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26 Jul 2013, 6:31 am by Rachel, Law Clerk
Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, July 26, 2013:S.F. cyclist guilty of vehicular manslaughter for running down pedestrian; could be a U.S. first Ohio Judge in contempt for barring journalist from courtroom in defiance of appeals court order Lawyer gets suspension for impersonating college acquaintance on lesbian dating website Lane Armstrong's lawyer: US 'got what it bargained for' - Toronto Sun Court says skipping ads… [read post]
22 Dec 2011, 12:21 pm by Rachel Myers, ACLU
In November, we got the welcome news that the state of Alabama will not appeal a ruling ordering a new trial for ACLU client Montez Spradley, who was sentenced to death despite inadequate and very weak evidence, after his trial judge rejected the jury’s 10-2 vote for a life sentence . [read post]
28 Mar 2019, 9:24 pm by Ilya Somin
Nonetheless, Murphy waited until March 20 to raise any related claims before the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, and until March 26 to raise any such claims before the federal courts. [read post]
27 Apr 2021, 3:22 pm by Jamie Markham
Alabama, 567 U.S. 460 (2012), the Supreme Court held that a person who commits a homicide when he or she is under 18 may not be mandatorily sentenced to life without parole; the sentencing judge must have discretion to impose a lesser punishment. [read post]
4 Jan 2008, 7:31 pm
Rigsby civil case, in the Northern District of Alabama (along with all other judges in the district), on grounds of the perception of bias stemming from his referral of Scruggs to special prosecutors for alleged criminal contempt of court. [read post]
20 Jun 2014, 6:35 am
Court of Appeals for the 2d Circuit 2010), the appellate court cautioned that U.S. [read post]
23 Aug 2012, 12:47 pm
This is the latest appeal growing out of the nearly two-decade old, racial discrimination in employment lawsuit involving the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) and the State Personnel Department (SPD). [read post]
19 Mar 2013, 8:53 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
In Alabama, the small town judge who presides over a criminal case appoints defense counsel to represent the indigent and can refuse to appoint the same lawyer to subsequent cases if the lawyer "too zealously" represents her client. [read post]
1 Jun 2017, 11:49 am by Jack Sharman
  As the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said in United States v. [read post]
18 Jan 2012, 8:58 pm by Jeff Gamso
  Alabama sent word to the lawyers that Cory had lost a round of his case which started a clock by which he had to appeal. [read post]
18 May 2017, 10:28 am by Kent Scheidegger
The California Court of Appeal for the Fifth District (Fresno) yesterday decided People v. [read post]
29 Oct 2009, 2:17 pm
  The Court of Appeals' majority decision can be found here and Judge Shapiro's dissent is here. [read post]
12 Sep 2018, 7:26 pm by Jamie Markham
The defendant appealed to the supreme court, arguing that the court of appeals’ approval of a presumption in favor of LWOP violated Miller. [read post]
22 Aug 2012, 6:00 am by Bill Raftery
In addition, Court of Appeals judges would get an explicit eight year term added into the constitution itself. [read post]