By Andrew Denney | April 6, 2024
The new report, co-authored by the watchdog group Scrutinize and the Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law at the New York University School of Law, identifies judges who had sentences reversed or reduced from 2007 to 2023 and includes tallies of how many years were reduced from their sentencing determinations.
By Brian Lee | April 5, 2024
The reveal of the training initiative comes more than four months after Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed a bill that would have mandated New York criminal court judges receive three hours of annual training on bail reform.
By Avalon Zoppo | April 5, 2024
While it's likely too early to see major swings in the law, the president's appointees' individual opinions on criminal law and qualified immunity show the impact the judges' diverse professional backgrounds have on their jurisprudence.
By Jane Wester | April 4, 2024
Lewis' attorney David Zornow of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom urged Clarke to consider that Lewis chose to come to the United States to face his charges and then took responsibility by pleading guilty.
By Emily Saul | April 4, 2024
Prosecutors told jurors she abused her position at the Appellate Division, First Department to obtain a financial benefit for her husband.
By Emily Saul | April 4, 2024
"It defies common sense and logic," defense attorney Daniel Horwitz said of the notion that Melissa Ringel would jeopardize her standing and position to net her husband $55,000. "Sometimes people make honest mistakes."
By Brian Lee | April 4, 2024
More than 20 bills have suspended residency mandates in individual cases, but a more sweeping cure is needed, says the statewide DAs group.
By Emily Saul | April 3, 2024
"If she received a call she should have transferred the call to the clerk's office," First Department Clerk of the Court Susanna Rojas said of Melissa Ringel, who prosecutors allege helped her husband's client circumvent the appellate process.
By Brian Lee | April 2, 2024
McMahon spoke to challenges of the profession in recent years brought by changes to discovery and bail laws and Raise the Age legislation. He said retention of prosecutorial staff and keeping in step with technological changes also remain concerns for the profession.
New York Law Journal | Analysis
By Barry Kamins | April 1, 2024
Recently, a judge in the Eastern District of New York announced a new legal standard for probable cause in gun cases in New York. Essentially, the court concluded that a significant increase in lawfully possessed guns in New York City has altered the probable cause equation in these cases. The government is seeking reconsideration of that ruling.
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