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Another separation-of-powers case, press access to trials, and maritime insurance

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Federal prisoner Quartavious Davis asserted that his trial lawyer rendered constitutionally ineffective assistance for not pursuing a plea deal for him, causing him to receive a sentence many times longer than his co-defendants who pleaded guilty. Raiders, a Pennsylvania-based company, insured a yacht with Great Lakes.

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TURKEY TORTS (2020)

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In 2020, the cancelation of parades and the reduction of travel has led to a very different legal profile of holiday mishaps and malfeasance. Michael Hobbins was shot after being mistaken for a wild turkey by a fellow hunter in Union County, Pennsylvania in 2010. LEXIS 11 (2001). Here are the facts from the case: FACTS.

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