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March 18, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Driveway Part of Home, Panel Rules in Suppressing GunA unanimous Second Department panel affirmed a Queens trial court ruling that the district attorney's office failed to justify police officers' warrantless entry onto Horatio Morris' property, where officers found a gun in a black plastic bag that Morris had dropped in his driveway.
By Andrew Denney
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March 17, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Driveway Part of Home, Panel Rules in Suppressing GunA unanimous Second Department panel affirmed a Queens trial court ruling that the district attorney's office failed to justify police officers' warrantless entry onto Horatio Morris' property, where officers found a gun in a black plastic bag that Morris had dropped in his driveway.
By Andrew Denney
3 minute read
March 16, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Misconduct Marred Trial in Financier Murder, Lawyer SaysCounsel for Daniel Pelosi argued before the Second Department Friday that the lead prosecutor in his high-profile trial for the murder of a Wall Street financier prejudiced the jury during cross-examination by painting a picture of Pelosi as a womanizer and a sadist who was prone to fits of rage.
By Andrew Denney
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March 16, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Misconduct Marred Trial in Financier Murder, Lawyer SaysCounsel for Daniel Pelosi argued before the Second Department Friday that the lead prosecutor in his high-profile trial for the murder of a Wall Street financier prejudiced the jury during cross-examination by painting a picture of Pelosi as a womanizer and a sadist who was prone to fits of rage.
By Andrew Denney
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March 11, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Panel Finds Prosecutors' Jury Challenges PretextualProsecutors in a first-degree manslaughter trial used race-based challenges against two black prospective jurors, requiring the reversal of the defendant's conviction and a new trial, a Second Department panel has ruled.
By Andrew Denney
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March 11, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Panel Finds Prosecutors' Jury Challenges PretextualProsecutors in a first-degree manslaughter trial used race-based challenges against two black prospective jurors, requiring the reversal of the defendant's conviction and a new trial, a Second Department panel has ruled.
By Andrew Denney
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March 10, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Credit Agencies Agree to Enhance Consumer ProtectionAttorney General Eric Schneiderman's office has reached a settlement agreement with the country's three largest credit reporting agencies to increase consumer protections, including making it easier to dispute mistakes on credit reports and lessening the effects of medical debt.
By Andrew Denney and Associated Press
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March 09, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Credit Agencies Agree to Enhance Consumer ProtectionAttorney General Eric Schneiderman's office has reached a settlement agreement with the country's three largest credit reporting agencies to increase consumer protections, including making it easier to dispute mistakes on credit reports and lessening the effects of medical debt.
By Andrew Denney and Associated Press
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March 06, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Head of National Bar Exam Group Defends UBEAddressing a concern among some New York lawyers that adoption of the Uniform Bar Exam might negatively affect minorities, the president of the National Conference of Bar Examiners testified Wednesday there has been no evidence of that in the 15 states that now use the test.
By Andrew Denney
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March 05, 2015 | New York Law Journal
St. John's and Buffalo Waive LSAT for Select StudentsIn August, the ABA changed its rules to allow law schools to admit 10 percent of students in their entering classes without the LSAT, which has allowed St. John's University School of Law and the University at Buffalo Law School to admit high-performing students from affiliated undergraduate programs.
By Andrew Denney
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