In 2002, Efrain Lora was trafficking narcotics in the Bronx. United States v. Lora at 1. In collaboration with four co-conspirators, he decided to kill Andrew Balcarran, a rival drug dealer, over threats Balcarran had made towards Lora and his co-...
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In 1985, Petitioner Vernon Madison shot and killed Officer Julius Schulte in Mobile, Alabama and was sentenced to death by a jury for capital murder. Brief for Respondent, State of Alabama at 3; Petition for Writ of Certiorari, at 4. In 1986, the...
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Petitioner Elijah Manuel was arrested on March 18, 2011 for possession with intent to distribute ecstasy. See Manuel v. City of Joliet, 590 F. App’x 641, 642. Manuel was a passenger in his brother’s car. See id. Police officers stopped the Manuel...
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Between 1992 and 2010, Carlo J. Marinello operated a freight service, Express Courier, in western New York and chose to destroy business records, avoid keeping books, pay his employees in cash, use business income for personal expenses, and avoid...
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Petitioner Luis Mariano Martinez was convicted in an Arizona state trial court for sexual conduct with a person under fifteen years old and was sentenced to serve consecutive prison terms of 35 years to life. See Martinez v. Schriro, 623 F.3d 731, 733...
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In March 2013, Richard Mathis (“Mathis”) was accused of forcibly molesting a teenage boy. See United States v. Richard Mathis, 786 F.3d 1068, 1070 (8th Cir. 2015). After the allegation was made, police obtained search warrants for Mathis’s residence....
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In 2009, Petitioner Edward G. McDonough served as the Democratic Commissioner of the Rensselaer County Board of Elections. McDonough v. Smith, at 263. During this time, several individuals associated with the Democratic and Working Families Parties...
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In 1997, an Oklahoma jury convicted Jimcy McGirt of committing multiple crimes, including first-degree rape, against a four-year-old girl. McGirt v. Oklahoma at 1; see also Brief for Petitioner, Jimcy McGirt at 16; Brief for Respondent, Oklahoma at 4....
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Mens rea refers to criminal intent. The literal translation from Latin is "guilty mind." The plural of mens rea is mentes reae. A mens rea refers to the state of mind statutorily required in order to convict a particular defendant of a...
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"Miranda warning" refers to the constitutional requirement that once an individual is detained by the police, there are certain warnings a police officer is required to give to a detainee.
Miranda v. ArizonaThe requirement to give...