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17 Oct 2010, 5:32 pm
Griffith’s book was of such poor standard that it had no support from the scientific community. [read post]
12 Oct 2010, 9:41 am
Courtesy of Law Offices of Dena Alo-Colbeck “Writing and Research for Washington Attorneys” The following criminal cases of note were decided in the week of 10/01/10: Washington State Law Washington State Supreme Court City of Aberdeen v. [read post]
10 Oct 2010, 7:45 pm
” Note that the Court of Criminal Appeals strongly endorses the EJI’s standards for the performance of counsel. [read post]
10 Oct 2010, 5:44 pm
See, for instance, this Findlaw article, “The Judge’s Decision To Throw Out The Jury’s Guilty Verdict On The Murder Charge”, discussing the “thirteenth juror standard” under which a judge can throw out a jury’s verdict in a criminal trial. [read post]
3 Oct 2010, 7:15 pm
The Supreme Court on Monday will hand down dozens of cert. denials in criminal and capital cases. [read post]
3 Oct 2010, 6:25 pm
Apparently, the attorney for the Town of Cheshire felt it more appropriate to instruct police officials at the criminal trial of the defendants, to offer up “We didn’t believe this family was in any immediate danger. [read post]
3 Oct 2010, 5:20 pm
Jack of Kent has a post on the case – author David Allen Green’s firm has been instructed by Ms Bercow. [read post]
27 Sep 2010, 8:42 pm
As to the remaining issues raised by the defendant, we agree with the Court of Criminal Appeals’s conclusions and attach as an appendix to this opinion the relevant portions of that court’s decision. [read post]
22 Sep 2010, 9:36 am
Here, the jury was instructed to determine whether his conduct was indecent or obscene. [read post]
20 Sep 2010, 7:28 am
The case against ‘99¢ Only Stores’ concerned the sale of three cleaning and pest control products. [read post]
15 Sep 2010, 9:55 am
A death sentence that is arbitrarily imposed or handed down without proper consideration of mitigating evidence -- evidence about the crime or the defendant that suggests the death penalty is inappropriate -- is cruel and unusual and unconstitutional.Can our criminal justice system ensure that a death sentence meets these constitutional standards? [read post]
6 Sep 2010, 12:24 pm
Standing alone, the phrase ‘any act’ provides no guidance to potential violators, police officers or juries, particularly because specific intent is not an element of the offense as charged in this case. . . . [read post]
27 Aug 2010, 9:52 am
A federal court simply cannot interpose itself and set aside the jury verdict in this case absent a truly persuasive showing of innocence. [read post]
23 Aug 2010, 3:35 am
Soon after, Pope Alexander II provided the papal standard (vexillum sancti Petri) and an indulgence to the Christians in the conflict in 1063, making it officially a holy war that would culminate centuries later in the Spanish Inquisition. [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]
18 Aug 2010, 8:45 pm
According to the court, the trial judge’s jury instructions effectively gave the jury the correct legal issue: The jury was instructed that it could only award liability if the purpose of the police conduct was criminal-enforcement rather than medical. [read post]
17 Aug 2010, 3:44 am
Having relied on that blather, the government cannot now prove that the jury didn't rely on it in convicting Skilling on all charges.Although results rarely occur as they should in misdirected criminal prosecutions, Skilling really should win his release and a re-trial. [read post]
16 Aug 2010, 3:40 am
In the meantime, no rest for the courts of appeals; the 8th District alone handed down 14 decisions in just criminal cases last week. [read post]
8 Aug 2010, 10:20 am
Heeter also challenged the jury instructions and challenged the statute as ambiguous, but the court rejects these challenges. ---- The case illustrates the ease with which email evidence (and MySpace accounts) can be faked. [read post]
3 Aug 2010, 12:00 am
Great fuss is made in jury instructions about the government having the burden of proof. [read post]
