Articles in Channel: Criminal Law

WHITE PLAINS SPEEDING TICKETS – SCHOOL ZONE SPEEDING TICKETS

November 21, 2008 19:43

The City of White Plains Police Department is relentless when it comes to issuing speeding tickets. This is especially so in school zones. At Tilem & Campbell we are routinely retained by motorists who received a school zone speeding... The City of White Plains Police Department is...

Mortgage Fraud Sends Defendant To Prison For 135 Months

Chuck Peterson

November 21, 2008 19:43

If you think that white colar crime results in a slap on the wrist, consider the recent sentencing decision in a case of mortgage fraud, in Georgia.  The Georgia United States Attorney reports that last week Adriene Newby-Allen was sentenced to 135 months imprisonment and ordered to pay...

From the NY Times

November 21, 2008 19:26

 Court Weighs How Juries Should Hear Lab Evidence.  Court Weighs How Juries Should Hear Lab Evidence. 

What if They Gave a WOD and Nobody Came?

Mark Bennett

November 21, 2008 19:07

The New York Times suggests a solution to the problem of insufficient funding for indigent defense: With states struggling to come up with financing for schools and hospitals, we fear politicians are unlikely to argue for significantly more money for public defenders’ offices. To solve the i...

John Marshall is in the HOUSE

John Marshall

November 21, 2008 19:06

It is always interesting when you are requested to give legal commentary.  I really got a kick Thursday when I received a call from a writer/researcher from the Fox television show House.  I could not help but appreciate the irony of being enlisted on such a dark show when my New...

Morton Ranch Cheerleaders Indicted

Matthew Skillern

November 21, 2008 18:35

The Harris County District Attorneys office has secured indictments of cheerleaders from Morton Ranch High School.  The Houston Chronicle reports that these indictments may be the first for Harris County under the 1995 anti-hazing law.  Everyone is applauding the Harris County...

How Would You Improve Voir Dire?

Anne Reed

November 21, 2008 18:15

On Tuesday, I reviewed "Building A Better Voir Dire," the article by Judge Gregory Mize and Paula Hannaford-Agor of the National Center for State Courts. The article challenged judges to work creatively to help the actual practice of jury selection live up to the ideals most of us share. Now it's...

Complexions @ Joyce Chelsea & Foniadakis’s Rite of Spring @ Joyce SoHo

Tonya Plank

November 21, 2008 17:53

(photo by Andrea Mohin, NYTimes, of Desmond Richardson and S. Epatha Merkerson, in “I Will Not Be Broken”) Sorry, am very behind again on my review posts — so busy with all manner of stuff to get done before Thanksgiving! Anyway, both of these two programs — Complexions...

Open Thread ... Sweet Merciful Friday

James Hart

November 21, 2008 17:26

Welcome to the Open Thread, our blog's space for off-topic comments and discussion. Feel free to post links if you've seen an interesting story somewhere else. Please sign your comments, and please avoid profanity, as well as racially and sexually...

Darold Ray Stenson

James Hart

November 21, 2008 17:25

From The AP: In this 2001 photo provided by the Washington State Dept. of Corrections, Darold Ray Stenson is shown. Stenson, who was convicted in 1994 of the 1993 murders of his wife Denise, and business partner Frank Hoerner, is...