Wednesday Legal News Round Up
Notable legal news and views from around the legal world: The AP reports that the U.S. government has agreed to remove over 50 decaying military ships from a California bay […]
Criminal Law
Judge finds Bush Administration illegally wiretapped phone conversation between Islamic charity and lawyers
The Contra Costa Times reports: A federal judge ruled Wednesday that government investigators illegally wiretapped the phone conversations of an Islamic charity and two American lawyers without a search warrant. […]
California Court of Appeal Affirms Greg Haidl Sexual Assault Conviction
The AP reports: A California appeals court has affirmed the sexual-assault conviction of the son of a former Orange County assistant sheriff and two friends in the videotaped sex assault […]
CA Supreme Court to Hear First Amendment Challenge to California’s Law Protecting Winesses from Threats of Retaliation
The Metropolitan News-Enterprise reports: The California Supreme Court unanimously agreed yesterday to hear a First Amendment overbreadth challenge to a statute making it a crime to threaten retaliation against a […]
Chelsea’s Law
The A.P. reports: The parents of a 17-year-old girl who was killed after vanishing in a park began campaigning Tuesday for a law that aims to strengthen oversight of child […]
United States v. Gonzalez
Via Ninth Circuit Blog comes a recent order from the Ninth Circuit denying rehearing in United States v. Gonzalez concerning the application of a new search and seizure decision by […]
U.S. Supreme Court rejects legal challenge to California prosecutors’ use of videotapes as victim impact evidence
The LA Times reports: Over the objection of three justices, the Supreme Court turned down appeals today from two Los Angeles murderers who said it was unfair that a videotape […]
O.J. Simpson’s Motion for New Trial Denied
The AP reports: O.J. Simpson was denied a new trial Friday by the Nevada judge who presided over his conviction in the gunpoint robbery of two sports memorabilia dealers in […]
City of LA pledges funds to clear backlog of untested rape kits
The Daily Breeze reports: Pressured by the city auditor and women’s groups, Los Angeles city officials pledged Tuesday to spend $2.5 million a year to clear up a backlog of […]
O.J. Simpson held in isolation
The AP reports: O.J. Simpson is being isolated from other prisoners for his own safety, and is focusing on a motion for new trial and a strong bid for appellate […]
Grand Jury indicts Ralphs managers for falsifying labor records during strike
The LA Times reports: A federal grand jury has indicted eight former and current Ralphs Grocery Co. executives and managers on 23 counts arising from a bitter Southern California supermarket […]
Hearings held over U.S. policy of warrantless border search and seizure of laptops
Yahoo! Tech reports: Miffed that, if you return home from travel overseas, U.S. Customs can decide to search, and even seize, all the files on your computer, your camera, and […]