Blackstone Career Institute

APRIL 30, 2025

Multiple states in recent years have made steps to open up jury duty to individuals with felony convictions, including Florida, Connecticut, and Louisiana. capitol), incarceration for a felony offense impacts the right to vote. Also, in 2023, Minnesota and New Mexico reinstated the right for vote for individuals on parole.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Officers simply will not file felony charges when they believe offenders will not be held accountable or have bond assigned to them in court,” Weitzel said in September, “One can debate the merits of that, but it will happen unless there is some modification in the SAFE-T Act.” .

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Broadcast Law Blog

APRIL 16, 2023

The FCC has requested comments on NAB’s petition asking the Commission to grant a two-year extension of the May 26, 2023 deadline by which broadcasters must comply with Section 79.2(b)(2)(ii) The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau issued a Revocation Order revoking the license of an FM station in Pennsylvania.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 14, 2023

Foehner has been charged with seven felony counts under state law and one misdemeanor under New York City administrative law. His top charge is for felony possession of a weapon in the first degree , under a specific portion of New York State law addressing the possession of ten or more firearms.

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JURIST

JANUARY 19, 2024

One of the main components of House Bill 5 is its three-strikes provision, which would have people convicted of three violent felonies face life in prison. The bill also toughens penalties for the distribution of fentanyl, classifies carjacking as a Class B felony, and bans street camping.

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JURIST

MARCH 21, 2024

In January 2023, six members of Mississippi law enforcement entered the home of Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker without a warrant or exigent circumstances. Despite having no probable cause to believe that either man was involved in criminal acts, the Mississippi officers handcuffed both men in their home.

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

17, 2023, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the first-ever conviction of two corporate executives in a criminal prosecution for failure to report a consumer product defect under the CPSA. Then, earlier this year, in April 2023, Gree USA, Inc., See 15 U.S.C. § 2070. Now, fifteen years later, on Nov.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 14, 2022

These amendments would also allow federal prosecution of those individuals legally carrying a firearm in a school zone but engaged in other felonious activity with which the GFSZA was concerned, such as drug dealing, gang activity, or criminal violence. “In Tyler Smotherman will graduate from Texas Law Tech in May 2023.

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At the Lectern

AUGUST 31, 2023

The court issued a constitutionally required recommendation allowing Governor Gavin Newsom to pardon Beverly Taylor for 1998 and 1999 drug-related felony convictions. (See Catarino (2023) 14 Cal.5th Clemency approved. See here for more about the court and clemency.) Reynoza (see here ) and another one holding for People v.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 20, 2023

6 riot and said in a news release that it didn’t know about his alleged involvement in the attack until July 2023, when it learned he was under FBI investigation. The department has since suspended without pay and is “taking steps to terminate his employment” after his indictment on felony charges.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

In 2023, Biden stood with his lawyers in open defiance of a congressional subpoena outside of Congress. As I wrote in 2023, Biden ultimately was undone by his entitlement and appetite. After causing a stir, the effort failed and Biden was left standing in the courtroom repeating a standard guilty plea nine times.

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At the Lectern

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Superior Court (Mitchell) , the Supreme Court yesterday held that a superior court exceeded its jurisdiction in reducing a charged felony to a misdemeanor after a preliminary hearing and before sentencing. Superior Court (Mitchell) (2023) 94 Cal.App.5th In People v. 5th 595, 599.)

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At the Lectern

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

The court granted review in July 2023. Superior Court (Mitchell) : When the court granted review in November 2023, it limited the issues to: “(1) Does Penal Code section 1238 authorize an appeal by the People from a superior court’s post-preliminary hearing, prejudgment order reducing a felony ‘wobbler’ offense to a misdemeanor? (2)

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The 11th state in the country to pass the Clean Slate Act during the 2023 legislative session, Minnesota’s law will automatically expunge records for non-violent, non-felony crimes starting on Jan. The clinic will help the 5 percent of people eligible for expungement go through the process.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

On Wednesday, Digmon was also charged with two felony counts of violating state ethics law for allegedly using her school board position to solicit a thing of value by selling more than $2,500 in advertisements to the board. ” Abuse of grand jury information is a felony under Alabama law.

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Day on Torts

MAY 12, 2023

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.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 15, 2023

has been indicted by a grand jury for 20 alleged crimes including felony fraud and first-degree theft for allegedly stealing more than $263,000 from the city’s Medicaid program through fraudulent claims, Keith L. A mental health therapist in Washington D.C. Alexander reports for the Washington Post.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Oral arguments have not yet been scheduled, but a decision is expected before the term ends in June 2023. A jury found Dubin guilty of one charge of healthcare fraud and aggravated identity theft. The post Supreme Court to Clarify What Constitutes Identity Theft appeared first on Constitutional Law Reporter.

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At the Lectern

JANUARY 12, 2023

Yesterday’s Supreme Court conference , a double one, was one of several firsts: the first conference of 2023, the first with Patricia Guerrero as chief justice, and the first for new Justice Kelli Evans. Also, the conference featured Justice Evans’s first dissenting vote.

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Broadcast Law Blog

APRIL 5, 2022

Last week, the US House of Representatives passed the MORE Act which, if enacted, would take marijuana off the list of Schedule I drugs – those drugs whose possession and distribution is a federal felony, as is the use of the radio waves to promote their use.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 2, 2024

In 2023, I wrote that Biden might follow this same pattern and pardon his son as a lame-duck president. The President has now pardoned Hunter for his convicted felonies and any crimes he may have committed from “Jan. I am sitting here waiting for the call with my father.” 1, 2014, to Dec.

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At the Lectern

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Emanuel , another case concerning a resentencing petition under Senate Bill 1437 , legislation that limited criminal liability for felony murder and eliminated it for murder under the natural-and-probable-consequences doctrine. 1307 (2023-2024 Reg. 2023) 14 Cal.5th Murder resentencing. The court will also hear People v.

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At the Lectern

JANUARY 23, 2025

Curiel (2023) 15 Cal.5th The defendant was sentenced over 40 years ago to life without parole for felony murder after a jury’s true finding of felony-murder special circumstances. The 2018 legislation narrowed felony murder liability and allows for resentencing. 5th 433, 451-452.”

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At the Lectern

MARCH 13, 2024

Superior Court (Guevara) , where a divided Second District, Division Six, Court of Appeal published opinion granted a prosecution writ petition and overturned a superior court order reducing to eight years a three strikes sentence of 25-years-to-life, the third strike having been a non-serious, non-violent felony. Salazar (2023) 15 Cal.5th

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At the Lectern

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Mumin (2023) 15 Cal.5th 5th 1085 (see here ) — a 7-0-3 opinion — held that, for determining constitutional equal protection rights, people under conservatorships for the gravely disabled are similarly situated with those committed to state hospitals after being found not guilty of a felony by reason of insanity.

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At the Lectern

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The petition is not available online, so it’s not clear what issue or issues attracted the recorded votes, but the docket shows the court asked for an informal response to “address petitioner’s second claim regarding the paper review parole process for inmates convicted of nonviolent felonies.”

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At the Lectern

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The dispute is whether a superior court can consider grand jury testimony in deciding if a defendant meets the criteria for resentencing under SB 1437 and subsequent amending legislation, which narrowed liability under the felony murder and the natural and probable consequences doctrines.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 8, 2024

Smith was charged with five felony counts. Tori Madden) The court will end the January session with two of the biggest cases of the 2023-24 term, Relentless v. (Tori Madden) In 2019, agents with a search warrant found Jason Smith and two others inside a shed which contained six pounds of marijuana, meth, and drug paraphernalia.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 11, 2023

The ACCA provides that someone who has been convicted of a felony and possesses a firearm is normally subject to a maximum 10-year sentence. CVSG: 3/29/2023 (relisted after the Apr. United States all concern a single recurring issue involving the Armed Career Criminal Act, a federal sentencing enhancement provision.

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At the Lectern

OCTOBER 24, 2024

2023) 14 Cal.5th It’s another resentencing case under Senate Bill 1437 , 2018 legislation that limited accomplice liability for felony murder and eliminated it for murder under the natural-and-probable-consequences doctrine. Victory Woodworks, Inc. See here ; regarding Kuciemba , see here.)

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At the Lectern

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The dispute is whether a superior court can consider grand jury testimony in deciding if a defendant meets the criteria for resentencing under SB 1437 and subsequent amending legislation, which narrowed liability under the felony murder and the natural and probable consequences doctrines.

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At the Lectern

APRIL 25, 2024

2023) 14 Cal.5th 5th 209, where the Second District, Division Two, rejected an equal protection challenge to the scheme for ending the civil commitment of a person who has been declared incompetent to stand trial for certain felonies and who continues to pose a danger to others because of the person’s “developmental disability.”

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JURIST

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Passed in June 2023, Texas Senate Bill 14 restricts a physician from performing gender transitioning treatments under threat of civil penalties or loss of medical license. Bans or restrictions on gender-affirming or transitioning care are now effective in half of the US , with six states making the furnishing of said care a felony crime.

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ALPS

AUGUST 4, 2022

Her practice focused on firearm and felony narcotics prosecution in state and federal court. Nash will serve as the incoming Chair-Elect of the American Bar Association Young Lawyers Division (2022-2023). Professor Nash joined the University for the spring 2022 semester. Additionally, she has.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

and almost every country in the world in recognizing that people convicted of felony murder should not face death-by-incarceration sentences. Lee appealed his sentence to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, which upheld his sentence in 2023. Lee then asked the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania to hear his appeal.

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At the Lectern

APRIL 11, 2024

La Salle Bank (2023) 95 Cal.App.5th The appellate court held the voluntary dismissal of an earlier federal court action — after the voluntary dismissal of an even earlier state court action — was res judicata. Disagreeing with the Sixth District’s decision in Gray v. See, e.g., here and here.)

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In March 2023, McDonald testified before the state senate, calling gun violence a “public health crisis.” ” Judge Kwamé Rowe sentenced the shooter, Ethan Crumbley, in December 2023 to life without the possibility of parole. McDonald has been vocal about the issue of gun violence since the Oxford shooting.

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