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David Pierce
@davidpierce
New York
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People v. Stock
Defendant appeals denial of pretrial release for aggravated battery. Court finds State failed to prove no conditions can mitigate threat, reversing trial court’s decision. Remanded for further proceedings.
ilcourtsaudio.blob.core.windows.netJacob Welby
@jacobwelby
The second characteristic of judicial power is that it pronounces on special cases, and not upon general principles.
Alexis de Tocqueville • Democracy in America, Volume I and II (Optimized for Kindle)
“His name was Horatio Brown. A throwback,” I said, smiling at the memory. “The type who kept a bottle of whiskey in his desk. Smoked three packs a day. Would occasionally flip through a thick file of his favorite dirty photos that he’d snapped on the job. Believed, as a physical rule of the universe, that every client was lying to him. In that, I’v
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Philip Lipton
@plipton1
People v. Bradford
The document discusses the State's timely filing of a petition to deny the defendant's pretrial release and the court's finding of clear and convincing evidence that defendant committed robbery.
ilcourtsaudio.blob.core.windows.netThe flip side of the railroad genius was dismissiveness and distaste for corporate protocol. Harrison had little patience for boards. Put simply, they were a pain, a waste of time and money. They didn’t increase shareholder value or improve the operating ratio (OR), the key metric for a railroad that’s constantly scrutinized by investors.