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Historic Acquittal in Louisiana Fuels Fight to Review 'Jim Crow' Verdicts

Ramos v. Louisiana outlawed nonunanimous jury convictions as unconstitutional, with justices on the 6-3 majority acknowledging the practice as a vestige of racism from the era of laws legalizing racial segregation.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Updated: Murder, Cruelty Charges Dismissed in Georgia Toddler's Hot Car Death

The Georgia Supreme Court in November voted 6-3 to overturn his murder and child cruelty convictions. The Cobb County district attorney's office, which prosecuted the case, said in a statement that while it disagrees with that ruling, crucial motive evidence is no longer available to the state as a result of it. Therefore, prosecutors decided not to retry Harris on the reversed counts.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

'Empty Exercise': Justices Back Appellate Review of Legal Issues Not Relitigated Post Trial

Just going through the (Post-Trial) motions would be a waste of time, the Supreme Court says.
3 minute read

Law.com

Washington Appellate Court Joins Other States, Finding No Error in Allowing 'Nontransparent Face Masks' During Jury Trial

Other courts across the country have "uniformly rejected" challenges to the "pandemic-induced jury selection procedures" similar to Bell's, while this is the first time a Washington court has addressed the matter.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Lawyer's Missteps Lead Court to Order New Trial

"What the Fourth District Court of Appeal says here is that given this particular piece of evidence, and the way it was withheld, and then used in rebuttal, completely prejudiced the defendant," said Craig Joseph Trocino, who is not involved in the litigation.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Access to Court Proceedings at Heart of NY High Court's Orders for New Trials in Murder Cases, Upending Convictions

The decisions were both unanimous, and the majority opinions were written by Associate Judges Jenny Rivera and Anthony Cannataro, whom many court observers suggest are on opposing ends of the ideological spectrum, with the former seen as part of the high court's liberal-progressive group.
7 minute read

Law.com

9th Circuit: Magistrate Judge's DQ of Entire US Attorney's Office Failed to Show 'Judicial Respect' to Executive Branch

"[T]he district court—whose decision to disqualify was informed, in part, by a comparison to an internal investigation of a private company—does not appear to have sufficiently appreciated the separation-of-powers concern," the appeals court said.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

11th Circuit: Alabama Can't Execute Intellectually Disabled Inmate

Joseph Clifton Smith, 52, was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1997 beating death of Durk Van Dam. Van Dam died as a result of 35 blunt-force injuries to his body, according to testimony from a forensic pathologist.
3 minute read

Law.com

'Yes, We Looked It Up': State Appeals Court Reverses 20-Year Sentence, Citing Jurors' Internet Usage During Deliberations

The Mississippi Court of Appeals has reversed and remanded a trial court ruling that sentenced a man to 20 years because the judge did not investigate the potential misconduct of a juror who used the Internet to search legal terms and possible sentences during deliberations.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Death Row Inmate Challenges New Tennessee Post-Conviction Law

The law passed in April by the GOP-led Tennessee Legislature and signed by Republican Gov. Bill Lee has generated opposition from attorneys and Democratic lawmakers. They say the change violates the state Constitution, bypasses the will of voters and targets progressive-minded district attorneys who have defied lawmakers in the past.
6 minute read

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