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The California Constitution at the time said (in Article I § 13), "in any criminal case, whether the defendant testifies or not, his failure to explain or to deny by his testimony any evidence or facts in the case against him may be commented upon by the court and by counsel, and may be considered by the court or the jury."
California (Meiners Oaks) Shot in the head by a SWAT team sniper outside of his home. Police allege that Reed was armed, but no weapons were found. [12] 2003‑10‑11 Venable, Billye California (San Diego) Shot in the head while allegedly resisting arrest. [13] 2003-10-11 Douglas Keith Smith (38) White California (Culver City) [14] 2003-09-19
In turn, it was the California Practice Act that served as the foundation of the California Code of Civil Procedure. New York never enacted Field's proposed civil or political codes, and belatedly enacted his proposed penal and criminal procedure codes only after California, but they were the basis of the codes enacted by California in 1872. [11]
Article III, Section 2, Clause 1 of the Constitution states: The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority;—to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public ministers and Consuls;—to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction;—to ...
The Hall case has been described as “containing some of the most offensive racial rhetoric to be found in the annals of California appellate jurisprudence” and “the worst statutory interpretation case in history.” [43] Houston v. Williams (1859): [44] A leading case on the separation of powers [45] under the California Constitution ...
The People of the State of California v. Superior Court (Romero), 13 CAL. 4TH 497, 917 P.2D 628 (Cal. 1996), was a landmark case in the state of California that gave California Superior Court judges the ability to dismiss a criminal defendant's "strike prior" pursuant to the California Three-strikes law, thereby avoiding a 25-to-life minimum sentence.
Article 34 also weakened efforts to integrate suburban communities across the state and led to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that had the effect of allowing government policies nationwide ...
People v. Collins [ 1 ] was a 1968 American robbery trial in California noted for its misuse of probability [ 2 ] and as an example of the prosecutor's fallacy . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ]