2024 Criminal Law Misdemeanor 
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 27, 2023
Mark McCloskey later pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors to end the case, but was then granted a pardon. As such, the state law on the seizure of the weapons stands. The law recognizes the difference between a conviction and guilt. He then sough the return of two firearms.
JonathanTurley
JANUARY 11, 2025
Merchan allowed a dead misdemeanor to be resuscitated by allowing Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg to effectively prosecute declined federal offenses. Jonnathan Turley is the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University. ” If so, that is a chilling indictment of the entire New York court system.
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JonathanTurley
JUNE 24, 2024
Through various contortions, Bragg converted a dead misdemeanor case into 34 felonies in an unprecedented prosecution. New Yorkers and the media insisted that such selective prosecution was in defense of the “rule of law.” On the New Yorker map circa 2024, once you cross the Hudson River eastward, you enter a legal wilderness.
JonathanTurley
JANUARY 6, 2025
Since Trumps conviction in May 2024, Merchan has contemplated his sentencing options. Acting Justice Juan Merchan will finally decide whether to be or not to be the judge to sentence Trump to jail. Spoiler alert: He appears set to avoid a jail sentence and likely reversal.) They will likely be disappointed.
JonathanTurley
JANUARY 10, 2025
Bragg took a long-dead misdemeanor and zapped it back into life with a novel and unfounded theory. By using federal violations that were never charged, let alone tried, Bragg turned a misdemeanor into dozens of felonies and essentially tried Trump for federal offenses. million New York votes, or 42.7%, in the 2024 election.
JonathanTurley
AUGUST 9, 2022
It was a flagrant and premeditated violation of federal law and put national security secrets at risk. Yet, Berger was allowed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor and did not have to serve any jail time. However, critics were not particularly interested in whether Trump might have some suspended misdemeanor sentence.
JonathanTurley
JANUARY 23, 2023
Below is my column in the Hill on how the two criminal investigations over classified documents could create an unprecedented constitutional conflict in 2024. Yet enough similarities exist that Justice could weigh charges in both cases, even if only misdemeanors. One or both could be indicted.
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