JURIST

DECEMBER 1, 2024

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. This principle is rooted in the 1983 North Carolina Supreme Court decision State v.

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At the Lectern

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Superior Court (Mitchell) , the Supreme Court yesterday held that a superior court exceeded its jurisdiction in reducing a charged felony to a misdemeanor after a preliminary hearing and before sentencing. In general, an appeal stays the challenged trial court decision, but a writ petition does not.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 15, 2021

Kavanaugh’s opinion explicitly validates that practice, but at the same time appears to render it superfluous by saying that Greer’s stipulation under the 1997 Supreme Court decision in Old Chief v. United States that he had previously been convicted of a felony constituted competent evidence of such knowledge.

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JURIST

AUGUST 4, 2021

Failure to comply with the law is a class B misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in prison and $1,000 in fines. The US District Court for the Southern District of Indiana agreed and issued a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the law. Writing for the majority, Circuit Judge Amy St.

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Statute Laws Court Misdemeanor 288

Constitutional Law Reporter

APRIL 29, 2025

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the District Courts conclusion that New York attempted second-degree murder is a crime of violence for purposes of 924(c)(3)(A). Supreme Courts Decision The Supreme Court affirmed by a vote of 7-2. Castleman , 572 U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 23, 2024

The other was a 2010 arrest for child pornography, which resulted in a misdemeanor conviction for endangering a child. Two years earlier, officials had interviewed him after a trip home from Mexico, during which he claimed he had been kidnapped, robbed of his electronic devices, and told to leave the country. Jacobsen v.

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At the Lectern

JULY 5, 2021

(see: Supreme Court reinstates $414 million judgment, validating waiver of Hague Convention service requirement ; also here ). The list of cert denials doesn’t include those concerning California Supreme Court decisions without opinions, such as summary denials of habeas corpus or writ petitions.).

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