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Gwinnett Sheriff, U.S. Attorney Host Second Screening of 'Released'

U.S. Attorney John Horn announces a second screening of a 45-minute documentary he calls "our movie"—"Released: When Does the Sentence End?" Horn's office commissioned the film.
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New York Law Journal

The People v. Wright

Requirements of 'Abe A.' Met to Compel Swab For DNA Testing, But Protective Order Granted
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

USA v. Krug

Common Interest Rule of Attorney-Client Privilege Not Supported in Case Against Police
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

USA v. Pettway

No Speedy Trial Violation Where Superseding Indictment Delays Attributable to Defendant
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

The People v. Peterson

Exemplary Background, Lack of Criminal History Insufficient to Grant 'Clayton' Motion
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Justices' Stalemate Means New Chance for Death-Row Inmate

Just over a year after the U.S. Supreme Court vacated Terrance Williams' death sentence based on a finding that former Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille should have recused from the case, a four-justice state Supreme Court has deadlocked on remand, letting stand a lower court's ruling entitling Williams to a new penalty phase of his trial.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Manhattan Feds Announce Big US Drug Target's Arrest

A longtime target of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration known as the "Sultan" has been arrested in London on charges he aided a massive drug trafficking operation.
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Guinea's Ex-Minister of Mines Sentenced to Prison

Guinea's ex-minister of mines has been sentenced to seven years in prison by a judge who says the U.S. citizen betrayed the Republic of Guinea by accepting $8.5 million in bribes.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Farrow, PICS Case No. 17-1272 (Pa. Super. July 27, 2017) Olson, J. (25 pages).

Trial court erred in convicting and sentencing on three DUI counts arising from a single incident, even where two convictions resulted in guilty without further penalty, where additional counts represented sentencing enhancements and not distinct criminal statutes. Conviction vacated in part and affirmed in part, case remanded for resentencing.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Green, PICS Case No. 17-1274 (Pa. Super. July 25, 2017) Moulton, J. (14 pages).

Officers had reasonable suspicion to deploy their canine for a drug search where they stopped defendant, known to them from a previous trafficking arrest, in a vehicle not owned by him but which was previously stopped by the officers for drug violations, and defendant appeared overly-nervous and was coming from a drug source city. Judgment of sentence affirmed.
3 minute read

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