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Berlin testifies on death penalty
B. Berlin on Thursday testified in front of the House Judiciary II Criminal Law Committee in support of a bill that would reinstate the death penalty in Illinois. The bill, which passed out of committee on a four to one vote with one member abstaining,
Updated: 03/17/2011 06:04P
China Beefs Up Its Anti-Bribery Law With Its Very Own Version Of The FCPA
Summary: Companies doing business in the People's Republic of China (“PRC”) have yet another path to potential criminal liability. On February 25, 2011, the PRC legislature passed 49 amendments to the PRC Criminal Law. One such amendment – Amendment No
Updated: 03/17/2011 05:49P
North Adams Attorney Offers Mediation Services
In addition to divorce mediation, Kirsch also practices criminal law, family law, Juvenile Court proceedings and CHINS cases. She also handles real estate, probate, and care and protection matters. She was admitted to the bar in 2004.
Updated: 03/17/2011 05:31P
Culture changes make their demands, says traffic chief Praveen Sood
Police have not taken the incident lightly but have booked the accused under the Indian Penal Code for criminal offence. This should make people think before resorting to violence over road rage. A traffic cop has to manage traffic.
Updated: 03/17/2011 05:24P
Criminal Law: DWI – Reasonable Suspicion – Video Evidence
Where an officer testified that he stopped defendant's car because he saw a headlight was not working, the trial court did not clearly err in finding that the officer's dashboard video showed that the headlight was functioning
Updated: 03/17/2011 05:02P
Deadline nears for Citizen's Police Academy
The 11-week academy provides participants with classroom and hands-on experience in criminal law, professional standards, officer safety, firearms and crime scene investigation, as well as a tour of the Alameda County Jail. The academy will conclude
Updated: 03/17/2011 04:41P
Criminal Law: Sexual Abuse – Voluntary Intoxication
Where a district court instructed a jury that a defendant's voluntary intoxication was not a defense to the substantive offense of sexual abuse of a minor but was a possible defense to the alternatively charged crime of attempted
Updated: 03/17/2011 04:41P
Criminal Law: Leaving The Scene – Sufficiency Of Evidence
Even though a defendant did not leave the vicinity of an accident in which he hit a car and ran over a man after an altercation with the victim, the evidence was sufficient to support a conviction for leaving the scene of an
Updated: 03/17/2011 04:40P
Criminal Law: Post-Conviction Relief – Effectiveness Of Counsel
Where a defendant in an assault case argued that his counsel was ineffective for failing to call witnesses to testify to his alibi, the trial counsel's decision not to call the witnesses appeared to be reasonable trial strategy
Updated: 03/17/2011 04:40P
Criminal Law: Sexual Abuse – Instructions – Lesser-Included Offense
(1) Where a defendant in a sexual abuse case argued for a lesser-included offense instruction of simple assault based on a theory that the victim consented to the sexual contact but then withdrew her consent, the district court
Updated: 03/17/2011 04:16P
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