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The Legal Intelligencer

Does Pennsylvania Tolerate 'Eye'-dentifications?

At least some facial identifications are reliable (see, e.g., familiar identifications of a previously well-known individual). The question is—can the same be said when the perpetrator was fully masked and all that was visible were his eyes?
8 minute read

National Law Journal

Convicted Ex-Prosecutor May Still Practice Law, for Now, Says Divided Md. High Court

The decision means Marilyn J. Mosby may remain an active attorney as she appeals her federal convictions. But a dissenting justice said she "presents an unacceptable risk of harm to the public" if she's allowed to practice law.
2 minute read

Daily Report Online

High Court Passes on Case of Georgia Man on Death Row Who Says Black Jurors Were Wrongly Purged

The condemned man's lawyers say the prosecutor in his case violated the Batson rule and ranted against it when trial attorneys raised concerns during jury selection that he was striking Black jurors because of their race.
5 minute read

National Law Journal

Justices to Consider Sentences of Bank Robbers Dubbed 'Scarecrow Bandits'

The high court will decide whether a defendant convicted and sentenced before the First Step Act, but then resentenced after the criminal justice reform law went into effect, is eligible for its sentencing relief provisions.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. High Court: Hearsay Evidence Not Enough to ID a Defendant at a Preliminary Hearing

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has yet again addressed the issue of proving a prima facie case at a preliminary hearing. The Supreme Court has clarified that inadmissible hearsay alone will not be adequate to identify a defendant at a preliminary hearing.
6 minute read

National Law Journal

Supreme Court Weakens Obstruction Prosecutions of Jan. 6 Defendants

Writing for the 6-3 majority in "Fischer v. United States," Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. called the government's view of a federal obstruction statute too broad.
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

Ga. Court of Appeals Says Woman Who Argues Mental Illness Caused Crash Can Use Insanity Defense

That the woman caused the fatal DeKalb County crash was not in dispute, but defense lawyers and prosecutors disagreed on what arguments should be allowed at trial.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

4 Opinions, 1 Case: Discovery Issue Deeply Divides Justices

In addition to the majority's 5-2 opinion, there was a concurrence, a concurrence and dissent, and a dissent.
7 minute read

National Law Journal

Sentence Enhancement Belongs to Juries, Not Judges, Says Divided Supreme Court

"Judges may not assume the jury's factfinding function for themselves, let alone purport to perform it using a mere preponderance-of-the-evidence standard," Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote for the majority.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Ga. Father Freed From Prison 10 Years After Son Dies in Hot Car, Leading to Murder Case

Justin Ross Harris' 2016 conviction on eight counts including malice murder in the death of his 22-month-old son was overturned by the Supreme Court of Georgia but upheld on three sex crimes.
3 minute read

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