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Appeals Court: Warrant Needed to Search Car's 'Black Box'

In what is likely a first-of-its-kind case in Florida, a divided appeals court said authorities needed a warrant before they could download information recorded in a car's "black box."
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

USA v. Barnwell

By | March 28, 2017
Court Rules on Parties' In Limine Motions In Prosecution Over False Tax Returns
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

USA v. Schaffer

By | March 28, 2017
FRE 413 Mitigates Prejudice From Admission Of Propensity Evidence in Sexual Assault Cases
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Juries Need Guidance on Cross-Racial IDs

The former prosecutors and judges profiled in your article are not alone in seeking to appear as amici in 'People v. Boone' to urge the use of a jury instruction on the increased risk of misidentification in all cases involving cross-race identifications. A range of diverse and well-respected organizations seek to file briefs, which speaks to the magnitude of the risk, the general consensus about the "cross-race effect" in the relevant scientific research and the view that a mandatory instruction can mitigate the risk.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

BouSamra v. Excela Health, PICS Case No. 17-0422 (Pa. Super. March 13, 2107) Bowes, J. (23 Pages).

By | March 24, 2017
Trial court properly held that hospital waived attorney-client and work-product privilege by forwarding outside counsel's letter, regarding the naming of the doctor accused of performing medically-unnecessary stents, to the public relations firm hospital hired to manage the public announcement about the stents. Affirmed.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Kinney, PICS Case No. 17-0423 (Pa. Super. March 13, 2017) Shogan, J. (11 pages).

By | March 24, 2017
Appellant was properly convicted of multiple counts of robbery, assault, theft and weapons offenses because he failed to preserve his challenges to the weight of the evidence or the victim's credibility, contrary to his contention aggravated assault did not require the victim to fear for his life. Affirmed
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Judge Says DA Withheld Evidence, Orders New Trial

Citing the Bronx District Attorney's Office failure to disclose an informant's testimony in the 1995 slaying of a retired police officer, a judge has ordered a new trial for a man who has spent 20 years in prison for the crime.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

State v. Garrison

By | March 23, 2017
Evidence Was Admissible Where It Was Probative of Defendant's Course of Conduct of Abuse
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

Parties Deserve to See Forensic Evaluations

By | March 22, 2017
The Children's Law Center shares Timothy M. Tippins' belief in his recent column that the current restrictions preventing distribution of forensic evaluations to litigants in custody and visitation cases should be reformed. However, we believe that parties should be guaranteed access to, rather than possession of, these reports.
4 minute read

The Recorder

Phillips v. Honeywell International Inc.

By | March 20, 2017
5 minute read

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