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State’s Chief Medical Examiner To Step Down
Connecticut's chief medical examiner for more than two decades announced Thursday he will step down when a new chief is appointed. Dr. H. Wayne Carver, 59, has played a prominent role in the state's most high-profile criminal cases, including the Cheshire home invasion trials that sent two convicts to death row. He also spent more than 17 years on the case of serial killer Michael Ross at the burial sites of four of his victims and testifying in trials and retrials. Ross was executed in 2005, Connecticut's first execution in 45 years. Carver plans to stay on as a regular medical examiner, taking cases and testifying at trials. – Associated Press

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Police Indictments Signal Court Battle FREE
New Haven civil rights attorney David N. Rosen, who represents the plaintiffs in a civil lawsuit against East Haven, said prosecutors will likely seek to forestall civil litigation. Civil discovery standards allow defendants to obtain more information than they can under criminal discovery rules.

By CHRISTIAN NOLAN
The indictment last week of four East Haven police officers in a long-running civil rights probe signals the beginning of a protracted, if not political, battle in criminal and civil courts. “It’s a tornado and it’s still moving. There are a lot of parts to it with the civil case that’s pending and this new indictment,” said New Haven attorney Jonathan J. Einhorn, who represents the town’s police chief, Leonard Gallo. Gallo was not charged last week, but Einhorn said his client was mentioned in the indictment as “co-conspirator 1”. Gallo is a named defendant in a related civil suit.

Mandatory CLE Gets A Formal Endorsement FREE
Connecticut Bar Association President Keith Bradoc ‘Brad’ Gallant said the latest mandatory continuing legal education proposal addresses bureaucracy and concerns over costs raised in the past.

By MARIE P. GRADY
For the better part of two decades, the issue of mandatory continuing legal education has ping-ponged between Connecticut Bar Association supporters and the judges who will make the final call. The issue is about to end up back in the judges’ court. The CBA’s House of Delegates overwhelmingly approved the latest MCLE proposal at its Jan. 23 meeting, with only one member of at least 35 present dissenting, according to Keith Bradoc “Brad” Gallant, CBA president.

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January 30, 2012

DOJ’s Demography Despots Bully Their Way Into East Haven FREE

By KAREN LEE TORRE
Federal Department of Justice officials recently flew into New Haven and, before a gaggle of reporters summoned to a press conference, released the DOJ Civil Rights Division’s at-last-final investigative report into alleged “racial profiling” and abuses of “Latinos” by the East Haven Police Department. Heavy with histrionics and sweeping rhetoric, it reads more like a stump speech by a Democrat running for mayor of a sanctuary city.

A Judge With An ‘Infallible Moral Compass’ FREE
By WILLIAM F. DOW III
Peter Dorsey was a kind and generous man. Everything he did, on or off the bench, was infused with decency. Sadly, we have all lost a unique and valuable asset. Peter’s legacy is one of hard work and respect for those with whom he came in contact. His life was one of contribution. He contributed to the community in which he lived, to his church and to the legal community in which he served as a lawyer, prosecutor and judge.

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January 30, 2012

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Doreen Jasonis v. Rashmi Patel, DMD: A woman employed by a dentist agreed to a procedure that left her with a mouthful of problems and the dentist with a malpractice verdict against him for nearly $453,000. Doreen Jasonis, a Litchfield resident in her late 40s, was hired by Dr. Rashmi C. Patel at Dr. Patel’s Dental Center in Torrington in February 2006, according to the woman’s lawyer, Angelo Cicchiello, of Cicchiello & Cicchiello LLP in Hartford.

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Committing A Crime? Turn Off Your PhoneFREE
Authorities say they have evidence that Luis Soto was near a bank that was robbed in Berlin, Conn. Was there an eyewitness? No. Soto was reportedly betrayed by his cell phone. Federal authorities sought reams of records from phone companies. They said the data – which lists which cell towers handled certain calls — revealed that Soto was not only close to the bank, but he was close to other suspects in the robbery. Should law enforcement agencies be able to obtain this sort of information without a warrant? That’s a question that will soon be debated in a U.S. District Court in Connecticut.

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