Brandon Lowrey

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals declined to review a ruling that affirmed the admission of a North Carolina bishop's testimony about a man's murder confession, prompting a pointed dissent Thursday over a lower court's application of another state's law.

The Connecticut Supreme Court on Tuesday held that a detective's explanation of the child sex abuse term "grooming" to jurors did not taint their verdict convicting a man of raping a young girl.

A Florida state appeals court has reversed a teenager's manslaughter conviction and sentence, finding the teen's attorney let him enter an open plea without telling him that his statements to police potentially could have been suppressed for Miranda rule violations.

Colo. Panel OKs Suspect's DNA Collection From Trash

Pa. Justices Vacate New Trial Grant In Child Murder Case

A Florida appellate panel on Wednesday reversed two attempted first-degree murder convictions for a juvenile who shot at an unmarked vehicle containing four police detectives, saying the evidence only supported attempted second-degree murder.

Michigan's highest court has ruled that a 50- to 75-year sentence for a teenager convicted of second-degree murder was unconstitutionally cruel or unusual, calling the prison term "grossly disproportionate" in its latest ruling limiting severe sentences for young offenders.

Horror stories abound about lawyers getting punished for filing briefs riddled with artificial-intelligence hallucinations. But in a report released Thursday, the nation's biggest criminal defense association said attorneys should be just as scared about failing make enough use of the new technology.

TRIGGER WARNING FOR EDITORS: Rape and child sex abuse, and a highly disturbing attached document.

The New Jersey Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed an appellate division court decision that allowed a man convicted of sexually assaulting a child to pursue procedurally barred post-conviction claims, calling the appellate court's opinion "confounding" and based on "multiple levels of speculation."