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The Recorder

People v. Martin

By | December 17, 2013
2 minute read

The Recorder

In re Travis J.

By | December 17, 2013
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Bench-Trial Verdict Influenced by Bias, Ex-Judge Now Says

Fourteen years after a bench trial in which he convicted a white man of fatally shooting a black man, a retired judge now says he was influenced by his views on civil rights and racism to reach the wrong verdict.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Youth Purported to Be 9 Needed to Hear Miranda Rights

A youth who was questioned in connection with several burglaries was entitled to be read his Miranda rights during an initial interview even though the investigating officer believed the suspect to be under the age of 10 and had no intention of arresting him, the state Superior Court has ruled.
5 minute read

Daily Business Review

11th Circuit: Communications Fit 'True Threat' Exception to Free Speech

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit rules New Port Richey woman's communications fit the "true threat" exception to free speech.
6 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Lawyer Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Defraud Mortgage Fund Lenders

A disbarred New Jersey attorney who already spent three years behind bars is likely headed back to prison now that he's admitted complicity in a mortgage-fraud scheme that cost lenders $30 million.
3 minute read

The Recorder

Government Insists 'Hemisphere' Surveillance Wasn't Used in Drug Case

3 minute read

Texas Lawyer

CRIMINAL LAW: Open-File Policy

The most important development in criminal law this past year was passage of the Michael Morton Act. The act was inspired by the recent exoneration of Michael Morton, who was wrongly convicted of his wife's murder. Morton spent more than two decades in prison and was freed after the release of exculpatory information found in the state's files.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Bid to Suppress Warrantless GPS Evidence Fails

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency's warrantless placement of a global positioning system device on a suspect's car prior to a change in U.S. Supreme Court precedent falls within the good-faith exception to the Fourth Amendment, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held on Friday.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Former Judge Goes to Prison, Attorney Gets 20 Years

With the end in sight for one of the largest public-corruption probes of the South Texas legal community, the lead federal prosecutor is warning about the dangers of too-cozy relationships between lawyers and judges.
7 minute read

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