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Analysis of major changes to criminal law and its impact
By Paul Shechtman | May 30, 2024
Following last month's reversal of Harvey Weinstein's sexual assault convictions, a bill is receiving consideration in the New York State Legislature that would essentially adopt Rule 413 for New York. Should it become law?
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By Brian Lee | May 29, 2024
Amy Paulin, D-Westchester, told reporters that it is unlikely she will be able to overcome strong opposition in the lower house of the Legislature. The bill sailed through the state Senate.
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By Avalon Zoppo | May 28, 2024
"Over the years and the decades of practice, there will still be things to learn," Lara Montecalvo told the law school graduates. "And it will be important to know that and to acknowledge it and to see those lessons when they present themselves."
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By Jimmy Hoover | May 24, 2024
"A defendant's 'history of criminal activity' does not 'cease to exist' merely because the crime was later redefined," Justice Samuel Alito Jr. wrote for the majority.
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By The Law Journal Editorial Board | May 24, 2024
The defendant had argued in the Gloucester County trial venue that a more stringent test with the six factors used in domestic violence cases should have been the standard.
6 minute read
By Brian Lee | May 21, 2024
The measures would prevent the chief judge from selecting replacement judges when there's a recusal, instead picking them by seniority.
5 minute read
By Avalon Zoppo | May 15, 2024
"You have a prosecutor who is deliberately intruding into the attorney-client privilege, and in those circumstances the prosecutor is the last person you should trust when the prosecutor comes in and says, 'This is no big deal,'" attorney Kannon Shanmugam said.
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By Paul Shechtman | May 15, 2024
Brenda Andrew's was convicted in Oklahoma of her estranged husband's murder in a trial in which the prosecutor dangled her throng underwear before the jury and otherwise "sex shamed" her. She has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to hear her case. Do the constraints of federal habeas law (AEDPA) make that unlikely?
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By Linton Mann III and William T. Russell Jr. | May 14, 2024
The Court of Appeals recently overturned the criminal conviction of Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. The majority opinion reversed a decision of the Appellate Division, First Department that had affirmed Weinstein's conviction. There were two strongly worded dissents by Judges Singas and Cannataro.
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By Colleen Murphy | May 9, 2024
The New Jersey Supreme Court unanimously struck down a portion of a law criminalizing "portraying a child in a sexually suggestive manner" as unconstitutionally overbroad this week because it bars "a large swath of material that is neither obscenity nor child pornography."
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