Syracuse University College of Law
The Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 58 was amended in 2014 to include subsection 58(b)(2)(H), which states: At the defendant’s initial appearance on a petty offense or other misdemeanor charge, the magistrate judge must...
Recent changes made to Federal Rule of Evidence 803 (6)-(8) became effective on December 1, 2014. The previous language of (6)-(8), operative prior to December 1, 2014, and the new language, effective since December...
Recent changes have been made to Federal Rules of Evidence 801, which focuses on exclusions from heresy. Statements defined as heresy are statements that a declarant did not make while testifying at the current...
As it currently stands, the text of FRCP 26(b)(1) states the following: “Parties may obtain discovery regarding any non-privileged matter that is relevant to any party’s claim or defense, including the existence, description, nature,...
This appeal stems from a negligence suit against the City of New York and the New York City Police Department (NYPD) and addresses what evidence is necessary to establish that a special relationship existed...
This appeal addresses whether a duplicity argument based on trial evidence must be preserved for appeal where the count is not duplicitous on the face of the indictment. The appellant/defendant, Terrell Allen (“defendant”), was...
Administrative Law / Article Archive / Court Watch / New York Court of Appeals / Zoning and Land Use
This appeal addresses the severability of a municipal ordinance section and the constitutionality of a content-neutral restriction on the posting of signs on public property. The defendant, On Sight Mobile Opticians, had placed a...
Article Archive / Civil Practice / Commercial Transactions / Court Watch / New York Court of Appeals / Real Property / Tort Law / Uncategorized
The issue decided in the case is whether a notice of mechanic’s lien can be amended nunc pro tunc to reflect the name of the true owner of the property or whether the misnomer...
Appellate Division, 4th Judicial Department / Article Archive / Civil Practice / Constitutional Law / Court Watch / Real Property
In this appeal, the Fourth Department examined whether the Court of Appeals decision in Rovello v. Orofino Reality Co., which held that under New York Civil Practice Law and Rules 3211(a)(7) “‘summary dismissal is...
This appeal involves a sixteen-year-old high school student that anonymously posted pictures of high school classmates and other adolescents with sexually explicit descriptions of their personal lives on Facebook. A police investigation revealed defendant...