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A state appeals court has granted a new trial in an attempted murder case because of evidence that was improperly used by the prosecution. Joachim Sylvester was convicted in December 2015 of attempted second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of ...

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PHILADELPHIA — In 2016, as Bill Cosby’s legal team prepared for trial in his stunning sexual assault case in Pennsylvania, the state Supreme Court quietly heard a death row inmate’s appeal. Lawyers for Charles Hicks questioned whether three women who ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court sounded skeptical Monday that President Donald Trump could categorically exclude people living in the country illegally from the population count used to allot seats among the states in the House of Representatives. But it also ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina prison officials say they have to delay an execution scheduled for Friday because they won’t be able to obtain the necessary lethal injection drugs. An attorney for the state Department of Corrections wrote in ...

They began the practice with the premise of providing a personalized touch for any client with a legal need, whether it was a criminal case, a personal injury claim or representation in a divorce. Wesley, Clark & Peshkin LLP wasn’t ...

A state appeals court has overturned a homicide conviction in Ontario County and ordered a new trial. Jeffrey A. Salone Jr. was convicted in May 2019 of first-degree manslaughter. Salone was originally charged with second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter. Salone ...

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HARTFORD, Conn. — Jury duty notices have set Nicholas Philbrook’s home on edge with worries about him contracting the coronavirus and passing it on to his father-in-law, a cancer survivor with diabetes in his mid-70s who is at higher risk ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite charged with finding girls in the 1990s for financier Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse, said Tuesday that her client is awakened every 15 minutes in jail while she ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California can’t enforce a ban vanity license plates it considers “offensive to good taste and decency” because that violates freedom of speech, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar ruled in a case ...

A state appeals court has overturned a homicide conviction and dismissed the indictment. Defendant John E. Pinnock was convicted in July 2016 of first-degree criminally negligent homicide and third-degree assault in Ontario County Court. The charges are related to a ...

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The COVID-19 pandemic is playing a role in significant changes a business may be considering, from completing a merger or acquisition to buying out a business partner. Katarina Polozie, a partner in the business and finance department at Woods Oviatt Gilman ...

HOUSTON — The U.S. government has agreed temporarily not to deport detained immigrant women who have alleged being abused by a rural Georgia gynecologist, according to court papers filed Tuesday. In a motion that must still be approved by a ...