JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

I am less opposed to the bail as I am to the fact that New York officials cannot maintain a prison with a minimal level of security. ” Rikers has long been in the control of the inmates, particularly criminal gangs. New York officials have let this go on for decades with no accountability.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In a press conference, US Attorney General Merrick Garland stated that regional justice departments in the Eastern District of New York and the District of New Jersey arrested two and charged 13 people allegedly acting on behalf of the PRC. Unaware these documents were fake, the defendants then sent them to the PRC company.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 5, 2022

The link between Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and criminal behavior is rarely acknowledged as a mitigating factor in U.S. jurisprudence , says a New York Law School Legal Studies Research Paper. . According to the New York Law School study, racial minorities are more likely to have FAS. Race and FAS.

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NewYorkCourtWatcher

DECEMBER 11, 2023

We previously looked at the increase in cases being heard at New York's highest court since Rowan Wilson was elevated to Chief Judge this past April and, more specifically, since he began producing the Court's calendars starting with this September's.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court has returned from its summer break and gotten down to business. The court agreed to review a dozen petitions from that conference. Several of them are sequels to earlier high court decisions.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 28, 2021

Court documents also quote her as saying. “I In such a case, the full record, including the podcast, is likely to be before a judge during sentencing though the court will often follow the recommendations of prosecutors in a plea agreement. After they had her in custody, she is captured on body-worn camera saying “What did I do?”

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JURIST

OCTOBER 16, 2021

Former Taliban commander Haji Najibullah has pleaded not guilty in US federal court Friday to murdering three US soldiers In Afghanistan in 2008, according to Reuters. Najibullah entered the plea in a Manhattan federal court after the prosecutor unveiled the new charges last week.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 23, 2024

It evidently has not stopped claimants from seeking enforcement of punitive damage awards in other civil law legal systems. Rademacher then analysed whether punitive elements could be found in German tort law. She pointed out that although parliament abolished punitive damages in certain areas of law (e.g.

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NewYorkCourtWatcher

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Dissents, Disappointments, and Open Questions (Reviewing the Supreme Court's past term and developments--yes, and enjoying the Saratoga meet--monopolized my time for a while. Back to the New York Court.) Let's return to that June 14 set of decisions by New York's highest Court. And when they don't?

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NewYorkCourtWatcher

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

We previously looked at the stark disparity among the Court of Appeals Judges in the number of CLA's (Crimnal Leave Applications) they granted last year. These figures underscore what is well known by attorneys who practice before New York's highest court, as well as by those who have worked there and by those who study it.

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NewYorkCourtWatcher

MARCH 27, 2019

In the last post, we looked at two dissents that protested majority decisions at New York's highest court that overturned convictions because of errors having nothing to do with guilt or innocence, and where there was no suggestion that the alleged error by the trial judge had caused any prejudice to the defendant. See Part 4b.)

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Broadcast Law Blog

MARCH 21, 2017

The Georgia Supreme Court this week issued a decision holding that the streaming of pre-1972 sound recordings by iHeart Media does not violate the state’s criminal statutes against the “transfer” of recorded sounds without the permission of the owner of the master recording.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 8, 2022

A common misconception, perpetuated by popular television shows and movies, as well as the Sixth Amendment, is that everyone gets their day in court. However, according to the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers , less than 3 percent of criminal cases have gone to trial in the last five decades.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 24, 2021

He was finally apprehended in Suffolk County, Long Island, according the New York Post. However the court reportedly released him without bail even though he was arrested after fleeing the scene. The New York Post reports that Newson is a reputed member of the Edgemere Crew gang.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Despite this history, a new decision out of the High Court is still shocking in its implications for further attacks on free speech. The court ruled that newspapers and television stations that post articles on social media sites like Facebook are liable for other third party comments on those posts.

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Now, after an unfavorable HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) advisory opinion and two defeats in court, Pfizer has appealed the Second Circuit’s decision to the Supreme Court. Pfizer challenged the OIG’s interpretation as contrary to law in a lawsuit brought in the Southern District of New York (SDNY).

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The law further states “The duty to notify a person or agency under this section is met if a person notifies or attempts to provide such notice by telephone or any other means as soon as reasonably possible.”. I am unaware of such a law in Pennsylvania, but these laws are rarely enforced. The language of this Court in Brown v.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 7, 2023

In a case reminiscent of the two New York lawyers convicted of firebombing a police vehicle, a lawyer for the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) was arrested for possible domestic terrorism in targeting a police training center in Atlanta.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 3, 2021

Smith (1990) , the Supreme Court rejected the claim of exemption of tribes from the federal criminal prohibition on the sue of peyote from the general application of its criminal laws. Mayes (1896) where the Court declined to apply individual rights protections to a tribal proceeding. Conversely, in Morton v.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 2, 2021

” and Morrison responded “I was trying to see – I was being called by New York going, maybe these are the people you need to follow, but I don’t know, I was trying to –” The officer then interrupts and asks directly “You were trying to what?” “New York told you to follow a vehicle?”

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 5, 2022

We previously discussed the cases of attorneys Colinford Mattis and Urooj Rahman, who were accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail into an occupied police vehicle in New York. The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed Judge Brodie and the two attorneys were sent back to jail. Magistrate Judge Steven Gold.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 20, 2021

As cities like New York enforce vaccine mandates, many of us have raised concerns over the logistics in using bars and restaurants as the gatekeepers for vaccine enforcement. In addition, if real enforcement leads to hundreds of thousands of arrests, courts are likely to reflect the ubiquitous violations as reason to lower sentences.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Ashley’s a member and mentor, as you heard, of the Alberta Association of Professional Paralegals and an associate member of the Edmonton Law Office Managers Association. This is what she wrote: Ann, I’ve been an avid listener of your podcast and attended a Lunch Learn a long time ago when you were based out of New York.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Share In the midst of a national opioid crisis that claimed more than 100,000 lives in this country over the past year, the Supreme Court will hear a case on Tuesday about the relevance of doctors’ subjective intentions in criminal prosecutions for unlawful distribution of controlled substances. While on the surface, the case, Ruan v.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 16, 2021

The standard for defamation for public figures and officials in the United States is the product of a decision decades ago in New York Times v. The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. This issue was addressed in Ollman v.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 11, 2021

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that prior convictions for crimes of reckless violence aren’t sufficient to trigger additional years of imprisonment for felons convicted of gun possession, reports the Wall Street Journal. The New York Times reports that the case concerned Charles Borden Jr.,

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Judge Ellen Biden of the New York County Supreme Court Thursday dismissed the convictions of Muhammad A. Aziz and the late Khalil Islam, two of the three men convicted of the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X. Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 23, 2021

The paper’s author, Jacob Schuman , an assistant professor at Pennsylvania State University School of Law, argues that the system of supervised release has become a “drug-control network focused on public safety” rather than rehabilitation. See Also: New York Parole System Called ‘Reincarceration Machine’.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 15, 2021

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court didn’t have a conference last week, so it has more on its plate for this Friday’s conference than usual: 278 cases are scheduled for review. New York , 20-637. First up: Hemphill v.

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The Crime Report

JULY 22, 2021

In some examples cited in the paper, a Virginia defendant in Virginia charged with transporting marijuana pleaded guilty to trafficking a different type of drug altogether; a New York defendant charged with animal cruelty pleaded guilty to trespassing even though no trespassing was involved.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 23, 2023

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. This week, we highlight cert petitions that ask the court to consider, among other things, whether to revive two federal gun restrictions struck down by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

We previously discussed the case of two New York attorneys (Colinford Mattis and Urooj Rahman) who joined in violent protests in New York, including firebombing a police vehicle. Mattis graduated from New York University School of Law in 2016 and received his bachelor’s degree from Princeton University.

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The Estrin Report

MAY 23, 2021

Maintaining profitability was a near-impossible feat in the early days of the pandemic, but over time, as firms (and courts) put processes and technology in place to facilitate remote work and increase efficiency, midsize law firms were eventually able to rebound. due to courthouse closings and restrictions when courts did reopen.

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The Estrin Report

MAY 23, 2021

Maintaining profitability was a near-impossible feat in the early days of the pandemic, but over time, as firms (and courts) put processes and technology in place to facilitate remote work and increase efficiency, midsize law firms were eventually able to rebound. due to courthouse closings and restrictions when courts did reopen.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 3, 2021

New York City’s council voted to end the practice, and President Biden is pushing for the U.S. A similar question could face a court if, as expected, Seattle claims it cannot be sued over deaths caused by Durkan’s decision to abandon the CHOP area. In 1855, the Supreme Court ruled in South v. They are not alone.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 16, 2023

That is the problem when your counsel tells the prosecutor in open court to “just rip up” the plea deal. A recent decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit could present an interesting twist in this ongoing saga. The Justice Department just declared, however, that it is dead as Dillinger.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 31, 2020

A government lawyer who argued at the Supreme Court more than anyone else in the 20th century. As the year comes to a close, SCOTUSblog looks back at some of the individuals who died in 2020 after living lives that brought them – at different times and for different reasons – to the Supreme Court of the United States.

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