New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Lee A. Spielmann | July 13, 2020
Justice John Paul Stevens, who would have turned 100 in April, passed away one year ago this July. His 2019 autobiography discussed his position in many of his cases. One case not mentioned was 'Fedorenko v. United States.' The decision's significance and concomitant symbolism warrant revisiting Stevens' dissent.
The Legal Intelligencer | Analysis
By Zack Needles | Max Mitchell | July 10, 2020
Last month's $6.25 million settlement between the city of Philadelphia and Terrance Lewis—the highest-ever settlement in an exoneration case in Pennsylvania that did not involve DNA evidence—may signal, and possibly even spur, increased interest by the plaintiffs bar in bringing more wrongful conviction civil claims. But lawyers who have handled these cases warn that they're not for the faint of heart—or the ill-prepared.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | July 9, 2020
The Appellate Division's ruling examines the state bail reform law's interaction with federal immigration law.
By Kenneth Artz | July 6, 2020
"We are seeing reform in the legal community. In the larger urban areas, district attorneys are campaigning and being elected on criminal justice reform platforms," says Messina Madson, a criminal defense lawyer in Dallas.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Martin A. Schwartz | July 6, 2020
This column by Martin A. Schwartz, on Section 1983 Litigation, focuses on three recent circuit court decisions rejecting claims of prosecutorial immunity for investigative actions.
By Jason Grant | July 2, 2020
The Bronx Supreme Court judge "made no effort to translate the standard litany [of guilty plea colloquy questions] into simple language that would be understandable to someone with defendant's limited capacities," wrote Appellate Division, First Department Justice Sallie Manzanet-Daniels.
New York Law Journal | Expert Opinion
By Adam Kaufmann and Marc Frazier Scholl | July 2, 2020
An examination of New York's new criminal discovery laws, specifically the new CPL article 245 which provides that significant, enumerated disclosures be made to the defense within specified time periods.
By Jane Wester | June 30, 2020
Colinford Mattis and Urooj Rahman have been indicted on charges of arson and use of explosives, among other offenses. Each pleaded not guilty.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Thomas R. Newman and Steven J. Ahmuty Jr. | June 30, 2020
In their Appellate Practice column, Thomas R. Newman and Steven J. Ahmuty Jr. discuss the Sineneng-Smith case, where the U.S. Supreme Court rebuked the Ninth Circuit for unilaterally injecting an entirely new substantive issue into a case that had already been briefed, argued and submitted for decision.
By Greg Land | June 26, 2020
The Georgia Court of Appeals reversed a trial judge and its own precedent, ruling that charges dismissed by federal prosecutors in a plea deal did not amount to an "acquittal" of similar charges in state court.
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