April 27 – May 1, 2009 To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. U.S. Supreme Court, April 28, 2009 Cone v. Bell, No. 07-1114 In a capital habeas proceeding, the denial of Petitioner’s habeas petition is reversed where the…
April 27 – May 1, 2009 To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, April 28, 2009 Molinari v. Bloomberg , No. 09-0331 In an action challenging amendments to New York term limits legislation,…
May 1, 2009. Service from the ABA Criminal Justice Section, http://www.abanet.org/crimjust DEAN v. UNITED STATES (No. 08-5274) United States Supreme Court Opinion Decided: April 29, 2009 Petitioner Dean was convicted of conspiring to commit a bank robbery and discharging a firearm during an armed robbery. Because the firearm was “discharged”…
United States Supreme Court Decision: April 28, 2009 A Service from the ABA Criminal Justice Section, http://www.abanet.org/crimjust SYNOPSIS. At trial the State discredited Mr. Cone’s defense that he killed two people while suffering from acute psychosis caused by drug addiction, he was then convicted and sentenced to death. The Tennessee…
Update from the Lexis Alert Service, April 29, 2009. 1. People v. Jackson, 195, 3988/04, SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT, 2009 NY Slip Op 2450; 874 N.Y.S.2d 908; 2009 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 2503, March 31, 2009, Decided, March 31, 2009, Entered, THE LEXIS PAGINATION OF…
Update from the Lexis Alert Service, 1. People v. Hinton, 304, 2530/06, SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT, 2009 NY Slip Op 2836; 2009 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 2782, April 14, 2009, Decided, April 14, 2009, Entered, THE LEXIS PAGINATION OF THIS DOCUMENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. CRIMINAL LAW & PROCEDURE, SENTENCING US v. Borden , No. 08-1625 Sentence for drug crimes is affirmed where the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant a sentence reduction…
To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. ADMINISTRATIVE LAW, GOVERNMENT BENEFITS, MILITARY LAW Shinseki v. Sanders, No. 07-1209 In an application for veterans’ disability benefits, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s holding that the Department of Veterans…
April 13 – April 17, 2009 To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. U.S. 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, April 17, 2009 US v. Vasco , No. 07-1520 Conviction and sentence for using interstate commerce facilities in the commission…
April 13 – April 17, 2009 To view the full-text of cases you must sign in to FindLaw.com. All summaries are produced by Findlaw. U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, April 16, 2009 Matar v. Dichter, No. 07-2579 In an action broungt by survivors of Israeli bombing in Gaza, seeking…