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New Jersey Law Journal

State v. Dunbar

By | February 27, 2014
Officers Had Sufficient Reasonable Suspicion To Make Investigatory Stop
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

State v. J.B.W.

By | February 27, 2014
Sex Offender Precluded From Participating In School Marching Band Pit Crew
3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

44th District Judge Carlos Cortez No-Billed

A Dallas County grand jury on Feb. 20 declined to indict 44th District Judge Carlos Cortez on a family violence assault charge.
7 minute read

Law.com

Warrant Charges Buckhead Lawyer in $30K Theft

A Fulton County magistrate on Wednesday issued a criminal warrant charging a Buckhead attorney with theft by conversion after a client claimed the lawyer had misappropriated more than $30,000.
8 minute read

The Recorder

People v. Isaac

By | February 27, 2014
3 minute read

The Recorder

United States v. Yazzie

By | February 27, 2014
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judge Rejects 'End Run' Around Sentencing Law

Although the judge, the prosecutor and defense counsel all misconstrued the implications of Pedro Jimenez's refusal to accept a plea bargain, his request for sentencing relief has failed after a judge said while he received ineffective assistance, the offer he rejected was illegal.
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Role-Playing Lawyers Debate Real Concerns on Expungement

As Georgia lawmakers this session consider reforms aimed at helping ex-convicts re-enter society, a recent hypothetical situation gave lawyers an opportunity to debate the competing policy concerns at issue.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Split Circuit Upholds Stop That Led to Drug Conviction

Although defendant Chunon Bailey won a measure of victory in 2013 when the U.S. Supreme Court said police exceeded their power when they stopped him a mile from the apartment other officers, armed with a warrant, were searching, the Second Circuit has upheld the stop under a different theory.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Norm Pattis: Time To Fix The Plea Bargaining Machinery

Almost everyone pleads guilty to a crime when prosecuted. Some estimates place those pleading guilty, rather than facing trial, at more than 90 percent of all cases. In order to force defendants through the plea bargaining machinery, the law accepts outright hypocrisy. You can, for example, plead guilty to an offense while not admitting your guilt. That's what is known as an Alford plea.
4 minute read

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