Andrew Denney

September 03, 2015 | New York Law Journal

A man who has been incarcerated for about 15 years could stand trial again for the 1996 murder of an elderly man in Westchester County and his home health aide after the Second Department ruled the judge in his fourth trial should have allowed expert testimony on false confessions.

By Andrew Denney

6 minute read

September 02, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Prosecutors had maintained throughout Ruddy Quezada's 1993 trial and in post-conviction proceedings that a witness who testified at the trial had come forward on his own. But last week it was revealed that a material witness order had been used to detain the witness in a hotel room until he agreed to testify.

By Andrew Denney

3 minute read

September 02, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Two Erie County judges have agreed to be admonished for making prohibited political contributions, the state Commission on Judicial Conduct announced Tuesday.

By Andrew Denney

2 minute read

September 02, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Prosecutors had maintained throughout Ruddy Quezada's 1993 trial and in post-conviction proceedings that a witness who testified at the trial had come forward on his own. But last week it was revealed that a material witness order had been used to detain the witness in a hotel room until he agreed to testify.

By Andrew Denney

3 minute read

September 01, 2015 | New York Law Journal

Two Erie County judges have agreed to be admonished for making prohibited political contributions, the state Commission on Judicial Conduct announced Tuesday.

By Andrew Denney

2 minute read

September 01, 2015 | New York Law Journal

A federal judge has ruled that the Nassau County Sheriff's Department violated the rights of a woman who was the subject of an order of protection by retaining her firearms without a due process hearing.

By Andrew Denney

5 minute read

September 01, 2015 | New York Law Journal

George Pulver, a County, Family and Surrogate's Court judge from 1996 to 2013, was known for promoting Catskill and Greene County.

By Andrew Denney

2 minute read

September 01, 2015 | New York Law Journal

A federal judge has ruled that the Nassau County Sheriff's Department violated the rights of a woman who was the subject of an order of protection by retaining her firearms without a due process hearing.

By Andrew Denney

5 minute read

September 01, 2015 | New York Law Journal

A former St. John's University School of Law student whose application was rescinded after previous drug convictions that he did not disclose to the school came to light was admitted to Pace Law School in White Plains and began classes on Monday.

By Andrew Denney

2 minute read

September 01, 2015 | New York Law Journal

The Center for Court Innovation has launched a new program called Poverty Justice Solutions, in which recent law school graduates represent low-income clients in Housing Court.

By Andrew Denney

2 minute read