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In re Humphrey
Ruled equal protection and substantive due process require court to consider financial ability to post bail and whether less restrictive alternatives to detention could satisfy government’s interests
People v. House
Dissent would have held mandatory minimum life sentence for murder as a young adult offender does not violate state constitution's proportionate penalties clause as applied
State v. Stephens
Ruled statute violated separation of powers clause because it delegated authority to the Attorney General to prosecute election laws, a power more properly assigned to the judicial department
Woo v. El Paso County Sheriff's Office
Ruled statutory bar on prisoner’s suit to reclaim lawfully seized property did not violate procedural due process rights because post-sentence remedy is available in criminal case to recover property
State v. Peterson
Dissent wrote that statute criminalizing sale of heroin violated equal protection clause because the same conduct is criminalized under another controlled substance statute which carries a different penalty
In re Mohammad
Ruled regulation excluding inmates convicted of a felony from early parole was a reasonable interpretation of constitutional amendment providing for nonviolent offender parole reviews
In re Childers-Gray
Ruled that adjudication of sex-change petitions is within the judicial power, and does not violate the constitution's separation of powers clause or present a nonjusticiable political question
Siebert v. Okun
Ruled that cap on damages in medical malpractice statute did not violate right to trial by jury because the damages cap did not invade the fact-finding province of the jury
State v. Hamer
Ruled that rights to jury trial and to waive jury trial do not make trial court's failure to follow statutorily prescribed procedure for waiver of a jury trial a structural error
State v. Moeser
Ruled officer’s signing of affidavit for a warrant while not under oath satisfied constitution's oath or affirmation requirement which does not require a specific procedure for the administration of the oath