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  • Latest in Sexual Abuse Cases
    Latest in Sexual Abuse Cases

    US vs. Fasthorse, No. 10-30093 (4-1-11)(M. Smith with Graeber and Fisher). The defendant appeals a conviction for sexual abuse under 18 USC 2242(2)(B). The defendant argues there is insufficient ...

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  • Immigration
    Immigration

    US vs. Bonilla, No. 09-10307 (3-11-11)(Reinhardt with Berzon and Pollak, Sr. D.J., E.D. Pa). In Padilla, the Supremes made clear that the defendant must be advised of the immigration consequences to a ...

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  • Sex Offenses
    Sex Offenses

    US vs. Fernandes, No. 09-30135 (3-14-11)(Per curiam with Thomas, Graber, and Tallman). Must a court order a defendant convicted of abusive sexual contact under 18 USC 2244(b) to register as a sex ...

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  • Update in Death Penalty Cases
    Update in Death Penalty Cases

    WASHINGTON (AFP) The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected a final appeal request from high-profile death row inmate Troy Davis, who was seeking a new trial after witnesses recanted their testimony ...

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  • Latest in Brady
    Latest in Brady

    US vs. Kohring, No. 08-30170 (3-11-11)(Thomas with Tashima, partial concurrence and partial dissent by B. Fletcher). The defendant here was a former state representative charged and convicted of ...

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  • Latest immigration news
    Latest immigration news

    US vs. Bonilla, No. 09-10307 (3-11-11)(Reinhardt with Berzon and Pollak, Sr. D.J., E.D. Pa). In Padilla, the Supremes made clear that the defendant must be advised of the immigration consequences to a ...

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