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Connecticut Law Tribune

Norm Pattis: Defense Attorneys Overlooked In Judge Selection Process

Word that U.S. District Judge Janet Arterton will soon take senior status makes this a good time to ask Senators Richard Blumenthal and Christopher Murphy why it is that no criminal defense lawyer ever makes the cut for nomination to the federal bench. It's been so long since a defender was nominated that the failure cannot be explained away as insignificant.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Panel Overturns Ruling, Grants Hearing to Inmate

A Brooklyn appellate court has found that a man challenging his manslaughter and assault convictions is entitled to a hearing on claims of actual innocence and ineffective assistance of counsel.
2 minute read

The Recorder

In re S.F.

By | March 27, 2014
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Jury Convicts Abu Ghayth on All Counts

1 minute read

The Recorder

People v. Morales

By | March 27, 2014
3 minute read

The Recorder

People v. Black

By | March 27, 2014
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Jury Convicts Abu Ghayth on All Counts

After six hours of deliberations, a jury found Sulaiman Abu Ghayth guilty Wednesday for conspiring with al Qaida to kill Americans anywhere in the world. The verdict will almost certainly result in life in prison for the son-in-law of the late Osama bin Laden when he is sentenced on Sept. 8.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Mayes v. Premo

By | March 27, 2014
6 minute read

Daily Report Online

She Just Wants to Have Fun

Jill Steinberg knows how to have fun. She attends live concerts several times a month and vacations on music cruises.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

DWI Case Turns on Access to Counsel Before Breath Tests

Some Court of Appeals judges shared concern Wednesday that Nassau County police officers may have breached the attorney-client relationship by not telling a suspect in a fatal drunk driving crash that her lawyer had just called them.
6 minute read

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