Citing a growing concern about potential jurors who conceal criminal convictions in order to qualify to serve on a panel, a New Jersey prosecutor is seeking court permission to perform…
A former court clerk was sentenced by an Iowa judge to a 10-year prison term after entering a no-contest plea to four counts of first-degree theft in the middle of…
The latest lawyers for a onetime billionaire—whose legal representation has been a revolving door for a dozen or so attorneys—are seeking court permission to withdraw less than two weeks before…
A public defender in Florida is seeking the dismissal of six criminal cases, contending that the defendants were arrested during the filming of a “voyeuristic reality television show” by Broward…
Updated: Ruling on statutory grounds, Maryland’s top court has held that indigent defendants have a right to state-provided legal representation at bail hearings.
Clerks for a Missouri judge handled a number of her cases while she was in China on vacation for 10 days in October, dismissing five, issuing as many as 18…
Dr. Conrad Murray, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson, has asked for appointed counsel to handle his appeal, on the basis that he is…
A power outage in South Florida’s busy Broward County forced court clerks, sheriff’s deputies and lawyers, among others, to work in practically prehistoric conditions without computers or email for at…
Mistakes by defense lawyers in more than 125 capital murder trials in Pennsylvania led to overturned convictions or new hearings over the last three decades, amounting to nearly a third…
A Louisiana criminal defense lawyer with a reputation for being feisty and abrasive has lost a federal civil rights lawsuit he filed over a December 2009 scuffle with deputies in…
The ABA has filed an amicus brief in Maryland’s highest court supporting the appointment of counsel for indigents at bail and pretrial release proceedings.
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