Criminal Law Reporter Index

MAIL FRAUD

– Federal sentencing guidelines, reasonableness of above-guidelines sentence (7th Cir.), 88:814
– Sentencing, impunity of co-conspirator irrelevant (7th Cir.), 88:518

MAINE

– Confrontation right, nontestimonial business record (Me.), 88:224; (U.S., rev sought), 88:763

MALPRACTICE

– Forum selection clause in retainer agreement (N.D.W. Va.), 88:119
– Guilt of former client, relevance (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div.), 88:571
– Noneconomic damages, wrongly incarcerated client (N.Y. App. Div.), 88:461
– Post-conviction relief

– – Alaska, grant of relief not dispositive (Alaska), 88:86
– – Or., habeas corpus (Or. Ct. App.), 88:223

MANDATORY VICTIMS RESTITUTION ACT (MVRA)

See RESTITUTION

MANSLAUGHTER

See generally HOMICIDE

MARITAL PRIVILEGE

– Witness tampering, urging spouse to invoke privilege (9th Cir.), 88:505

MARYLAND

– Confessions, inducement, telling suspect about offer from victim (Md.), 88:569
– Jury selection, bias re charged crime (Md.), 88:510
– Prosecutorial vouching, police officers' veracity (Md.), 88:166
– Right to bear arms, possession outside home (Md.), 88:459
– Self-incrimination, act of production privilege, corporate documents (Md.), 88:134
– State sentencing guidelines, external evidence inadmissible re plea hearing (Md.), 88:220
– Traffic stop reasonable suspicion, detention of passengers (Md.), 88:125
– Witness intimidation, partial closure of courtroom (Md.), 88:138

MASSACHUSETTS

– Expert forensic ballistics testimony (Mass.), 88:594
– Right to counsel, communication of attorney directive to stop talking (Mass.), 88:216
– Sex offenses

– – Civil commitment eligibility (Mass.), 88:193
– – General description and DNA profile sufficient to toll limitations period re rape prosecution (Mass.), 88:344

– Traffic stops, probable cause for seat belt violation (Mass.), 88:782

MEDIA

– Journalistic privilege (2d Cir.), 88:818

MEETINGS

See CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS

MENS REA

– Arms Export Control Act, willful violation (6th Cir.), 88:552
– Child endangerment, negligent exposure to drugs (Va.), 88:192
– Child pornography, knowledge of transmission in interstate commerce (2d Cir.), 88:163
– Expert witnesses, profile testimony (5th Cir.), 88:67
– Habeas corpus remand, due process (8th Cir.), 88:253; (U.S., rev sought), 88:799; (rev den), 88:844
– Homicide, expert testimony on Asperger's syndrome (Minn.), 88:118
– Identity theft, lack of culpable mental state (Ill.), 88:819

MENTAL HEALTH

– Burden of proof, mental retardation (11th Cir., rehear en banc grant), 88:194
– Capital punishment, mental retardation

– – GED program completion (Fla.), 88:570
– – Habeas corpus filing deadline (5th Cir.), 88:215

– Competency

See COMPETENCY

– Expert testimony

– – Asperger's syndrome (Minn.), 88:118
– – Battered-woman syndrome defense (Ohio), 88:429
– – Rape victim, developmental disability of (Cal. Ct. App.), 88:756

– Firearms, temporary ban on possession (Cal. Ct. App.), 88:140
– Habeas corpus, evidence not before state court (oral arg), 88:207
– Ineffective assistance of counsel, forgoing mental exam (5th Cir.), 88:550
– Insanity defense

– – Appellate jurisdiction of not guilty verdict (9th Cir.), 88:139
– – Lay testimony re mental condition (10th Cir.), 88:573

MILITARY SERVICE

See ARMED SERVICES

MINNESOTA

– False statements, allegations of police misconduct (Minn. Ct. App.), 88:11
– Homicide, expert testimony on Asperger's syndrome (Minn.), 88:118

MIRANDA WARNINGS

See INTERROGATIONS AND CONFESSIONS

MISSISSIPPI

– Conflicts of interest, dual representation of prosecution witness and defendant (Miss.), 88:696
– Jury selection, voir dire questions re prior service on acquitting juries (Miss.), 88:403

MISSOURI

– Conflicts of interest, dual representation of defendant and victim (Mo. Ct. App.), 88:60
– Confrontation right, memory loss of present witness (Mo.), 88:695
– Juvenile offenders, sentencing as adult, life without parole (Mo.), 88:398
– Traffic stops, radio check on passenger at roadblock (Mo.), 88:694

MISTRIALS

– Double jeopardy, retrial after erroneous mistrial (9th Cir.), 88:549

MONEY LAUNDERING

– Drug trafficking conspiracy proceeds (9th Cir.), 88:69; (U.S., rev sought), 88:851
– Forfeiture, untimeliness of civil action (9th Cir.), 88:432
– Health care fraud, proceeds (4th Cir.), 88:779
– Ponzi scheme expenditures (9th Cir.), 88:312
– Restitution of co-conspirator (9th Cir.), 88:160
– Suspicious activity reports, confidentiality (5th Cir.), 88:600

MONTANA

– Public defenders, simultaneous representation of codefendants (Mont.), 88:162
– Reasonable expectation of privacy, recording of cell phone conversations (Mont.), 88:140

MOTOR VEHICLE SEARCHES

– Cell phone found in vehicle (W. Va.), 88:640
– Drug dog's entry of car (3d Cir.), 88:63
– Rental cars, driver not listed on rental contract (3d Cir.), 88:807
– Residential curtilage, car in driveway (Mass.), 88:96
– Search incident to arrest

– – Drug arrest (7th Cir.), 88:693
– – Inevitable discovery despite Gant violation (7th Cir.), 88:402
– – Passenger still inside car (Ky.), 88:12

MOTOR VEHICLES

– ACCA, intentional vehicular flight, prior violent felony (U.S., oral arg), 88:445
– Drunk driving

See DRUNK DRIVING

– GPS surveillance, BNA Insights, 88:468
– Stops

See TRAFFIC STOPS

– Testimonial statements, Natl. Automobile Dealers Ass'n “blue book” (Va.), 88:515

MURDER

See generally HOMICIDE

MVRA (MANDATORY VICTIMS RESTITUTION ACT)

See RESTITUTION