By Rachel Van Cleave | October 2, 2020
The court has agreed to hear cases that involve the enduring white supremist legacy of a Louisiana law that allowed for non-unanimous jury criminal convictions, standards for evaluating excessive use of force by police, what is required to sentence a juvenile to life without parole, and military sexual violence, says Rachel Van Cleave, a law professor and dean emerita at Golden Gate University School of Law
By Jim Saunders | October 2, 2020
"Although this case arises in the troubling context of child sexual abuse, it is ultimately about the separation of powers and the proper role of courts in applying statutes of limitations," Justice Carlos Muniz wrote in the majority opinion.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. D'Annunzio | October 1, 2020
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has decided that a county judge's ruling that the odor of marijuana does not amount to probable cause for police to search a vehicle was legally insufficient.
By Jim Saunders | October 1, 2020
Prosecutors contend that Alachua County Circuit Judge James Colaw did not properly interpret the state Supreme Court's direction about suspension of speedy-trial procedures.
By Meredith Hobbs | September 30, 2020
Brandon Bullard has opened his own appellate criminal defense practice after serving as the director of the Georgia Public Defender Council's appellate unit.
By Jonathan Ringel | September 24, 2020
The full court agreed to hear the case of former U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown after a divided panel affirmed removing a juror. The chief judge wrote a strong dissent in the initial review.
By Jonathan Ringel | September 24, 2020
"A rule that would allow a juror to base his verdict on something other than the evidence would be antithetical to the rule of law and is contradicted by decades of precedent," wrote Judge Robin Rosenbaum in a majority decision that has been vacated for an en banc review.
By Jonathan Ringel | September 24, 2020
The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit will rehear a case in which a trial court judge removed a juror who said information from "My Father in Heaven" led to him to state at the outset of deliberations that a former member of Congress was not guilty on a host of corruption counts.
Connecticut Law Tribune | News
By Robert Storace | September 22, 2020
The Connecticut Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in 14 cases in October.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Louis Locascio | September 18, 2020
COURT WATCH: The issue, of first impression, was whether requiring a defendant to disclose the passcode of his cell phone violates his protection against self-incrimination provided by the Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and New Jersey law.
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