Andrew Denney
Andrew Denney is the bureau chief for the New York Law Journal. He can be reached at [email protected]. Twitter: @messagetime
January 06, 2016 | New York Law Journal
Sentence Reduced for Man Who Led FBI to ExplosivesA federal judge has ordered a reduced sentence for a convicted mobster who provided information to investigators that led to the recovery of explosives stashed away by Terry Nichols, a conspirator in the 1995 bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City.
By Andrew Denney
6 minute read
January 06, 2016 | New York Law Journal
Judge Says Grandson Can Assert Rights to Apartment SuccessionFailing to notify a landlord that a tenant had vacated her apartment to live in a long-term care facility before her death does not prevent the tenant's grandson from claiming his rights to the apartment, a Manhattan Housing Court judge has ruled.
By Andrew Denney
5 minute read
January 06, 2016 | New York Law Journal
Sentence Reduced for Man Who Led FBI to ExplosivesA federal judge has ordered a reduced sentence for a convicted mobster who provided information to investigators that led to the recovery of explosives stashed away by Terry Nichols, a conspirator in the 1995 bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City.
By Andrew Denney
6 minute read
January 06, 2016 | New York Law Journal
Judge Says Grandson Can Assert Rights to Apartment SuccessionFailing to notify a landlord that a tenant had vacated her apartment to live in a long-term care facility before her death does not prevent the tenant's grandson from claiming his rights to the apartment, a Manhattan Housing Court judge has ruled.
By Andrew Denney
5 minute read
January 05, 2016 | New York Law Journal
New Judges Headed to NYC Criminal, Family CourtsMayor Bill de Blasio has appointed 25 judges to the city's Criminal and Family Courts. He also appointed an interim judge to the city's Civil Court who will sit in Family Court.
By Andrew Denney
2 minute read
January 04, 2016 | New York Law Journal
New Judges Headed to NYC Criminal, Family CourtsMayor Bill de Blasio has appointed 25 judges to the city's Criminal and Family Courts. He also appointed an interim judge to the city's Civil Court who will sit in Family Court.
By Andrew Denney
2 minute read
December 29, 2015 | Law.com
Panel Upholds Conviction Despite DNA Lost in StormThe government was not at fault when Hurricane Sandy flooded a warehouse where blood evidence from a burglary case was stored, a state appeals court has ruled, and thus the defendant was not entitled to an adverse inference charge to the jury when that evidence was unavailable for trial.
By Andrew Denney
5 minute read
December 29, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Panel Upholds Conviction Despite DNA Lost in StormThe government was not at fault when Hurricane Sandy flooded a warehouse where blood evidence from a burglary case was stored, a state appeals court has ruled, and thus the defendant was not entitled to an adverse inference charge to the jury when that evidence was unavailable for trial.
By Andrew Denney
5 minute read
December 28, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Panel Suppresses Gun, Dismisses IndictmentA trial court should have suppressed a gun that police found on a man who was ultimately convicted of a gun charge because the man had not been arrested prior to the discovery of the weapon, a Brooklyn appeals court ruled.
By Andrew Denney
2 minute read
December 28, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Some Schools Find Relief From Declining EnrollmentEnrollment at New York's 15 law schools decreased by 3 percent overall in 2015 over the prior year, following the nationwide trend. But some schools showed gains in their total enrollment and number of first-year students, according to figures released by the American Bar Association.
By Andrew Denney
3 minute read
