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Meet the Orrick Lawyer Behind Death Penalty Foes Prop 66 Fight

A Q&A with Orrick partner Christina Von der Ahe who is heading up the effort challenging the California ballot initiative aimed at speeding up the state's death penalty appeals process, which narrowly passed last fall.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Rush, PICS Case No. 17-0844 (Pa. Super. May 11, 2017) Moulton, J. (28 pages).

Trial court did not err in refusing to charge jury on element of malice derived from third-degree murder offense where such element was not a part of the statutory offenses of torture of a police animal and animal cruelty. Judgment of sentence affirmed.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Bey v. Superintendent Greene SCI, PICS Case No. 17-0851 (3 Cir. May 10, 2107) McKee, J. (23 pages).

District court erred in denying habeas relief on appellant's ineffective assistance of counsel claim based on trial counsel's failure to challenge the trial court's erroneous 'Kloiber' jury instruction because appellant's procedural default was excused and the trial court's deviation from the language in 'Kloiber' basically told jurors that they had to accept the officer's eyewitness identification and were not free to question it. Vacated and remanded.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Circuit Affirms Life Sentence for 'Silk Road' Creator

Ross Ulbricht's conviction and life sentence for running a dark channel website for large-scale drug trafficking using the bitcoin currency has been affirmed by a unanimous federal appeals panel.
7 minute read

The Recorder

People v. Nguyen

4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Murder Indictment 27 Years Later Wasn't Undue Delay, Judge Rules

A 27-year delay in charging a man with murdering a teenager he allegedly pushed from a rooftop was "not unreasonable," given the reason for the delay and the advent of DNA testing, a Bronx judge has ruled.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Murder Indictment 27 Years Later Wasn't Undue Delay, Judge Rules

A 27-year delay in charging a man with murdering a teenager he allegedly pushed from a rooftop was "not unreasonable," given the reason for the delay and the advent of DNA testing, a Bronx judge has ruled.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Courtroom Could be Standing Room Only After This Tweet

If Twitter is an indicator, the Georgia Court of Appeals could have an over capacity crowd on June 21. Presiding Justice Stephen Dillard has invited friends to his swearing in ceremony to become chief justice. On Twitter.
8 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Brown, PICS Case No.17-0794 (Pa. Super. May 4, 2017) Stevens, J. (18 pages).

Defendant's trial counsel was not ineffective for failing to cross-examine the rape victim about a purported past sexual relationship with defendant where counsel's tactic was reasonable under the circumstances and defendant failed to demonstrate prejudice. The appellate court affirmed defendant's judgment of sentence.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Treece, PICS Case No. 17-0797 (Pa. Super. May 5, 2017) Lazarus, J. (18 pages).

Evidence was insufficient to support conviction for escape where defendant, being treated at the hospital, was released from restraints and police officers guarding him had left the hospital nearly two hours prior without advising defendant that he was not free to leave, such that defendant was no longer in "official detention" for purpose of escape statute because police were no longer actively exerting authority over defendant. Judgment of sentence vacated.
6 minute read

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