2024 Legal Misdemeanor Statute 
JonathanTurley
DECEMBER 27, 2023
Mark McCloskey later pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors to end the case, but was then granted a pardon. The department denied Guastello’s application for another liquor license based on the statute’s mandate that no person convicted of a liquor law violation could receive a liquor license.
The Crime Report
APRIL 4, 2023
A very bold and impressive broad-gauged indictment that few, if any legal pundits, saw coming. 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. Kaplan rejected the merger.
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JonathanTurley
AUGUST 9, 2022
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. Elias was not alone citing the possible use of a Section 2071 charge to block Trump’s expected presidential run in 2024.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 24, 2024
With the Trump trial, Manhattan has become a type of legal wilderness where prosecutors use the legal system to hunt down political rivals and thrill their own supporters. Through various contortions, Bragg converted a dead misdemeanor case into 34 felonies in an unprecedented prosecution. It all comes down to the legal map.
JonathanTurley
APRIL 15, 2024
No one seriously believes that Alvin Bragg would have spent this time and money to prosecute what is ordinarily a state misdemeanor if the defendant was anyone other than Trump. Lawyers have been scouring the civil and criminal codes for any basis to sue or prosecute Trump before the upcoming 2024 election. Dunne and Mark F.
JonathanTurley
APRIL 24, 2024
Indeed, if all of these facts of payments, non-disclosure agreements, and affairs are proven many of us (including liberal legal experts) are doubtful that there is any cognizable crime. He did this by paying to quash a potentially embarrassing story and then reimbursing his lawyer with other legal expenses. You are not alone.
JonathanTurley
MARCH 21, 2023
It is an effort to reanimate a long dead legal claim against Trump, but could reanimate his presidential campaign. He is reportedly going to convert a misdemeanor for falsifying financial records into a prosecution of a federal crime. Here is the column: “It’s moving. It’s alive. It’s alive. it’s moving. IT’S ALIVE!”
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