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US Supreme Court to hear Delligatti v. United States and reassess defining a ‘crime of violence’

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The US Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear Delligatti v. The court granted the case certiorari and added it to its docket for the 2024 to 2025 term. ” However, this definition has emerged as controversial as courts have disagreed over applying the definition. This brings the court to the issue in Delligatti v.

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Ohio grand jury declines to charge woman with abuse of corpse after at-home miscarriage

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The Trumbull County prosecutor’s office stated that, after evaluating the case, they believed Watts did not violate the Ohio Criminal Statute of Abuse of a Corpse. Watts had initially been charged with felony abuse of a corpse in October after Warren County police found the remains of her pregnancy in her toilet and trash.

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Supreme Court says “no” to anti-tax appeal, requires Court of Appeal to take another look at dog attack case

At the Lectern

There were no straight grants at yesterday’s Supreme Court conference , but here are some actions of note: Tax vote requirement. 5th 924 (see here ), the court has regularly declined to hear tax-voting cases. The court granted review in Long v. The court denied review in In re L.B. , City of Upland (2017) 3 Cal.5th

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No straight grants, but four multi-vote dissents from denials at this week’s conference

At the Lectern

There were no straight grants at yesterday’s Supreme Court conference , but several justices weren’t happy about that. Four different members of the court dissented from various denials of petitions for review. The court just barely denied review in People v. Supreme Court opinion in Illinois v. In People v.

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A new list of old cases

At the Lectern

Six months ago, we identified the ten oldest cases on the Supreme Court’s docket, other than death penalty appeals. To identify the top 10 lingerers, we looked for the matters with the lowest case numbers on the court’s pending issues summaries. The court hasn’t even sent an oral argument letter yet. 1950 (Stats.

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Supreme Court once again considers the “categorical approach” to sentencing enhancements

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Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court cleared out quite a bit of its backlog of relisted cases at last week’s conference. A short explanation of relists is available here.

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Supreme Court takes Clean Water Act case

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The case was the only addition to the justices’ docket for their 2024-25 term. And over a dissent by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the justices declined to decide whether the Constitution guarantees the right to a trial by a 12-person jury when the defendant is charged with a felony. A Florida state court upheld Cunningham’s conviction.

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