Bad punWelp. There’s a lot of catchin’ up to do. We’ll do August a little bit scattered-like.We’ll start with an entry order issued on August 9, 2022. Defendant appeals the trial court’s order holding him without bail on attempted murder and felon-in-possession-of-a-firearm charges in connection with
DeucesBy Andy DelaneySCOTUS issued a whopper yesterday and we’ll leave it at that. SCOV’s offering from yesterday is far more mundane. As we all know, jurisdiction matters. No jurisdiction? No case. Here, defendant was tried and convicted. He sent a
‘Nuff said. By Andy DelaneyAs you might have guessed (or not), there were no opinions the past couple of weeks. But one issued Friday. I opened the link thinking we were going to be talking about medical negligence due to
Bonk!By Andy DelaneyThree opinions issued this Friday the 13th. First up is a likely future bar exam question dealing with real estate. Back in the ‘50s, some folks deeded property to the Town of Albany for the purpose of
Think the opposite in opinion twoBy Andy DelaneyI’ve actually got the ‘rona right now, so I have a good excuse for skipping last week’s update. SCOV issued two opinions yesterday, May 6, 2022. The first is about the terms of a
There’s a bad Spanish lawyer joke here–not quite a pun but closeBy Andy Delaney Hmm. I thought I was going to write about one opinion today, but there are two, so I’ll halve my effort. This means two mediocre summaries
Now here’s a homonymBy Andy DelaneyOne case on April 8th. It involves comity, which I’m not embarrassed to admit, I had to look up. In this context, comity means respecting the authority of or deferring to other courts—even family
A different kind of “bale”By Andy Delaney One off-schedule published entry order a week seems to be the late-March theme at SCOV. This case is also an appeal from a hold-without-bail order—or as I understand they call it in the
