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New York Law Journal

Guerra v. Fisher

Contingency Fee Did Not Adversely Affect Lawyer's Performance
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Could Baldwin's Role Doom Case Against PSU Officials?

If three ex-Penn State administrators facing charges stemming from failing to properly deal with reports of child sexual abuse by Jerry Sandusky are found to have appeared before a grand jury without proper advice of counsel, their testimony could be incurably affected and even tossed, several white-collar defense attorneys have said.
7 minute read

Law.com

Judge Carlos Cortez Fires Back Against Complainant After Weekend Arrest

Ted Steinke, a Dallas solo who represents the alleged victim in the case, says the allegations in Cortez's motion are "laughable."
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Prosecutors Defend Use of Indicting Grand Juries

In the wake of a youth's guilty plea to witness intimidation in a prosecution stemming from his posting of grand jury evidence on social media, Philadelphia prosecutors said witnesses who appear before indicting grand juries can still be effectively protected.
5 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Judge Denise Pratt Gets No-Billed

A Harris County grand jury has no-billed 311th District Judge Denise Pratt, a family law judge, the Harris County District Attorney's office announced. "The allegations of misconduct against Judge Pratt were extensively reviewed by a team of prosecutors and investigators assigned to the Public Integrity Division," the DA's office wrote in the release.
2 minute read

The Recorder

People v. Rios

By | December 30, 2013
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Parole and Politics Shouldn't Mix

The business of paroling is to sit at the pleasure of the governor and although unspoken, it is implicit in the appointment that one be expected to be sensitive in decision-making to needs for a budget escape hatch, political appeasement, media hype and interest groups' pressure.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Determining Circumstances When Consent to Search Is Valid

John H. Wilson, a judge in Bronx Criminal Court, reviews the nature and validity of a person's consent to enter and search a premises, based on whether the consent was voluntary or coerced, given by an individual with authority or apparent authority to do so, and the scope of consent.
13 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Investigative Questioning at Roadside Held Not Enough To Trigger Miranda

Failure to read Miranda rights during a noncustodial, roadside interrogation was not grounds for suppressing statements made by a New Jersey man who was a suspect in a shooting rampage.
4 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

Forecast 2014: Defense Lawyers Focus On Sentencing Issues

These are complicated times in criminal law. The death penalty as a ultimate punishment has been repealed in Connecticut, but new ways to commit crimes continue to created.
5 minute read

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