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New York Law Journal

Expanding the 'Wade' Hearing: New Police Identification Protocols

Criminal Law and Procedure columnist Barry Kamins reviews the new best practices for identification procedures by witnesses, which reflect the results of substantial scientific research in the area of memory, perception and recall.
15 minute read

Daily Report Online

Gov. Deal Names New Judge for State Court in Macon

Jeffery Monroe, a partner with the 140-year-old Jones Cork firm in Macon, will become the newest judge on the Bibb County State Court, Gov. Nathan Deal announced Friday.
2 minute read

Daily Business Review

Florida Supreme Court Warns of Email, Phone Scams

The court warns scammers are demanding money -- purportedly for courts -- by phone and email from vulnerable people.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Barnes, PICS Case No. 17-1183 (Pa. Super. July 10, 2017) Stabile, J.; Ransom and Dubow, J.J., concurring (29 pages).

The trial court erred in sentencing defendant to the maximum term of imprisonment of 40 years for attempted murder in the absence of evidence of serious bodily injury to the victim. The court vacated the judgment of sentence and remanded.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Cole, PICS Case No. 17-1185 (Pa. Super. July 7, 2017) Bender, J. (49 pages).

Wiretap Act did not require suppression of cellphone records obtained by out-of-state police pursuant to a court order obtained from their courts. Judgment of sentence affirmed.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Berry, PICS Case No. 17-1184 (Pa. Super. July 10, 2017) Olson, J. (19 pages).

Criminal conflict of interest statute did not violate separation of powers, where it did not attempt to regulate conduct specifically regulated as part of the practice of law. Judgment of sentence affirmed, case remanded for resentencing.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Zrncic, PICS Case No. 17-1188 (Pa. Super. July 12, 2017) Dubow, J. (8 pages).

Trial court erred in ordering restitution to replace the victim's laptop seized in the police investigation for an offense that the defendant ultimately was not convicted of, since restitution could only be awarded for a loss flowing or arising from a crime resulting in conviction. Order of the trial court reversed in part.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Dolan, PICS Case No. 17-1186 (Pa. Super. July 7, 2017) Stevens, J. (6 pages).

Trial court erred in requiring commonwealth to produce alleged victim to testify and be subject to cross-examination at a preliminary hearing, where commonwealth was permitted to establish a prima facie case solely on hearsay evidence without risk to defendant's due process rights. Order of the trial court reversed.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Weimer, PICS Case No. 17-1187 (Pa. Super. July 7, 2017) Lazarus, J. (39 pages).

Unlawful contact with a minor conviction should have been graded as a default third-degree felony where jury was not charged to make a finding as to what offense defendant contacted the victim minor with the purpose of committing, thereby precluding a grading of the conviction. Order of the PCRA court affirmed in part and reversed in part.
7 minute read

Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week: In Terrorism Case, the Long View Paid Off

In Stuart Newberger's legal practice, patience is essential. So when the Crowell and Moring partner logged a significant win in a terrorism suit against Sudan before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, he shrugged off the fact that it came 17 years after his clients first came to him.
4 minute read

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