2020 Attorney Misdemeanor Statute 
At the Lectern
APRIL 29, 2021
where the Second District, Division Five, Court of Appeal, in a published opinion , affirmed almost $170,000 in attorneys fees after a jury awarded less than $22,000 for a violation of the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act (commonly known as the “lemon law”) in the sale of a used car. 2020) 50 Cal.App.5th
The Crime Report
NOVEMBER 8, 2021
Texas authorities say they have the right to keep it under civil forfeiture statutes. Jerry Johnson, an Institute for Justice client from North Carolina, found out the hard way in 2020 when three plainclothes officers stopped him at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Photo courtesy Institute for Justice. An Airport Stop.
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At the Lectern
MARCH 24, 2022
The Second District, Division Six, Court of Appeal’s unpublished opinion in Nelson affirmed the dismissal of an action against the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s and District Attorney’s offices for, among other things, malicious prosecution, false imprisonment, and negligence. Lange (Oct. 30, 2019, No. California (2021) 141 S.Ct.
The Crime Report
MAY 16, 2022
In 2019, New York passed a bill eliminating both cash bail for most misdemeanors and non-violent felony offenses and judges’ discretion in setting bail amounts in those cases. By January 1 of 2020 that population had been reduced by 2,000 people all at once. That is what is happening.”. Critic: Bail Reform Made Things Worse.
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 27, 2020
Many criminal defense attorneys and torts attorneys give special thanks for a holiday that can involve copious amounts of alcohol, strained family relations, over-the-hill amateur football players, “Black Friday” sale stampedes , and novice cooks. faces a misdemeanor simple assault charge for allegedly intentionally blowing on people.
JonathanTurley
APRIL 7, 2023
If there is an Ed Wood school of prosecution, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg could prove to be its most apt pupil. For many weeks, experts on both the left and the right expressed doubts that Bragg could charge Trump with falsifying business records, a misdemeanor with a now-expired two-year statute of limitation.
The Crime Report
APRIL 4, 2023
Yet at the press conference and Q & A following the arraignment District Attorney Alvin Bragg told the world that the 34 felony charges brought against defendant Trump were nothing more than the Manhattan office engaging in its everyday prosecution of “bread and butter” white-collar crimes.
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