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People v. Hood

By | February 20, 2014
5 minute read

The Recorder

United States v. Garcia-Santana

By | February 20, 2014
2 minute read

The Recorder

People v. Infante

By | February 20, 2014
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Wrongfully Convicted Get Support From AG's Proposed Bill

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Wednesday he will file legislation allowing people who were wrongfully convicted of a crime to sue New York State, even if they confessed or otherwise helped "bring about" their own convictions.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Advances to Girl Held Enough for Attempted Kidnapping

A divided state appeals panel has upheld the attempted kidnapping sentence of a previously convicted child molester who repeatedly made advances toward a 10-year-old girl and eventually tried to give her the keys to his apartment, which she refused.
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New York Law Journal

High Court Won't Review Denial of Gigi Jordan Habeas

The state Court of Appeals has declined, for a second time, to hear an appeal of the denial of a habeas petition filed by Gigi Jordan, who says her pretrial detention at Rikers Island, now in its 46th month, violates her right to due process.
2 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Appeals Court Says Prior DWI Counts In Sentencing on Breath-Test Refusal

A state appeals court says a prior drunken-driving offense may enhance sentencing for a subsequent conviction of refusing to submit to a breath test—even though prior refusals don't count against future DWIs.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Bridgegate Committee Files Suit To Enforce Document Subpoenas

A New Jersey legislative committee filed court papers Wednesday to compel compliance with its subpoenas by two figures implicated in last September's closure of local access lanes to the George Washington Bridge.
4 minute read

Supreme Court Brief

Poker Players Ask Justices: Is it Gambling?

The late Chief Justice William Rehnquist ran a monthly poker game. Chief Justice and President William Howard Taft was an avid poker player, as were justices Robert Jackson and William Douglas. And Justice Antonin Scalia in a recent New York Magazine interview said, "I'm a damn good poker player." Poker is back in the U.S. Supreme Court, but not in the way those famous aficionados knew it.
6 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Fifth Court Hears Arguments in Fight Pitting Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins and Albert G. Hill III

The Fifth Court of Appeals heard arguments regarding a trial court's authority to dismiss indictments brought by D.A. Craig Watkins against a wealthy oil heir who was in a fee dispute with Lisa Blue.
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