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New York Law Journal

Conviction Review Is For All Prosecutors

By | March 03, 2017
In a letter to the editor, Queens District Attorney Richard Brown writes: I believe that it is the responsibility of everyone in my office to prevent wrongful convictions and that should a claim be raised that someone has been wrongfully convicted or is being wrongfully prosecuted to promptly and thoroughly investigate that claim to ensure that justice is done.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Judge: In Kane Case, Porn Emails Would Have Distracted Jurors

The judge who sentenced Kathleen Kane to prison time has said Kane was properly precluded from presenting certain evidence at trial because it would have been prejudicial to the prosecution by seeking to "sidetrack" the jury using "ribald and salacious messages and photographs."
8 minute read

The Recorder

United States v. Vazquez-Hernandez

By | March 03, 2017
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Where in Pa. Is Bill Cosby's Impartial Jury?

There's no simple formula for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to choose the jury's home county, and finding impartial jurors anywhere in the state will be no easy feat.
11 minute read

New York Law Journal

Former Town Justices Admit to Sex for Favorable Rulings

A former upstate judge on Friday became the second local judge this year to plead guilty to abusing his position by giving favorable rulings to defendants in exchange for sexual favors, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office said.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

State, City to Pay Men $30M for Wrongful Convictions

Amaury Villalobos, William Vasquez and Raymond Mora were convicted of murder and arson for a 1980 Park Slope fire that killed a mother and her five children. But after investigations by Adele Bernhard, who heads New York Law School's Post-Conviction Innocence Clinic, her students, and the Brooklyn District Attorney's Conviction Review Unit, the Brooklyn DA moved to vacate the convictions.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Burno, PICS Case No. 17-0288 (Pa. Feb. 22, 2017) Wecht, J. (48 pages).

By | March 03, 2017
Confession was erroneously admitted where it was made in the context of plea negotiations because prosecutors encouraged defendant to tell the truth and cooperate in exchange for some concession on the part of the commonwealth. Judgment of sentence affirmed.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Goslin, PICS Case No. 17-0287 (Pa. Super. Feb. 16, 2017) Dubow, J. (8 pages).

By | March 03, 2017
The trial court erred in ruling that the statutory defense of lawful purpose to the charge of possession of a weapon on school property included the element that the lawful purpose be related to the reason why an individual was present on school property. Judgment of sentence vacated.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Smyrnes, PICS Case No. 17-0278 (Pa. Feb. 22, 2107) Saylor, C.J. (34 pages).

By | March 03, 2017
Trial court properly sentenced appellant to death because the evidence showed that appellant deliberately and maliciously participated in the torture and murder of the victim and the evidence was sufficient to establish both aggravating circumstances found by the jury. Affirmed.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

The People v. Behl

By | March 03, 2017
Dismissal of Aggravated Unlicensed Operation Of Vehicle Granted in Interest of Justice
3 minute read

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