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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 16, 2017
Trial court did not err in overruling appellant's objection to the prosecution's opening statement, in appellant's trial for abuse of a corpse, because the statement did not invite the jury to step into the shoes of the deceased's family, the trial court properly admitted color photographs of the body since they were relevant, not inflammatory and critical and appellant waived his discretionary aspects of sentencing claim. Affirmed.
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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 16, 2017
Criminal defendant's motion to dismiss was a de facto petition for a writ of habeas corpus, and defendant waived his right to challenge the sufficiency of the evidence he had previously waived the preliminary hearing. Motion to dismiss denied.
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By Rhys Dipshan | June 15, 2017
A Legalweek West session offers anecdotal insight into how defensible data dispositions unfold, and some of the strategies and legal risks to consider.
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By Cogan Schneier | June 14, 2017
Does a U.S. attorney general have to tell senators about his private conversations with the president when asked? Some lawyers say that's not a straightforward yes-or-no question.
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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 9, 2017
Neither the attorney-client privilege nor the work-product privilege applied to many of the emails which plaintiff sought to exclude from evidence at trial where such emails were not drafted by an attorney or party representative and the emails did not relate to a fact of which an attorney was informed by his client for purposes of securing a legal opinion or services. The court recommended affirmance of decision on appeal.
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By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 9, 2017
Trial court erred in imposing sentence it had arrived at solely based on the facts of the crime without taking evidence of the circumstances of the sentenced defendant. Judgment of sentence vacated, case remanded for resentencing.
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By Gabrielle Orum Hernández | June 8, 2017
The new Federal Rule of Evidence 902 amendments have attempted to ease complexity and costs, but some are still learning to navigate the new rule.
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By Lizzy McLellan | June 8, 2017
Andrea Constand sat through another day of questions about her relationship with Bill Cosby on Wednesday, as the comedian's lawyers picked apart the details of Constand's police statements and phone records from more than a decade ago.
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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 Andrew Denney | June 5, 2017
In a ruling that may provide a boost to the U.S. government in its forfeiture suit to seize Manhattan property partially owned by a nonprofit with alleged ties to Iran, a federal judge has denied a bid to preclude an audio recording of the nonprofit's former accountant discussing how to hide Iran's role in the ownership of the building.
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