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The Legal Intelligencer

Reps Seek Statute of Repose Extension for Construction Claims

Record Expungement Reps. John T. Galloway, D-Bucks County, and Vanessa Lowery Brown, D-Philadelphia, issued a memorandum stating their plan to extend the statute of repose to attain civil action against builders or contractors whose construction work led to defects or deficiencies caused by incorrect planning or construction.
1 minute read

New York Law Journal

Constitutional Convention Suit Against Election Board Dismissed

An Albany court on Thursday dismissed a suit against the state Board of Elections seeking to place on the front of the ballot this year's referendum on whether New York should hold a constitution convention.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Prominent Attorney's Visit to CJC Ended in Scuffle With Sheriff's Deputies

Prominent attorney Clifford Haines was involved in an altercation with Philadelphia sheriff's deputies Monday at the Criminal Justice Center, according to a spokeswoman for the sheriff's department.
5 minute read

Daily Report Online

Governor, U.S. Attorney and Former Inmates Gather for Premiere of 'Released'

The crowd that packed the Rialto theater Wednesday morning gave Gov. Nathan Deal a standing ovation before he made it to the stage. U.S. Attorney John Horn had to interrupt to finish introducing him. Both appeared in the movie that premiered there—"Released: When Does the Sentence End?"—along with a cast of convicted felons and business, clergy and nonprofit leaders working to help inmates prepare for jobs when they return to private life.
7 minute read

The Recorder

California's Prop. 66, Speeding Up Death Appeals, Survives Challenge

California's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a 2016 voter-approved initiative aimed at speeding up the state's death penalty process. The five-member majority held, however, that Proposition 66's strict five-year deadline for courts handling appeals "must be deemed directive rather than mandatory."
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

Prosecutor's 'Glance' at Defense Report Gets Enotah DA Bounced From Case

The report was requested by the man's defense attorney to determine his fitness for trial, and "somehow" emailed to prosecutors.
5 minute read

New York Law Journal

USA v. Kubitshuk

Pre-Oct. 25, 2011 Charges Denied Dismissal; Indictment Counts Charge Continuing Offense
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Montclair State Gets Go-Ahead for Traffic Controls

Montclair State University may be relieved of its obligations to further attempt to coordinate traffic improvement plans on an adjacent access road with neighboring Clifton Township and Passaic County, a New Jersey appeals court ruled Wednesday.
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Kamienski v. State

Plaintiff Eligible to Recover Under Mistaken Imprisonment Act Where Remaining Conviction Was Consecutive to Vacated Conviction
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

State v. Hyman

Admission of Detective's Testimony on Slang Harmless Where Detective Had Qualifications to Testify as Expert
3 minute read

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