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Khatabi v. Bonura

Spoliation Sanctions Denied; Culpable State Of Mind, Relevance, Prejudice Not Shown
3 minute read

The Recorder

Cuevas v. Contra Costa County

By | April 28, 2017
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Court Rules Jury Can Hear Cosby's Quaaludes Testimony at Trial

A Montgomery County judge has ruled in Bill Cosby's criminal case that prosecutors may reference evidence from a 2005 civil deposition in which Cosby admitted to using Quaaludes to have sex with a woman. But other references to the civil case will be prohibited.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Court Rules Jury Can Hear Cosby's Quaaludes Testimony at Trial

A Montgomery County judge has ruled in Bill Cosby's criminal case that prosecutors may reference evidence from a 2005 civil deposition in which Cosby admitted to using Quaaludes to have sex with a woman. But other references to the civil case will be prohibited.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Fitzpatrick, PICS Case No. 17-0641 (Pa. Super. April 12, 2017) Shogan, J. (18 pages).

By | April 28, 2017
Evidence was sufficient to convict for first-degree murder where circumstantial evidence supported finding that appellee, who was alone with the victim, drowned her in a creek, with the motive of being able to have a relationship with another woman and to collect the victim's life insurance proceeds. Judgment of acquittal reversed; jury conviction reinstated. Cross-appeal quashed.
7 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Cave, PICS Case No. 17-0566 (C.P. Monroe Mar. 10, 2017) Mark, J. (9 pages).

By | April 28, 2017
CRIMINAL LAW
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Miklos, PICS Case No. 17-0642 (Pa. Super. April 17, 2017) Strassburger, J. (12 pages).

By | April 28, 2017
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Akrie, PICS Case No. 17-0640 (Pa. Super. April 17, 2017) Olson, J. (13 pages).

By | April 28, 2017
Substance of investigative report into alleged use of excessive force by a police officer was properly excluded for lack of probative value and risk of jury confusion. Judgment of sentence affirmed.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Commonwealth v. Myers, PICS Case No. 17-0569 (C.P. Monroe County March 29, 2017) Williamson, J. (14 pages).

By | April 28, 2017
Defendant's post-sentence motions lacked merit because his two cases were properly joined as they arose out of the same act or transaction, the actions charged were separate crimes and consecutive sentences were appropriate, any errors in the wiretap warrant were typographical and the jury was entitled to hear the audio recording replayed since it was a trial exhibit. Motions denied.
6 minute read

New York Law Journal

Seventh Circuit Holds DOJ Report Admissible on Municipal Liability Claim

Section 1983 Litigation columnist Martin A. Schwartz writes that a municipality sued under §1983 may not be held liable solely because it employed a constitutional wrongdoer. Rather, the plaintiff must demonstrate that the violation of her constitutional rights was attributable to the enforcement of a municipal policy or practice. Recently, the admissibility of U.S. Department of Justice reports on the issue of municipal liability has been central to several cases.
24 minute read

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