Constitutional Law Reporter

APRIL 30, 2024

Georgia , 601 U.S. _ (2024), the U.S. Facts of the Case After petitioner Damian McElrath killed his mother, the State of Georgia charged him with three crimes related to her death: malice murder, felony murder, and aggravated assault. In McElrath v.

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At the Lectern

MARCH 27, 2025

Quintero (2024) 107 Cal.App.5th c) provides that, when there is a consecutive sentence for an inmate-committed felony, “the term of imprisonment for all the convictions that the person is required to serve consecutively shall commence from the time the person would otherwise have been released from prison.” Section 1170.1(c)

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The Crime Report

MAY 28, 2023

percent of the department’s 2024 budget, and blamed the DOC’s high budget on “severe overstaffing.” So when you say $17 million is where we need these budget cuts while more than $880 million are there for fringe benefits, I find that just outrageous,” said French-Marcelin.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Cherokee Nation said it’s scaled up its criminal justice system since the Supreme Court’s decision on McGirt and has filed 10,319 felony or misdemeanor cases in Cherokee Nation District Court. 1, 2024 for the task force to look at sentencing reform and the reentry program.

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At the Lectern

JANUARY 23, 2025

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. FCA US, LLC (2024) 17 Cal.5th Williams (2024) 17 Cal.5th

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

In 2021, DOJ announced that the Gree Companies agreed to plead guilty to one felony count for willfully failing to report consumer product safety information as required by the CPSA. The two defendants face a maximum of five years in federal prison on each of the counts; a sentencing hearing is set for March 11, 2024.

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At the Lectern

MARCH 3, 2025

Patton , the Supreme Court today continues to clarify the parameters for resentencing under legislation that has restricted murder liability by curtailing the felony-murder rule and eliminating the natural and probable consequences doctrine. Williams (2024) 103 Cal.App.5th Alazar (2024) 105 Cal.App.5th In People v.

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At the Lectern

JULY 18, 2024

But there were notable actions, including: Felony murder resentencing. Superior Court , a writ petition that attempted to knock off this November’s ballot the initiative titled “Protect Patients Now Act of 2024.” Burgos (2024) 16 Cal.5th Hardin (2024) 15 Cal.5th Relatively, that’s a small number.

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At the Lectern

MARCH 3, 2025

Patton , the Supreme Court today continues to clarify the parameters for resentencing under legislation that has restricted murder liability by curtailing the felony-murder rule and eliminating the natural and probable consequences doctrine. Williams (2024) 103 Cal.App.5th Alazar (2024) 105 Cal.App.5th In People v.

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At the Lectern

OCTOBER 24, 2024

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. 2024) 16 Cal.5th 2024) 16 Cal.5th Alameda Health System (2024) 16 Cal.5th Walker (2024) 16 Cal.5th

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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. Ocobachi (2024) 105 Cal.App.5th

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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. Ocobachi (2024) 105 Cal.App.5th

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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. Murder resentencing. The court will also hear People v. In Make UC a Good Neighbor v.

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At the Lectern

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The Supreme Court hasn’t been holding many oral arguments this term: only 23 cases have been heard or scheduled through the court’s recently announced March calendar , which will be its seventh of 2024–2025. The last update was in June 2024. The last response to amicus curiae briefing was filed in March 2024.

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At the Lectern

JUNE 10, 2024

An oral argument letter was sent in March 2024. b)–(i), 1170.12) violate the separation of powers doctrine by requiring prosecutors to plead and prove prior qualifying felony convictions? (2) A bankruptcy stay was in effect for over a month, starting in March 2024. An oral argument letter was sent in March 2024.

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At the Lectern

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Hardin (2024) 15 Cal.5th Rodriguez , where a Fifth District unpublished opinion affirmed the denial of a defendant’s petition to be resentenced under Senate Bill 1437 , 2018 legislation that limited liability for felony murder and eliminated it for murder under the natural-and-probable-consequences doctrine. 2024) 16 Cal.5th

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At the Lectern

JULY 25, 2024

Hardin (2024) 15 Cal.5th The 2018 legislation limited criminal liability for felony murder, eliminated it for murder under the natural-and-probable-consequences doctrine, and allowed possible resentencing for those convicted under pre-SB 1437 law. Regents of the University of California (2024) 16 Cal.5th Reynoza (2024) 15 Cal.5th

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At the Lectern

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Resentencing was sought under Senate Bill 1437 , 2018 legislation that limited criminal liability for felony murder, eliminated it for murder under the natural-and-probable-consequences doctrine, and allowed possible resentencing for those convicted under pre-SB 1437 law. Hardin (2024) 15 Cal.5th City of Sunnyvale (2024) 16 Cal.5th

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At the Lectern

APRIL 18, 2024

Nine arguments makes early-May the largest calendar of the 2023-2024 term thus far and goes a long way towards fulfilling Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero’s pledge to increase the court’s opinion output during the term’s second half. (May is the only month with two argument calendars.) The court granted review in March 2023.

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At the Lectern

APRIL 25, 2024

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

APRIL 26, 2024

The companion bill was introduced to the Tennessee House of Representatives on January 29, 2024 as HB 2310 by Representative Bryan Richey and to the Tennessee Senate on January 31. Senator Janice Bowling introduced SB 2782 in the Senate.

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JURIST

JANUARY 12, 2024

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. More decisions on access to reproductive care are to come in 2024. The grand jury responded by returning a no bill—effectively dismissing the case.

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JURIST

MAY 14, 2024

In January 2024, Batten pleaded guilty to “one felony count of possessing an unregistered destructive device” and “one misdemeanor count of intentionally damaging a reproductive health services facility, in violation of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act.”

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 2, 2024

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday added five new cases – two of which will be argued together – to its docket for the 2024-25 term.

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JURIST

JUNE 1, 2023

The law will go into effect on January 1, 2024. Called the Vulnerable Child Protection Act, the law makes doctors providing gender-affirming healthcare to minors a felony, criminalizing prescribing puberty blockers, performing a mastectomy and operating on or removing any “nondiseased” tissue.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 31, 2024

And the court denied review to a group of 13 much-relisted cases that raised the question whether felony defendants have a constitutional right to a 12-person jury rather than just a six-person one. relisted after the May 23, 2024 conference) Delligatti v. relisted after the May 23, 2024 conference) Granier v.

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JURIST

MAY 3, 2024

2024-33 (“SB 1”), which criminalizes absentee ballot assistance. ” Both the Payment and Gift Provisions carry a Class B or C felony penalty. A coalition of rights groups led by the Alabama State Conference of the NAACP filed a lawsuit Friday challenging four provisions of Alabama Senate Bill 1 , Act No.

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JURIST

APRIL 13, 2024

His sentencing hearing will be on August 12, 2024. Attorney Carla Freedman for the Northern District of New York stated, “ The federal felony conviction [Dai] sustains today underscores that those who break the law by making violent threats will be found and prosecuted, even if they attempt to hide by posting anonymously.”

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 2, 2024

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. ” It is all now being buried under a sweeping immunity deal and a pack of presidential lies.

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JURIST

JANUARY 25, 2024

The Center for Reproductive Rights, a reproductive rights organization, filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s ban, which currently makes it a felony to perform or aid an abortion, with an exception for situations where women face death or a serious health risk. ” A jury trial is currently set for August 2024.

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The Crime Report

JULY 18, 2022

In total, states enacted more than 60 new felonies and more than 50 new misdemeanors, criminalizing actions taken by everyone involved in an election, including voters, people who assist voters and election officials. The criminal penalties range from low-level misdemeanors to felonies punishable by up to 20 years.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 28, 2024

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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JURIST

APRIL 5, 2024

On November 21, 2023, the court found Taylor James Johnatakis guilty of seven charges , including three felonies, due to his participation in the riot. What the British did to DC will be nothing … ” Additionally, the court looked at a YouTube video uploaded on January 9, 2024, titled “D.C. Gulag & NYC Tunnels.”

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Thus, McCloskey’s guilty plea, for which he obtained the benefit of the State dismissing a felony charge punishable by jail time, survived the pardon and importantly, with respect to the issue at hand in this replevin action, triggered the guns’ forfeiture. banc 2016), Hill pleaded guilty to and was convicted of felony forgery.

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The Crime Report

MAY 25, 2023

Former President Donald Trump made his first virtual appearance in Manhattan criminal court on May 23, facing 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, Alex Woodward reports for The Independent. The trial is scheduled to begin on March 25, 2024.

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Law 360

AUGUST 15, 2024

Donald Trump asked to delay sentencing in his New York hush money case until after the 2024 presidential election, arguing he needs time to potentially appeal if he loses an attempt to erase the felony conviction on the basis of presidential immunity.

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JURIST

MARCH 20, 2024

In some instances, such as having prior convictions, this state crime could escalate to a felony. If Governor Reynolds signs the bill into law, it will go into effect on July 1, 2024. The passage of this bill aligns Iowa with Texas, which has also been enforcing immigration laws outside the federal system.

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