Criminal Law Blog

Aug 19, 2016

“Do Not Disturb”: Fruits of Warrantless Entry into Motel Room Suppressed

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Aug 17, 2016

EMAILGATE: Courtroom Clerk Emails Prosecutor Mid-Trial To Tell Him The Witness Is Lying About A Football Game

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Aug 10, 2016

Court Upholds Restricting Evidence of Decedent’s Violent Character to Bare Fact of Prior Conviction, Where Details Underlying Conviction Might Paint Decedent as a “Bad Guy”

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Aug 08, 2016

Court Warns That Red Book’s “While Armed” Instruction Can Impermissibly Imply That Defendant Did, In Fact, Possess Charged Weapon

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Aug 05, 2016

Unpreserved Error, but No Reversal, Where Trial Court Omitted from Reasonable Doubt Instruction Red Book Language Contrasting Burdens of Proof in Civil and Criminal Cases

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Jul 29, 2016

Critical defense witnesses should be granted immunity if expected testimony meets definition of exculpatory and material as defined in Brady, and limits on government’s ability to impeach such a witness who is forced to invoke the Fifth Amendment.

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Jul 25, 2016

I'm Sure the Jury Didn't Hear That!

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Jul 22, 2016

Firearms Examiner May Not Testify That Bullet Was Fired From a Particular Gun With Absolute Certainty, Plus Some Other Errors, But No Harm

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Jul 20, 2016

Questionable Conduct: Detective’s Interrogation Tactics Create Impermissible Risk That Waiver of the Right to Counsel Was Not Intentional

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Jul 18, 2016

Appellant gets jury trial on charges that typically aren't jury eligible

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