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Superior Court rules Arbery’s mental health records can’t be used at trial

JURIST

The Superior Court of Glynn County, Georgia ruled on Friday that Ahmaud Arbery’s mental health records could not be used as evidence in the trial against the three white men accused of killing the 25-year-old Black man. The defendants face charges of felony murder and false imprisonment. Superior Court Judge William R.

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Supreme Court will answer teed-up bail questions and decide felony-murder resentencing issue; it depublishes arbitration opinion

At the Lectern

At yesterday’s Supreme Court conference , a double one, actions of note included: Court allows clemency for one, returns files to be redacted for four others. 2) May a superior court ever set pretrial bail above an arrestee’s ability to pay?” Howard (2020) 50 Cal.App.5th Resentencing.

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Court rejects non-citizen’s challenge to criminal re-entry charge

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously ruled against a non-U.S. Eight years later, an immigration judge found that his California conviction for driving under the influence was an aggravated felony under the federal immigration laws. But six years after his deportation, the Supreme Court ruled in Leocal v.

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Scolding the Legislature for lack of clarity, Supreme Court rules statute can retroactively reduce probation without negating plea deal

At the Lectern

Prudholme , the Supreme Court today holds that legislation reducing maximum probation terms applies retroactively and, when so applied, doesn’t jeopardize a plea agreement reached under the harsher superseded law. Stamps (2020) 9 Cal.5th Stamps (2020) 9 Cal.5th In People v. Scarano (2022) 74 Cal.App.5th 5th 993.

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Supreme Court broadens retroactivity of punishment-reduction laws

At the Lectern

Working on the presumption that the “ Legislature intends for ameliorative enactments to apply as broadly as is constitutionally permis sible,” the Supreme Court i n People v. The court ruled similarly last year in People v. McKenzie (2020) 9 Cal.5th

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Supreme Court will hear case about public entity liability for dangerous property conditions

At the Lectern

Actions of note at yesterday’s Supreme Court conference included: Supreme Court signs off on commutation of LWOP sentence, with an older clemency recommendation request still pending. The court granted review in Tansavatdi v. The appellate court relied on the Supreme Court’s decision in Cameron v.

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Supreme Court Justices Weigh Constitutionality of Disarming Domestic Abusers

The Crime Report

The Supreme Court appears poised to uphold a federal law which bans domestic abusers from owning guns In one of the most high-profile cases of this year. Last month on November 7, Supreme Court justices heard oral arguments in United States v. Rahimi was involved in five shootings between December 2020 and January 2021.

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