Defense attorneys in Chicago have moved to dismiss cases on the basis that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (the ATF) violated the equal protection clause by targeting people of color for its fake stash house sting cases. The Federal Defenders, CJA Panel attorneys, and the Federal Criminal Justice Clinic at the University … Read more
The Second Circuit didn’t decide any criminal cases today. But for your daily dose of criminal justice info, check out this new report about the views of crime victims on incarceration and punishment. A study by the Alliance for Safety and Justice found that the vast majority of crime victims would prefer that the criminal … Read more
Today the Circuit amended its decision in Blow v. United States, No. 16-1530 (Katzmann, chief judge; Wesley and Hall, circuit judges). It added a single line at the end of the opinion to say that the district judge has discretion to proceed on Blow’s 2255 petition and is not required to hold the petition in … Read more
In the first opinion of its kind, SDNY Judge William A. Pauley suppressed evidence obtained through the warrantless use of a stingray device. You can read Judge Pauley’s opinion in United States v. Lambis here. The New York Times has coverage of the case here.
The Second Circuit did not issue any decisions in criminal matters today.
“Serious nonhomicide crimes may be devastating in their harm[,] but in terms of moral depravity and of the injury to the person and to the public, they cannot be compared to murder in their severity and irreovocability.” So said the Second Circuit today in United States v. Brown, No. 13-1706-cr (June 14, 2016) (quoting the … Read more
No criminal cases were decided by the Circuit today. But there is an interesting civil case resulting from the plaintiff’s arrest by NYPD detectives, on charges that were later dismissed. The plaintiff brought a civil suit against the defendants — several named NYPD detectives — under 42 U.S.C.§ 1983 . The case is Figueroa v. … Read more
The Court did not issue any decisions in criminal cases today.
The Second Circuit did not issue any criminal decisions today.
Nothing relevant from the Second Circuit today.