1701 ABA Journal Criminal Procedure articles.
An Indiana appellate court has tossed a man’s conviction for a quadruple murder, saying the trial judge should have granted the defendant’s speedy trial motion to dismiss the case.
The…
Apr 9, 2008 12:19 PM CDT
Lawyer/journalist Allison Hope Weiner may have thought she was getting a scoop when she exited a Los Angeles courtroom during a break in the racketeering…
Apr 3, 2008 9:06 PM CDT
An Atlanta judge who told white lawyers to leave his courtroom so he could lecture African-American defendants last week now says he regrets the move.
“In retrospect, it was a…
Apr 2, 2008 7:04 PM CDT
A former Oregon man who was jailed for sex abuse, but never actually indicted is suing state authorities for $3.5 million.
The federal suit filed in Portland arises from an…
Apr 1, 2008 10:49 PM CDT
The jail in Hamilton County, Ohio, is already overcrowded. But that didn’t stop a local municipal court judge from setting a $1 million bond for Gary Weaver. So what is…
Apr 1, 2008 6:13 PM CDT
Bolstered by support from the legislature, prosecutors in Georgia are mounting a full assault against the state’s system of judicial review panels that, in some cases, reduced prison terms.
The…
Mar 31, 2008 5:34 PM CDT
The Kansas Supreme Court has struck down arrest warrants in seven rape cases—reportedly the first in the country to charge someone’s DNA with a crime.
In its ruling Friday, the…
Mar 31, 2008 4:17 PM CDT
With a decision that came as a surprise to both sides, a federal judge in Brooklyn ruled Thursday that the son of a reputed Gambino consigliere can’t represent his father…
Mar 28, 2008 9:00 PM CDT
A majority of the justices on the U.S. Supreme Court appear to support the idea that judges can bar mentally ill defendants from representing themselves, even if they are deemed…
Mar 27, 2008 11:54 AM CDT
Tyrone Jones didn’t have much time to celebrate after a Connecticut jury acquitted him of murder Tuesday.
The next day, the judge in the murder case sent Jones to prison…
Mar 20, 2008 6:34 PM CDT
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled a trial court erred when it allowed a prosecutor to remove a black juror partly on the ground that he appeared nervous.
The prosecutor,…
Mar 19, 2008 3:03 PM CDT
A Kentucky judge who had an unwritten no-objections policy as far as prosecutors in his courtroom were concerned is going to have to reverse course.
A Jefferson County Circuit Court…
Mar 11, 2008 10:52 PM CDT
After repeated press accounts about charges that Richard “Dickie” Scruggs conspired to bribe a judge, the plaintiffs lawyer finally has some good news.
A federal judge…
Mar 3, 2008 12:57 PM CST
Weighing in on an issue that has created concern among lawyers, journalists and human rights advocates, among others, the American Bar Association has filed a U.S. Supreme Court amicus brief…
Mar 1, 2008 2:43 AM CST
The president of the American Bar Association has written the president of the United States, expressing concern that six terrorism suspects detained at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay…
Feb 28, 2008 7:55 PM CST
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