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Four-case October calendar will be heard in Fresno

At the Lectern

Most calendars are conducted in San Francisco, Los Angeles, or Sacramento. The case was originally on the June calendar, but there was a last-minute continuance. The Supreme Court today announced it will hear just four arguments in October. The hearings will be at a special session in Fresno. The court granted review in October 2022.

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Four cases on the February calendar, including one that’s the answer to a trivia question

At the Lectern

The Supreme Court has announced a four-case February calendar. Did the Court of Appeal err in ruling that the trial court adequately exercised its discretion to determine whether the juvenile’s offenses were felonies or misdemeanors as required by Welfare and Institutions Code section 702 and In re Manzy W. In re F.M. :

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Juvenile offenses opinion filing tomorrow

At the Lectern

Opinions in the five March calendar cases should file by June 5. is expected to decide whether the Court of Appeal erred in ruling that the trial court adequately exercised its discretion to determine whether the juvenile’s offenses were felonies or misdemeanors as required by Welfare and Institutions Code section 702 and In re Manzy W

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Michigan Leadership Enacts Laws to Reform State’s Juvenile Justice System

The Crime Report

or a misdemeanor offense. The Michigan Task Force on Juvenile Justice Reform found that in 2019 nearly half of all cases initiated in juvenile court in Michigan were for repeatedly missing school or property crimes and that more than 60 percent of youth placed in detention committed a status (truancy, curfew violations, running away, etc.)

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Criminal appellate procedure opinion filing tomorrow

At the Lectern

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) ” More about the case here.

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March 2018 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

He had been convicted of misdemeanor trespass and felony criminal mischief and conspiracy to commit criminal mischief in October 2017. A second activist who filmed the action was convicted of felony conspiracy to commit criminal mischief and conspiracy trespass, a misdemeanor.

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February argument calendar includes immigration, voting-rights cases

SCOTUSBlog

The Supreme Court on Thursday released the calendar for its February argument session, which begins on Feb. 24): Whether the exception to the general warrant requirement for police who are in hot pursuit of a suspect applies when police are pursuing a suspect whom they believe committed a misdemeanor. California (Feb. United States v.