Roger Bennet Adler

May 6, 2024 | feeds.feedblitz.com | Emily Saul |Abigail Adcox |Martin Schwartz |Roger Bennet Adler

Jurors seated in Donald Trump’s criminal trial on Monday began viewing the checks prosecutors allege the former president cut to Michael Cohen as part of a scheme to suppress negative information about the then-candidate during the 2016 presidential election cycle. The checks constitute the 34 felony counts of falsifying business records for which Trump was indicted and is standing trial. Want to continue reading?

May 4, 2024 | law.com | Roger Bennet Adler |Andrew Denney

[Editor's note: This is a follow-up to a column by Roger Bennet Adler that the New York Law Journal published on April 18] The April 25 oral argument in United States v. Trump, __ U.S. __, while perhaps focused on the existence and scope of presidential immunity both during, and after leaving office, it is likely from the oral argument that concern by a number of the Justices for a post-Presidential indictment reflects a wary concern for cases like Alvin Bragg’s indictment in People v.

Apr 18, 2024 | law.com | Roger Bennet Adler |Andrew Denney

As the lawyers in the Trump falsifying records case, under the watchful eye of Acting Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, work their way through the selection of an appropriately fair and impartial jury, both counsel and the public are mindful that the criminal charge of falsifying business records as a Class E felony is legally prosecutable only if the alleged falsification of Trump business records was engaged in to either commit, or conceal another crime.

Mar 15, 2024 | law.com | Roger Bennet Adler |Andrew Denney

With the arrival of Daylight Savings Time, and the approach of the April holidays, the paralyzing impact of COVID-19 on the court system should be in the litigative rearview mirror. The challenge for court management is whether there is a sense of a discerned plan to address what many perceive as a revolving door criminal justice system which cycles defendants through court appearances with a discernible lack of agency to either the case, or secure any appropriate disposition.

Feb 27, 2024 | law.com | Roger Bennet Adler |Andrew Denney

The Appellate Division, Second Department’s recent decision authored by Justice Paul Wooten in Fossella v. Adams, __ A.D. 3d __ [2nd Dept. 2/21/24], was a welcome civic recognition that the right to vote in New York State is exclusively reserved for U.S. citizens. The Local Law which the New York City Council passed (and former Mayor Bill de Blasio declined to veto) was a testament to (and a manifestation of) the unchecked progressive Democratic leadership in the council.