Attorney Court Rules Felony 
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 6, 2021
The North Carolina Court of Appeals on Friday blocked a lower court order that would restore voting rights to more than 55,000 North Carolinians on parole or probation for a felony. ” Advocates for the formerly incarcerated are expected to appeal the appellate court’s decision to the North Carolina Supreme Court.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 29, 2022
Attorney General Dana Nessel has lost the Flint case in spectacular fashion this week. In an unanimous 6-0 ruling, the Michigan Supreme Court held that her office committed a fatal and inexplicable error in prosecuting nine officials for the Flint water crisis, including former Gov. Rick Snyder. juror) to charge them.”
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At the Lectern
MAY 3, 2023
Documents that Governor Gavin Newsom lodged under seal in support of a request for Supreme Court permission to commute Elaine Wong ’s life without parole sentence will likely be made available to the public, at least in part. This is the second time a governor has sought a court recommendation to commute Wong’s sentence.
At the Lectern
MARCH 16, 2023
The court granted the Attorney General’s petition for review in People v. The cases concern resentencing a defendant whose felony-murder conviction is tossed under subsequent legislation narrowing the felony-murder rule. ” The Supreme Court denied the defendant’s petition for review in Howard.
At the Lectern
JUNE 17, 2021
The court’s unanimous opinion by Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye holds to be not final, and thus eligible for resentencing, “ a case in which a defendant is placed on probation with execution of an impose d state prison sentence suspended. The court ruled similarly last year in People v. McKenzie (2020) 9 Cal.5th
At the Lectern
JUNE 26, 2023
Prudholme , the Supreme Court today holds that legislation reducing maximum probation terms applies retroactively and, when so applied, doesn’t jeopardize a plea agreement reached under the harsher superseded law. In People v. Stamps (2020) 9 Cal.5th
At the Lectern
APRIL 22, 2021
The court denied two defendants’ petitions for review in People v. Batiste — where the Supreme Court directed the appellate court to “consider whether the summary reversal procedure used is appropriate in light of California Constitution, article VI, sections 3 and 14, People v. Rules of Court, rule 8.200(a).”
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