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National Law Journal

VOIR DIRE: Vitamin K for Krispy?

A man expected fruit in his raspberry creme doughnuts; a storage center looks for answers and not a fight; and mugshots with parrots in this week's column.
4 minute read

Daily Business Review

Supreme Court Orders New Sentence in Juvenile Rape Case

In the latest in a series of cases dealing with long prison sentences for juvenile offenders, a divided Florida Supreme Court ordered resentencing for a man who at age 15 raped a pregnant woman at knifepoint.
6 minute read

The Recorder

Charges Dismissed in 'Online Brothel' Case Against Backpage.com Execs

A Sacramento County judge late Friday dismissed charges against current and former corporate officers of the online classifieds site Backpage.com, finding the broad immunity of the federal Communications Decency Act shields the men from prosecution in a sex-trafficking case.
7 minute read

The Recorder

United States v. Loftis

By | December 09, 2016
5 minute read

The Recorder

In re I.S.

By | December 09, 2016
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Panel Finds Judge Wrongly Denied Challenge for Cause

A trial judge in a murder case erroneously rejected a defense challenge for cause to a potential juror whose brother had been murdered and whose sister had been raped by a man who "took her eye out," a divided Manhattan appeals court has ruled.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Man Pleads Guilty to Threat Against Federal Prosecutor

A western New York man has pleaded guilty to calling a U.S. prosecutor at his office and threatening to kill him with an assault rifle.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Supreme Court to Hear Fume-Huffing Murder Case

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear argument as to whether a woman's huffing of a noxious substance prior to causing a fatal car accident was enough to sustain a third-degree murder and aggravated assault charge.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Jonathan Nelson Smith, PICS Case No. 16-1476 (Pa. Super. Nov. 29, 2016) Bowes, J. (14 pages)

By | December 09, 2016
The court affirmed judgment of sentence and appellant challenged the trial court's refusal to impose the deadly weapons enhancement in hit and run accident arguing appellant had no intention to use the automobile as a deadly weapon.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Martin, PICS Case No. 16-1501 (C.P. Lycoming Nov. 2016) Lovecchio, J. (18 pages).

By | December 09, 2016
A witness's prior recorded statements entered evidence where witness was deemed unavailable because, when he appeared under subpoena, he testified to not remembering the subject matter of the case.
6 minute read

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