• Cosey v. Lilley

    Publication Date: 2023-03-16
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Petitioner-Appellant Archie Cosey: Rebecca E. Freedman, on the brief, Glenn A. Garber, The Exoneration Initiative, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Respondent-Appellee Lynn Lilley: Karen Schlossberg, Assistant District Attorney, on the brief, Stephen Kress, Assistant District Attorney, for Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., District Attorney of New York County, New York, NY. For Amici Curiae The Innocence Project and Centurion Ministries, Inc., in support of Petitioner-Appellant Archie Cosey: Parvin Daphne Moyne, Elise B. Maizel, Andrew A. McWhorter, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, New York, NY; Zara H. Shore, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Washington, DC.

    Case Number: 20-1916-pr

    'Schlup' Innocence Claim Fails; §2254 Habeas Petition Time-Barred Under AEDPA

  • U.S. v. Collymore

    Publication Date: 2023-03-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellee: Hagan Scotten and Won S. Shin, on the brief, Jared Lenow, Assistant United States Attorneys, for Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Defendant-Appellant: Michelle Anderson Barth, Law Office of Michelle Anderson Barth, Burlington, VT.

    Case Number: 19-596

    Attempted Hobbs Act Robbery Cannot Serve as Predicate for 18 USC §924(j)(1) Conviction

  • U.S. v. Runner

    Publication Date: 2023-03-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | White Collar Crime
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, U.S. - EDNY
    Judge: District Judge Joanna Seybert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For United States: John W. Burke, Esq., Charles B. Dunn, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC.
    for defendant: Ann F. Entwistle, Esq., U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC. Charles N. Rose, Esq., United States Attorney's Office, Central Islip, NY. For Defendant: James Darrow, Esq., Abra Metz-Dworkin, Esq., Federal Defenders of New York, Brooklyn, NY. Evan Sugar, Esq., Federal Defenders of New York, Central Islip, NY.

    Case Number: 18-CR-0578

    Indictment Sufficiently Alleged Scheme to Defraud so as to Survive Motion to Dismiss

  • Lu v. Lamanna

    Publication Date: 2023-03-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, U.S. - EDNY
    Judge: Circuit Judge Denny Chin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Petitioner Pro Se: Yang Hao Lu, Green Haven Correctional Facility, Stormville, NY.
    for defendant: Attorney for Respondent By: Daniel Berman, Esq., Assistant District Attorney, Eric Gonzalez, Esq., District Attorney of Kings County, Brooklyn, NY.

    Case Number: 18-CV-2297

    Habeas Petition Lacks Basis, Is Time-Barred by AEDPA's One-Year Statute of Limitations

  • U.S. v. Barbee

    Publication Date: 2023-03-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge Katherine Polk Failla
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 20-CR-403

    Last Minute Bid for §2255 Sentence Relief Denied; Ineffective Assistance Claim Rejected

  • U.S. v. Kukushkin

    Publication Date: 2023-03-14
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Election and Political Law
    Industry:
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Rosemary S. Pooler
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Appellant: Ivana Djak, Alexandra Day Coyle, on the brief, Celeste L.M. Koeleveld, Clifford Chance US LLP, New York, NY.
    for defendant: For Appellee: Nicholas Roos, Hagan Scotten, Danielle R. Sassoon, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief, Aline R. Flodr, Assistant United States Attorney, for Damian Williams, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, New York, NY.

    Case Number: 22-666-cr

    No Error in Standard Jury Instruction on Willfulness as to Crimes Under FECA

  • People v. Krivak

    Publication Date: 2023-03-13
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: County Court, Putnam
    Judge: Judge Robert J. Prisco
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Larry Glasser, First Assistant District Attorney.
    for defendant: Oscar Michelen, Esq., Karen A. Newirth, Esq., Attorneys for Defendant Andrew Krivak. Robert V. Tendy, Putnam County District Attorney. Tania Brief, Esq., Lauren Gottesman, Esq., Innocence Project, Inc.

    Case Number: 39-1996

    Expert Testimony on False Confessions Limited, Testimony on Language Analysis Precluded

  • People v. Isaacs

    Publication Date: 2023-03-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Danny K. Chun
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 5873/2016

    Court Grants CCRB's Motion to Unseal Records Related to Criminal Case Against Officer

  • Morrow v. Criminal Records Officer

    Publication Date: 2023-03-10
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings
    Judge: Justice Aaron D. Maslow
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 133/2021

    Court Directs How to Proceed With Old Article 78 Petition to Compel Production of Records

  • Joaquin v. Smith

    Publication Date: 2023-03-10
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Criminal Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S. - SDNY
    Judge: District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21 Civ. 9372

    State Inmate Denied §2254 Relief; Petition Untimely Under AEDPA Filed Three Years Late