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New York Criminal Law Newsletter
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Criminal Law Newsletter 
Cover ImageThe New York Criminal Law Newsletter  features updates on Section activities, recent cases and articles about current issues. Edited by Spiros A. Tsimbinos, Esq., the New York Criminal Law Newsletter is published quarterly by the Criminal Justice Section and distributed to Section Members free of charge.

The New York Criminal Law Newsletter is published as a benefit for members of the Criminal Justice Section and is copyrighted by the New York State Bar Association. The copying, reselling, duplication, transferring, reproducing, reusing, retaining or reprinting of this Newsletter is strictly prohibited without permission. © New York State Bar Association. All rights reserved.
ISSN 1549-4063 (print)    ISSN 1933-8600 (online)

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Inside the Current Issue

(Fall 2009)

Message from the Chair
(James J. Subjack)

Message from the Editor
(Spiros A. Tsimbinos)

Feature Articles

New 2009 Drug Crime Legislation—Drug Law Reform Act of 2009
(Barry Kamins)

Is Life Imprisonment Without Parole for Juvenile Offenders Who Have Committed Non-Homicide Crimes Unconstitutional? An Analysis and a Prediction
(Spiros A. Tsimbinos)

New York Court of Appeals Review

A Summary of the 2008 Report of the Clerk of the New York Court of Appeals

Recent United States Supreme Court Decisions Dealing with Criminal Law and Recent Supreme Court News

Cases of Interest in the Appellate Divisions

For Your Information

  • State District Attorneys Express Concerns Over Recent Modifications in Drug Crime Sentencing
  • New State Budget Provides for Caps on Criminal Caseloads
  • Chief Judge Lippman Returns Greater Authority to Local Administrative Judges
    Governor Paterson Announces Further Appointments to the Appellate Division
  • Federal Caseload Declines in New York but Increases on a National Level
  • National Salary Survey
  • The Lawyer’s Fund for Client Protection Issues 2008 Annual Report
  • Indigent Defense Services Experiencing Hard Times
  • Salary Inequalities Continue to Exist
  • Recommendations of Wrongful Convictions Task Force Approved by House of Delegates
  • Chief Judge Lippman Appoints Task Force on Wrongful Convictions
  • State Bar Association Announces New Criminal Law Publication
  • Bill Introduced to Provide a Defendant’s Right to Appear Before an Attorney Justice in a Town or Village Court
  • Chief Judge Lippman to Review Criminal Leave Applications
  • Final Analysis of 2008 Presidential Election Confirms Historically High Turnout of Black Voters
  • Commission on Judicial Conduct Reports Increase in Complaints
  • New York City Council Sets 2010 Fiscal Budget for Prosecutors and Legal Aid Society
  • Census Bureau Report Indicates Changing Population Trends
  • Governor Announces No Judicial Pay Increases Until Economy Improves, but Appellate Division, First Department, Orders Pay Increases
  • Judge Wood Resigns as Chief Judge of the Southern District Court
  • Judge Kaye Elected Chair of Judicial Nomination Commission
  • 2008 FBI Statistics
  • Appellate Divisions Begin Suspensions of Attorneys for Failure to Register
  • Weak Economy Leads to Higher Foreclosure Rate and Increasing Unemployment
  • Senate Judiciary Committee Reviews Disciplinary Procedures
  • U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Operating with Several Vacancies
  • Healthful Hints
  • U.S. Faces Wide Generational Gap

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Past Issues

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Searchable Index (2003-present)

Fall 2009, Vol. 7, No. 4 (PDF)
Summer 2009 (Vol. 7, No. 3) (PDF)
Spring 2009 (Vol. 7, No. 2) (PDF)
Winter 2009 (Vol. 7, No. 1) (PDF)
Fall 2008 (Vol. 6, No. 4) (PDF)
Summer 2008 (Vol. 6, No. 3) (PDF)
Spring 2008 (Vol. 6, No. 2) (PDF)
Winter 2008 (Vol. 6, No. 1) (PDF)
Fall 2007 (Vol. 5, No. 4) (PDF)
Summer 2007 (Vol. 5, No. 3) (PDF)
Spring 2007 (Vol. 5, No. 2) (PDF)
Winter 2007 (Vol. 5, No. 1) (PDF)
Fall 2006 (Vol. 4, No. 4) (PDF)
Summer 2006 (Vol. 4, No. 3) (PDF)
Spring 2006 (Vol. 4, No. 2) (PDF)
Winter 2006 (Vol. 4, No. 1) (PDF)
Fall 2005 (Vol. 3, No. 4) (PDF)
Summer 2005 (Vol. 3, No. 3) (PDF)
Spring 2005 (Vol. 3, No. 2) (PDF)
Winter 2005 (Vol. 3, No. 1) (PDF)
Fall 2004 (Vol. 2, No. 4) (PDF)
Summer 2004 (Vol. 2, No. 3)
Spring 2004 (Vol. 2, No. 2) (PDF)
Winter 2004 (Vol. 2, No. 1) (PDF)
Fall 2003 (Vol. 1, No. 1) (PDF)