Citation. 555 US _ (2008) DOCKET NO. United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit . BRIEF FACT OF SAMMARY : Michael Pulido was convicted of first-degree murder in a California state court for his involvement in the shooting of a gas station attendant during the course of a robbery. He claimed that he was only involved in the robbery after the shooting had taken place. FACTS : On appeal day Mr. Pulido explained to the jury that the instructions were a maitake and allowed a jury to convict him as an accomplice in the robbery and murder, even if he only took part in the robbery. The California Supreme Court refused to overturn the conviction holding that the crime was harmless because the jury had specifically found that Mr. Pulido aided the robbery during …show more content…
In a 6-3 per curium opinion, the Supreme Court held that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit inaccurately categorized the type of jury instructions in Mr. Pulido's case as "structural mistake." It reasoned that one instructional error arising in the context of multiple theories of guilt does not necessarily spoil all the jury's findings, which would entitle the convicted individual to automatic relief. Rather, the Court found that the jury instructions in Mr. Pulido's case should be evaluated by whether they caused a "substantial and injurious effect" upon the jury reaching its verdict. The Court vacated Mr. Pulido's conviction and remanded the case to the court of appeals for proceedings consistent with the decision. Justice John Paul Stevens dissented, joined by Justices David H. Souter and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. They found the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit merely misused the term "structural error" in its opinion, while it actually utilized the analytical model advocated by the majority opinion. They reasoned that in the interests of efficiency, the Supreme Court should have affirmed the court of appeals rather than have it repeat largely the same
Case Brief Case title: Santobello V. New York, 404 U.S 257 (1971) Facts: Santobello was indicted with two felonies and plead guilty to a lesser offense after negotiating with the prosecutor. The offense that he did plead guilty had a maximum sentence to only a year in jail, which was less than the original two felonies, and the prosecutor at the time said he wouldn’t recommend anything to the judge. However, a different prosecutor took over the case and did end up recommending the maximum sentence. The defendant’s, Santobello’s, attorney objected and told the judge of the deal that the former prosecutor made a deal to not recommend sentencing, but the judge said that no one influenced him and that the he believed the maximum one year sentence was appropriate based on Santobello’s criminal record.
The Supreme Court stated, since the board gave no explanation behind the foreswearing of a conscientious objector exemption, and it is difficult to decide on which of the three grounds offered in the Justice's letter that board depended, Ali's 1967 conviction must be overturned. The Incomparable Court choice was passed on June 28, 1971. As per that record, Marshall had reaccused himself on the grounds that he had been U.S. Specialist General when the case started, and the staying eight judges at first voted 5 to 3 to maintain Ali's conviction. Nonetheless, Harlan, relegated to compose the lion's share assessment, got to be persuaded that Ali's case to be a noncombatant was genuine subsequent to perusing foundation material on Black Muslim
On July 1965, he pleaded guilty to armed robbery in Wisconsin (Gagnon v. Scarpelli: 411 U.S. 778 (1973). (n.d.). Later, the judge sentenced him to 15 years sentences in the Wisconsin State Reformatory at Green Bay. Within three years they suspended his sentences given his a seven-year probation.
In the matter of Gagnon v. Scarpelli (USSC, 1973), Gerald Scarpelli was originally convicted of armed robbery for an incident that occurred in Wisconsin in 1963. In 1965, Scarpelli was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment in the State of Wisconsin (Gagnon v. Scarpelli, n.d.). After serving a brief incarceration, Scarpelli had his sentence reduced to seven years probation, was released from prison, and later moved to Illinois with the permission of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections. After becoming a resident of Illinois, Scarpelli was then supervised by the Adult Probation Department of Illinois. Shortly after, Scarpelli was subsequently caught committing the act of burglary in the State of Illinois.
Caption: Castro-Martinez v. Holder, 674 F.3d 1073 (9th Cir. 2011). Facts: Mexican native, Rafael Castro-Martinez (“Castro”), resided in the U.S illegally since 1995. Castro, who is homosexual, was diagnosed as HIV-positive in 2004. In 2007, he went back to his native country for two weeks.
It was on June 8, 1990 that Garcia was charged with second-degree murder. Sadly Garcia was very intoxicated and that controlled his actions during the stabbing. The last case I will be summarizing is State v. Nieto. The case number is 24,787. The defendant’s name is Lawrence Nieto.
He was then captured and put into the San Francisco jail and was put on trial
State v. Hendrix A Supreme Court case where the defendant Homer O. Hendrix was convicted and found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. Hendrix was sentenced to a term of 15 years in prison. The events leading up to the Supreme Court’s ruling takes place take place 3 years earlier. Labor Day, September 1, 1975, Hendrix and another member of the community Norman D. Cherry got into a confrontation on Hendrix’s property.
Unfortunately due to the lack of advancement in DNA analysis, DeAngelo wouldn’t be arrested until the 24th of April, 2018, over 40 years after the first known assault by the Golden State Killer. He was 72 at the time. Due to this and his background in law/criminality, DeAngelo was able to evade capture all those years. DeAngelo's charges encompass 87 victims, 53 crimes scenes, 11 different California counties, 13 rape-related charges, and 13 murders. He admitted to dozens of other rapes, but due to the expiration of statues of limitations, DeAngelo was unable to be tried on those
The defendant, Mary Maloney, a seemingly happily married pregnant woman has killed her devoted and loving husband, Patrick Maloney. Mary Maloney had just received news from Patrick, she had taken the news wrong and quickly turned violent. She did not hesitate to then murder her husband. The Prosecution is charging Mary Maloney with Voluntary Manslaughter and Tampering with Physical Evidence. Mary Maloney may look innocent at first glance but she was capable of committing these horrendous acts without remorse.
The judgement of this case was
In May 2003, police raided a warehouse known for pirating CDs and DVDs. Ousmane Zongo works in the same warehouse as a repair man, repair musical instruments and was present in the warehouse on the day the police raided the area. Police officer Bryan Conroy, dressed in disguise as a postal worker, guarding a bin of CDs at the warehouse when Ousmane entered the warehouse and turned on the light. The postal worker aimed a gun at him, Zongo was unaware of what was going on, he ran and Officer Conroy chased after him. Once Zongo hit a dead end officer Conroy shot Zongo four times, two of them hit Zongo in the back.
In Tulsa, Oklahoma, A 16 year old boy Johnny Cade was attacked by a car full of socs. Later on he and his best friend, Ponyboy Curtis, were attacked by the same Socs again leading to Johnny killing Bob Sheldon. In this case, Johnny Cade is not justified in what he did and is guilty. Johnny is claimed guilty for the murder because he wanted revenge against Bob, he could have only easily injured Bob, and he and Pony fled from the crime scene and got a gun from Dally.
It can be argued that the jury was not a proper representation of his peers. Along with other factual errors surrounding Dixon’s false conviction,
Per 3 Goss Vs. Lopez Supreme Court Case On October 15, 1975 Nine students were suspended from Central High School from Columbus, Ohio. They had destroyed school property and disrupting students from learning and were suspended for 10 days. One of the students amoung them was Dwight Lopez.