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  • Matter of N.Y.S. v. Victor H.

    Publication Date: 2018-04-03
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Expert Witnesses
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Kings County
    Judge: Justice Dineen Riviezzo
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For the petitioner: Kenneth Sprotbery, Esq., Christopher Laline, Esq., Office of the Attorney General, New York, New York.
    for defendant: For the respondent: Craig Leeds, Esq., New York, NY.
    Case Number: 117/14

    Evidence of Hypersexuality May Be Admitted; Condition Accepted by Scientific Community

  • State v. Atwood

    Publication Date: 2018-03-29
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Timpone
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: (A-42-16) (078804)

    State appealed the suppression of evidence found after a motor vehicle stop.

  • Diaz v. Altamirano

    Publication Date: 2018-03-29
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk
    Judge: Justice William Ford
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Plaintiff's Counsel: By Thomas Weiss, Esq., Thomas Weiss & Assocs., PC, Garden City, NY.
    for defendant: Defendant: Pro Se, Giovanny Altamirano, Lindenhurst, NY.
    Case Number: 04615/2016

    Vacatur of Judgment After Inquest Granted Against Incarcerated Defendant in Partition Suit

  • State v. Terry

    Publication Date: 2018-03-26
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: New Jersey Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Albin
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Milton S. Leibowitz, Special Deputy Attorney General/Acting Assistant Prosecutor (Thomas K. Isenhour, Acting Union County Prosecutor, attorney; Milton S. Leibowitz and Kimberly L. Donnelly, of counsel and on the briefs)
    for defendant: Tamar Y. Lerer, Assistant Deputy Public Defender (Joseph E. Krakora, Public Defender, attorney; Tamar Y. Lerer, of counsel and on the briefs)
    Case Number: A-23-16 (077942)

    Drivers Refusal to Present Vehicle Registration Justified Limited Search Unless Ownership by Driver or Passengers Otherwise Ascertainablez

  • Matter of Rojas v. Suffolk Cnty. Sheriff's Ofc.

    Publication Date: 2018-03-26
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Criminal Law | Immigration Law
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk
    Judge: Justice Joseph Santorelli
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorneys for Plaintiff-Petitioner: Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Yeshiva University, New York, New York.
    for defendant: Attorneys for Defendants-Respondents: Suffolk County Department of Law, Hauppauge, New York.
    Case Number: 06316/2017

    Detention of Defendant Not Violative of US, NYS Constitutions or NY Law; Dismissal Granted

  • Riconda v. Liberty Ins. Underwriters

    Publication Date: 2018-03-22
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry:
    Court: Supreme Court, Suffolk
    Judge: Justice Jerry Garguilo
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Attorney for Plaintiff: White & Case LLP, New York, New York.
    for defendant: Attorney for Defendant: D'Amato & Lynch LLP, New York, New York.
    Case Number: 12-3655

    NY Found to Have Greater Interest Than FL in Applying its Law on Bad Faith Claim

  • In The Matter Of Donald Edward Smart

    Publication Date: 2018-03-21
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry: Legal Services
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Wolanda R. Shelton, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Donald Edward Smart (The Smart Law Firm), Stratford, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18Y0511

    The Supreme Court imposed a Review Panel reprimand on an attorney for his violation of Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct 1.1, 1.2 (a), 1.3 and 1.4 in connection with his representation of a client.

  • In The Matter Of Cheryl Joyce Braziel

    Publication Date: 2018-03-21
    Practice Area: Legal Ethics and Attorney Discipline
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Per Curiam
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Richard Wayne Hendrix (Finch McCranie, LLP), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Jacob Cobb, Paula J. Frederick, Jenny K. Mittelman (State Bar of Georgia), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18Y0434

    The Supreme Court rejected attorney's petition for voluntary discipline in which she sought a review panel reprimand after her office submitted a fabricated letter from another attorney to an insurance company.

  • Drews v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-03-15
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Benham
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Veronica M. O'Grady (GPDC Appellate Division), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Matthew Blackwell Crowder (Department of Law), Atlanta; Rosemary M. Greene, Jana Willingham Allen (Cherokee Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Cartersville, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1873

    Defense Counsel Not Constitutionally Ineffective Assistance For Failing to Investigate Allegations Raised in Supplemental Police Report and Video

  • Kemp v. The State

    Publication Date: 2018-03-15
    Practice Area: Criminal Law | Evidence
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Konrad Gerhard Waldemar Ziegler, Christopher Ryan Lee (Lee & Ziegler, LLP), Canton, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Matthew Min-soo Youn, Christopher M. Carr (Department of Law), Atlanta; Michael Scott Carlson, John Stuart Melvin, D. Victor Reynolds, John Richard Edwards (Cobb County District Attorney's Office), Marietta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S17A1646

    The evidence supported defendants' convictions for malice murder and other crimes in connection with a planned robbery that turned fatal and the trial court properly admitted a former police informant's testimony about statements one of the defendants made to him while they were in jail together, as the former informant was not acting as a government agent at that time.