Joel Stashenko

March 29, 2016 | New York Law Journal

An appeals court set aside a man's conviction for weapons possession after concluding that his arrest was premised on nothing more than the defendant looking in the direction of police as he walked in a "higher-crime" area of Buffalo.

By Joel Stashenko

9 minute read

March 29, 2016 | Law.com

The wife of a Syracuse University basketball coach who was fired in 2011 amid charges he sexually abused team ball boys cannot sustain her libel claim against the sports network ESPN, a magistrate judge determined while dismissing the action.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

March 29, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A state appeals court has ordered a hearing on whether a defendant's conviction should be reconsidered after arresting officers were indicted for perjury in unrelated cases.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

March 28, 2016 | New York Law Journal

Robert Sise, a chief administrative judge during the formative years of the centralized statewide court system, has died at age 90.

By Joel Stashenko

4 minute read

March 28, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A disbarred attorney was sentenced to six months of weekends in jail and five years' probation for collecting federal disability payments when he also earned money practicing law between 2003 and 2010.

By Joel Stashenko

1 minute read

March 25, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A police officer injured by falling debris as he tried to rescue the occupants of a wrecked Rockland County home during Hurricane Sandy is not entitled to accidental disability retirement benefits, a divided state appeals court decided Thursday, upholding a ruling that responding to emergencies was part of the officer's job.

By Joel Stashenko

5 minute read

March 25, 2016 | New York Law Journal

The dismissal of a challenge to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz's eligibility for the presidency as a "natural born citizen" of the United States was upheld by the Third Department, which agreed the suit was not filed on time.

By Joel Stashenko

5 minute read

March 25, 2016 | New York Law Journal

References in various sections of state law to the condition that traditionally has been called "mental retardation" would be changed to "intellectual disability" under bills approved by the state Assembly's Judiciary Committee.

By Joel Stashenko

3 minute read

March 25, 2016 | New York Law Journal

A village court justice in Jefferson County has resigned amid a state inquiry into a complaint of his conduct outside of a bar last summer.

By Joel Stashenko

2 minute read

March 24, 2016 | New York Law Journal

State judges have yet to be properly compensated for enduring 13 years without pay raises, especially since the state Court of Appeals found that lawmakers acted unconstitutionally in rejecting salary increases, a lawyer told the court Wednesday.

By Joel Stashenko

13 minute read