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Author: Vincent Martin Bonventre is a professor at Albany Law School.

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Recent Posts from New York Court Watcher

Arizona Supreme Court: Few Divisions But Notable Revelations in Criminal Cases (Part 2: The Voting [Ideological] Spectrum)
Last week on the New York Court Watcher, we took a first look at the voting records of the Arizona justices in the 10 criminal decisions in which the high court was divided over the…
New Mexico Supreme Court: Split Spectrum in Criminal Cases (Part 1: Two + Two + One)
A review of the New Mexico Supreme Court's decisions over the past five years reveals that 41 of them divided the justices. That is, in 41 cases between August 1, 2003 and July 31, 2008,…
Arizona Supreme Court: Few Divisions But Notable Revelations in Criminal Cases (Part 1: The Court and the Chief)
As discussed previously on New York Court Watcher, the Arizona Supreme Court's decisions are divided very infrequently. (See Arizona and New Mexico Supreme Courts: Contrast in the Southwest, August 6, 2008.) In the past five…
New--and hopefully clearer--Graphs for "New York Court of Appeals: The Jones Factor in Criminal Cases (Part 2)"
The following two graphs are hopefully clearer than the one included in yesterday's post on the New York Court Watcher. (See New York Court of Appeals: The Jones Factor in Criminal Cases (Part 2) ,…
New York Court of Appeals: The Jones Factor in Criminal Cases (Part 2)
As discussed previously on the New York Court Watcher (see New York Court of Appeals: The Jones Factor in Criminal Cases, August 8, 2008), the decisional record of the New York Court of Appeals in…
Well, Not Exactly NOT "Scalito" Either
In earlier posts on the New York Court Watcher, some emerging distinctions between the voting and opinions of Justice Samuel Alito, on the one hand, and of Justice Antonin Scalia, on the other, were pointed…
New York Court of Appeals: The Jones Factor in Criminal Cases
The decisional record of New York’s highest court has shifted markedly in criminal cases since Judge Theodore Jones joined the seven member tribunal. That record has gone from distinctly pro-prosecution to distinctly pro-defendant. Since his…
Arizona and New Mexico Supreme Courts: Contrast in the Southwest
The sun, blue skies, dry heat, desert, mountains, canyons, plateaus, pine forests, red rock, gold aspens, and the sunsets---and lots else. These are common characteristics of the two states at the heart of the Southwest.…
Arizona and New Mexico Supreme Courts: Contrast in the Southwest (forthcoming)
Commentary about decisionmaking at the high courts of Arizona and New Mexico coming. See next post dated August 6, 2008.
Supreme Court's 5-4 Hottest Hot-Buttons: Decision By Ideological Division (Of Course!)
Look at the Court's most deeply divided decisions. The 5 to 4's on hot button issues. The votes are just what would be expected. Forget about judicial activism and restraint. Forget about strict or loose…