The Crime Report
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Expungement is available for misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor charges, such as theft, forgery or drug possession or sale. 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.
The Crime Report
DECEMBER 11, 2023
Oregon jails that house people awaiting trial on misdemeanor or serious felony charges, sometimes for months or longer, do not have consistent drug addiction programs, Ben Botkin reports for the Oregon Capitol Chronicle.
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JURIST
MARCH 3, 2024
Under the bill, individuals charged with possession of small amounts of drugs like methamphetamine or fentanyl will face misdemeanor charges that can result in jail time. A Class E violation is a less serious offense than a misdemeanor and only involves a fine of $100. This change applied to Schedule I-IV drug possession offenses.
JURIST
JANUARY 26, 2023
Hong Kong residents in the US are not covered if they voluntarily returned to Hong Kong, have not continuously resided in the US, have been convicted of a felony or two misdemeanors, are subject to extradition, or have otherwise been determined by US officials to be unsafe to remain.
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) Opinions in the other three cases should file by January 6, 2025.
SCOTUSBlog
FEBRUARY 24, 2025
The court did not add any new cases to their docket for the 2025-26 term. Sotomayor suggested that [t]here is reason to thing that the Fourth Amendment might include the in-the-presence limitation on warrantless misdemeanor arrests.
JonathanTurley
JANUARY 6, 2025
10, 2025, the curtain will fall on the longest performance of Hamlet in history. His order suggests that, if there is any interruption or delay in his sentencing, he might follow the advice of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and suspend sentencing for four years, a terrible option that we previously discussed.
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