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18 Sep 2009, 7:50 am
The Iowa Supreme Court's charge was merely to determine, given the jury instructions as the law of the case, was there enough evidence provided to the jury to convict Canal. [read post]
19 Aug 2010, 8:45 am
Ramos reversed a California Supreme Court holding that the Eighth Amendment prohibited an instruction to a capital sentencing jury that the jurors could take account of the governor’s power to commute a life sentence—an instruction which, the state court reasoned, implied that the jury did not really have the ultimate responsibility in the case. [read post]
10 Aug 2014, 5:15 pm
With respect to the homicide at issue in this case, the jury was instructed on two intentional crimes and two reckless ones. [read post]
19 May 2008, 3:30 pm
She is an expert in criminal law, civil procedure, and legal writing, all of which she teaches, and in which she has authored or co-authored 17 articles and book chapters on topics ranging from instructions to juries in criminal cases, guilty-plea negotiations, sex offenses, legal issues in AIDS, search and seizure procedures, and the legal autonomy of cities in urban planning. [read post]
26 Jan 2022, 5:01 am
" Here too the law in essence requires people to comply with criminal demands. [read post]
29 Mar 2011, 12:59 pm
Finding that the absence of such an instruction may have affected the verdict, as the jury could not find that Mr. [read post]
25 Nov 2008, 1:17 pm
In its jury instructions, the court repeated, "[Morena] is only on trial for these two counts and no other criminal conduct that has been mentioned or alluded to. [read post]
14 Feb 2009, 2:05 am
The KSC relied on three separate grounds for reversal: clear error for a giving a foreseeablility instruction in a premeditated murder case, clear error regarding an improper supplemental instruction given to the jury during deliberations after the jury indicated it was split on one count, and ineffective assistance of trial counsel for failure to subpoena key witnesses. [read post]
1 Apr 2015, 6:11 am
District Court Judge who had the case gave the jury. [read post]
11 Jun 2021, 5:04 am
He told the jury that there were only two possible verdicts, the judge’s instructions on lesser-included offenses notwithstanding. [read post]
22 Jun 2011, 9:32 am
This post is about a federal criminal case in which the defendant argued that the trial judge erred in denying his request that the jury be instructed on spoliation of evidence. [read post]
31 May 2017, 8:14 am
We presume juries heed admonitions and limiting instructions. [read post]
7 Jun 2017, 9:41 am
What absolutely drives me crazy is that we can never tell a jury everything that we know about the facts of the case. [read post]
27 May 2024, 11:22 am
As handed down by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, this standard essentially holds that a trial court abuses its discretion when it acts arbitrarily, unreasonably, or without reference to any guiding rules or principles. [read post]
7 Jan 2019, 8:55 am
Sotomayor emphasized that the “jury heard no evidence whatsoever to counterbalance the State’s case for the death penalty. [read post]
6 Mar 2014, 6:04 am
This is the point at which the prosecution theory, and the district court’s jury instructions, in Rosemond’s case failed. [read post]
8 Jul 2012, 7:22 am
It held: Because the Witherspoon-Witt standard is rooted in the constitutional right to an impartial jury, Wainwright v. [read post]
16 Jan 2009, 11:20 pm
The Court provided a rationale for dismissing both of these approaches.The Court opined jury instructions can only go so far. [read post]
18 Jan 2012, 3:01 pm
Pearson's case, the jury verdict form did not use the legal standard for what the person charged with the crime had to know from section 1035. [read post]
5 May 2008, 5:25 pm
While the truth is far from this, at least the average person wasn't instructed on this fact, as was the John Salvi jury. [read post]
