Covering trends in the criminal courts, analyzing court stats
By Cheryl Miller | May 31, 2023
"Unless the Legislature starts feeling the urgency of the upcoming July 1 sunset there might be a gap in the remote authorization," said state Sen. Tom Umberg.
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By Michael A. Mora | May 31, 2023
"It appears that this client may be as controllable as a runaway train," said criminal law expert Brian Bieber, a shareholder an Am Law 200 firm who is not involved in the matter.
4 minute read
By Jane Wester | May 31, 2023
Prosecutors took issue with the Trump team's argument that some of the alleged conduct took place while Trump was president and that the case involves "important federal questions."
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By Allison Dunn | May 30, 2023
"Once you've done that, you've satisfied your requirement. If you fail to do that, you could potentially be liable. I suppose at that point it would be strict liability of some kind. It would be some kind of liability. It would be up to a jury to decide what happens in the end," the plaintiff's attorney, David L. Abney said, during oral arguments.
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By Joel Cohen | May 30, 2023
The jury room is different than what might take place during an informal conversation among acquaintances at a Starbucks. In court, we're not allowed to make the type of judgments we make about people and their motivations at Starbucks.
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By Jane Wester | May 30, 2023
Bankman-Fried's "alleged misconduct falls within the heartland of what these statutes prohibit," prosecutors wrote.
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By Michael Kunzelman | The Associated Press | May 30, 2023
An Associated Press review of court records shows that prosecutors in the more than 1,000 criminal cases from Jan. 6, 2021, are increasingly asking judges to impose fines on top of prison sentences to offset donations from supporters of the Capitol rioters.
6 minute read
By Adolfo Pesquera | May 30, 2023
"Anyone, other than a justice or judge, commits a Class A misdemeanor offense if that person knowingly discloses, wholly or partly, the contents of any non-public judicial work product," according to SB 372.
4 minute read
By Kevin McGill | The Associated Press | May 30, 2023
Ramos v. Louisiana outlawed nonunanimous jury convictions as unconstitutional, with justices on the 6-3 majority acknowledging the practice as a vestige of racism from the era of laws legalizing racial segregation.
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By Harry Sandick and Nicole Scully | May 30, 2023
It has been common knowledge to criminal practitioners for years that a criminal defendant's sentence for a crime of which they have been convicted can be increased based on consideration of conduct that the jury acquitted. This outcome can make a partial acquittal in federal court into a pyrrhic victory.
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