Defendant in Press Gala Attack Charged With Attempting to Assassinate Trump

The defendant, Cole Tomas Allen, faces two counts of federal gun crimes and one of attempting to assassinate President Trump ...
SCOTUSblog

Argument preview: When a defendant in a capital case says “not guilty,” can his attorney say “guilty”?

In 2011, Robert McCoy was tried on three counts of first-degree murder for the 2008 shooting deaths of Christine and Willie Young – the mother and stepfather of McCoy’s estranged wife, Yolanda – and ...
JD Supra

US Supreme Court: 'Defendant’s Profits' Are Limited to Named Defendants Under the Lanham Act

Under the Lanham Act, a plaintiff who prevails on a trademark infringement claim may be entitled to recover the “defendant’s profits” as damages. The Supreme Court in Dewberry Group, Inc. v. Dewberry ...
The Hill

Black defendant to receive new trial after white judge said he ‘looks like a criminal’

A Black defendant has received a new trial in a Michigan court after a district judge, who is white, said that the defendant “looks like a criminal.” The Washington Post reported that in a 3-0 ...
Reason

When Can Defendant Pleading Self-Defense Introduce Evidence of Alleged Attacker's Past Violent Acts?

From People v. Guerra, decided today by New York's high court: We are asked once again to discard the rule recognized in People v. Rodawald (N.Y. 1904) and People v. Miller (N.Y. 1976) that ...
SCOTUSblog

Jan. 6 defendant asks Supreme Court to throw out obstruction charge

The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on April 16 in the case of a former police officer from Pennsylvania who entered the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attacks. Joseph Fischer, who was charged ...
JD Supra

The Culpable Co-Defendant Problem: How to Preserve Your Client’s Defenses After a Culpable Co-Defendant Files a Motion for Summary Judgment in California State Court

Defense attorneys involved in California multi-defendant product liability lawsuits are familiar with the challenge of properly balancing the need to preserve their clients’ defenses with the ...
The National Law Review

Plaintiff and Defendant Are “Prevailing Parties” in Same Action

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Slate

When Can a Defendant Be Tried in Absentia?

Cosmetics heir Andrew Luster, who skipped out on a rape trial in January, was captured yesterday in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. He had been convicted in absentia and sentenced to 124 years in prison.