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  • March 12, 2019 | The Recorder

    Newsom Set to Call a Halt to Executions in California

    The governor plans to sign an executive order Wednesday suspending the death penalty in California and granting reprieves for the 737 inmates on the state's largest-in-the-nation Death Row.

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  • Beasley v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-12
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Boggs
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Brian Steel, (The Steel Law Firm, PC.), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Paula Khristian Smith, Christopher M. Carr, Katherine DeRosa Emerson, (Department of Law), Atlanta, Paul L. Howard, Jr., Kevin Christopher Armstrong, Lyndsey Hurst Rudder, (Fulton County District Attorney's Office), Atlanta, for appellee.
    Case Number: S18A1252

    No Ineffectiveness of Counsel For Failing to Maintain Objection Against Application of Habitation Defense to Homicide Victim

  • Fox v. Costco Wholesale Corp.

    Publication Date: 2019-03-12
    Practice Area: Civil Rights | Employment Litigation
    Industry: Retail
    Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
    Judge: Circuit Judge Peter Hall
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiff‐Appellant: Jonathan A. Tand, Jonathan A. Tand & Associates, Garden City, New York
    for defendant: For Defendant‐Appellee: Lorie E. Almon, Paul H. Galligan, Ephraim J. Pierre, on the brief, Seyfarth Shaw LLP, New York, New York
    Case Number: 17-0936-cv

    Issue Exists if Coworkers' Mimics of Tics Were Pervasive Conduct for Hostile Jobsite Claim

  • March 11, 2019 | Law.com

    Skilled in the Art: Two Judges Let Their Hair Down on Section 101 + Tech, Retailers Sound a Warning on Iancu

    A Federal Circuit judge accused unnamed colleagues of waging "guerrilla warfare" against the Supreme Court's Alice decision.

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  • Appellate Division, First Department:March 7, 2019

    Publication Date: 2019-03-11
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Cases Decided
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, First Department:March 7, 2019

  • Truong v. State Of Texas

    Publication Date: 2019-03-11
    Practice Area: Criminal Appeals | Criminal Law | Evidence
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    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Keyes
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
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    Case Number: 01-16-00390-CR

    Appellant Troung was charged with the second-degree felony offense of manslaughter when he drove a vehicle through a traffic barricade killing a police officer.

  • In Re the Commitment of Jones

    Publication Date: 2019-03-11
    Practice Area: Civil Appeals | Criminal Law | Expert Witnesses
    Industry:
    Court: Court of Appeals
    Judge: Justice Sudderth
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 02-18-00019-CV

    After a jury trial, Jones was ordered committed as a sexually violent predator.

  • Elliott v. The State

    Publication Date: 2019-03-08
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
    Industry: Automotive
    Court: Georgia Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Peterson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Gregory Allen Willis, (Willis Law Firm), Atlanta, Jared Thomas Hall, (Thomas, Webb & Willis LLC), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: William Washington Fleenor, Ethan Merritt Makin, (Athens-Clarke County Solicitor General's Office), Athens, Kenneth W. Mauldin, (Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office), Athens, for appellee. Daniel J. Sabol, (Luftman, Heck & Associates LLP), Columbus, Donald Timothy Huey, Blaise J. Katter, (Huey Defense Firm), Columbus, for Amicus appellant. Patricia B. Attaway Burton, David Scott McLaughlinm, Paula Khristian Smith, Andrew Alan Pinson, Christopher M. Carr, Jameson B. Bilsborrow, (Department Of Law), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee. Margaret Ellen Heap, (Office of The District Attorney Eastern Judicial Circuit), Savannah, Joseph Scott Key, (Miller & Key, PA), McDonough, William Aubrey Finch, (Forsyth County Solicitor General's Office), Cumming, David Holmes, (Cherokee County District Attorney's Office), Canton, Samuel Richard d'Entremont, (Gwinnett County District Attorney's Office), Lawrenceville, for Neutral Amicus. Patricia B. Attaway Burton, Ross Warren Bergethon, David Scott McLaughlin, Paula Khristian Smith, Andrew Alan Pinson, Christopher M. Carr, Jameson B. Bilsborrow, (Department Of Law), Atlanta, for Amicus Appellee. Gilbert Alexander Crosby, Peter J. Skandalakis, Robert Wright Smith, Jr., (Prosecuting Attorney's Council of Georgia), Morrow, for Neutral Amicus.
    Case Number: S18A1204

    Under Georgia Constitution, Motorist's Invocation of Right to Refuse Blood Alcohol Test Could Not Be Admitted Against Her at Trial

  • In The Interest of A. P., a child.

    Publication Date: 2019-03-08
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry:
    Court: Georgia Court of Appeals
    Judge: Presiding Judge McFadden
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Randee Waldman, (Emory University School of Law Barton Juvenile Defender Clinic), Atlanta, for appellant.
    for defendant: Sherry Boston, Deborah Wellborn, (Dekalb County District Attorney), Decatur, for appellee.
    Case Number: A18A1682

    Court Affirms Adjudication of Juvenile Who Was Alleged to Have Possessed Illegal Handgun That Was Never Introduced as Evidence

  • Appellate Division, First Department: March 5, 2019

    Publication Date: 2019-03-07
    Practice Area: Appellate Division Activity | Civil Appeals | Criminal Appeals
    Industry:
    Court: Appellate Division, First Department, Cases Decided
    Judge: Unsigned
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: DOCKET

    Appellate Division, First Department: March 5, 2019