Katherine L. v. Sonoma County Social Services Department

Katherine L. v. Sonoma Cnty. Soc. Servs. Dep't, 531 U.S. 840 (2000)

Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Decided: October 2, 2000
Docket: No. 99-9690
Citations: 531 U.S. 840121 S. Ct. 104148 L. Ed. 2d 6269 U.S.L.W. 32262000 U.S. LEXIS 5390

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Ct. App. Cal., 1st App. Dist. Certiorari denied.

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(assistant district attorney held in contempt for willfully disobeying court order to timely file Sentence Review Memorandum; $250 fine affirmed)

Johnson v. Johnson, 33 S.W.3d 492 (Ark. 2000)
(appellate court will not disturb trial court's ruling concerning scope of cross-examination of a witness to test his or her credibility absent manifest abuse of discretion)

State v. Holmes, 605 S.E.2d 19 (S.C. 2004)
(autopsy photograph may be relevant to showing physical torture)

State v. Kelly, 540 S.E.2d 851 (S.C. 2001)

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