Analysis of major changes to criminal law and its impact
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | June 23, 2017
Prosecutors Fail to Comply With Order to File Certificate of Readiness, Charged 64 Days
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By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | June 22, 2017
Indictment Dismissed Where State Failed to Properly Instruct Grand Jury as to Mental Culpability Required for Assault with Bodily Fluid
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By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | June 22, 2017
Defendants Not Entitled to Information Regarding Sensitive Law Enforcement Investigative Techniques
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By Katheryn Hayes Tucker | June 21, 2017
Despite an invitation shared on social media for the investiture ceremony installing Judge Stephen Dillard as chief of the Georgia Court of Appeals Wednesday, the outgoing chief judge confessed she was afraid it wouldn't happen.
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By Michael Booth | June 21, 2017
In a rare self-reversal, the New Jersey Supreme Court has overturned its five-year-old ruling that permitted appeals courts judges to use their own judgment in reviewing decisions made by trial judges regarding the admissibility of evidence in criminal trials.
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By Max Mitchell | June 20, 2017
Former state Attorney General Kathleen Kane is pointing to a decision allowing a Montgomery County judge to oversee her criminal case as part of the reason why her criminal conviction should be overturned. Kane, who was convicted last year on perjury and related charges over leaking confidential information, has filed a brief to the state Superior Court, asking that her sentence be vacated, her conviction overturned and the charges against her dismissed.
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By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | June 19, 2017
Guilty Plea to Factually Supported Amended, Erroneously Described Offense Affirmed
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By R. Robin McDonald | June 19, 2017
In an Alabama case championed by the Southern Center for Human Rights in Atlanta, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ruled 5-4 that an Alabama Death Row inmate was denied his right to consult with a mental health experts in his 1986 capital murder trial.
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By Lizzy McLellan | June 19, 2017
For Americans tuning in to the trial, the criminal case against Bill Cosby offered an irresistible contrast: "America's dad" vs. alleged sexual predator. But the case was also unusual from a lawyer's perspective—peppered with legal oddities and raising unprecedented questions of law.
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By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | June 16, 2017
Appeal Held in Abeyance to Afford Defendant Chance to Move to Vacate Guilty Plea to Charge
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