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North Carolina juvenile justice law targets felony offenses amid increased reports of teenage crime

JURIST

The updated legislation allows 16- and 17-year-olds charged with Class A through E felonies to now be tried as adults. This represents a significant change from the 2019 Raise the Age law , which allowed most 16- and 17-year-olds to remain under juvenile court jurisdiction regardless of the severity of the charges.

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‘Cataclysmic’ decision striking down strict liability drug law puts past convictions at risk in this state

ABA Journal

Years of convictions could be at risk following a Washington Supreme Court decision that struck down the state’s felony drug possession law. The state supreme…

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Supreme Court hears arguments in firearms possession cases

JURIST

The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in two cases involving one of its own precedents regarding felony firearms possession. “Failing to advise a defendant of the complete charge against him necessarily deprives him of the ability to make that grave choice knowingly and intelligently,” Fisher told the Court.

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Hunter Biden files motion to seek new trial on federal gun charges

JURIST

Hunter Biden filed documents on Monday seeking a new trial after his conviction on three felonies on June 11, 2024. He argued that the decision should be vacated since the trial began before an appeal for an earlier motion was concluded. Biden argues that this provision contradicts with the recent Supreme Court Decision in U.S.

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North Carolina State Court of Appeals Weighs Power of Constitutional Protection Against Double Jeopardy

The Crime Report

Tripp spent a decade behind bars after taking an Alford Plea ; a jury convicted Noffsinger of three counts of felony child abuse, giving her three consecutive sentences of 31 to 47 months in prison. State courts have taken up this issue before. Supreme Court case, Diaz v. But there’s an exception stemming from another U.S.

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Court makes it easier for appellate courts to affirm federal felon-in-possession convictions after Rehaif

SCOTUSBlog

922(g) , the federal statute barring people with prior felony convictions from possessing firearms, the government must prove that the defendant knew he was a felon at the time he possessed a firearm. Common sense,” he continued, suggests that most people with felony convictions are aware of their legal status as convicted felons.

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Double jeopardy claim after inconsistent acquittal comes before the court

SCOTUSBlog

At the same time, the jury found McElrath guilty but mentally ill on charges of felony murder (for felonies that result in a death, even if the defendant did not actually kill anyone) and aggravated assault. Period, full stop.

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