The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Zack Needles | April 30, 2019
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that Eric Frein's conviction and death sentence for shooting and killing a State Trooper and injuring another was proper, despite the admission of some questionable victim impact evidence at trial.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Martin Flumenbaum and Brad S. Karp | April 23, 2019
In their Second Circuit Review, Martin Flumenbaum and Brad S. Karp discuss a recent decision in which the court ruled for the third time in two years that a district judge in the Western District of New York violated a criminal defendant's Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial and reiterated that both courts and the government owe an “affirmative obligation” to criminal defendants and the public to bring matters to trial promptly.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Peter A. Crusco | April 22, 2019
In his Cyber Crime column, Peter A. Crusco writes: Now that the initial dust raised by 'Carpenter' has settled, it is illuminating to review and reconcile some of the state court cases evidently impacted by the landmark decision.
By Jonathan Ringel | April 22, 2019
She admires Justice Clarence Thomas' approach to writing; he was once quoted as saying, “the genius is not to write a five cent idea in a ten dollar sentence. It's to put a ten dollar idea in a five cent sentence.”
By Marcia Coyle | April 18, 2019
Mueller's 448-page report has many case citations. Here are three that relate to U.S. Supreme Court rulings confronting obstruction.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. D'Annunzio | April 18, 2019
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments over whether, due to the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark 2016 ruling in Birchfield v. North Dakota, blood alcohol test results should have been suppressed in the case of a fatal accident caused by an alleged drunken driver.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Lynn K. Neuner and William T. Russell | April 16, 2019
In their New York Court of Appeals Roundup, Lynn K. Neuner and William T. Russell discuss the recent case 'People v. Alvarez', where the court addressed an ineffective assistance of appellate counsel claim. The authors write that the decision is “notable for the unusually direct criticism with which the judges address each other's arguments in the majority opinion and two strong dissents.”
New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Law Journal Editorial Board | April 14, 2019
While we think that the new trial advocated in Justice Albin's dissent is justified here, the majority's opinion also provides new and valuable protections.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Joel Cohen | April 12, 2019
“General deterrence”—the goal of deterring the criminal conduct of others—is a key component of sentencing. That is, a sentence not necessarily (or at least only) designed to deter you, but to deter the community at large.
By Raychel Lean | April 12, 2019
Nico Gallo claimed voices in his head told him to attack a Martin County family while he was high on drugs that a judge said made him "psychotically violent with super-human strength." Gallo appealed his 10-year sentence, but the Fourth District Court of Appeal wouldn't bite.
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