By Avalon Zoppo | May 16, 2022
The panel said only allowing audio access to the trial for the public violated the defendant's public trial right under the Sixth Amendment.
By Marianna Wharry | May 16, 2022
The Washington state Supreme Court found that a modification to the state's DUI law established "an objective, bright line rule" that anyone who is above the specified THC level can be charged.
By Marianna Wharry | May 13, 2022
A federal appellate panel upheld a Kentucky-born, U.S. citizen's conviction for engaging in illicit sexual conduct while teaching in Cambodia, despite his claims that Congress lacked power to regulate the conduct for which he was convicted.
By Mason Lawlor | May 13, 2022
Judge Kenny Armstrong found that the trial court erred in ordering a forfeiture because prosecutors could not sufficiently explain how the money was connected to any criminal activity, despite suspicions of drug trafficking.
National Law Journal | Commentary
By Geremy C. Kamens, Rebecca LeGrand, Abbe Smith | May 12, 2022
Federal prosecutors must not possess unchecked power to secretly listen to and record a defense investigation.
By Colleen Murphy | May 11, 2022
The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit has declined to rehear a case over what constitutes a "controlled substance" for sentencing purposes, but one judge dissented, arguing that the court was passing up an opportunity to settle an issue "with far-reaching implications in our circuit and nationally."
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Eric Marcy | May 11, 2022
There is good reason to review the need for the Three Strikes Law, when our current system of mandatory minimums, mandatory and extended terms, and No Early Release Act (NERA) statutes are already the law of the land.
By Brian Lee | May 10, 2022
Suffolk County DA Ray Tierney said he didn't see infringement of Fourth Amendment rights "as long as you've done the proper investigative steps."
By The Associated Press | May 10, 2022
Attorneys representing the Federal Defender Program, which represents Virgil Delano Presnell Jr., say the setting of his execution date violates a written agreement reached last April with the office of state Attorney General Chris Carr that temporarily put executions on hold during the coronavirus pandemic and established conditions under which they could resume.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Brian Lee | May 6, 2022
Since Judge Shirley Troutman began participating in decisions in February, the court has been divided on several cases of note, highlighted by its recent split decision to invalidate New York's congressional and Senate maps as an unconstitutional gerrymander by state Democrats.
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