Top Ten Stories of the Week ending March 27, 2009:
Law Practice Management
Why WolfBlock Didn’t Merge to Survive Mar 24, 2009, 05:58 pm CDT
Law Enforcement Case Study: Search and Seizure in Cyberspace
Case Discussed: U.S. v. Wellman, 2009 WL 37184 (S..D W. Va. 2009)
From: Quinlan Law Enforcement E-News*, March 26, 2009.
Search and Seizure in Cyberspace:
New ABA Publication: Criminal Mental Health and Disability Law, Evidence and Testimony: A Comprehensive Reference Manual for Lawyers, Judges and Criminal Justice Professionals
Exaamines in detail the legal relationships that link criminal justice, mental health, and disability discrimination law.
Co-sponsored by ABA Commission on Mental and Physical Disability Law and the ABA Criminal Justice Section _____________________________
CLLB Information Security Newsletter. March 2009 Volume 2 Number 3.
March 2009 Volume 2 Number 3.
Social Networking Sites: How To Stay Safe
From the Desk of David G. Badertscher
Curt E. Conklin Is Recipient of Renee D. Chapman Memorial Award
The TS-SIS Awards Committee is pleased to announce that the recipient of the Renee D. Chapman Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions in Technical Services Law Librarianship for 2009 is Curt E. Conklin.
Curt is the Associate Director for Technical Services at the Brigham Young University Howard W. Hunter Law Library in Provo, Utah. He has worked there for 37 years in a variety of positions all within technical services. He has also been a member of AALL for 35 years. Some of his many contributions in the field of technical services include:
· One of the founding members of TS-SIS
New York Appellate Criminal Cases Originating from the New York Supreme Court NY County – LexisNexis. March 25, 2009.
Update from the Lexis Alert Service,
March 25, 2009.
1. People v. Rivers, 1636, 3191/03, SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT, 2009 NY Slip Op 298; 58 A.D.3d 529; 870 N.Y.S.2d 790; 2009 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 272, January 22, 2009, Decided, January 22, 2009, Entered, THE LEXIS PAGINATION OF THIS DOCUMENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING RELEASE OF THE FINAL PUBLISHED VERSION., THIS OPINION IS UNCORRECTED AND SUBJECT TO REVISION BEFORE PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS.
Comparative Criminal Procedure: A Select Bibliography
BY LYONETTE LOUIS-JACQUES Foreign Law Librarian and Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago D’Angelo Law Library Published by GlobaLex June/July 2007
From the Introduction:
“This bibliography lists selected English-language resources on comparative criminal procedure. It focuses on journal articles, book chapters, and treatises covering comparative criminal procedure generally, criminal procedure in multiple jurisdictions, and specialized research topics in comparative criminal procedure such as: arrest, pre-trial detention, interrogation, right to counsel, legal assistance for indigent defendants, discovery, plea bargaining, trial by jury, the privilege against self-incrimination, inquisitorial versus accusatorial systems, role of prosecutors, judges and defense attorneys, cross-examination, exclusionary rules, sentencing, death penalty, criminal appeals, and double jeopardy. “
Documents Introducing the Obama Administration Public-Private Partnership Investment Program
On Monday March 23, 2009 the Obama administration presented the details of the Public-Private Invetment Program as a major initiative to help stimulate the U.S. economy. Below are links to four documents which were prepared to help introduce this program.
Press Briefing by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Plans to Assist the Credit Markets
New York Appellate Criminal Cases Originating from the New York Supreme Court NY County – Lexis-Nexis. March 24, 2009. 21
Update from the Lexis Alert Service,
March 24, 2009.
1. People v. Mynin, 5138, 4387/05, SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT, 2009 NY Slip Op 455; 58 A.D.3d 581; 872 N.Y.S.2d 50; 2009 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 460, January 29, 2009, Decided, January 29, 2009, Entered, THE LEXIS PAGINATION OF THIS DOCUMENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING RELEASE OF THE FINAL PUBLISHED VERSION., THIS OPINION IS UNCORRECTED AND SUBJECT TO REVISION BEFORE PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The People of the State …
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Michael J. Obus, …
2. People v. Cabassa, 5141, 11646/91, SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT, 2009 NY Slip Op 457; 58 A.D.3d 583; 872 N.Y.S.2d 687; 2009 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 473, January 29, 2009, Decided, THE LEXIS PAGINATION OF THIS DOCUMENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING RELEASE OF THE FINAL PUBLISHED VERSION., THIS OPINION IS UNCORRECTED AND SUBJECT TO REVISION BEFORE PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The People of the State …
Judgment of resentence, Supreme Court, New York County (John Cataldo, J.), …
3. People v. Gutierrez, 5125, 5600/99, SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT, 2009 NY Slip Op 449; 58 A.D.3d 577; 872 N.Y.S.2d 687; 2009 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 453, January 29, 2009, Decided, THE LEXIS PAGINATION OF THIS DOCUMENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING RELEASE OF THE FINAL PUBLISHED VERSION., THIS OPINION IS UNCORRECTED AND SUBJECT TO REVISION BEFORE PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The People of the State …
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Leslie Cocker Snyder, …
4. People v. Burnside, 5114, 4183/05, SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT, 2009 NY Slip Op 433; 58 A.D.3d 551; 870 N.Y.S.2d 911; 2009 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 429, January 27, 2009, Decided, January 27, 2009, Entered, THE LEXIS PAGINATION OF THIS DOCUMENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING RELEASE OF THE FINAL PUBLISHED VERSION., THIS OPINION IS UNCORRECTED AND SUBJECT TO REVISION BEFORE PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS.
The People of the State …
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Gerald Harris, J.), ..
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The Jury Expert:The Art and Science of Litigation Advocacy
March, 2009 Volume 21 Issue 2
LEAD ARTICLES:
Strategies for Combating Anti-Gay Sentiment in the Courtroom by Sean Overland