By Tom O’Mara and Anthony Palumbo | January 20, 2025
While some New Yorkers may be shocked at the increase of criminal charges being dropped and cases being dismissed under discovery laws passed in 2019, members of the Senate Republican Conference, law enforcement groups, court employees and district attorneys' Offices have been sounding alarms about the changes ever since, two Republican lawmakers write.
By Alyssa Aquino | January 16, 2025
The blogger and appellate attorney has been charged with tax evasion in Maryland federal court, and federal prosecutors said he used funds to cover gambling debts and pursue intimate relationships with women.
By Evan T. Barr | January 15, 2025
The author writes "A picture is worth a thousand words, the saying goes. In the past couple of years, federal prosecutors, led in large part by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, have enthusiastically embraced that adage by routinely including sensational photographs in high-profile indictments against well-known figures such as Donald Trump, Mayor Eric Adams, and Senator Robert Menendez."
By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman | January 14, 2025
The office of former Special Counsel Jack Smith concluded it had enough admissible evidence against President-elect Donald Trump to obtain and sustain a conviction at trial for Trump's alleged conspiracy to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
By Leah Nowotarski | January 13, 2025
What impact has discovery had on speedy trial? Certificates of compliance have caused statements of readiness and corresponding defense obligations to be scrutinized more closely than ever before. What actions or lack thereof make a statement of readiness truly illusory? Prosecutors work within stricter time frames and receive less leniency on failing to comply with them, resulting in what many believe are dismissals based on “technicalities.”
By Ethan Greenberg | January 10, 2025
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's decision to charge Luigi Mangione with first-degree murder may ultimately hurt rather than help his office's case, a former New York state Supreme Court justice writes.
By Paul Shechtman | December 26, 2024
Paul Shechtman discusses the amendment to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, effective Nov. 1, 2024, concerning acquitted conduct inclusing how the acquitted conduct amendment came into being and what its “unless clause” means.
By Andrew Denney | December 23, 2024
Last week, Mayor Eric Adams took part in a perp walk for the suspected killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
By Carla-Varriale-Barker | December 20, 2024
After a ten-year old girl died by self-asphyxiation trying to recreate a “Blackout Challenge” after it appeared on her “For You” page on the TikTok platform, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has refined the contours of immunity under the Communications Decency Act.
By Emily Saul | December 19, 2024
There is a general understanding between jurisdictions that the feds proceed with their case first, said a former veteran prosecutor. “But,” he clarified, “There is no formula." Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg said his office was in conversation with the Southern District of New York.
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