Criminal Law Reporter Index-Summary

PENNSYLVANIA

– Freedom of speech, counterfeiting statute banning sale or distribution of goods bearing trademarks without holder consent (Pa.), 86:73
– Marital privilege, showing of defendant intent to keep confession to spouse confidential (Pa.), 86:77

PLEA BARGAINING

See GUILTY PLEAS

PLRA (PRISON LITIGATION REFORM ACT)

See PRISONS AND JAILS

POLICE

– Discovery, search and seizure, officer personal cell phone records (N.M. Ct. App.), 86:12
– Victim-impact evidence, testimony by officers injured by felon whom defendant harbored (Idaho), 86:76

POST-CONVICTION RELIEF

– Due process, application for pardon, governor duty to act (U.S., rev sought), 86:94; (rev den), 86:115
– Remedy for sentence above statutory maximum, new sentencing hearing (Va.), 86:78

PRETRIAL RELEASE

– Credit for time served on home monitoring before trial, equal protection (Wash. Ct. App.), 86:15

PRISONS AND JAILS

– Americans with Disabilities Act, application to arrest and booking of deaf suspects (U.S., rev den), 86:20
– County jailer, availability of state executive immunity (Ala.), 86:14
– Cruel and unusual punishment, guard shackling inmate while in labor, qualified immunity (8th Cir.), 86:68
– Sexually violent predators, civil commitment, PLRA in forma pauperis fee requirements (10th Cir.), 86:139

PRIVACY

– USA PATRIOT Act reauthorization

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 1692

PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATIONS

– Marital privilege, showing of defendant intent to keep confession to spouse confidential (Pa.), 86:77

PRO SE REPRESENTATION

– Habeas corpus, late invocation of right (U.S., rev den), 86:22

PROBABLE CAUSE

– Arrest, observation of surreptitious hand-to-hand exchange of unseen object (6th Cir.), 86:136
– Child pornography, apparent website access (U.S., rev den), 86:24
– Forfeiture, post-seizure determination (U.S., rev grant), 86:45
– Staleness, purchase of subscription to child pornography website (6th Cir.), 86:78

PROCEDURE

– Appeals

See APPEALS

– Closure of courtroom

See PUBLIC TRIAL

– Death penalty

See CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

– Discovery

See DISCOVERY

– Double jeopardy

See DOUBLE JEOPARDY

– Due process

See DUE PROCESS

– Evidence

See EVIDENCE

– Federal sentencing guidelines

See FEDERAL SENTENCING GUIDELINES

– Habeas corpus

See HABEAS CORPUS

– Identification

See IDENTIFICATION EVIDENCE AND PROCEDURE

– Juries

See JURIES

– Jury selection

See JURY SELECTION

– Plea bargaining

See GUILTY PLEAS

– Sentencing

See SENTENCING

– Speedy trial

See SPEEDY TRIAL

– Standards of review

See STANDARDS OF REVIEW

– Suppression hearing, reopening to present new evidence (U.S., rev sought), 86:56

PROSECUTORS

– Argument of counsel, reference to gunman as terrorist (Ga.), 86:75
– Exculpatory material, discovery, prosecution failure to disclose, witness post-conviction recantations of undisclosed statements (6th Cir.), 86:12
– Misconduct, exploitation of defendant's suggestive nickname, due process (2d Cir.), 86:109

PROSTITUTION

– Mens rea, transporting individuals in interstate commerce for prostitution (2d Cir.), 86:77

PUBLIC TRIAL

– Closure of courtroom to sole spectator during voir dire (U.S., rev den), 86:21