New Jersey Law Journal | Commentary
By Marie E. Lihotz and Marianne Espinosa | February 10, 2022
During a trial, when jurors have been exposed to extraneous information or prejudicial influences, the trial court's obligation is well established. Once a verdict is rendered, any inquiry into allegations of juror misconduct is substantially curtailed.
By Marcia Coyle | February 9, 2022
The pro bono victory followed a five-day evidentiary hearing on the inmate's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel at his sentencing.
By Avalon Zoppo | February 9, 2022
A former private equity executive challenging his three-month prison sentence argues tests scores are not property under fraud statutes.
By Ross Todd | February 9, 2022
"What we've advocated since before the indictment is if you simply read the actual rule, the question of LIBOR must have an answer: There was no crime here and that's where our representation started and that's where we are at this point ending up," Seth Levine says.
By Marianna Wharry | February 8, 2022
An adult defendant's juvenile offenses can be factored into the decision for a life-without-parole sentence under New Jersey's Three Strikes Law, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled.
By Marianna Wharry | February 8, 2022
In a case of first impression, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit followed Second Circuit guidance in concluding that exigent circumstances can justify law enforcement's access to a defendant's cellphone "pings," or GPS location, and call logs—even after failing to obtain a warrant.
By Allison Dunn | February 4, 2022
The high court said the ruling was intended to provide "broad guidance" for lower courts on what it called a "recurring issue of statewide importance."
By Allison Dunn | February 3, 2022
In a case of first impression, the New Mexico Court of Appeals departed from federal precedent this week in siding with a defendant who argued that a police inventory search of a locked gun safe in his vehicle violated his state protections against unreasonable search and seizure.
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Andrew Larson | February 3, 2022
The Supreme Court found the lower court's reliance on the "materially false superpredator myth" was detrimental for two reasons.
New York Law Journal | Commentary
By Marc L. Greenwald and Phillip B. Jobe | February 2, 2022
Attorneys from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan write that a disclosure law that allows the government to withhold most witness statements until after the witness testifies at trial is "unworkable, unfair and un-American."
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