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U.S. v. Manuel Ramos, No. 03 Cr. 724(GEL) (S.D.N.Y.) (350 F.Supp.2d 413) (June 30, 2004) (Judge Gerard E. Lynch)

Article • February 1, 2005 • from P&J February, 2005

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Conflict of Interest

U.S. v. Manuel Ramos, No. 03 Cr. 724(GEL) (S.D.N.Y.) (350 F.Supp.2d 413) (June 30, 2004) (Judge Gerard E. Lynch) by In a death penalty case, the government moved to disqualify an attorney (Valerie S. Amsterdam of New York) appointed as lead defense counsel over defendant's explicit objection, following the attorney's …

Bockting v. Bayer, No. 02-15866 (9th Cir.) (399 F.3d 1010) (February 22, 2005) (Judge M. Margaret McKeown)

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Filed under: Retroactivity, Punch And Jurists

Bockting v. Bayer, No. 02-15866 (9th Cir.) (399 F.3d 1010) (February 22, 2005) (Judge M. Margaret McKeown) by In this case, a divided panel from the Ninth Circuit held that the Supreme Court’s landmark Confrontation Clause decision in Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004) was retroactive for purposes of …

Banks v. Beard, No. 03-1245 (3rd Cir.) (399 F.3d 134) (February 25, 2005) (Judge Julio M. Fuentes)

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Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Legitimate Penological Interests

Banks v. Beard, No. 03-1245 (3rd Cir.) (399 F.3d 134) (February 25, 2005) (Judge Julio M. Fuentes) by Here the Third Circuit held that the district court had erred when it upheld a state prison’s policy, which banned inmates' access to newspapers, magazines and photographs that were neither legal nor …

Drew v. Menifee, No. 04 Civ. 9944 (HBP) (S.D.N.Y.) (2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3423) (February 25, 2005) (Judge Magistrate)

Article • February 1, 2005 • from P&J February, 2005

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, 10% Limitation

Drew v. Menifee, No. 04 Civ. 9944 (HBP) (S.D.N.Y.) (2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3423) (February 25, 2005) (Judge Magistrate) by Petitioner inmate petitioned the court pursuant to 28 U.S.C.S. §§ 1361, 2201 and 2241, for an order compelling respondent warden to release him to community confinement in a halfway house …

U.S. v. Pelullo, No. 02-2710 (3rd Cir.) (399 F.3d 197) (February 25, 2005) (Judge Leonard I. Garth)

Article • February 1, 2005 • from P&J February, 2005

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Brady/Giglio/Jencks Act Issues

U.S. v. Pelullo, No. 02-2710 (3rd Cir.) (399 F.3d 197) (February 25, 2005) (Judge Leonard I. Garth) by In this case the Circuit reversed a district court's finding of a Brady violation concerning two sets of exculpatory documents. In a very fact intensive opinion, the Court ruled that because the …

U.S. v. Smith, No. 02-CR-163 (E.D.Wisc.) (359 F.Supp.2d 771) (March 3, 2005) (Judge Lynn S. Adelman)

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Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Crack v. Powdered Cocaine

U.S. v. Smith, No. 02-CR-163 (E.D.Wisc.) (359 F.Supp.2d 771) (March 3, 2005) (Judge Lynn S. Adelman) by Defendant pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of cocaine base, which was discovered during an investigation of a fire at his home. Two loaded handguns were also …

Muntaqim v. Coombe, No. 01-7260 (2nd Cir.) (396 F.3d 95) (December 29, 2004) (Per Curiam)

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Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Voting Rights

Muntaqim v. Coombe, No. 01-7260 (2nd Cir.) (396 F.3d 95) (December 29, 2004) (Per Curiam) by Granting rehearing en banc of decision reported at 366 F.3d 102, 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 8077 (2d Cir. N.Y., 2004); but see Muntaqim v. Coombe, 385 F.3d 793 (2nd Cir. Oct. 1., 2004) where …

Smith v. Massachusetts, No. 03-8661 (U.S. Supreme Court) (543 U.S. 462; 125 S.Ct. 1129) (February 22, 2005) (Justice Scalia)

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Filed under: Punch And Jurists

Smith v. Massachusetts, No. 03-8661 (U.S. Supreme Court) (543 U.S. 462; 125 S.Ct. 1129) (February 22, 2005) (Justice Scalia) by In a decision that is highly fact-specific and that will have extremely limited precedential value, the Supreme Court held that Double Jeopardy principles barred a trial judge, after granting a …

U.S. v. Hughes, No. 03-4172 (4th Cir.) (396 F.3d 374) (January 24, 2005) (Judge William W. Jr. Wilkins)

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Filed under: Sentencing, Punch And Jurists

U.S. v. Hughes, No. 03-4172 (4th Cir.) (396 F.3d 374) (January 24, 2005) (Judge William W. Jr. Wilkins) by

U.S. v. $293,316 in U.S. Currency, No. 03-CV-0278 (E.D.N.Y.) (349 F.Supp.2d 638) (December 23, 2004) (Judge Jack B. Weinstein)

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Filed under: Punch And Jurists

U.S. v. $293,316 in U.S. Currency, No. 03-CV-0278 (E.D.N.Y.) (349 F.Supp.2d 638) (December 23, 2004) (Judge Jack B. Weinstein) by Here the Court held that a civil forfeiture of the entire amount of currency seized from the defendants would be grossly disproportionate to the gravity of their currency reporting offense …

U.S. v. Kushner, No. Crim. No. 04-CR-580 (JLL) (D.N.J.) (349 F.Supp.2d 892) (January 12, 2005) (Judge Jose L. Linares)

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Filed under: Punch And Jurists

U.S. v. Kushner, No. Crim. No. 04-CR-580 (JLL) (D.N.J.) (349 F.Supp.2d 892) (January 12, 2005) (Judge Jose L. Linares) by Intervenors, two media companies, moved to intervene in the instant action and to obtain access to all sentencing letters and sentencing memoranda submitted to the court. Of interest to intervenors …

U.S. v. Alacantara, No. 02-1010 (2nd Cir.) (396 F.3d 189) (January 24, 2005) (Judge Chester J. Straub)

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Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Closure of Courtroom

U.S. v. Alacantara, No. 02-1010 (2nd Cir.) (396 F.3d 189) (January 24, 2005) (Judge Chester J. Straub) by Reasoning that the public and the press have a qualified First Amendment right of access to plea and sentencing proceedings, the Court held that such proceedings cannot be closed to the public …

U.S. v. Carvajal, No. 04 Cr. 222 (AKH) (S.D.N.Y.) (2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3076) (February 17, 2005) (Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein)

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Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Blakely/Booker

U.S. v. Carvajal, No. 04 Cr. 222 (AKH) (S.D.N.Y.) (2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3076) (February 17, 2005) (Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein) by

Padgett v. Donald, No. 03-16527 (11th Cir.) (401 F.3d 1273) (March 4, 2005) (Judge Stanley F. Jr. Birch)

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Filed under: Punch And Jurists, DNA Evidence/Testing

Padgett v. Donald, No. 03-16527 (11th Cir.) (401 F.3d 1273) (March 4, 2005) (Judge Stanley F. Jr. Birch) by In this case of first impression, the Eleventh Circuit rejected a constitutional challenge to a Georgia law requiring incarcerated felons to submit DNA samples "by taking blood, swabbing the inside of …

U.S. v. Kelley, No. 8:04CR211 (D.Neb.) (355 F.Supp.2d 1031) (February 1, 2005) (Judge Joseph F. Bataillon)

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Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Section 3553(a) Factors

U.S. v. Kelley, No. 8:04CR211 (D.Neb.) (355 F.Supp.2d 1031) (February 1, 2005) (Judge Joseph F. Bataillon) by

Williams v. Dewalt, No. Civ.A. AW-04-2732 (D.Md.) (351 F.Supp.2d 412) (December 29, 2004) (Judge Alexander Jr. Williams)

Article • February 1, 2005 • from P&J March, 2005

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Calculation of 54 Days

Williams v. Dewalt, No. Civ.A. AW-04-2732 (D.Md.) (351 F.Supp.2d 412) (December 29, 2004) (Judge Alexander Jr. Williams) by Petitioner inmates filed suit pursuant to 28 U.S.C.S. § 2241 to obtain a writ of habeas corpus. The inmates were challenging the method of computing good time credits pursuant to 18 U.S.C.S. …

U.S. v. Jaber, No. 02-CR-10201-NG (D.Mass.) (362 F.Supp.2d 365) (March 16, 2005) (Judge Nancy Gertner)

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Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Section 3553(a) Factors

U.S. v. Jaber, No. 02-CR-10201-NG (D.Mass.) (362 F.Supp.2d 365) (March 16, 2005) (Judge Nancy Gertner) by

U.S. v. Edwards, No. 03-4234 (7th Cir.) (397 F.3d 570) (February 11, 2005) (Judge Diane S. Sykes)

Article • February 1, 2005 • from P&J February, 2005

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Crack v. Powdered Cocaine

U.S. v. Edwards, No. 03-4234 (7th Cir.) (397 F.3d 570) (February 11, 2005) (Judge Diane S. Sykes) by

U.S. v. Shabani, No. 93-981 (U.S. Supreme Court) (513 U.S. 10; 115 S.Ct. 382) (November 1, 1994) (Justice O'Connor)

Article • January 24, 2005

Filed under: Conspiracy, Punch And Jurists

U.S. v. Shabani, No. 93-981 (U.S. Supreme Court) (513 U.S. 10; 115 S.Ct. 382) (November 1, 1994) (Justice O'Connor) by In this case the defendant was convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 after the District Court refused to instruct the jury that proof …

Jama v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, No. 03-674 (U.S. Supreme Court) (543 U.S. 335; 125 S.Ct. 694) (January 12, 2005) (Justice Scalia)

Article • January 24, 2005 • from P&J December, 2004

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Detention - Generally

Jama v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, No. 03-674 (U.S. Supreme Court) (543 U.S. 335; 125 S.Ct. 694) (January 12, 2005) (Justice Scalia) by