-U.S. v. Evans (NJ)

Sex abuse questions
-Payne v. U.S (AJ) (pert. for cert.)

K.

L.

M.

MAIL FRAUD

Conduct relating to union election
-U.S. v. Defries (private attorney)


Sufficiency of evidence
-U.S. v. Iguade (AJ) (aff. 8/7/96 unpub judgment)

MIRANDA ISSUES

Nonverbal conduct
-U.S. v. Cabrerra (LW)

Comment on post-Miranda silence
-U.S. v. Purvis (SR)
-U.S. v. Rawlings (LW) (Remanded)
-U.S. v. Samuel (AJ) (4/3/96 affirmed unpub. judgment)

Waivers
-U.S. v. Shirosaki (RT)

MISTRIAL

Inadmissible evidence
-U.S. v. Alford (GP)
-U.S. v. Griffith (SS)
-U.S. v. Walker (BB) (Opin 11/8/96 - Affirmed) 

MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL

Newly discovered evidence
-U.S. v. Baird (AJ)

MOTION TO VACATE CONVICTION (§2255)

Abuse of writ
-U.S. v. Kleinbart (SS)

Actual innocence
-U.S. v. Powell (EN)
-In Re: Robert Moore (EN) (amicus)

Cause and prejudice
-U.S. v. Kleinbart (SS)
-U.S. v. McKie (AJ)

Denial of hearing
-U.S. v. Minott (SR)
-U.S. v. Washington (JH)

New rule
-U.S. v. McKie (AJ)

Procedural default
-U.S. v. Kleinbart (SS)

Successive petitions
-U.S. v. Powell (EN)

Time limitations

N.

O.

OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE

False grand jury testimony
-U.S. v. Russo (RT)

P.

PAROLE

Revocation
-Noble v. U.S. (BD)

Street time credit
-U.S. v. Noble (AB)
-Noble v. U.S. (BD)

PHYSICAL EXAMINATION

Compelled examination of defendant
-In re Donald Hawkins (PM) (mandamus)

PLEA AGREEMENTS

Agreed upon sentence under Rule(e(1)(c)28
-U.S. v. Goodall (MP)

Enforcement of cooperation provision
-U.S. v. Jones (RP)

PRETRIAL PUBLICITY

Denial of continuance or change of venue
-U.S. v. Merlos (LK)
-U.S. v. Edmond (NJ) Opinion & Reply Brief

Midtrial
-U.S. v. Rezaq (RT) 2/6/98 Opin - affirmed

PRIVILEGES

Attorney-Client

Observation Post
-U.S. v. Foster (RT)

Psychiatrist-Patient
-U.S. v. Jones (MW)

PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT (See also "CLOSING ARGUMENT")

Doyle violation
-U.S. v. Purvis (SR)
-U.S. v. Rawlings (LB) (reversed & remanded 1/19/96 re instruc.)

Eliciting hearsay
-U.S. v. (Andre) Young (LW) 12/4/96 - affirmed unpub. judgment

Opening statement
-U.S. v. McLaughlin (BD);   Opinion

-U.S. v. Rawlings (LW) (reversed & remanded 1/19/96 re instruc.)
-U.S. v. Samuel (AJ) (4/3/96 affirmed, unpub. judgment)

References to defendant's heritage
-U.S. v. Calderon (SS)

References to defendant's race & character
-U.S. v. Light (AB)

References to facts not put in evidence
-U.S. v. Small (LB) Opinion & Reply Brief & Order

Q.

R.

REBUTTAL EVIDENCE

Improper
-U.S. v. Griffith (SS)

RECUSAL

Judge's participation on pornography commission
-Payne v. U.S. (AJ & BB) (pet. for cert.)

RICO

Conspiracy
-U.S. v. (Antone) White (NJ) (Opin. 6/27/97 - Affirmed)


Interstate commerce nexus
-U.S. v. (Antone) White (NJ) (Opin. 6/27/97 - Affirmed)

S.

SEARCH AND SEIZURE

Abandonment
-U.S. v. Hall (app. brief(EB) and cert. pet. (NJ))
-U.S. v. McKinney (LK)

Anonymous tips
-U.S. v. Clipper (RT)
-U.S. v. Crestwell (SR)
-U.S. v. Cutchin (AJ)
-U.S. v. Vaughn (RT)
-U.S. v. Thompson (reply brief)

Arrest warrant
-U.S. v. Johnson (GP)

Automobile stops and searches
-U.S. v. Battle (EB)
-U.S. v. Bookhardt (AJ)
-U.S. v. Campbell (RP) (pet. for cert.)
-U.S. v. Christian (GP)
-U.S. v. Cutchin (AJ)
-U.S. v. (William) Hill (EN) Opin. 12/23/97 - reversed & remanded
-U.S. v. Jackson (LW)
-U.S. v. Jones (NJ)
-U.S. v. Jordan (GS)
-U.S. v. May (NJ)

Consent searches
See also Search and Seizure: Interdiction

-U.S. v. Agurs (SR)
-U.S. v. Epps (PM) Supplemental Brief
-U.S. v. King (GS)
-U.S. v. Lawson (SR)
-U.S. v. Michael (BB & MW)
-U.S. v. Ortiz (SS)
-U.S. v. Pinnock (BD)
-U.S. v. Ratcliffe (PM)
-U.S. v. Rivera (SR)

Containers
-U.S. v. Campbell (RP) (pet. for cert.)
-U.S. v. Edwards (MW)
-U.S. v. Epps (PM)
-U.S. v. Harley (AB)
-U.S. v. Pinnock (BD)
-U.S. v. Ratcliffe (PM)
-U.S. v. Jackson (NJ)

Exigent circumstances
-U.S. v. King (GS)
-U.S. v. Ratcliffe (PM)

Good faith exception
-U.S. v. Vanness (BB) Opinion

Incredible police testimony
-U.S. v. Streater (NJ) (reversed & remanded 12/8/95)

Inevitable discovery
-U.S. v. Abdul-Saboor (AB)
-U.S. v. Moy (AB)

Interdiction
-U.S. v. Carter (EB)
-U.S. v. Edwards (MW)
-U.S. v. Epps (PM)
-U.S. v. Espana (NJ) (appellate brief & pet. for cert.)
-U.S. v. Gibson (BB)
-U.S. v. Hammond (DB)
-U.S. v. Lamont (NJ)
-U.S. v. London (GS)
-U.S. v. Mincey (JH)
-U.S. v. Ortiz (SS)
-U.S. v. Terreros (AB) (1/3/97 unpub. judgment - affirmed)

Knock and announce
-U.S. v. Bowlding (LB)
-U.S. v. Johnson (RP)
-U.S. v. Moy (AB)
-U.S. v. Spriggs (AB)

Plain view
-U.S. v. Robinson (GS)

Pretextual stops
-U.S. v. Whren (LW) - Affirmed 5/6/97 by Opin.

Probable Cause, lack of
-U.S. v. Blake (GS)
-U.S. v. Campbell (BB)
-U.S. v. Cooper (GS)
-U.S. v. Davis (Reply Brief) 9/00
-U.S. v. Dicks (AB)
-U.S. v. McCray (panel atty)
-U.S. v. Wade (NJ)
-U.S. v. Kevin Williams (BD)
-U.S. v. Wilson (SS)

Protective sweep
-U.S. v. Abdul-Saboor (AB)

Roadblocks
-U.S. v. (Mark) Davis (AJ)

Standing
-U.S. v. Hicks (GS)
-U.S. v. Jackson
-U.S. v. Lucas (AB)
-U.S. v. Ratcliffe (PM) (app. brief & pet. for rehr'g)

Strip search
-U.S. v. Moore (AB)

Terry stops & frisks
-U.S. v. Campbell (BB)
-U.S. v. Crestwell (SR)
-U.S. v. Cutchin (AJ)
-U.S. v. (Curnell Davis) (AJ)
-U.S. v. Dicks (AB)
-U.S. v. Edmonds (SR)
-U.S. v. Fitch (JH)
-U.S. v. Jackson (NJ)
-U.S. v. Jennings (BB)
-U.S. v. (Robert) Johnson (SR)
-U.S. v. Johnson (VR)
-U.S. v. Lawson (SR)
-U.S. v. Palomino-Perez (SR) (app. brief & cert. pet.)
-U.S. v. Reid (JH)
-U.S. v. Richard (RT)
-U.S. v. Rivera (SR)
-U.S. v. Smart (VR)
-U.S. v. Vaughn (RT)
-U.S. v. Waldron (GS)
-U.S. v. Wilson (SS)

Warrant, False statements in
-U.S. v. Campbell (RP) (appellate brief & pet. for cert.)
-U.S. v. Gregory (EN)
-U.S. v. Vanness (BB) Opinion

Warrant, sufficiency
-U.S. v. Gregory (EN)
-U.S. v. Moy (AB)
-U.S. v. Warren (AJ)

Wiretap
-U.S. v. Edmond (NJ) Opinion & Reply Brief

SELF-INCRIMINATION

Concealment of information/misprision of felony
-U.S. v. Fox (MW)

Defense witness's assertion of privilege
-U.S. v. Cooper (NJ)

SENTENCING

Allocution, denial of right
-U.S. v. Cruz (CH)
-U.S. v. Houser (AJ)

Armed career criminal
-U.S. v. Jackson (LW)
-U.S. v. Kinlaw (LW)

Cruel and unusual punishment
-U.S. v. McLean (JH)

Disparity between Districts
-U.S. v. Silva-Osuna (2nd Circuit)

Cumulative sentences, drug & RICO conspiracies
-U.S. v. (Antone) White (NJ) (Opin. 6/27/97 - Affirmed)

Enhancements, failure to comply with notice requirements
-U.S. v. Almonte-Nunez (LW)
-U.S. v. (Eddie Brown) (RP)
-U.S. v. Vanness (BB) Opinion

Enhancement for exercise of right to trial
-U.S. v. Jones (AJ) (amicus & pet. for cert.)

Ex post facto
-U.S. v. Lampkin (LW)
-U.S. v. Wright (TA)

Fines
-U.S. v. Johnson (LW) Opinion
-U.S. v. Sobin (AB)

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