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24 Jan 2017, 1:52 pm
Whenever I see a fact pattern like this -- and I see it occasionally -- I really do wonder what the risk-benefit calculation of the relevant person looked like:"At about 9:00 p.m. on January 27, 2011, Maria Mendiola went to one of the hair salons she owned, and at which she cut hair, to pick up the mail after closing. [read post]
9 Feb 2007, 11:49 pm
For what it's worth, I think that Judge Bea not only gets this one right, but also writes a moderate and reasonable -- and persuasive -- opinion.Yes, when defendants invoke the right to counsel, we can't use that against them at trial or to defeat their insanity defense. [read post]
10 Sep 2007, 11:07 am
You don't typically see someone sentenced in the federal system to over 100 years (or "1284 months") in prison. [read post]
12 Nov 2014, 10:46 am
Let's just say that "Innocence of Muslims" is now in reruns. [read post]
16 Oct 2014, 9:51 am
"Defendant’s criminal history began about 30 years before, with felony receiving stolen property in 1980, for which he was placed on probation. [read post]
21 Dec 2015, 10:56 am
"No" means no.There are so, so many areas in which this is unambiguously true. [read post]
28 Aug 2014, 3:59 pm
There's so much in this opinion that's really, really good. [read post]
20 Jan 2012, 2:34 pm
I'm generally in favor of certifying questions to state courts. [read post]
9 Mar 2020, 12:30 pm
It's a disturbing story about the home invasion robbery (and accidental murder) of a millionaire in Monte Sereno.Sometimes your impression of these things is that they're totally random; that it could "happen to anyone. [read post]
2 Nov 2009, 11:14 am
Keeping with today's "light reading is good reading" theory, here's another opinion in which everything after the first couple of sentences is merely support for what you already know.Though this one has a twist. [read post]
19 Jan 2014, 11:01 am
A 40-year-old former construction worker suffered from a host of alcohol-related ailments when he first applied for federal disability benefits in 2010. [read post]
28 Jan 2014, 1:00 pm
One advantage of certifying state law questions to the relevant state court is that once they've answered your question, the federal opinion is often super easy to write. [read post]
24 Mar 2014, 11:51 am
If you want to get a sense of some of the many absurdities in criminal law, take a look at this opinion.Not that I'm crying all that much for the defendant, who deserves -- and receives -- a very long prison sentence. [read post]
18 May 2015, 11:58 am
I won't say much about the merits of this case, since it's high-profile and will get substantial attention without me. [read post]