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New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library

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Gun Control Group: 30,000 Weapons Missing in Dealer Counts

Posted on June 19, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, June, 19, 2008. "More than 30,000 firearms are unaccounted for in gun dealers' inventories nationwide, charges the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence. The New York Times reports on a study by the group that says its finding most likely undercounts the missing firearms, because data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, are drawn from the inspections that involved 10,000 dealers, one-sixth of the nation's total...

Why Didn't Witnesses Stop Public Fatal Beating of 2 Year Old?

Posted on June 19, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, June 19, 2008. "The town of Turlock, Ca., was shocked when a 27- year-old man beat and stomped his 2-year-old son to death on a rural road. What was nearly as stunning for many people was that none of the motorists and their passengers who stopped and saw the attack tried to tackle the man, says the San Francisco Chronicle...

Judge: Inmate Gets Vegan Diet Under Federal Religious Bias Law

Posted on June 19, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, June 19, 2008. "A federal judge found that the Massachusetts prison system violated an inmate's civil rights by denying him a vegan diet, reports the Boston Globe. The ruling came in a case filed by Daniel Yeboah-Sefah, who is serving a life term for beating his 5-week-old son to death and attacking the baby's mother...

Mentally Ill Defendant May Be Forced To Have Lawyer: US Supreme Court

Posted on June 19, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, June 19, 2008. "States may require a criminal defendant who suffers from a mental illness to have a lawyer, rather than allowing the individual to act as his own defense counsel, even when the individual is competent enough to be tried, the Supreme Court ruled today, according to ScotusBlog...

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Senators Would Add FBI Agents For Mortgage Fraud, Internet

Posted on June 19, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, June 19, 2008. "Key U.S. senators have moved to increase the number of FBI agents investigating mortgage fraud and Internet predators, rebuffing a request by President Bush to pay for no new special agents in the bureau's crime-fighting squads, reports the Seattle Post-Intelligencer...

Legislators, Auditors Check Favoritism in Federal Anticrime Grants

Posted on June 19, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, June 19, 2008. "Lawmakers and Justice Department auditors are examining millions of dollars in crime-fighting grants awarded by the agency last year to determine whether personal ties may have influenced the process, the Washington Post reports...

How Trustworthy Are State-Level Primary Legal Resources on the Web?

Posted on June 19, 2008
Source: Lexology, June 11, 2008. How trustworthy are state-level primary legal resources on the web?"The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) published the State-by-State Report on Authentication of Online Legal Resources (Authentication Report) that answers this very important and timely question...

U.S. House Passes Data Security Legislation

Posted on June 19, 2008
Source: Lexology, June, 19, 2008. House passes data security legislationBlank Rome LLP"On June 3, the Federal Agency Protection Act, H.R. 4791, passed the House by voice vote under suspension of the rules."

Facebook Users Would Switch Banks for Web 2.0 Services Says Survey

Posted on June 19, 2008
Source:Lexology, June 19,2007. Facebook users would switch banks for Web 2.0 services, says surveyPinsent Masons"One in four Facebook users would consider leaving their bank to be able to obtain online banking through Web 2.0 gadgets, according to research published today...

Software Was Sold. Not Licensed Says US Court

Posted on June 19, 2008
Source: Lexology, June 19, 2008. Software was sold, not licensed, says US courtPinsent Masons"A Seattle man is free to sell second-hand software on eBay, a US court has said."

Verizon Releases Data Breach Investigation Report

Posted on June 19, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, June 19, 2008. Verizon Releases Data Breach Investigation Report "The Verizon Business Investigative Response team recently released a report detailing the facts and figures associated with system breaches from more than 500 cases over the past 4 years...

Dell to Charge A Fee For Pre-Installing XP On PC's

Posted on June 19, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, June 19, 2008. Dell To Charge A Fee For Pre-Installing XP On PCs"The computer maker says it will charge $20 to $50 to customers to participate in Microsoft's Vista-to-XP downgrade licensing program."

Indianapolis Police Chief Plans Polygraph Tests

Posted on June 18, 2008
Source: Crime & Justice News "Allegations that three of Indianapolis police officers used their badges to steal from drug dealers prompted Chief Michael Spears to announce plans for random polygraph tests on all narcotics investigators, reports the Indianapolis Star...

More Than 115,000 Florida Felons Regain Civil Rights

Posted on June 18, 2008
Source: Crime & Justice News "More than 115,000 people with felony records have regained their civil rights in the 14 months since he pushed for changes in Florida's civil rights restoration system, reports the St. Petersburg Times...

U.S. Criminal Cases Against Immigrants Reach Record High

Posted on June 18, 2008
Source: Crime & Justice News "Federal criminal prosecutions of immigrants surged to a record high in March, as immigration cases accounted for the majority - 57 percent - of new federal criminal cases brought nationwide, said a Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC) report quoted by the New York Times...

LAW.COM Newswire Highlights

Posted on June 18, 2008
News articles listed below can be viewed in full text by first clicking on the Law.Com Newsfeed on the left side and then scrolling down to the appropriate article. If the article you are searching does not appear go to the top of the screen and click on Law...

New York Law Journal Lead Articles

Posted on June 18, 2008
If you are already an online subscriber to New York Law Journal you should be able to click on any of the links provided below, sign in, and access the full text of articles listed Click here to go to www.nylj.com State Seeks Time to Review Post-Release Supervision Data Subscription Required Free: Ex-Milberg Partners Sue Convicted Leaders for Breach of Financial Duty Financier Who Stole From Retirees Given Prison Term of 5 to 15 Years Subscription Required Newsbriefs Subscription Required

New York Law Journal Decisions of Interest

Posted on June 18, 2008
If you are already an online subscriber to this service you should be able to click on any of the links provided below, sign in, and access any of the decisions listed which interest you. Click here to go to www.nylj.com Ricci, plaintiffs-appellants v...

U.S. Supreme Court To Rule On Key Domestic Violence Evidence Case

Posted on June 17, 2008
Source:Crime and Justice News, June 17, 2008. "Can a man who admitted killing his girlfriend, but who claims he did so in self-defense, prevent a jury from hearing her reports to the police that she feared for her life? The Los Angeles Times says the Supreme Court is due to decide that question in a case that has alarmed advocates for victims of domestic violence...

Familial DNA Searching Expands As Crime Fighting Technique

Posted on June 17, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, June 17, 2008. "What do you tell a detective who says you are genetically related to a criminal and wants to know who you think it might be? So asks the St. Louis Post- Dispatch, saying that investigators may soon routinely trace suspects using their relatives' DNA - a technique that could solve more crimes but that causes critics to fear for innocent people's privacy...

Courts Ban Terms Like "Victim" "Crime Scene" From Trials

Posted on June 17, 2008
Source:Crime and Justice News, June 17, 2008. "An increasing number of courts are prohibiting witnesses and victims from uttering certain words in front of a jury, banning everything from the words 'rape' to ''victim' to 'crime scene,' says the National Law Journal...

U.S. Asset Forfeiture Seizures Triple To $1.6 Billion

Posted on June 17, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, June 17, 2008. "Every year, about $12 billion in drug profits returns to Mexico from the U.S., the world's largest narcotics market. Law enforcement pursues that drug money and is then allowed to keep a portion as an incentive to fight crime...

Many Police Departments Now Getting Tips By Text Message

Posted on June 17, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, June 17, 2008. "Anonymous crime tips increasingly are coming to police by text message, says USA Today. The Louisville police department has joined the growing number of cities using text messaging in an attempt to build on the success of phone tip lines and connect to a generation of texters...

New York Appellate Criminal Cases Originating from the New York Supreme Court NY County

Posted on June 17, 2008
In order to comply with subscription agreements you will need to use your own Westlaw password to view the full text of cases listed below: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 1. The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v...

Terms of Use Creates Valid Contract- New York Attorney General's Claims Against Adware Vendor Dismissed

Posted on June 17, 2008
Source: Lexology,June 17, 2008. Terms of use creates valid contract - Attorney General?s claims against adware vendor dismissedHogan & Hartson LLP"A New York trial court relied in large part on an online End User License Agreement (EULA) to dismiss the New York Attorney General?s deceptive and illegal business practices case against Direct Revenue, a distributor of a downloadable adware...

How Trustworthy Are State-Level Primary Legal Resources On the Web?

Posted on June 17, 2008
The following is a link to my article describing and updating initiatives of the American Association of Law Libraries and their Access to Electronic Legal Information (AELIC) Committee regarding state-by-state authentication of online legal resources...

Dell Launches Storage Array With 2.5 Inch Drives

Posted on June 17, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, June 17, 2008. Dell Launches Storage Array With 2.5-Inch Drives"The PowerVault MD1120 delivers twice the I/O performance per 1U system as a similar device with 3.5-inch drives".

Millouri Mom To Be Arraigned On Cyberbullying Charges

Posted on June 17, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, June 17, 2008. Missouri Mom To Be Arraigned On Cyberbullying Charges Related To Teen's Suicide"The indictment marks the first time that a social networking site user has faced federal charges related to accessing protected computers for harassment...

Microsoft Unveils Operating System For Portable Navigation Devices

Posted on June 17, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily June 17, 2008. Microsoft Unveils OS For Portable Navigation Devices"Windows Embedded NavReady 2009 includes technologies for connecting PNDs to online services, mobile phones, and Windows-based PCs."

List of Selected U.S. Federal Documents from Gallerywatch.com

Posted on June 17, 2008
Selected federal documents below from Gallery Watch.com may include references to government reporrts, Congressional letters, draft bills, and other primary source materials. Documents listed are accessible through subscription to the GalleryWatch...

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