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22 Mar 2010, 1:22 am
In the opinion, 1st Circuit Judge Michael Boudin noted that the district court's instructions and the jury verdict were in line with 1st Circuit precedent, which interprets the term "cocaine base" in the statute to include "all forms of cocaine base, including but not limited to crack cocaine. [read post]
14 Aug 2009, 3:58 am
  The judge threw out the verdict, though, deciding he’d given the wrong jury instruction. [read post]
21 Jan 2011, 11:15 am by Will
” Yet Judge Raggi said she was “really concerned that this case went to the jury with the understanding that what was proscribed here was drug promotion. [read post]
16 Dec 2009, 8:36 am by Steve Hall
The Supreme Court in October clarified standard jury instructions for death penalty cases in response to another recommendation in that study, which found widespread confusion among jurors.Lawyers signing the petition included former Justices Harry Lee Anstead, Arthur England and Gerald Kogan and former American Bar Association President Martha Barnett.D'Alemberte, also a former American Bar Association president, served on the National Advisory Board of the… [read post]
2 Oct 2019, 10:21 am by Deborah Heller
In Kansas, mental illness that prevents a criminal defendant from knowing his/her actions were wrong is not a defense to criminal liability. [read post]
31 Aug 2011, 3:47 am by Russ Bensing
  The Telfaire instruction, developed five years before Manson and intended to inform the jury of the problems with identification testimony, has been shown by research to be “completely ineffective at sensitizing jurors to eyewitness evidence. [read post]
20 Jul 2017, 11:00 am by Jane Chong
” But to our limited knowledge, the nexus in the Comey case is attenuated. [read post]
22 Oct 2020, 4:00 am by Ken Chasse
Jordan, 2016 SCC 27, by setting a presumptive limit to acceptable delay at 18 months for cases tried in the provincial court, and 30 months for cases in the superior court (or cases tried in the provincial court after a preliminary inquiry). [read post]
5 Jan 2017, 11:37 am by Heidi A. Nadel
The case also may (or may not) also address the issue of whether the preponderance standard applied to the burden on the non-moving party violates the Article XV jury trial right. [read post]
5 Jan 2017, 11:37 am by Heidi A. Nadel
The case also may (or may not) also address the issue of whether the preponderance standard applied to the burden on the non-moving party violates the Article XV jury trial right. [read post]
5 Jan 2017, 11:37 am by Heidi A. Nadel
The case also may (or may not) also address the issue of whether the preponderance standard applied to the burden on the non-moving party violates the Article XV jury trial right. [read post]
16 May 2018, 4:27 am by Edith Roberts
Louisiana, in which the justices ruled that a defense attorney in a capital case cannot concede a defendant’s guilt to the jury over the defendant’s explicit objection, “[a]mong those submitting briefs supporting McCoy was The Criminal Bar Association Of England & Wales, which agreed with McCoy’s objections on originalist grounds rooted in English law. [read post]
3 Feb 2016, 12:59 pm by Michael Lowe
– Dallas Justice Blog     __________________ For more information on pre-arrest criminal defense in Texas see our web resources page or visit Michael Lowe’s Case Results. [read post]
6 Jun 2014, 8:39 am by Steve Erickson
  Elmore's attorney requested jury instructions for both unreasonable self-defense and mistake of fact, which were both denied by the trial court. [read post]
9 May 2018, 4:35 pm 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]
16 May 2011, 8:08 pm by The Legal Blog
A similar device was used by psychologist William Marston during World War I in espionage cases, which proved to be a precursor to its use in the criminal justice system. [read post]
14 Jul 2014, 4:45 pm by Wells Bennett
He flatly refused to participate in the military commission proceedings and  instructed his trial counsel not to present a substantive defense. [read post]
12 Jun 2018, 7:15 am by John Elwood
Flores-Ortega applies when a criminal defendant instructs his trial counsel to file a notice of appeal but trial counsel decides not to do so because the defendant’s plea agreement included an appeal waiver. [read post]