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March 19, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Brooklyn Law Professor Robert Pitler Dies at 74Robert Pitler, a longtime Brooklyn Law School professor who served as counsel to former Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, has died. He was 74.
By Andrew Denney
3 minute read
March 19, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Bronx DA's Office Brings on Four New AssistantsBronx District Attorney Robert Johnson's office has hired four new assistant district attorneys who recently completed a one-week training and have started working for various divisions within the office.
By Andrew Denney
1 minute read
March 19, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Indictment Upheld Despite Prosecutors' 'Troubling' ConductAlthough Judge Denny Chin acknowledged that prosecutors had withheld exculpatory evidence from the defense and attempted to present evidence that would unfairly prejudice the defendant, he said they did not act "flagrantly, willfully or in bad faith."
By Andrew Denney
5 minute read
March 18, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Brooklyn Law Professor Robert Pitler Dies at 74Robert Pitler, a longtime Brooklyn Law School professor who served as counsel to former Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, has died. He was 74.
By Andrew Denney
3 minute read
March 18, 2015 | New York Law Journal
Bronx DA's Office Brings on Four New AssistantsBronx District Attorney Robert Johnson's office has hired four new assistant district attorneys who recently completed a one-week training and have started working for various divisions within the office.
By Andrew Denney
1 minute read
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
3 minute read
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
4 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
4 minute read
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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