Constitutional Law Felony Laws Misdemeanor 
JonathanTurley
JUNE 7, 2023
At issue was the federal “felon-in-possession” law—18 U.S.C. § The federal law makes it “unlawful for any person. However, when Range pleaded guilty in 1995, his conviction was classified as a Pennsylvania misdemeanor punishable by up to five years’ imprisonment. 922(g)(1), which bars ex-felons from possession of firearms.
JonathanTurley
MAY 2, 2021
Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association and the Law Enforcement Labor Services has taken the unusual (if not unprecedented) step of asking the University of Minnesota to investigate a student for her call to make the lives of campus police a living “hell.” Misdemeanor offenses. Gross misdemeanor offenses.
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JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 14, 2021
In covering the motions hearing last week in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, I noted a surprising comment from Judge Bruce Schroeder that he had “spent hours” with the Wisconsin gun law and could not state with certainty what it means in this case. Criminal laws are supposed to be interpreted narrowly. 29.304 and 29.593.”
JonathanTurley
APRIL 2, 2022
Aladin was charged with robbery, which is a second degree felony, and Whettstone and Lawrence were charged with first degree misdemeanor assault. Police rejected claims of a racial motive and noted that, over a period of five years, 40 adults were arrested for shoplifting at Gibson’s Bakery, but only six were African American.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 9, 2023
First, let’s look at the law. The California provision states that kidnapping involves someone who “abducts or takes by force or fraud any person contrary to the law of the place where that act is committed, and brings, sends, or conveys that person within the limits of this state.”
JonathanTurley
OCTOBER 17, 2022
She was less specific on the details: “It could be a felony , it could be a misdemeanor, but we know that CPS charge could harm your employment, could harm their education, because nowadays many people do a CPS database search before offering employment.” Notably, both Sen. Tim Kaine (D., Va) and Rep.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 24, 2024
Through various contortions, Bragg converted a dead misdemeanor case into 34 felonies in an unprecedented prosecution. New Yorkers and the media insisted that such selective prosecution was in defense of the “rule of law.” That is not how the law is seen from 9th Avenue. It all comes down to the legal map.
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