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Chamberlain v. Unemployment Comp. Bd. of Review, PICS Case No. 14-0002 (Pa. Commw. Jan. 3, 2014) McCullough, J. (19 pages).

By | January 21, 2014
Unemployment Compensation • Benefit Eligibility • House Arrest • Incarceration • Labor Market • Liberty & Movement
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Veteran Manhattan ADAs Join Brooklyn Prosecutor

Veteran Manhattan prosecutors Leroy Frazer Jr. and Coleen Balbert are joining the newly-minted administration of Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson as chief of staff and chief of sex crimes, respectively.
1 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Hanson, PICS Case No. 13-3419 (Pa. Dec. 27, 2013) Saylor, J.; Eakin, J., dissenting (29 pages).

By | January 21, 2014
Sentencing • Discretion • Five-Year Mandatory Minimum • PWID • Physical Possession or Control • Firearm
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Orabi v. Attorney Gen. of the U.S., PICS Case No. 14-0004 (3d Cir. Jan. 2, 2014) Garth, J.; Smith, J., dissenting (28 pages).

By | January 21, 2014
Removal/Removability • Jurisdiction • Appealability • Final Conviction • Pending Appeal
4 minute read

Law.com

Courts Can Now Help, Not Punish, Teen Prostitutes

For the first time, criminal court judges in New York have the authority to treat 16- and 17-year-olds facing prostitution-related charges as Persons in Need of Supervision and to divert them into programs for troubled youths.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Diamond, PICS Case No. 13-3406 (Pa. Dec. 27, 2013) Baer, J.; Saylor, J., concurring (31 pages).

By | January 21, 2014
Death Sentence • First-Degree Murder • Penalty Phase • Aggravating & Mitigating Circumstances • Weight & Sufficiency of Evidence
4 minute read

The Recorder

Bell v. Uribe

By | January 21, 2014
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Math in Justice and the Calculus of Truth

In his Criminal Law column, Ken Strutin, director of legal information services at the New York State Defenders Association, writes: In criminal court, math can multiply mistakes and lead to injustice in several key ways: (1) the misuse of mathematics by prosecutors; (2) the failure of defense attorneys to recognize those errors; and (3) the courts' inability or unwillingness to correct them. Indeed, there is a body of case law and scholarship that has been addressing these issues for more than a generation.
13 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judge, Citing Extreme Facts, Tosses Arrest of NYC Professor

Unnerved by a chaotic scene that involved a bolting dog, a sick husband and an aggressive police officer who ignored her pleas, it was "hardly surprising" that Suzanne LaFont tried to physically stop the officer from handcuffing her husband, Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Steven Statsinger said.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Motion for New Trial Doesn't Preclude Double Jeopardy Claim

A criminal defendant who moves for a new trial does not necessarily waive double jeopardy arguments in future proceedings, the state Superior Court has ruled in a holding that overturns a more than five-year-old decision.
6 minute read

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