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Glanville denied the motion [66] and the trial was paused on July 1 until a higher court ruled on the recusal. [67] Two weeks later, Glanville was recused and the trial resumed under the direction of Shukura L. Ingram. [68] [11] Ingram recused herself three days later, citing "an improper relationship between a defendant and one of her former ...
Author: USDOJ: Short title: The United States Department of Justice; Image title: Amerithrax Investigative Summary Released Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act
Kimbrough v. United States, 552 U.S. 85 (2007), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court confirmed that federal district judges utilize, in an advisory (not as law) fashion, Federal Sentencing Guidelines, in cases involving conduct related to possession, distribution, and manufacture of crack cocaine.
The defendant Anthony Faretta was accused of grand theft in Los Angeles County, California. Well before the trial began, the defendant requested permission to represent himself. Questioning by the judge revealed that he had once represented himself in a criminal case and that he believed that the public defender's office was under a heavy case ...
Court restrictions barring two pretrial criminal defendants from possessing guns were constitutional, a federal court ruled Monday. Firearm restrictions on defendants awaiting trial are ...
The defendants, Erol Incedal (initially known as AB) and Mounir Rarmoul-Bouhadjar (CD), were arrested on Mansell Street, Tower Hamlets, on 13 October 2013 at 7 pm.Two further arrests were made as part of the same operation, one in Peckham and the other in Notting Hill, but neither resulted in charges.
Of the other nine defendants, six pleaded guilty, two died before trial (Frank Saladino and Michael Ricci), and one (Frank "The German" Schweihs [sic]) was too ill to stand trial. [1] Calabrese Sr., was represented by Joe "the Shark" Lopez, who, in 2023, would be suspended from practicing in federal court for ethical violations for 6 months and ...
The Court had recognized these two rights on competency for some time. In Dusky v.United States, 362 U.S. 402 (1960), and in Drope v. Missouri, 420 U.S. 162 (1975), the Court established the standard for competency to stand trial—the defendant must have a "rational and factual understanding" of the nature of the proceedings, and must be able to rationally assist his lawyer in defending him.