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Consequences For Drug Possession Could Change in 2023 in Washington State

The Crime Report

Washington’s Supreme Court declared Washington’s felony drug possession statute unconstitutional in 2021 because it made possession a felony, whether someone was aware of the drugs being on them or not. Lawmakers responded to the ruling by temporarily making drug possession a simple misdemeanor.

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Gun-Free School Zones and Concealed Carry: Which Takes Precedence?

The Crime Report

However, in 2007, the Court upheld, in District of Columbia v Heller , statutes limiting the possession of firearms from being carried in “sensitive places,” such as schools. Tyler Smotherman will graduate from Texas Law Tech in May 2023. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Idaho with a B.A.

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Silence Isn’t Golden: Two Executives Convicted in First Criminal Prosecution Under the Consumer Product Safety Act

FDA Law Blog

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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Supreme Court to Clarify What Constitutes Identity Theft

Constitutional Law Reporter

Oral arguments have not yet been scheduled, but a decision is expected before the term ends in June 2023. The justices agreed to consider “whether a person commits aggravated identity theft any time he mentions or otherwise recites someone else’s name while committing a predicate offense.”.

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Government power, from federal agencies to counties, highlights January session

SCOTUSBlog

The statute includes a list of information the government must include – most notably, the time and place of the removal hearing. A noncitizen who does not attend a removal proceeding can be ordered removed as long as written notice has been provided to him under the statute. Smith was charged with five felony counts.

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Small Town Alabama Journalists Arrested, Ordered To Refrain From Reporting On Grand Jury Investigations

The Crime Report

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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No straight grants this week at this week’s conference, but some interesting actions nonetheless

At the Lectern

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.” ” (Link added.)

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