You can take state Supreme Court Justice Richard A. Dollinger out of the courtroom, but you can’t take the courtroom out of Dollinger. When he listens to the song Uptown Girl, Dollinger hears Billy Joel using reputation evidence to describe ...

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BUFFALO — The prosecutor overseeing the sexual assault investigation of Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane says the accuser’s mother lied about finding an evidence bag in her doorway. Erie County District Attorney Frank Sedita said during a news conference Friday ...

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BUFFALO — The lawyer for a woman accusing Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane of sexual assault abruptly quit the case Thursday night, saying he’s no longer comfortable representing the woman because of how her mother reported finding an evidence bag ...

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Suppose you are handling a complex arbitration, but critical evidence is in the hands of non-parties located all over the country. Your client expects to gather this evidence to support its claim. Can you obtain evidence from these non-parties? What ...

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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Evidence Self-Authenticating Documents – Notice to Adverse Party United States v. Komasa 13-1534-cr(L) Judges Pooler, Hall and Lohier Background: The defendants appealed from their conviction of mail, wire and bank fraud, and ...

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Evidence in a 2009 Buffalo homicide was not enough to convict a city man of second-degree murder, but did support a manslaughter conviction, the Appellate Division, Fourth Department found. The conviction of Todd R. Heatley, 32, was reduced Friday to ...

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Appellate Division, Fourth Department Evidence Prior Conduct Toward Victim People v. Pytlak KA 10-02456 Appealed from Erie County Court Background: The defendant was convicted after trial of aggravated criminal contempt and stalking. On appeal, he contended that County Court erred ...

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Appellate Division, Fourth Department Evidence Uncharged Crimes People v. Castor KA 09-00469 Appealed from Onondaga County Court Background: The defendant was convicted after trial of second-degree murder and second-degree  attempted murder, in connection with her second husband and daughter, respectively. ...

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Appellate Division, Fourth Department Evidence Prosecutorial Misconduct People v. Williams KA 11-01832 Appealed from Erie County Court Background: The defendant was convicted after trial of two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and other crimes. On appeal, he ...

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Lawyers still making their way along the learning curve of social media evidence may struggle to find guidance from court opinions. But two recent decisions with different results offer some clues on how to narrowly focus a discovery request to ...

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An Erie County man, convicted of possessing a weapon, believes the borrowed car he was driving should not have been searched after a minor traffic stop and that evidence found during the search should not have been used against him. ...

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A new trial could be ordered for a Rochester man following the reversal of his conviction of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance. The Appellate Division, Fourth Department on Friday reversed its own 2010 decision in the wake of ...

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