By Davida S. Williams | January 21, 2020
The Supreme Court recently declined to review 'Cottier v. United States', an Eighth Circuit decision upholding a conviction of second-degree murder.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Joel Cohen | January 21, 2020
When the community is potentially at risk if a particular defendant is released, even if the pending crime charged is relatively low-level, it makes little sense to totally remove discretionary power relating to a defendant's release from the judge (aside from empowering him to impose monitoring or travel restrictions).
By Greg Land | January 17, 2020
The bill comes after the Georgia Supreme Court last year ruled that forcing individuals who had served their sentences to submit to lifetime monitoring was unconstitutional.
By Greg Land | January 16, 2020
Former Atkinson County Probate Judge Marjorie O'Brien pleaded guilty to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars, but says she should only pay $69,000 in restitution.
By Katheryn Tucker | January 16, 2020
Don Samuel's many appearances before the high court have been for the appellant seeking a new trial or a reversal of a conviction. On Tuesday, at the high court's first oral arguments in the new Nathan Deal Judicial Center, Samuel was there for the first time representing the appellee.
By Mike Scarcella | January 16, 2020
The U.S. Justice Department is asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to reconsider a ruling that questioned the government's use of a "filter team" to review files taken from a law firm as part of a criminal investigation.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Lynn K. Neuner and William T. Russell Jr. | January 16, 2020
In their New York Court of Appeals Roundup, Lynn K. Neuner and William T. Russell Jr. discuss 'People v. Udeke', in the defendant argued that he was not clearly informed at his plea allocution that he had a right to a jury trial on the class B offense and that his plea accordingly was not a voluntary and knowing waiver of his rights. The court rejected the defendant's argument.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Leo Milonas and Andrew C. Smith | January 16, 2020
In their Appellate Division Review, Leo Milonas and Andrew C. Smith highlight some of the Appellate Division's leading decisions from the fourth quarter of 2019.
By Jacqueline Thomsen | January 15, 2020
Justice Department attorney Melissa Patterson urged the three-judge panel to lift a trial court's injunction, noting that three justices indicated they would side with the government.
Daily Report Online | Slideshow
By John Disney | January 14, 2020
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