By Tom Hays | January 26, 2022
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit rejected claims that Judge Brian Cogan made rulings allowing a jury to hear faulty evidence at notorious Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's 2019 trial.
By Allison Dunn | January 21, 2022
A Florida appellate panel ordered a new trial for a man who was convicted of drug offenses after his trial attorneys failed to exercise a strike for cause against a juror who showed she was biased against defendants who invoke their Fifth Amendment right.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Alexander R. Klein | January 21, 2022
'Hamilton' changed New York's criminal law in 2014, yet eight years later "actual innocence"-dismissals are not bases for "actual innocence" claims in civil court. The solution is thus straightforward: Make the Court of Claims Act modern again.
By Allison Dunn | January 20, 2022
"Faced with the widespread and growing problem of nonconsensual pornography, the legislature acted within its authority to safeguard the health and safety of its citizens from this unique and serious crime by passing Indiana Code section 35-45-4-8," Justice Mark S. Massa wrote in the court's opinion Tuesday.
By Cedra Mayfield | January 19, 2022
"If it amounts to criminal negligence, it amounts to reckless conduct," said Chief Justice David E. Nahmias during oral arguments in the appeal of former attorney Claud Lee "Tex" McIver III's murder conviction related to the 2016 shooting death of his wife, Diane McIver.
By Associated Press | January 18, 2022
Justin Ross Harris, 41, was convicted in November 2016 on eight counts including malice murder in the death of his 22-month-old son, Cooper. A judge sentenced him to life without parole as well as 32 more years in prison for other crimes.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | January 14, 2022
"I think that they thought the wave of public opinion would protect them from the analysis of the Supreme Court. I never believed that; I thought that the Supreme Court would ultimately get the case and do as it did," Castor said in the podcast.
By Allison Dunn | January 13, 2022
"Metaphysical questions about the meaning of 'object' aside, fire falls within the scope of this definition of 'weapon,'" the appeals panel wrote. "It has been used in war for millennia ... and it can be used to destroy, defeat, or physically injure others."
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Frederick T. Davis | January 13, 2022
The decision is being appealed by the DOJ to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
By Meghann M. Cuniff | January 12, 2022
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit last week rejected a request for en banc review in its overturning of a trial judge's dismissal of a criminal case under the Speedy Trial Act.
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