People v Smith, from the Court of Appeals yesterday
by Jill Paperno, First Assistant Public Defender and author of Representing the Accused: A Practical Guide to Criminal Defense Among some of yesterday’s disappointing Court of Appeals decisions there is one that can be useful to us – People v. Smith, et. al. The Court recognized that police officers may be cross-examined about their tortious conduct in other situations, as described below. Sadly, although the Court recognized error on the part of the trial...
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Attached below is a checklist of trial objections prepared by Jill Paperno, First Assistant Public Defender and author of Representing the Accused: A Practical Guide to Criminal Defense Trial Objections...
read morePartner Bill Easton walked Rachael Casey out of prison
With the assistance of the Cornell Law School Innocence Clinic, partner Bill Easton was able to walk Rachel Casey out of prison last week. Casey was convicted of arson and murder in connection with a fire that killed her infant daughter. Her appeal was based primarily on a lack of scientific evidence to back the arson claim. In 2012, Casey’s lawyers argued in Steuben County Court that the conviction should be voided because the original court-appointed defense...
read moreRhian Jones scheduled to speak on “Best Practices for Initiating and Defending Contempt Proceedings” at Family Law Update 2016
Rhian Jones, of counsel, is scheduled to speak with Judge Kohout on “Best Practices for Initiating and Defending Contempt Proceedings” at the Family Law Update 2016 Continuing Legal Education Seminar presented by the NYS Defenders Association and the Monroe County Public Defender’s Office. The CLE will be on Saturday, June 11, 2016, at the Radisson Hotel Rochester Airport, 175 Jefferson...
read moreJudge Telesca allows bulk of Freddie Peacock’s constitutional and civil rights claims against City of Rochester to proceed
An article was published in today’s New York Law Journal on Judge Michael Telesca’s remarkable decision Peacock vs. City of Rochester, a civil rights action following Mr. Peacock’s wrongful conviction and subsequent exoneration through the efforts of the Innocence Project and ETKS. Mr. Peacock is represented by partner Don Thompson and Neufeld Scheck & Brustin attorneys Nick Brustin and Danielle Hamilton. Western District Judge Michael Telesca ruled that Freddie Peacock may proceed to...
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