By Samantha Joseph | March 28, 2018
Marcos Antonio Gonzalez-Balboa heads a Miami Lakes law practice, Marcos A. Gonzalez P.A.
By Greg Land | March 27, 2018
Cobb County prosecutors wanted the judge overseeing a multidefendant murder trial to stop anyone involved with the trial from posting or commenting publicly on the case after a juror read an old posting on a defense lawyer's Facebook page and shared her findings with other potential jurors, causing a mistrial.
By Tony Mauro | March 27, 2018
Some justices seemed sympathetic to the problems caused by splintered opinions for lower court judges especially when, as Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. put it, “If I'm a court of appeals judge, it seems to me the most important thing in deciding the case is to make sure that I'm not reversed.”
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Ken Strutin | March 26, 2018
In his Criminal Law column, Ken Strutin writes: Lifespans encapsulated by incarceration cancel the possibility of parole, extinguish life in society, and hasten death in custody. Moreover, misperceptions of mortality's measures lengthen and intensify sentences beyond their intention.
By Jim Saunders, News Service of Florida | March 26, 2018
In a case stemming from the death of a man after an altercation in a bar, Attorney General Pam Bondi's office urged the Florida Supreme Court to uphold a ruling that a car can legally be considered a weapon.
By Katheryn Tucker | March 23, 2018
“I have attained the age and met the service requirements,” Judge Julie Carnes said in her letter to the president announcing her intentions. She plans to continue as a senior judge.
By Colby Hamilton | March 23, 2018
A circuit panel sided with both the defense and the government, who said the 300 hours a year for each of the defendant's three-year supervised release was excessive.
By Charles Toutant | March 23, 2018
Locane was released from prison in June 2015 after serving two and a half years of her sentence for her involvement in the 2010 accident in Montgomery Township that left Fred Seeman seriously injured and killed his wife, Helene. But Locane may have to return to prison if a stricter sentence is imposed.
By Josefa Velasquez | March 22, 2018
The state's Court of Appeals on Thursday heard oral arguments in a pair of cases concerning what evidence is necessary to establish identity theft.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Edward T. Kang | March 22, 2018
My last article, dated Jan. 25, visited the RICO pleadings requirement in light of the class action RICO lawsuit filed against Harvey Weinstein. The Weinstein RICO action is brought under the most popular section—Section 1962(c). In the article, I discussed the stringent requirements of pleading and proving civil RICO claims and outlined some of the obstacles for plaintiffs.
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