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25 May 2018, 11:00 am by Aurora Barnes
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit’s judgment and instruct that court to remand the case to the district court with directions to dismiss all claims for prospective relief regarding pregnant unaccompanied minors. [read post]
24 May 2010, 5:25 am by Steve McConnell
That's right: plaintiff's expert basically wished to instruct the jury on legal causation, which is a no-no . [read post]
10 Jan 2012, 1:55 pm by Law Lady
Criminal law -- Attempted second-degree murder -- Jury instructions -- Trial judge's instruction on lesser offense of attempted manslaughter that is virtually identical to the erroneous instruction in Houston v. [read post]
7 Feb 2017, 5:41 am by SHG
While I have been on the federal bench over 20 years and have presided over tons of criminal cases and hundreds of jury trials, I have never sat as a judge on an ordinary rape case. [read post]
14 May 2015, 2:15 pm by Maureen Johnston
§ 2254 that governs review of a state court's holding that jury instructions could not have reasonably misled the jury on state law; and (2) whether the Sixth Circuit properly found that any alleged error was harmful under Brecht v. [read post]
20 Mar 2007, 4:13 pm
Finally, the prosecutor seemed to take ultimate responsibility for punishment away from the jury, stating that he "decide[s] in which cases we ask for the death penalty. [read post]
26 Jan 2007, 4:20 am
But, those agreements are standard for people in sensitive government positions. [read post]
30 Mar 2015, 12:47 pm by Lyle Denniston
  The jury instruction issue was decided in favor of the accused by the Kansas Supreme Court in the Gleason case, and then applied to the Carr cases. [read post]
10 May 2012, 7:58 am by McNabb Associates, P.C.
The jury saw a copy of the seized set of documents - the standard court order dated March 10, 2010, accepting his plea deal, providing for no jail time and two years probation, and the surreal documents Cox used to abrogate the plea, including the paperwork for his now-famous "trial" in a Denny's restaurant before a jury of his pals in which he was acquitted. [read post]
10 May 2012, 7:58 am by McNabb Associates, P.C.
The jury saw a copy of the seized set of documents - the standard court order dated March 10, 2010, accepting his plea deal, providing for no jail time and two years probation, and the surreal documents Cox used to abrogate the plea, including the paperwork for his now-famous "trial" in a Denny's restaurant before a jury of his pals in which he was acquitted. [read post]
22 Dec 2014, 12:13 pm by Guest Author
Newman, in which the Second Circuit concluded that the district court’s jury instructions were improper and that the evidence was insufficient to sustain a conviction. [read post]
20 Jun 2014, 10:14 am by John Elwood
John Elwood reviews Monday’s relisted cases. [read post]
24 Jun 2023, 5:01 am by Eugene Volokh
The Florida Supreme Court's jury instructions offer an inkling into covered conduct, but likewise leave the reader with more questions than answers. [read post]
29 Oct 2011, 3:17 am by Lyle Denniston
   The jury convicted Perry of the theft charge, but found him not guilty of criminal mischief. [read post]
24 Jan 2011, 2:47 pm by Roy Ginsburg
(This is a much less onerous burden than the “proof beyond a reasonable doubt” standard applicable in criminal cases.) [read post]
23 Apr 2015, 5:03 am by SHG
At least under the national criminal law standard known as the Model Penal Code that all first-year law students are taught in Criminal Law 101, a higher state of mind such as intent “always proves a lower level,” in this case, recklessness. [read post]
8 May 2007, 5:27 am
The following is a glossary of a broad list of legal terms, civil and criminal, state and federal and not just those in a divorce or family law case. [read post]