Criminal Law Reporter Index

JAILS

JOINDER AND SEVERANCE

– Pre- and post-trial improper joinder claims (N.M.), 88:637

JUDGES

– Bribery, jury instructions re honest services fraud (U.S., rev den), 88:27
– Conflicts of interest, duty to inquire re joint representation (R.I.), 88:752
– Ex parte contacts re competency (Vt.), 88:121
– Federal sentencing guidelines, promise of sentence prior to range calculation (7th Cir.), 88:96
– Jury instructions, failure to properly instruct jury (3d Cir.), 88:811
– Nominations and confirmations

See NOMINATIONS AND CONFIRMATIONS

– Recusal

– – Extrajudicial e-mail re government witness (D.C.), 88:225
– – State habeas proceeding (Tex. Crim. App.), 88:225

– Self-defense immunity, pretrial motion (Fla.), 88:436
– 2011 BNA directory, 88:125

JURIES

– Cal., juror misconduct claims under oath (Cal. Ct. App.), 88:599
– Capital punishment

– – Inability to make unanimous sentence recommendation (U.S., rev den), 88:99
– – Poll of deadlocked jury re rejection of death sentence (9th Cir, en banc), 88:589

– Double jeopardy, effect of hung jury on one of multiple related charges (U.S., rev den), 88:148
– Grand juries

See GRAND JURIES

– Ineffective assistance of counsel, presence during jury review of trial testimony audio tape (Pa.), 88:226
– Iowa, legally inconsistent verdicts (Iowa), 88:370
– Recorded testimony, playback (N.J.), 88:775
– Voir dire

See JURY SELECTION

JURISDICTION

See FEDERAL JURISDICTION

JURY INSTRUCTIONS

– Accomplice liability, request requirement (Del.), 88:374
– Appeals, mention of process (Ga.), 88:781
– Capital punishment, youth as mitigating factor (Cal.), 88:548
– Child abuse, cultural differences (Cal. Ct. App.), 88:122
– Children, role of suppport person (N.H.), 88:516
– Discussion of evidence prior to deliberations, harmless error review (1st Cir.), 88:350
– Fraud, fiduciary duty of investor adviser (U.S., rev sought), 88:534; (rev den), 88:670
– Good character evidence, explanation insufficient (Ga.), 88:317
– Habeas corpus

– – Confession of codefendant, lack of limitation (3d Cir.), 88:780
– – Dictionary use by jurors to check terms (4th Cir.), 88:696
– – Telling jurors to set aside life experience, opinion withdrawn (9th Cir.), 88:404

– Harmless error, capital aggravating factor (U.S., rev den), 88:735
– Honest services fraud (U.S., rev den), 88:27
– Ineffective assistance of counsel, lesser included offenses (Wash.), 88:592
– Mandamus relief, judge's refusal to properly instruct jury (3d Cir.), 88:811
– Missing witnesses (5th Cir.), 88:818
– Parental-discipline defense to battery charge (Kan. Ct. App.), 88:434
– Perjury, literal-truth defense (U.S., rev sought), 88:850
– Solicitation of violent crime, constructive amendment of indictment (1st Cir.), 88:316
– Testimony, reading back (Fla.), 88:122
– Waiver of constitutional error, acquiescence of counsel (Conn.), 88:507

JURY SELECTION

– Ineffective assistance of counsel, presumption of prejudice (Ill.), 88:598
– Peremptory challenges

– – Improper denial precludes conviction (N.Y.), 88:284
– – Plain error (9th Cir.), 88:457

– Presence of accused

– – Brief absence during peremptory challenge preparation (5th Cir.), 88:809
– – Jury selection via e-mail (Wash.), 88:544

– Voir dire

– – Bias re charged crime (Md.), 88:510
– – Interaction with victim's family (Ala.), 88:170
– – Plain error, closing courtroom (D.C.), 88:689
– – Prior service on acquitting juries (Miss.), 88:403

JURY TRIAL RIGHT

– Fines, factual findings increasing amount of (1st Cir.), 88:364
– Habeas corpus

– – Cal., prior conviction exception (9th Cir.), 88:565
– – N.Y. persistent felony offenders (2d Cir., en banc), 88:114

– Juvenile offenders, sentencing as adult

– – Mo. scheme (Mo.), 88:398
– – N.M. scheme (N.M.), 88:131

– Or., anonymous juries (Or.), 88:755
– Sentencing, resentencing proceedings (Fla.), 88:597
– Stipulation in lieu of jury finding, prior felony conviction (3d Cir.), 88:811

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT (DOJ)

– Nominations and confirmations

See NOMINATIONS AND CONFIRMATIONS

JUVENILE OFFENDERS

– Cruel and unusual punishment

– – Capital murder, sentence upheld (Tex. Crim. App.), 88:226
– – Life imprisonment

– – – Meaningful opportunity for release (Va.), 88:465
– – – Without parole

– – – – Accomplice liability (Ark.), 88:639
– – – – First-degree murder conviction (Mo.), 88:398

– – Recidivist enhancement (6th Cir.), 88:13

– Interrogations and confessions

– – Custody, consideration of suspect's age (U.S., rev grant), 88:147; (oral arg), 88:846
– – Voluntariness of confession (U.S., judg vac), 88:71

– Jury instructions, youth as mitigating factor in capital case (Cal.), 88:548
– Jury trial right, sentencing as adult (N.M.), 88:131
– Search and seizure, parental consent to search home (Cal. Ct. App.), 88:85
– Sex offenses, infancy defense (Ga.), 88:696