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.
By Cedra Mayfield | January 12, 2022
"The trial court concluded that Baker's motion to withdraw was untimely because '[t]he plea had been accepted over five and a half years prior,'" read the Georgia Court of Appeals opinion. "But '[i]t is well settled that a motion to withdraw a guilty plea must be filed within the same term of court as the sentence entered on the guilty plea.'"
By Avalon Zoppo | January 12, 2022
"I hope in the near future the Commission will be able to resume its important function in our criminal justice system," Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Amy Coney Barrett said this week.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Paul Shechtman | January 12, 2022
Judge Wilson, in dissent, argued that a limited remand for a 'Frye' hearing—a hearing that should have been held in the first instance but wasn't—was unconstitutional. As best one can tell, however, no judge—state or federal—has previously reached that conclusion. Was he right?
By Jacqueline Thomsen | January 12, 2022
"Simply put, there shouldn't be one set of rules for Republican nominees under Republican presidents and a different set for nominees under Democratic presidents," said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin.
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