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Custis Vs. United States
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-28-1994
Custis v. United States - 511 U.S. 485 (1994) OCTOBER TERM, 1993 Syllabus CUSTIS v. UNITED STATES CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 93-5209. Argued February 28, 1994-Decided May 23,1994 Mter the jury convicted petitioner Custis of possession of a firearm by a felon and another federal crime, the Government relied on his prior state-court convictions for robbery in Pennsylvania and for burglary and attempted burglary in Maryland to support a motion under the Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984,18 U. S. C. 924(e) (ACCA), which provides for enhancement of the sentence of a convicted firearms possessor who "has three previous convictions ... for a violent felony or a serious drug offense." Custis challenged the use for this purpose of the two Maryland convictions on the ground, among others, of ineffective assistance of counsel during the state prosecutions, but the District Court held that 924(e)(I) provides no statutory right to challeng...
Powell Vs. Nevada
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-22-1994
Powell v. Nevada - 511 U.S. 79 (1994) OCTOBER TERM, 1993 Syllabus POWELL v. NEVADA CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA No.92-8841. Argued February 22, 1994-Decided March 30,1994 Petitioner Powell was arrested on November 3, 1989, for felony child abuse. Not until November 7, however, did a Magistrate find probable cause to hold him for a preliminary hearing. The child in question subsequently died of her injuries, and Powell was charged additionally with her murder. At the trial, the state prosecutor presented prejudicial statements Powell had made to the police on November 7. The jury found him guilty and sentenced him to death. On appeal, the Nevada Supreme Court, sua sponte, raised the question whether the 4-day delay in judicial confirmation of probable cause violated the Fourth Amendment, in view of County of Riverside v. McLaughlin, 500 U. S. 44 , which held that a judicial probable-cause determination must generally be made within 48 hours of a warrantless arrest, ...
Digital Equipment Corp. Vs. Desktop Direct, Inc.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-22-1994
Digital Equipment Corp. v. Desktop Direct, Inc. - 511 U.S. 863 (1994) OCTOBER TERM, 1993 Syllabus DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP. v. DESKTOP DIRECT, INC. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT No. 93-405. Argued February 22, 1994-Decided June 6,1994 Pursuant to a settlement agreement between the parties, the District Court dismissed a trademark infringement suit that respondent Desktop Direct, Inc., had filed against petitioner Digital Equipment Corporation. Months later, it granted Desktop's motion to vacate the dismissal and rescind the agreement on the ground that Digital had misrepresented material facts during settlement negotiations. The Court of Appeals dismissed Digital's appeal for lack of jurisdiction, see 28 U. S. C. 1291, holding that the District Court order was not immediately appealable under the collateral order doctrine. Applying the three-pronged test set forth in Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp., 337 U. S. 541 , and Coopers ...
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