By Amanda Bronstad | January 5, 2024
On Friday, U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton in Los Angeles unsealed her competency order, concluding that the arguments of Girardi's lawyers were "wholly lacking in credibility," and some evidence showed "no more than normal age-related decline."
By Avalon Zoppo | January 5, 2024
Avenatti's attorney argued that U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman's instruction had singled out and coerced the holdout, warranting a new trial.
By Jane Wester | January 2, 2024
SDNY prosecutors said a second trial would not affect Bankman-Fried's guidelines range at sentencing because U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan "can already consider all of this conduct."
By Avalon Zoppo | December 26, 2023
"The Constitution plainly requires that a criminal defendant be tried in the place where the criminal conduct occurred," appeals court says.
By Allison Dunn | December 20, 2023
"In sum, I agree with the Attorney General that the fentanyl chain of distribution must be attacked at every link, at every level, and that the guilty must be brought to justice," U.S. District Judge William Alsup for the Northern District of California wrote. "Refusing to seek prison time for 'Fast Track' fentanyl dealers is an egregious error. Migrants deserve our sympathy in other contexts, but when they sell fentanyl they deserve to go to prison like everyone else."
By Jimmy Hoover | December 14, 2023
The case sets up an unprecedented legal showdown over Trump's primary defense to a four-count indictment in D.C. federal court brought by Smith's office, which represents a dramatic new chapter in the relationship between the former president and the judicial body that he transformed.
By Jimmy Hoover | December 13, 2023
The Supreme Court is set to consider whether a former police officer who participated in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot can be charged for obstructing an official proceeding in a case with implications for other rioters—and potentially former President Donald Trump.
By Jane Wester | December 13, 2023
U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman of the Southern District of New York issued a two-page order to show cause Tuesday, writing that Cohen's attorney David M. Schwartz, a solo practitioner in New York, cited three cases as examples of "District Court decisions, affirmed by the Second Circuit Court, granting early termination of supervised release."
By Jane Wester | December 12, 2023
Santos' case is currently scheduled for trial in September, though prosecutors have repeatedly asked for a date in May or June instead. Santos' attorney Joseph Murray opposed that request at Tuesday's conference, citing the volume of discovery in the case.
By Jimmy Hoover | December 11, 2023
Prosecutor Jack Smith wants the Supreme Court to quickly rule on former President Donald Trump's immunity claims to meet a March 2024 trial date on charges related to the 2020 election.
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