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No legislative session in recent memory produced as many significant changes in the criminal justice system as the session that ended in June. For the first time in a half century, New York has approved a set of sweeping reforms to the State’s criminal justice system that will limit the setting of monetary bail, expand … Continued

The Article 81 guardian plays a unique role when the incapacitated person (also known as “the ward”) is suffering from a mental illness and requires admission to a hospital for inpatient psychiatric care. As rates of mental illness continue to climb and more of these individuals who suffer from such an illness find themselves in … Continued

FIRST DEPARTMENT CRIMINAL LAW, JUDGES NEW YORK STATE BAR ASSOCIATION Serving the legal profession and the community since 1876 THE JUDGE ASKED THE JUROR WHETHER HE COULD DISREGARD A POLICE OFFICER’S TESTIMONY IF HE FELT THE OFFICER WAS LYING AND THE JUROR SAID HE COULD; THE QUESTION AND ANSWER DID NOT PROVIDE AN UNEQUIVOCAL ASSURANCE … Continued