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Monthly Archives: March 2011
New Exception To The Exclusionary Rule And Fourth Amendment Suppression Issues
PEOPLE V TOLENTINO : New York Court of Appeals, IMPORTANT NOTE: THE U.S. SUPREME COURT HAD GRANTED CERTIORARI TO HEAR THIS CASE AND ORAL ARGUMENT WAS SET FOR MARCH 21, 2011. ON MARCH 29, 2011 THE SUPREME COURT REVERSED ITS … Continue reading
Batson Challenge and Jury Selection: Sufficiency Of The Race Neutral Explanation By The Prosecution
FELKNER V. JACKSON United States Supreme Court Decided March 21, 2011 Issue: Whether the prosecutor had given a sufficiently race neutral reason to the Batson challenge by defense counsel during jury selection. Holding: The Batson issue turns largely on an … Continue reading
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Is A Waiver Of Appeal Enforceable If Sentencing Court Fails To Make Specific Rulings And Findings
UNITED STATES V. BUISSERETH Second Circuit Court of Appeals Decided March 15, 2011 Issue : Whether the waiver of appeal, signed at the time of a plea, is enforceable where the sentencing court does not make specific rulings and findings … Continue reading
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Ineffective Assistance of Counsel: Failure To Make a Single Legal Argument
p>People v. Cummings New York Court of Appeals February 24, 2011 Issue : whether defense counsel was ineffective for failure to make a single legal argument, that a burglary charge should have been dismissed because a police precinct containing dormitories … Continue reading
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Insurance Fraud: Medicaid and Health Care Insurance Fraud
People v. Boothe New York Court of Appeals 2011 NY Slip Op 01365 February 24, 2011 Issue : whether a fraudulent health care insurance act is included in the definition of Penal Law § 176.05 when defendant as an officer … Continue reading
