Criminal Appeals

Analysis of major changes to criminal law and its impact

  • New Jersey Law Journal

    State v. Cole

    By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | July 6, 2017

    Admission of Video of Defendant Alone in Interrogation Room, Without Limiting Instruction, Not Plain Error

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  • New Jersey Law Journal

    State v. Scott

    By njlawjournal | New Jersey Law Journal | July 6, 2017

    Admission of Prior Bad Acts Evidence to Establish Witness' Bias Erroneous and Harmful Where Testimony Central to Defense

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  • Daily Business Review

    South Florida Man Can Seek Money for Wrongful Conviction

    By Emily Wagster Pettus | July 3, 2017

    A man who was convicted and later cleared after falsely confessing to murder at 13 says he is grateful a court revived his request for compensation in Mississippi, and that others might benefit from a change in how the state handles wrongful conviction lawsuits.

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  • New York Law Journal

    The People v. Cain

    By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | July 3, 2017

    Panel Rejects Defendant's Claim City Court Erred in Allowing Him to Proceed Pro Se

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  • New York Law Journal

    The People v. Chernek

    By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | June 30, 2017

    Notations Sufficient to Convert Felony Complaint to Misdemeanor Information

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  • The Legal Intelligencer

    Uncertainty Reigns After Williams Resignation

    By Max Mitchell | June 30, 2017

    Shock and relief may have been the emotions immediately experienced by prosecutors and members of the defense bar June 29 after former District Attorney Seth Williams abruptly pleaded guilty midway through his corruption trial and resigned, but now attorneys in Philadelphia's criminal justice system are left wondering what comes next.

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  • Daily Report Online

    Steve Bright Wins Daily Report's Attorney of the Year Award

    By Meredith Hobbs | June 30, 2017

    Stephen Bright, "the brave heart" of Atlanta's Southern Center for Human Rights, won the Attorney of the Year Award at the Daily Report's annual Professional Excellence awards dinner for his 40-year fight for the lives of indigent clients facing the death penalty.

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  • New Jersey Law Journal

    High Courts Rightly Hold Internet 'A Basic Need'

    By Law Journal Editorial Board | June 30, 2017

    U.S. and New Jersey Supreme Court decisions strongly and admirably make crystal clear the importance of the internet in the today's marketplace of ideas, as well as the importance of protecting the right to exchange ideas in that medium—even by convicted sex offenders.

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  • The Legal Intelligencer

    Commonwealth v. Banks, PICS Case No. 17-0971 (Pa. Super. June 12, 2017) Moulton, J. (9 pages).

    By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 30, 2017

    Trial court erred in granting motion to suppress based on investigatory detention unsupported by reasonable suspicion where such a basis to suppress was not asserted by defendant, who instead simply challenged the lack of reasonable suspicion for the subsequent search. Order of the trial court reversed, case remanded.

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  • The Legal Intelligencer

    Commonwealth v. Wendel, PICS Case No. 17-0973 (Pa. Super June 7, 2017) Stevens, J. (14 pages).

    By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 30, 2017

    The commonwealth did not act without due diligence in violation of Pa. R. Crim. P. 600 where a witness, the affiant and lead investigator in this criminal case, became unavailable due to circumstances beyond the commonwealth's control. The court affirmed a trial court order denying defendant's motion to dismiss.

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