4151 ABA Journal Sentencing/Post Conviction articles.
May 14, 2021 10:20 AM CDT
Trump-boosting fake lawyer sentenced to prison
A Tennessee man who founded Students for Trump has been sentenced to 13 months in prison for posing as an elite lawyer and taking…
May 13, 2021 4:19 PM CDT
Judge tosses NRA bankruptcy petition
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Harlin D. “Cooter” Hale of Dallas has dismissed a Chapter 11 petition filed by the National Rifle Association in its bid…
May 11, 2021 4:32 PM CDT
May 11, 2021 12:36 PM CDT
A controversial federal judge in Houston has been booted from a case once again by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals at New Orleans. The federal appeals court said U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes had a “fixed and inflexible view of the case.”
May 10, 2021 10:25 AM CDT
May 6, 2021 10:25 AM CDT
Former Minneapolis police officer seeks new trial
Lawyers have filed a motion seeking a new trial for Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the May…
May 5, 2021 4:41 PM CDT Search of Giuliani’s home is ‘legal thuggery,’ his lawyer says Federal agents searched lawyer Rudy Giuliani’s New York City apartment and office early Wednesday. Giuliani’s lawyer, Robert Costello, told the…
Apr 28, 2021 4:25 PM CDT Coca-Cola GC who backed diversity initiative leaves job Bradley Gayton has resigned from his post as general counsel at Coca-Cola to become a “strategic consultant” to the company. Gayton Apr 22, 2021 11:43 AM CDT Apr 21, 2021 10:25 AM CDT Apr 19, 2021 12:06 PM CDT Apr 19, 2021 9:32 AM CDT Paul Hastings, Sheppard Mullin provide special bonuses to staff and paralegals As many large firms continue to reward young lawyers for their work in the past year, Paul Hastings and…
Apr 16, 2021 2:12 PM CDT Apr 16, 2021 10:28 AM CDTAfternoon briefs: Search of Giuliani’s home is ‘legal thuggery,’ says his lawyer; top legal officer earns $50.9M
Afternoon Briefs: Coca-Cola GC leaves after 8 months; wrongly jailed man challenges $4K bill for confinement
Juvenile can get life without parole for murder without finding of permanent incorrigibility, Supreme Court rules
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a defendant can be sentenced to life without parole for a homicide committed as a juvenile without a separate finding of permanent incorrigibility.
After Chauvin’s conviction on all counts, what will his appeal look like?
An appeal is “a virtual certainty” following the conviction Tuesday of fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for killing George Floyd with a knee to his neck, according to USA Today.
Can opening-the-door evidence doctrine violate the confrontation clause? SCOTUS will decide
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether trial testimony for a criminal defendant can open the door to rebuttal evidence that would otherwise be barred by the confrontation clause.
Judge rules retirement accounts of former BigLaw lawyer can be tapped for $10.4M restitution order
A federal judge in New York City has ruled against a former income partner with Katten Muchin Rosenman in the federal government’s bid to garnish his retirement accounts to help pay a $10.4 million restitution order.
Afternoon Briefs: 2 firms give special bonuses; immigrant leaves church sanctuary for first time in 3 years
Texas court tosses sentence of state’s longest-serving death row inmate
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has overturned the sentence of the state’s longest-serving death row inmate.
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