I wish I had a dime foir every time I have thought “I wish he didn’t say [or do] that.” If I had been the defense lawyer, Ronnell Wilson’s gesture of sticking out his tongue on hearing a federal jury’s decision to sentence him to death would have been one of those times. Now, I…
Category Archives: Appellate issues
Tax Court Upholds Ruling Against Dead Lawyer
The New York Times reports that the United States Tax Court has reaffirmed a ruling finding that a once prominent tax lawyer, now deceased, had engaged in atax evasion scheme. The case has a long and tortured history, having been once to the Supreme Court already, and likely headed there for a second time. The…
Appellate Court allows prosecutors access to baseball steroid test results
In a ruling that is bad news for Major League Baseball in general, and Barry Bonds in particular, the federal 9th circuit court of appeals has ruled that a district court judge erred when he ruled that prosecutors could not be allowed access to the results of baeball’s steroids tests in connection with the BALCO…