By The Associated Press | June 18, 2024
Justin Ross Harris' 2016 conviction on eight counts including malice murder in the death of his 22-month-old son was overturned by the Supreme Court of Georgia but upheld on three sex crimes.
By Brian Lee | June 18, 2024
The New York Court of Appeals rejected Trump's "automatic" appeal "upon the ground that no substantial constitutional question is directly involved."
By Cheryl Miller | June 17, 2024
In dissent, Justice Goodwin Liu said the high court should "do more" to combat racial discrimination in jury selection and suggested the Legislature get involved.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | June 17, 2024
Case digests for state and federal courts in Pennsylvania can be found here.
By Jimmy Hoover | June 17, 2024
The defendants say wire fraud statutes only apply to cases where someone has used fraud to inflict economic harm, not to cases where the scheme did not actually cost the government money.
By Jimmy Hoover | June 17, 2024
The defendants say wire fraud statutes only apply to cases where someone has used fraud to inflict economic harm, not to cases where the scheme did not actually cost the government money.
By Brian Lee | June 11, 2024
The Jury of Our Peers Act, if signed into law, would follow New York lawmakers' restoration of voting rights to persons convicted of felonies, on their release from incarceration, in 2021.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Michael J. Hutter | June 5, 2024
The 2023–2024 term of the Court of Appeals has seen a large uptick in the number of appeals decided by the court as compared to previous terms. This is especially true as to decisions deciding important and significant evidence issues.
By Jimmy Hoover | June 3, 2024
The justices will consider "whether a crime that requires proof of bodily injury or death, but can be committed by failing to take action, has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of force."
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Barry Kamins | June 3, 2024
Surveillance technology has become a staple in criminal trials; with increasing frequency, prosecutors are offering surveillance video recordings as part of their evidence-in-chief. The New York Court of Appeals has now held that, under certain circumstances, a person who is not an eyewitness to the crime can testify at trial that the defendant is the person depicted in the video.
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