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Preface
Section I - Criminal Law
Introduction
1. Post-Conviction Motions: First in a Three-part Series
2. Post-Conviction Motions: Second in a Three-part Series
3. Post-Conviction Motions: Part Three
4. Notice of Alibi: An Overview and Analysis
5. The Motion to Set Aside the Verdict: A Compilation of Cases
6. An Analysis of the Motion to Set Aside the Verdict: Subsection 1
7. An Analysis of the Motion to Set Aside the Verdict: Subsection 2
8. An Analysis of the Motion to Set Aside the Verdict: Part IV
9. Article 730 / Mental Disease or Defect Excluding Fitness to Proceed: Part I
10. Article 730 / Mental Disease or Defect Excluding Fitness to Proceed: Part II
11. Article 730 / Mental Disease or Defect Excluding Fitness to Proceed: Part III

Section II - Civil Rights Law
Introduction
12. The First Amendment and State Action
13. Named or Unnamed: A Neat Question
14. State Human Rights and Title VII
15. A Matter of Time
16. A Question of National Origin
17. A Note on Equitable Tolling
18. A Recent Civil Rights Case
19. A Word about Civil Rights and Domestic Violence
20. A Recent Case on Corporate Finance
21. Section 1983 and Excessive Force
22. Termination At Will?
23. A Few Words on a Recent United States Supreme Court Case
24. A Final and Disturbing Labor Law Decision
25. Some Comments on Three Recent Supreme Court Cases

Section III - Procedural Issues
Introduction
26. The Motion to Strike
27. When an Attorney Does Not Appear: The CPLR Solution
28. A Note on Objections Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Table of Cases
Index