By Max Mitchell | October 16, 2023
The greatest threat to the practice of law is judicial activism, where judges overstep their authority, subverting the Constitution.
By Max Mitchell | October 11, 2023
"As someone who has been on both sides, I know that a prompt resolution is important to both a complainant and the accused. I will lead my courtroom by example, by being prepared, working hard, and always striving to resolve cases."
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Riley Brennan | October 5, 2023
In an Oct. 3 order, the high court granted the petition for allowance of appeal in the case "Commonwealth v. Lear," limiting arguments to the issue of whether a court must assess the prosecution's "due diligence during a worldwide pandemic for purposes of Rule 600."
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Riley Brennan | October 3, 2023
"Any blessing of intonations of 'high-crime area' unsupported by empirical evidence and unconnected to the specific circumstances is a blot on our jurisprudence in this area of Fourth Amendment jurisprudence."
By Max Mitchell | October 3, 2023
Precedent should only be disregarded or altered where the particular issue has outlived its usefulness or created an injustice predicated on changing societal conditions.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Riley Brennan | September 13, 2023
"To avoid constitutional vagueness concerns in the circumstances of this honest services fraud case, the government should be required to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that an elected official explicitly agreed to take a particular official act because he was paid for outside employment," former City Councilmember Bobby Henon argues in the appellate brief.
By Max Mitchell | May 11, 2023
Fundraising totals so far for 2023 appear down slightly from the amounts frontrunners had brought in during the last state Supreme Court race in 2021.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Matthew T. Mangino | May 11, 2023
The American Bar Association (ABA) released its 2023 Plea Bargain Task Force Report. Three years in the making, the report revealed that in 2018, only 2% of federal criminal cases ended in a jury trial.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Peter Vaira | May 8, 2023
A recent book by Thomas L. Dybdahl, "When Innocence is Not Enough," published by The New Press, N.Y. 2023, gives a critical evaluation of the process.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Matthew D. Lee and Saverio S. Romeo | April 5, 2023
How can a judge punish a defendant for a crime as if the jury never acquitted them? It is a question that has weighed on the minds of defense lawyers and commentators for years, and it is one that the U.S. Sentencing Commission is seeking to put to rest once and for all.
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