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Justices to consider breadth of a federal defendant’s waiver of appeal

In Hunter v. United States, to be argued on Tuesday, March 3, the Supreme Court will address how broad federal defendants’ waivers of their right to appeal can be and […] The post Justices to consider ...

Court rules criminal defendants may be prohibited from discussing ongoing testimony with counsel during an overnight recess

When a trial court recesses a criminal trial during a defendant’s testimony, the court may order the defendant and his lawyer not to discuss that testimony during the break except when it is ...