– Investigative detentions, suspect approach of drug house (Wash.), 88:12
– Involuntary medication of incompetent defendant, marijuana cultivation sufficient to justify (Conn.), 88:310
– Jury selection, bias re violations of narcotics laws (Md.), 88:510
– Ky., innocent possession (Ky.), 88:572
– Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act

– – Subject matter jurisdiction not implicated (1st Cir.), 88:541
– – Vessel outside U.S. territory (1st Cir.), 88:309

– Medical necessity defense, due process (9th Cir.), 88:224
– Money laundering, trafficking conspiracy proceeds (9th Cir.), 88:69; (U.S., rev sought), 88:851
– Motel room used in trafficking, privacy expectation (6th Cir.), 88:171
– Private search doctrine, N.M. state constitution (N.M.), 88:112
– Purse in home, search subsequent to drug transaction (E.A.P.), 88:254
– Search incident to arrest, search of vehicle (7th Cir.), 88:693
– Sentencing, mandatory minimums

– – Aggregation of amounts in dismissed charges (8th Cir.), 88:575
– – Retroactivity of crack cocaine threshold (7th Cir.), 88:143
– – Standard for proving distribution link to death (7th Cir.), 88:311

– Traffic stops, reasonable suspicion

– – Drug dog's entry of car (3d Cir.), 88:63
– – Reliance on post hoc realizations (4th Cir.), 88:751

– Trafficking, proof of drug quantity for felony murder (Fla.), 88:403

DRUNK DRIVING

– Attorney malpractice, grant of post-conviction relief not dispositive (Alaska), 88:86
– Defense of necessity (Nev.), 88:94
– Exclusionary rule, extraterritorial traffic stop (Miss.), 88:94
– Federal sentencing guidelines, criminal history score (2d Cir.), 88:772
– Operation of motor vehicle, sleeping driver (Va.), 88:515
– Search and seizure, off-duty officer acting in private capacity (Vt.), 88:171

DUE PROCESS

– Bail denial not due process violation (N.H.), 88:291
– Capital punishment, disclosure of lethal injection drug source (U.S., judg vac), 88:167
– Child exploitation enterprise (11th Cir.), 88:137
– Child protective services caseworker, immunity re interview of child at school (U.S., hear scheduled), 88:580
– Competency

– – Burden of proof re retrospective incompetency (Cal.), 88:599
– – Mental health, involuntary administration of antipsychotic drugs, 88:8

– Confrontation right

See CONFRONTATION RIGHT

– Discovery, failure to disclose sex offense investigation of witness (9th Cir.), 88:778
– Domestic violence, other crimes evidence (Ill.), 88:293
– Expert testimony, developmental disability of rape victim (Cal. Ct. App.), 88:756
– Fair trial

See FAIR TRIAL AND HEARINGS

– Firearms, temporary ban on possession (Cal. Ct. App.), 88:140
– Guilty pleas, sentencing by judge who accepted plea (Nev., en banc), 88:543
– Habeas corpus, state parole denials (U.S., rvs), 88:464
– Identity theft, lack of culpable mental state (Ill.), 88:819
– Medical necessity defense re marijuana manufacture, due process (9th Cir.), 88:224
– Police property retention procedures (7th Cir.), 88:91
– Presence of accused

See PRESENCE OF ACCUSED

– Sentencing, inaccurate information in presentence report (2d Cir.), 88:368
– Sex offender designation (3d Cir.), 88:87
– Terrorism, material support, provision of medial care (2d Cir.), 88:564

DUI

See generally DRUNK DRIVING