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Criminal Law : Lesser-Included Offense – Voluntary Manslaughter – Recusal
State v. Payne (MLW No. 68854/Case No. ED101948 – 10 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Dowd, J.)
Criminal Law : Sentencing – Supervised Release – Recusal
U.S. v. Martin (MLW No. 66604/Case No. 14-1120 – 7 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Benton, J.)
Criminal Law : Judges – Recusal
U.S. v. Melton (MLW No. 65885/Case No. 12-4008 – 6 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Shepherd, J.)
Civil Practice : Sanctions Proceedings – Recusal – Due Process
Isaacson v. Manty (MLW No. 65289/Case No. 12-2384 – 11 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Colloton, J.)
Criminal Law: Recusal – Money Laundering – Sufficiency Of Evidence
U.S. v. Rubashkin (MLW No. 62787/Case No. 10-2487/3580 – 32 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Murphy, J.)
Jurors increasingly seek recusal for financial hardship
The nation’s economic crisis has a new victim: juries. Jurors are increasingly requesting recusal from service based on financial hardship due to the current economy. Anne W. Reed, a trial lawyer and jury consultant in Milwaukee, recently saw the impact of this trend. On the first day of jury selection for a trial, Reed said […]
Latest Opinion Digests
- Immigration: Asylum-Withholding of Removal-Appellate Jurisdiction
- Criminal Law: Child Pornography-Bottom-of-Guidelines Sentence-Substantive Reasonableness of Sentence
- Criminal Law: Child Abuse-Sufficiency Of Evidence-Closing Argument
- Civil Rights: Religious Freedom-RLUIPA-Res Judicata
- Civil Practice: Res Judicata-Stop Work Order
- Immigration: Drug Conviction-Removability-Overbreadth of State Offense
- Civil Practice: Asset Forfeiture-Sanctions
- Civil Rights: Due Process-Failure to State Claim
- Probate : Revocable Trust – Amendment – Reformation
- Employer – Employee : Unpaid Commissions – At-Will Status
- Criminal Law : Post-Conviction Relief – Effectiveness Of Counsel – Conflict Of Interest
- Appellate Practice : Jurisdiction – Final Judgment
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