Floyd v. United States63 DownloadsYear: 2011 (Vol. 35). Topic: Criminal Procedure. Question: Whether the district court’s jury instruction was consistent with the standard articulated in Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15 (1973), and if so, whether Miller’s “contemporary community standard” is the proper standard to apply in the Internet obscenity context. Format: PDF.
United States v. Cunningham1 DownloadYear: 2007 (Vol. 31). Topic: Criminal Procedure. Question: Whether a sentencing court may impose a special condition of supervised release that prohibits an individual convicted of possession of child pornography from possessing and/or using a computer and/or accessing the Internet except with his probation officer’s prior written approval. Format: Word.
Costello v. United States40 DownloadsYear: 2007 (Vol. 31). Topic: Criminal Procedure. Question: Whether a sentencing judge can reasonably increase a defendant’s sentence for a conviction of voluntary manslaughter, beyond that which is recommended in the federal Sentencing Guidelines, in response to the defendant’s use of a weapon or dangerous instrumentality in the commission of the offense. Format: Word.