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By Larry Neumeister | June 5, 2017
A former Guatemalan judge pleaded guilty to wire fraud and conspiracy in the global soccer corruption probe, admitting that he accepted bribes from a company trying to secure sports marketing contracts.
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By Terry Spencer | June 5, 2017
Prosecutors appeared cocky during Dalia Dippolito's second trial on charges she tried to hire a hitman to kill her newlywed husband, a case that gained international attention when video of the former escort's alleged solicitation became an internet sensation and appeared on the TV shows "Cops" and "20/20."
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By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | June 5, 2017
Indictment Not Rendered Duplicitous by Trial Facts; Counsel Not Ineffective; Habeas Denied
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By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | June 5, 2017
Conviction Is Abated Ab Initio But Government Is Not Entitled to Keep Fine, Assessment Paid
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By therecorder | The Recorder | June 5, 2017
U.S. Sup. Ct.; 16–142 Terry Honeycutt managed sales and inventory for a Tennessee hardware store owned by his brother, Tony Honeycutt. After they…
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By therecorder | The Recorder | June 5, 2017
C.A. 5th; F070176 The Fifth Appellate District affirmed a judgment of conviction and remanded for resentencing. In the published portion of its opinion,…
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | June 5, 2017
Frank Tepper, a 17-year Philadelphia Police Department veteran who was convicted of murdering his neighbor, won't be getting a city pension, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.
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By Preston Burton, Bree Murphy and Leslie Meredith | June 5, 2017
Recognizing a Fifth Amendment privilege for corporations — whether through wholesale abolition of the collective entity doctrine or by recognizing some limited exception for custodians of smaller corporations — would not foreclose meaningful white-collar prosecutions, but it would restore protection of the Fifth Amendment rights of individuals who are sacrificed under the current bright-line rule. Will Justice Gorsuch help in this endeavor?
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By Charles Toutant | June 5, 2017
The Appellate Division has ordered a new trial for a defendant convicted of passing bad checks after finding that the trial judge misapplied the applicable law on self-representation in criminal cases.
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By Max Mitchell | June 5, 2017
The arrest of a Main Line personal injury lawyer on allegations he stole $400,000 in client settlement funds may have been uncommon, but the case highlights an ever-present pitfalls in handling clients' money, say attorneys who represent lawyers in disciplinary cases.
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