ETKS partners discuss Flowers v. Mississippi on WXXI’s Connections
Partners Don Thompson and Bill Easton joined the host of WXXI’s Connections, Evan Dawson, on July 9, 2019 to discuss the impact of the recent United States Supreme Court Case Flowers v. Mississippi and their own experiences with the jury selection process in State and Federal Courts, specifically peremptory strikes and Batson challenges. To listen to the show in its entirety click on this...
read morePartner Bill Easton representing a capitally-charged defendant in the Northern District of New York
Bill Easton, together with the Federal Public Defender is representing William Wood, Jr. in the only capitally-authorized case in the Northern District of New York. See news coverage...
read morePartner Rhian Jones representing defendant in Irondequoit murder prosecution
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read moreAttorneys spar over high-profile “murder-for-hire” case that drew national attention
Oral arguments before the Appellate Division in the Thomas Clayton murder conviction appeal. Mr. Clayton is represented by ETKS partners Bill Easton and Brian Shiffrin, who argued before the Court. See the Democrat and Chronicle article and argument video...
read morePartner Brian Shiffrin to argue Thomas Clayton murder appeal
Democrat and Chronicle article...
read morePartner Don Thompson prevails on a constitutional speedy trial argument before the Second Circuit
In a formerly-capital Hobbs Act robbery/murder case, the Second Circuit affirmed the District Court’s decision dismissing all remaining counts of the indictment on constitutional speedy trial grounds after the conclusion of a nearly 3 month trial in the Western District of New York. Both lower and appellate courts faulted the government for taking 2 years 10 months to decide to not seek capital punishment, taking 2 years 9 months to supercede the original indictment...
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