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Deliberations Begin in Goffer Insider-Trading Trial
Ropes & Gray has said the actions by two former lawyers "represent an extreme breach of their duty of trust to our clients and the firm, as well as gross violations of our policies and civil and criminal law." It is cooperating in the probe.
Updated: 06/02/2011 06:25P
Lagos House winds down Sixth Assembly, passes six
The bills were “Administration of Criminal Justice (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill': A bill for a law on Criminal Justice and Administration in the High Courts and Magistrates' Courts of Lagos State and other connected purposes”.
Updated: 06/02/2011 06:14P
Celebrities urge govt to make drugs legal
Its signatories say that all the past 40 years has produced is a rapid growth in illicit drug use in Britain, and significant harm caused by the application of the criminal law to the personal use and possession of all drugs. “This policy is costly for
Updated: 06/02/2011 05:19P
Criminal Law: Sexual Assault - Sufficiency Of Evidence - Sentencing
(1)Where evidence showed that a victim was just waking up as she was allegedly being sexually assaulted by the defendant, the jury could find that the victim was incapable of declining participation or communicating
Updated: 06/02/2011 05:12P
Attorney Shot at Law Office Among 5 People Reportedly Killed Today in Yuma, Ariz.
An Arizona attorney whose general practice included criminal and family law matters was among five people shot and killed today in Yuma, Ariz. A sixth individual was wounded. Jerrold Shelley was slain at his downtown law office,
Updated: 06/02/2011 05:09P
Criminal Law: Sentencing – Reasonableness
Where a district court revoked a defendant's supervised release when he failed to comply with a prohibition against drinking, and the court imposed an eight-month sentence, which was in the middle of the advisory guideline range
Updated: 06/02/2011 05:02P
Criminal Law: Sentencing - 'Entrapment' - Notice
Where a defendant was a convicted crack cocaine dealer who was released from federal prison less than eight months before the offense at issue, strong evidence weighed against the defendant's claim that he was not predisposed to
Updated: 06/02/2011 04:49P
Criminal Law: Search Warrant – Vehicle - 'Occupant'
Where police had seen a defendant at a residence, he had keys to the residence on his person when arrested and the defendant's girlfriend, who lived in the home, told officers when he stayed there, the defendant was an occupant
Updated: 06/02/2011 04:45P
Criminal Law: Speedy Trial - Second-Degree Assault - Lesser-Included Offense
(1) Where a defendant argued that the trial court erred in denying his motion to dismiss in violation of his due process rights and right to a speedy trial, denial of the motion is affirmed because the defendant's pro se request
Updated: 06/02/2011 04:35P
Criminal Law: Sentencing – Credit - Foreign Jurisdiction
Where an inmate sought credit for time served while in custody in Canada, the grant of summary judgment to the state is reversed and remanded because Section 558.031 entitles an inmate to credit for time incarcerated “because of
Updated: 06/02/2011 04:35P
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