SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Share A divided Supreme Court on Thursday denied Florida’s request to allow it to temporarily enforce a law that makes it a misdemeanor to allow children at drag performances. Ron DeSantis signed the law, known as the Protection of Children Act, in 2023. Florida Gov.

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The Crime Report

MAY 8, 2023

Williams’ office was able to convict Devion Taylor for the double homicide but according to the Metropolitan Crime Commission, out of the 343 violent felony cases that the DA’s office received from January 1, 2023, until April 15, 2023, only 7 percent resulted in guilty as charged convictions.

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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. Expungement is available for misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor charges, such as theft, forgery or drug possession or sale.

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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

JULY 16, 2021

Class 4 felony firearm possession was classified as a misdemeanor under Illinois law prior to 2000 when it became a felony. This latest amendment to the law, called the First Time Weapon Offender Program, is set to expire in 2023 and has no requirement that its efficacy be evaluated. How does Incarceration Affect Recidivism?

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Starting in 2023, the state will review client complaints as part of its audits. A month after Lucas left the facility in April 2019, Lauren Hand was charged with two misdemeanors and a petty offense for unlawful possession of a controlled substance, official misconduct and theft.

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JURIST

JUNE 17, 2024

The order is set to include more than 150,000 misdemeanor convictions for possession of marijuana and more than 18,000 misdemeanor convictions for use of drug paraphernalia. In response, Maryland legislature passed the Cannabis Reform Ac t in spring of 2023, which took effect May 3, 2023.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 13, 2023

Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio charged Durant with a “federal misdemeanor charge under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act.” The most recent is a student at Bowling Green State University named Whitney Durant, who reportedly had a history of extremist conduct at the school before her arrest.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 10, 2024

The defendant rejected these counterproposals on August 7, 2023. The government proposed no changes to Paragraph 1 of the Plea Agreement, which required the defendant to plead guilty to two misdemeanors. Probation Officer, a condition precedent to formation that would have brought it into effect.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

Yes, she pleaded guilty to to six misdemeanor counts of conspiracy to commit intentional interference with performance of election duties. ” But Powell’s team pointed to the fact that, according to the plea agreement, the misdemeanor counts “are not crimes of moral turpitude.”

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JURIST

JULY 10, 2024

The US Supreme Court did adopt a guide of conduct in November 2023; however, the question remains as to who has the authority to enforce it besides the justices themselves.

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At the Lectern

DECEMBER 11, 2024

When the court granted review in Mitchell in November 2023, it limited the issues to: (1) Does Penal Code section 1238 authorize an appeal by the People from a superior courts post-preliminary hearing, prejudgment order reducing a felony wobbler offense to a misdemeanor? (2) (Briefs here ; oral argument video here.)

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JURIST

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The bill creates a misdemeanor offense for violation of the statute and a felony crime for multiple offenses. million migrants entering the US in 2023, topping the previous high from 2022. ” Undocumented immigration into the US has spiked over the last few years with 2.5

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JURIST

JUNE 11, 2024

Hunter Biden’s lawyers have argued that the charges against the president’s son were politically motivated, claiming that former President Donald Trump and right-wing lawmakers exerted pressure on special counsel David Weiss to bring more felony charges against Biden following a 2023 plea deal that was later thrown out.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 11, 2024

That included the case of Daniel Goodwyn , who pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor count of entering and remaining in a restricted building. 31, 2023, to one misdemeanor count of entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds without lawful authority. However, Judge Reggie B. That was all Walton needed to hear.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 24, 2025

In February 2023, the cop-friendly Fifth Circuit Appeals Court denied immunity to LSP troopers who decided the best way to investigate the killing of a person by local police officers (who shot Miguel Nevarez 20 times) was to get a warrant to search the dead mans house for evidence of crimes it couldnt possibly charge him with.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 29, 2025

Todd Blanche had to quit Cadwalader when he took on Trumps defense in 2023 representing Trump was a redline for deep-pocketed clients who wanted nothing to do with Muslim bans or rape allegations. (Photographer: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Bloomberg via Getty Images) For years, Donald Trump was radioactive in elite legal circles.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 4, 2023

Turns out the payments of hush money to at least two women—misdemeanor offenses—were not really what these indictments were all about. Ergo, there were no misdemeanor charges, only first-degree felonies. Instead, Kaplan postponed indefinitely Carroll’s first lawsuit that had been scheduled for April 10, 2023.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 27, 2025

31, 2023, to one misdemeanor count of entering and remaining in a restricted building. Walton, a Bush appointee who had previously called Trump a charlatan, had before him a typical Jan. 6 case that of Daniel Goodwyn, 35, of Corinth, Texas. Goodwyn pleaded guilty on Jan. It is a minor offense that generated little jail time.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 23, 2023

Yet enough similarities exist that Justice could weigh charges in both cases, even if only misdemeanors. These two investigations should take less than the average — but they are starting in 2023, with a presidential election in 2024. Moreover, the Biden allegations are serious in their own way.

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JURIST

AUGUST 19, 2024

The House had announced the impeachment inquiry into Biden in September of 2023 with the House voting to formalize the impeachment inquiry in December of that same year. The report instead has left the floor open to the general House to make decisions on the next steps for the impeachment process.

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