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Criminal Practice
Criminal Practice Law360 provides timely news and analysis on criminal law and enforcement across U.S. jurisdictions. Coverage includes major prosecutions, sentencing trends, constitutional challenges, legislative developments, and key rulings impacting prosecutors, defense attorneys, and the courts.
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Latest News in Criminal Practice
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February 11, 2026
Fla. Panel Orders New Trial Over Forcible-Felony Instruction
A Florida appeals court ordered a new trial Wednesday for a man convicted of being a principal in a murder, after finding an incorrect jury instruction undermined his trial defense that the use of force was justified.
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February 11, 2026
Ariz. Justices Say Screening Didn't Create Client Relationship
The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a social worker who conducted a brief crisis screening of a patient could testify at an involuntary treatment hearing, holding that the interaction did not create a confidential behavioral health professional-client relationship and therefore was not protected by privilege.
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February 11, 2026
Egypt's 'Social Law' Doesn't Endorse Bribery, Jury Told
Attorneys for a former Corsa Coal executive on trial for allegedly passing bribes sought to undermine an expert witness's opinions that bribery was illegal in Egypt, confronting him with law review articles he'd written that said corruption was commonly accepted and had become the "social law."
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February 11, 2026
Creek Nation Fights City's Bid To Pause Jurisdictional Suit
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation has pushed back against an Oklahoma municipality's bid to stay a jurisdiction dispute in federal district court while a similar challenge plays out in the Tenth Circuit, saying that the two cases aren't covering the same ground.
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February 11, 2026
Atty Should Remain Jailed In Cyberstalking Case, Court Told
A Texas federal judge recommended the denial of a pretrial release of a jailed attorney accused of cyberstalking other attorneys at BigLaw firms, determining that she was unable to provide new information that would justify reconsidering the initial decision to detain her.
Areas of Coverage
- Influential appellate decisions in state supreme and federal circuit courts—especially those guiding trial strategy and evidentiary standards
- Developments in intermediate state appellate courts with potential to shape precedent.
- Federal, state, and local legislation or regulation impacting courts, prosecutors, and defenders.
- Developments from state attorneys general, including prosecutions, policy shifts, and personnel moves
- Criminal justice reform efforts and the impact on state and local prosecutions.
- Unique criminal cases at the trial court level, in state or federal court
- Civil appellate opinions affecting the criminal bar, such as rulings on qualified immunity.
- Innovations in criminal law education and defense training at law schools.
- Profiles of judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys and others impacting criminal law.
- Studies or reports on the work of state and local prosecutors or public defenders.
- AGENCIES
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- State bar associations and judicial conduct bodies
- POLICY & REGULATION
- Rules of Criminal Procedure in state and local courts
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- State legislative initiatives in criminal prosecutions and defense
- ENFORCEMENT
- Misconduct investigations and disciplinary actions involving prosecutors and defenders
- PROFILES
- Profiles of individual prosecutors, public defenders and private criminal defense attorneys
- Profiles of firms and public offices
Readership
- State and local prosecutors
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- Legal academics and students
- Attorneys specializing in appeals of criminal cases
- Judges and court staff in the criminal courts
- Staff in state attorney generals offices
- Staff at the DOJ, working in the criminal division