In her weekly message on the status of the court system during the COVID-19 pandemic, New York State Chief Judge Janet DiFiore announced Monday that in-person operations, including some jury trials, are expected to resume at the end of the ...
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A state appeals court has reserved decision in an appeal of a murder conviction because the transcript of the trial and other court sessions is incomplete and defective. Defendant Joseph A. Meyers was convicted in July 2017 in Steuben County ...
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An Erie County Court judge has refused to certify that the prosecution has fulfilled its discovery obligations because the defense has not been given the disciplinary records of police officers involved in the case. Defendant DeSean Cooper was charged in ...
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The “excited delirium” listed as a contributing factor in the death of Daniel Prude is a “quasi-medical” term used to place blame on the victim, according to Frederick Brewington, a Nassau County lawyer who participated in a Zoom program on ...
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State Supreme Court Justice Ann Marie Taddeo has ordered city officials to offer remotely conducted hearings and depositions for individuals filing claims against the city until the COVID-19 pandemic is over. The New York City law firm Roth & Roth ...
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Sheila Gaddis, diversity partner committee chair at Barclay Damon, has been appointed co-Chair of the New York State Permanent Commission on Access to Justice’s newly created Racial and Gender Equity Working Group. The Racial and Gender Equity Working Group was ...
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In a split decision, New York state’s highest court has affirmed a lower court ruling that suppressed evidence in a drug and weapon case because of an insufficient search warrant. Over several days, police officers in Suffolk County watched defendant ...
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A state appeals court has reinstated an indictment accusing a prominent Syracuse lawyer of perjury. In January 2020, acting Onondaga County Court Judge John H. Crandall dismissed the indictment against attorney Robert Baska. In a decision released Feb. 11, the ...
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A federal prison inmate has had his motion for compassionate released due to the COVID-19 pandemic denied for a second time. Defendant Sofonzia Mack, 39, was convicted in September 2019 of a narcotics charge and being a felon in possession ...
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In a split decision, a state appeals court has tossed a guilty plea and the related indictment in a weapon case because police had no legal reason to pursue the defendant. Defendant Joshua Williams in September 2016 pleaded guilty to ...
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A Rochester-area doctor has been indicted for manslaughter in the overdose death of a patient. New York State Attorney General Letitia James on Friday announced that Sudipt Deshmukh is accused of causing the death of a patient by recklessly prescribing ...
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A state appeals court has overturned a lower court decision to suppress evidence in a weapon case. In October 2019, Onondaga County Court Judge Matthew J. Doran granted a defense motion to suppress the evidence against Nissar Moore. In ...
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