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Tag Archives: Supreme Court of the United States
Deport or Court? Defendants Seek to Take Back Criminal Pleas Based on Bad Immigration Advice | The Wenatchee World | 11/27/12
With recent Washington Supreme Court and U.S. Supreme Court decisions on their side, all three petitioned Chelan County Superior Court to vacate their pleas and re-try their cases, saying their defense attorneys didn’t properly inform them that their inform them … Continue reading
Forced Blood Test in Drunk Driving Case Gets Court Review | Businessweek.com | Greg Stohr | 9/25/12
In the case of Missouri v. McNeely, 11-1425, the U.S. Supreme Courtwill consider and rule in the nine-month term that starts in October 2012. The Court will decide whether police must get a search warrant before forcing a drunken driving … Continue reading
Law Firms Win Right to Charge $35000-an-Hour in Class Action Suit | NewsMax.com | Thomson/Reuters |9/21/12
The law firms Prickett, Jones & Elliott of Wilmington and Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check of Radnor, Pennsylvania are two firms were poised to collect a blockbuster $305 million in legal fees for their work on a lawsuit, after Delaware’s … Continue reading
Next Law To Go Is Pa.’s Voter ID | Philly.com | 9/5/12
The Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court convenes in Philadelphia Sept. 13 to consider whether the state’s restrictive voter-ID law violates citizens’ rights. The declared intent of voter-ID laws in 10 states is to prevent voter impersonation at polling places. But Pennsylvania stipulated … Continue reading
IA Sentences Commuted By Governor: Reduces Life Sentences of 38 Juvenile Murderers | Reuters | Andrew Stern | 7/16/12
(Reuters) – Iowa Governor Terry Branstad on Monday said no current inmate convicted of murder as a juvenile would be released before the age of 74*, a move prompted by a Supreme Court ruling that youths cannot receive mandatory life … Continue reading
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