By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 23, 2017
Sentence did not violate constitutional prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment where it was not grossly disproportionate to convicted crimes, nor would it inhibit defendant's access to allegedly necessary mental health treatment. Judgment of sentence affirmed.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 23, 2017
Prior inconsistent recorded statement about defendant's intoxication was properly admitted, under the trial court's discretion, to impeach a witness, where the jury as factfinder could determine whether the recorded statement was inconsistent with the witness' trial testimony and weigh the witness' testimony and credibility accordingly. Judgment of sentence affirmed.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 23, 2017
Appellate counsel's concession that the evidence was sufficient to establish a killing with malice constituted a strategic concession and was not ineffective assistance of counsel. Order of the PCRA court affirmed.
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | June 23, 2017
Prosecutors Fail to Comply With Order to File Certificate of Readiness, Charged 64 Days
By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | June 22, 2017
Indictment Dismissed Where State Failed to Properly Instruct Grand Jury as to Mental Culpability Required for Assault with Bodily Fluid
By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | June 22, 2017
Defendants Not Entitled to Information Regarding Sensitive Law Enforcement Investigative Techniques
By Katheryn Hayes Tucker | June 21, 2017
Despite an invitation shared on social media for the investiture ceremony installing Judge Stephen Dillard as chief of the Georgia Court of Appeals Wednesday, the outgoing chief judge confessed she was afraid it wouldn't happen.
By Michael Booth | June 21, 2017
In a rare self-reversal, the New Jersey Supreme Court has overturned its five-year-old ruling that permitted appeals courts judges to use their own judgment in reviewing decisions made by trial judges regarding the admissibility of evidence in criminal trials.
By Max Mitchell | June 20, 2017
Former state Attorney General Kathleen Kane is pointing to a decision allowing a Montgomery County judge to oversee her criminal case as part of the reason why her criminal conviction should be overturned. Kane, who was convicted last year on perjury and related charges over leaking confidential information, has filed a brief to the state Superior Court, asking that her sentence be vacated, her conviction overturned and the charges against her dismissed.
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | June 19, 2017
Guilty Plea to Factually Supported Amended, Erroneously Described Offense Affirmed
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