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Conflict of interest revealed in federal homicide case
The case of a man accused of a fatal robbery of the Xerox Federal Credit Union has been sidetracked because of a conflict of interest in the Federal Public Defender’s Office. Defendant Richard Leon Wilbern is accused of fatally shooting Raymond Batzel and wounding another man during the 2003 robbery of the Xerox Federal Credit […]
Hosken retiring from Federal Public Defender office
After he retires at the end of June, Supervisory Assistant Federal Public Defender Mark Hosken and his wife, Sue, are heading south — South Buffalo, that is. After Hosken’s mother-in-law died in December, they sold their Chili home and bought his wife’s childhood home where her parents lived in for 62 years. Hosken, whose last […]
Second 5LINX defendant pleads guilty
A second defendant in the 5LINX fraud case has pleaded guilty to federal charges. On Wednesday, Jeb Tyler, 45, of Rochester, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge David G. Larimer to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and filing a false tax return for the year 2014. Tyler is facing a maximum penalty of 20 years […]
First Amendment expert visits Rochester
Famed First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams started a presentation in Rochester on Monday with the same anecdote that he used at the beginning of his new book — “The Soul of the First Amendment.” To illustrate the significant differences in how the United States and other democracies treat free speech, Abrams recounted a 1976 trip […]
Appellate court dismisses drug charges
An appellate court has reversed a guilty plea, granted a motion to suppress the defendant’s statement and physical evidence, and dismissed the indictment in an Onondaga County drug case. Bruce Searight, 31, pleaded guilty in September 2015 to two counts of third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. State Supreme Court Justice John J. Brunetti […]
Michael F. Dillon awards presented
Six attorneys in the Fourth Department were honored Tuesday with this year’s Michael F. Dillon Attorney for Children Awards. Each year the Fourth Department’s Attorneys for Children Advisory Committee selects two attorneys for children from each of the Fifth, Seventh and Eighth judicial districts to receive the award. The 2018 recipients are: Fifth […]
Greta K. Kolcon takes over as president of WBASNY
With undergraduate degrees in theater and English, plus a minor in documentary film, Greta K. Kolcon started law school, planning on a “JD-advantaged” career as the head of an arts organization. But that all changed after a short stint as a summer intern at a private law firm. “I fell in love with the immediacy of […]
Second 5 LINX defendant considering plea deal
Another defendant in the 5 LINX fraud case is considering a plea agreement offered by federal prosecutors. Jeb Tyler, a former 5 LINX vice president, is scheduled to be in U.S. District Court on Wednesday before U.S. Magistrate David G. Larimer. “There has been an offer made to us that we are considering,” Tyler’s attorney, […]
Bar Association welcomes new slate of officers
Jill Cicero, the outgoing president of the Monroe County Bar Association, on Thursday announced a new effort to confront gender bias in the legal profession. During remarks at the MCBA’s annual dinner at the Hyatt Regency Rochester, Cicero said her “most lasting impact may well be a proposal approved by the MCBA board of trustees […]
Charges dismissed against shooting suspect
A Rochester man imprisoned more than five years for a drive-by shooting was freed Wednesday after a key witness refused to testify and state Supreme Court Judge Alex R. Renzi dismissed all charges. Phillip H. Owens, 32, was accused of shooting at his ex-wife, Tara Owens, in May 2012 as she sat in a car […]
Sex abuse conviction reversed
A man who was convicted of sexual abuse for fondling children’s feet in two libraries has been granted a new trial because the evidence used against him included a videotaped statement and grand jury testimony that should have been suppressed. Anthony S. Perri, 56, was convicted in December 2013 of three counts each of first-degree […]
Prison inmate’s suit reinstated
An appellate court has reversed a New York State Court of Claims ruling that dismissed a suit filed by a state prison inmate who is claiming he was injured after falling on a sidewalk at the prison where he was held. In March 2017, Judge Renee Forgensi Minarik granted the defense motion for summary judgment […]
Case Digests
- Fourth Department – Breach of contract: Hausrath Landscape Maintenance Inc. v. Caravan Facilities Management LLC
- Second Circuit – New York Child Victim’s Act: Kane v. Mount Pleasant CSD; Coe v. Eastport Union Free School
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Appointing law clerk: Opinion 22-149
- Fourth Department – Bill of particulars: Harris v. Rome Memorial Hospital, et al.
- NYS Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics – Accusations against co-judge: Opinion 22-148
- Fourth Department – Medicaid: Washington Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing Home v. NYS Dept. of Health
- Fourth Department – Criminal possession of a firearm: People v. Wilson
- Fourth Department – Promoting prostitution: People v. Watts
- Second Circuit – Class certification: Arkansas Teachers Retirement System V. Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
- Fourth Department – Show-up identification: People v. Waggoner
- Fourth Department – Association: Victory Village Tenants Assoc. v. Evergreen Communities, et al.
- Second Circuit – In personam jurisdiction: Kaplan v. Bank Saderat PLC
Law News
- Greenlight Networks selects Buffalo-based attorney as general counsel
- Barclay Damon hires attorney Matt Smith
- Rochester man sues Geneseo police, alleging false arrest, assault
- The Daily Record’s Power List for Intellectual Property 2023
- NY ethics panel says judges can join NRA
- Harter Secrest & Emery LLP names partner-in-charge of Buffalo office
- Banned professor sues SUNY Fredonia leaders
- Hochul signs law requiring unemployment insurance information from employers
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