Andrew Keshner

April 22, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Forty years after the Court of Appeals released 'People v. De Bour,' a May 18 panel of judges and attorneys at the New York City Bar Association will delve into whether the 1976 ruling and its four-tier approach has stood the test of time or whether something better is needed.

By Andrew Keshner

3 minute read

April 21, 2016 | New York Law Journal

On Friday, Eastern District Judge Ann Donnelly postponed all discovery in Kareem Bellamy's civil rights lawsuit and instead told the sides to litigate the summary judgment issue of whether Bellamy's constitutional rights had been violated when he was prosecuted by the office.

By Andrew Keshner

4 minute read

April 20, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The next-door neighbor of a Southampton town justice can continue with his defamation suit against the judge he claims suggested he was a pedophile during a municipal hearing.

By Andrew Keshner

6 minute read

April 20, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Acting Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Danny Chun imposed a five-year probation sentence with 800 hours of community service Thursday after reducing the top count of former NYPD officer Peter Liang's conviction from second-degree manslaughter to criminally negligent homicide for the 2014 slaying.

By Andrew Denney and Andrew Keshner

14 minute read

April 19, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A Brooklyn-based appellate court revived a guilty verdict that had been set aside by a trial judge due to a court officer's commentary on the evidence to a deliberating juror.

By Andrew Keshner

4 minute read

April 18, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A Second Department panel has overruled a Family Court's refusal to make findings that would enable siblings to petition federal immigration authorities for special juvenile status, while a different panel upheld another court's refusal in a separate matter to issue the specific findings.

By Andrew Keshner

11 minute read

April 18, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Federal prosecutors looking to conscript Apple into their decryption efforts are asking for an "extraordinary relief," the company said Friday, even though the government cannot show any likely evidentiary value from the locked phone or point to legislative authorization for the compelled assistance.

By Andrew Keshner

7 minute read

April 15, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The recently formed Institute for Innovation in Prosecution has tapped Meg Reiss, a former top-ranking Nassau County prosecutor, as its executive director.

By Andrew Keshner

3 minute read

April 14, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A juror in the manslaughter case against former New York City Police Officer Peter Liang faced tough questioning Wednesday about whether he lied to get on the jury.

By Andrew Denney/Andrew Keshner

4 minute read

April 14, 2016 | New York Law Journal

High-profile civil rights attorney Richard Emery said in a statement that "the issues of inhibitions on my law practice, several of my recent public statements and recent litigation have created daily distractions from the success of the CCRB."

By Andrew Keshner

4 minute read