Attorneys representing two men convicted of robbery, weapons and drug charges, are seeking a new trial because of the makeup of the jury pool at their federal trial in February and March. Michael Witmer, the attorney for Matthew Nix, of ...

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NORRISTOWN, Pa. — After 52 hours of tense deliberations, two holdouts in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial refused to convict the 79-year-old comedian, a juror told ABC News. The juror, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said 10 of the ...

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U.S. District Court Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford on Wednesday said she does not expect to decide until mid-August whether to grant a new trial in the case of two men who were convicted of multiple charges by a jury that ...

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A man who served on a federal criminal jury even though he should have been barred because of at least one felony conviction claims he doesn’t remember most of his criminal record. And he told U.S District Court Judge Elizabeth ...

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A federal judge has denied a defense motion to publicly release the name of a juror with a felony conviction who served on a panel that convicted two men of robbery, weapons and drug charges in March. But the juror’s ...

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Attorney Michael Witmer wants a juror prosecuted for perjury after he served, despite a felony conviction, at the trial of Witmer’s client, who was convicted on robbery, drug and weapons charges. Michael Witmer, the attorney for Matthew Nix, who was ...

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Robert W. Wood, the lawyer for a man convicted of robbery, weapons and drug charges wants U.S. District Court Judge Elizabeth A. Wolford to recuse herself from the case where she now must decide whether to grant a new trial ...

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Defense lawyers in a federal case are arguing that the name of a juror who failed to disclose his criminal background should be made public. The juror served at the trial in March where Matthew Nix, of Rochester, and Earl ...

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A federal judge will hold a hearing to question a man who served on a jury that convicted two men of robbery charges because the juror failed to disclose that he is a convicted felon. At the hearing schedule for ...

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Attorneys sometimes talk about “dumbing down” their case before presenting it to jurors. Certainly, many issues need to be explained in an orderly and simple way, and that process could be called “dumbing down.” But, from my perspective, the expression ...

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A federal judge is planning to hold a hearing to decide how the case of two men convicted of a series of home invasion robberies in March might be affected by a juror who never disclosed that he is a ...

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Now that social media is simply part of our day-to-day lives, it’s no surprise that it’s also appearing in legal cases. Lawyers routinely seek to access social media data during the discovery phase of trial, mine social media for evidence ...

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