Remove 2023 Remove Court Rules Remove Felony
article thumbnail

Supreme Court addresses standard for favorable termination in a malicious prosecution claim based on a criminal case.

Day on Torts

5, 2023), plaintiff filed a malicious prosecution claim based on an underlying criminal case. Plaintiff alleged that after he criticized defendant union, defendant accused him of misusing union funds and caused him to be charged with two state felonies. National Treasury Employees Union, Chapter 39 , — S.W.3d 3d —, No.

Court 52
article thumbnail

Texas governor asserts state right to self-defense in response to escalating southern border tensions

JURIST

” The conflict follows a Supreme Court ruling on January 22, wherein the court sided with the Biden administration in a dispute over a barrier along the southern border. The court, in a 5-4 decision, allowed federal officials to modify or remove parts of a razor-wire barrier erected by Texas along the border.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Another SB1437 murder resentencing case added to the docket at a light conference [Updated]

At the Lectern

At its weekly conference yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled on only 76 matters, 59 if you don’t count disposals of previous grant-and-hold cases. But there were notable actions, including: Felony murder resentencing. Taking yet another Senate Bill 1437 case, the court agreed to decide People v. Curiel (2023) 15 Cal.5th

Felony 45
article thumbnail

Judicial Clemency Does Not Forgive Sex Offender Registration

The Crime Report

In a 6-3 decision Ex parte Danny Richard Lane , the state’s highest criminal appeals court ruled that Texas’ historical doctrine of “judicial clemency” does not forgive sex offender registration. A few months later in 2007 Lane was arrested and charged with a third-degree felony for failure to register as a sex offender.

Statute 119
article thumbnail

Major OxyContin case headlines December session

SCOTUSBlog

The ACCA extends the minimum sentence – from 10 years to 15 – for an individual who had been convicted of a felony and possesses a firearm when that person has at least three “serious drug offenses.” Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit ruled that it did not have the power to review the immigration judge’s determination.

article thumbnail

The morning read for Tuesday, July 2

SCOTUSBlog

Here’s the Tuesday morning read: Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s historic decision granting Donald Trump immunity (John Fritze, Tierney Sneed, & Devan Cole, CNN) Supreme Court Declines to Rule on Tech Platforms’ Free Speech Rights (Abbie VanSickle, David McCabe, & Adam Liptak, The New York Times) The Supreme Court rules for a North Dakota (..)

Felony 109
article thumbnail

Court won’t hear Trump immunity dispute now

SCOTUSBlog

Smith had asked the justices to act quickly to resolve the dispute over Trump’s immunity during the 2023-24 term, but the justices turned him down, in a brief unsigned order issued on Friday afternoon. on four felony counts relating to efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Court 101