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22 Oct 2011, 3:44 am by SHG
Our standard for judging whether a verdict is legally repugnant was articulated in 1981 in People v Tucker (55 NY2d 1). [read post]
7 Nov 2014, 5:52 am
 A warning about an inherent risk – a so-called “risk warning” – serves an entirely different purpose.With inherent risks, people are warned so they can decide whether that risk outweighs the benefits that might be gained from using the product. [read post]
27 Sep 2011, 4:35 am by SHG
"[H]aving deliberately availed himself of his right to remain silent, the defendant's failure to give a more complete exculpatory statement to the police 'may simply [have been] attributable to his awareness that he [was] under no obligation to speak' to the police, including to implicate his friend in a shooting, and to his knowledge that his decision not to speak would not be used against him at trial," the majority said in an unsigned opinion, citing the 1981… [read post]