Further, the law itself with regard to blood and urine samples have been called into question by Minnesota appellate courts and in some circumstances have been found to be unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court.Moreover, the DataMaster machine which the State relies upon to determine...
Regardless of the appeals court’s decision in the Mitchell case, the future implications of computer animation in criminal trials could be seen in the 1992 murder trial of Orange County developer James Hood. For the first time in California, both sides had the benefit of computer animated re-...
FBI officials testified that they did not condone such relationships between agents and informants. However, Weinberg’s conduct did not legally taint any of the bribery or conspiracy convictions obtained in Abscam, they said, and a series of federal District Court and appellate judges agreed. Just...
The case also spawned a legal landmark, as a state appellate court ruled that the same constitutional guarantees giving the public the right to attend criminal trials also applies to civil cases. The decision resulted from appeals by the The Times and KNBC of a ruling by Superior Court Judge ...