LegalReader

JUNE 2, 2022

The state of Arkansas has made reckless driving a criminal misdemeanor.

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ALPS

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Catapulted by the leadership of original National Task Force on Lawyer-Well Being member Chief Justice Donald W. Hello and welcome to episode six of the National Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being Podcast Series. Lemons and his colleague Justice William C. Episode Transcript: Chris Newbold: . The Path to Well-Being in Law. Absolutely.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

During the homicide trial against Kyle Rittenhouse, now 18, lawyers repeatedly turn to the facts surrounding the semiautomatic rifle that he used to kill two men and wound a third during the community unrest in Kenosha, WI last summer. . Legal Claim to Self Defense? . It’s very fact-specific in each case.”.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Actor Jonathan Majors is set to go on trial Wednesday to face charges of misdemeanor assault and harassment for allegedly assaulting his then-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari, during a car ride to his home, Jonah E. Manhattan district attorney Alvin L. Bromwich reports for the New York Times.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 27, 2022

The charges in all but one of the 40 cases were elevated from misdemeanors to felonies based on legal technicalities allowed under Illinois law — that the altercations happened at a “public place” or that the victim was a medical professional — rather than the seriousness of the acts. She called the practice “highly inappropriate.”

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MorneauLaw

MAY 20, 2023

Not only will most recordings not be admitted as exhibits by a judge, but these recordings can also bring bigger consequences including criminal misdemeanor or felony charges. It is a good idea to meet with an attorney to discuss this prior to making any recording.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Attorney Jeffrey Pollock, 59, was reportedly put out when a metal detector repeatedly set off an alarm at a Pittsburgh courthouse. The Alleghany Sheriff’s Office decided to issue a press release about how the lawyer stood there in just his shirt and underwear. There are times when it is a good thing justice is blind. b) Grading.–An

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Her lawyer requested security footage from the facility that might show who’d taken the pills. A judge ordered that it be given to the attorney on the condition that it not be released to anyone else. Her request to have a lawyer present was denied. She resigned shortly after , according to an incident report.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 19, 2021

For example, Washington state allows for the charging of a misdemeanor. The law requires that individuals “shall as soon as reasonably possible notify the prosecuting attorney, law enforcement, medical assistance, or other public officials.” Perhaps some of our Pennsylvania lawyers could help out.

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Day on Torts

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

55-8-136, which is a Class C misdemeanor, the statute of limitations for plaintiff’s action was extended to two years pursuant to Tenn. I caution lawyers not to rely on this Court of Appeals decision at this time. Code Ann. § Code Ann. § 28-3-104(a)(2). In Younger v. Okbahhanes , No. E2020-00429-COA-R10-CV (Tenn.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The banishments require the consent of the defendant, but some lawyers question whether defendants really have any choice but to sign. I don’t think the actual terms of the neighborhood order of protection were clear to my client,” said Maureen Hanlon, an attorney for the public-interest law group ArchCity Defenders. “It

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 5, 2021

Forcible touching is a class A misdemeanor. The difficulty in such cases is that there are often no witnesses so lawyers seek to show pattern and practice evidence. That is the difference between the New York Attorney General report and a criminal case. Such a charge comes with the potential of a year sentence.

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LegalReader

MARCH 14, 2022

If the employee takes measures to purposely hide the occurrence, they could face a Class A misdemeanor charge.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The six misdemeanor charges and three felonies carry a potential sentence of 17 years for alleged tax evasion and filing a false return. After all, Attorney General Merrick Garland had refused the calls of many of us to appoint a Special Counsel to look into the corruption scandal. It could have been worse.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The MAGA-world “Kraken” lawyer Sidney Powell will not face any discipline from the Texas Board of Disciplinary Appeals. Yes, she pleaded guilty to to six misdemeanor counts of conspiracy to commit intentional interference with performance of election duties. Powell’s attorney, Robert H. Powell has ended.”

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Everyone knew that putting a conspiracy theorist with no Justice Department experience in charge of the US Attorney’s Office in DC would be a disaster. attorney Ed Martin then personally submitted a seizure warrant application without any other prosecutors in his office that was rejected by a U.S. magistrate judge in D.C.,

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Above The Law

MARCH 12, 2025

In 2011, he pleaded no contest to misdemeanor battery of a former girlfriend and was recorded making death threats against her. Former Justice Department pardon attorney Elizabeth G. Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of The Jabot podcast , and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer.

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton is among a small group of district attorneys working to dial back decades of tough-on-crime approaches. Statistics on her roughly 100-attorney staff shared with The Imprint show that in 2017, 43 percent were women. I never met a lawyer until I was somewhere in adulthood.” .

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 29, 2021

17 to face charges on a misdemeanor sex crime relating to an allegation that he “forcibly” touched a staff member. The charge, a Class A misdemeanor, carries a maximum sentence of one year in jail, reports The City. In a surprise move that critics charge has political overtones, former New York Gov. The complaint states that on Dec.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 28, 2024

Bannon’s attorney asserted that the information that the committee sought was protected by executive privilege – that is, the president’s power to keep information about the workings of the executive branch confidential – and that he could not override that privilege. Moreover, U.S.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 26, 2023

I previously wrote on the failure of Attorney General Merrick Garland to restore public trust in his department. Attorney General David Weiss was denied the ability to bring charges in two other jurisdictions and was denied a request for special counsel status, Garland’s past statements to Congress stand contradicted.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Many criminal defense attorneys and torts attorneys give special thanks for a holiday that can involve copious amounts of alcohol, strained family relations, over-the-hill amateur football players, “Black Friday” sale stampedes , and novice cooks. faces a misdemeanor simple assault charge for allegedly intentionally blowing on people.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

We had sociologists, lawyers, police officers, formerly incarcerated folks, all around the same table talking about things like bail reform and victim assistance. When Attorney General Janet Reno and I and others first started this work, there was very little discussion about reentry. That’s Vera’s legacy. The word didn’t exist.

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JURIST

JANUARY 11, 2024

The hearing included testimony from the attorney generals of Montana, Oklahoma and Missouri—states led by Republican governors—who said they have dealt with impacts from Mayorkas’s policies, even though none of them neighbor Mexico. Attorney General Montana Austin Knudsen noted there had been a devastating fentanyl crisis in Montana.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Greg Abbott ’s Operation Lone Star , the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled unanimously Wednesday that Travis County courts can’t weigh claims of wrongful detention caused by misdemeanor arrests 200 miles away. Migrants sat in state prisons for weeks or months after being arrested without being appointed lawyers or seeing a judge.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 22, 2023

” The responsibility for this theater of the absurd is Attorney General Merrick Garland who has again shown a lack of strength and leadership at a key moment for his department. Now it appears that the controversial “sweetheart deal” was not the first choice of US Attorney David Weiss. The language was anything but routine.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 28, 2024

There is still debate among legal experts as to the specific crime that District Attorney Alvin Bragg is alleging. Trump’s lawyers are defending a former president who is charged under a state misdemeanor which died years ago under the statute of limitations. If any leg is missing, the stool collapses.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Yet, Friedman is not a lawyer. What is more disconcerting is that lawyers are alleged to be involved in such efforts. Recently, Georgia officials confirmed that they are investigating The New Georgia Project — a group founded by lawyer Stacey Abrams — for allegedly seeking to register out of state voters and deceased individuals.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 27, 2024

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg appears to be launching his own school of abstract legal work in the Trump indictment. For many of us, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has created a new school of abstract law where there is no need for objective meaning. The key is to avoid any objective meaning.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 4, 2023

Yet at the press conference and Q & A following the arraignment District Attorney Alvin Bragg told the world that the 34 felony charges brought against defendant Trump were nothing more than the Manhattan office engaging in its everyday prosecution of “bread and butter” white-collar crimes.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 10, 2025

Once considered the premier legal system in the country, figures like New York Attorney General Letitia James , Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Justices Arthur F.Engoron and Juan Merchan have caused the system to be weaponized for political purposes. John Fetterman, D-Pa., simply called it total “bst.”

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

The reason, once again, is Hillary Clinton, who remains a complicating factor in Attorney General Merrick Garland showing the public that this is not about pursuing Trump but enforcing the law. Under Section 1519, the government can prosecute someone who “ knowingly conceals any document with the intent to obstruct ” their investigation.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 9, 2021

Attorneys Michael van der Veen and Bruce Castor, who defended former President Donald Trump at his Senate impeachment trial over allegedly inciting the Jan. have charged both women with unlawful entry of public property, a misdemeanor. Authorities in Washington, D.C.,

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 4, 2021

Andrew Cuomo’s future remains uncertain following a report by the state attorney general’s office concluding that he sexually harassed nearly a dozen women throughout his recent political career — breaking state and federal laws, NBC News and The City NYC report. . New York Gov. Photo by Welington Abraham Trump via Flickr.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

On July 8, 2021, a jury in Minnesota state court found four activists guilty of aiding and abetting fourth degree criminal damage to property, a misdemeanor offense. New Zealand Lawyers Challenged Climate Change Commission’s Recommendations. Lawyers for Climate Action NZ v. Conservation Law Foundation v. Shell Oil Co. ,

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 22, 2023

C-Span/YouTube Screenshot Below is my column in USA Today on the expected indictment of former President Donald Trump and the prospect of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg putting Michael Cohen on the stand as his star witness. Yesterday, I wrote about the early skirmish between Cohen and his former counsel. Do you understand me?”

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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. This week, New York judges and lawyers appear eager to prove that the same is true for cases against Donald Trump. However, two prosecutors, Carey R.

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