December-7-11, 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, December 08, 2009 Alvarez v. Smith, No. 08–351 In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 case involving whether Illinois law provides a sufficiently speedy opportunity for an…
-December-7-11, 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, December 07, 2009 Michigan v. Fisher, No. 09–91 In an assault prosecution, grant of petitioner’s motion to suppress evidence that he pointed a rifle at an officer…
Top Ten Stories for Week Ending December 11, 2009 Editor’s Note: The 3rd Annual ABA Journal Blawg 100 is now online! Readers are invited to browse the list and are encouraged to register to vote for their favorites. Legal Ethics Hiring Lawyer Rejects Federalist Society Members–and Columnist’s Advice Dec 7,…
A Service from the ABA Criminal Justice Section, http://www.abanet.org/crimjust Beard v. Kindler, No. 08-992 (U.S. Dec. 8, 2009) “The Court decided a capital habeas matter involving whether Pennsylvania’s fugitive forfeiture rule provided an adequate basis to bar federal habeas review of petitioner’s claims, grant of habeas petition is vacated and…
A Service from the ABA Criminal Justice Section, http://www.abanet.org/crimjust Michigan v. Jeremy Fisher United States Supreme Court No. 09-91 Decided: December 7, 2009 The United States Supreme Court issued a per curium decision on December 7 regarding a Fourth Amendment case. The case arising out of Michigan involved two police…
An American Bar Association publication sponsored by the ABA Criminal Justice Section The State of Criminal Justice 2009 “Authors from across the criminal justice field provide essays on topics ranging from white collar crime to international law to juvenile justice. This annual publication examines and reports on the major issues,…
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We just received word about the outcome of the vote on the proposal to change the name of Special Libraries Association (SLA) to the Association for Stategic Knowledge Professionals. The name change proposal stemmed from the findings of the Alignment Project, an intensive two year research effort aimed at understanding…
The Journal: Criminology is a journal, published quarterly, devoted to crime and deviant behavior. Disciplines covered include sociology, psychology, design, systems analysis, and decision theory. Major emphasis is placed on empirical research and scientific methodology. The journal’s content also includes articles which review the literature or deal with theoretical issues…
Hon. Randall T. Shepard, Chief Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court, has been selected as the recipient of the Sixth Annual Dwight D. Opperman Award for Judicial Excellence. Chief Justice Shepard was chosen by a three-member panel: Hon. Judith S. Kaye, former Chief Judge of the New York Court of…