HowAppealing

AUGUST 5, 2023

“Appeals Court Overturns Mississippi’s Lifetime Ban on Voting for Former Felons; A federal appeals court said that barring people convicted of certain felonies from voting pointlessly denied them access to ‘the democratic core of American citizenship’”: Michael Wines of The New York Times has this report.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 8, 2022

The ruling in Wooden v the United States sparked a debate over the specific language of the law and how it applies to multiple crimes committed all at once, reports the New York Times.

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HowAppealing

JUNE 10, 2021

“Supreme Court Limits Sweep of Law on Mandatory Minimum Sentences; Violent felonies committed recklessly do not count in deciding whether 15-year terms are required under the Armed Career Criminal Act, the justices ruled”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. ” Jordan S. .”

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HowAppealing

JUNE 23, 2021

“‘Hot Pursuit’ Doesn’t Always Justify Entry, Supreme Court Rules; The mere flight of a person suspected of a minor crime, without more, does not allow police officers to enter homes without warrants, the court said”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. ” David G. .”

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 11, 2022

.” Recent rulings in lower courts across the country have mirrored Thomas’s guidance to stay consistent with how states have historically regulated gun ownership, striking down gun restrictions involving young adults, people facing felony charges, and makers of homemade guns.

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The Crime Report

JULY 27, 2022

Tens of thousands of people serving punishments for felony convictions in North Carolina but who aren’t behind bars can now register to vote and cast ballots following an appeals court ruling, reports the Associated Press.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 24, 2021

Paul, Minnesota reports that “ Felony rape charge doesn’t apply if victim got herself drunk, Minnesota Supreme Court rules.” ” You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Minnesota at this link. .” Andy Mannix of The Minneapolis Star Tribune has this report.

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At the Lectern

JULY 7, 2021

David Snyder, executive director of the First Amendment Coalition, writes in the Sacramento Bee about the Supreme Court’s recent administrative order revising its policy about the confidentiality of records submitted to the court by a governor that support requests for clemency recommendations.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The North Carolina Court of Appeals on Friday blocked a lower court order that would restore voting rights to more than 55,000 North Carolinians on parole or probation for a felony.

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JURIST

MARCH 7, 2022

A fractured US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Wooden v. The government charged him under the ACCA, which would subject Wooden to a 15-year mandatory minimum sentence, but only if he had three prior violent felonies.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 24, 2021

Eight years later, an immigration judge found that his California conviction for driving under the influence was an aggravated felony under the federal immigration laws. But six years after his deportation, the Supreme Court ruled in Leocal v. Sessions )—to not constitute aggravated felonies.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 14, 2021

United States is not entitled to a new trial or plea hearing unless he “makes a sufficient argument or representation on appeal that he would have presented evidence at trial that he did not in fact know he was a felon,” the court ruled Monday in the cases of Greer v. United States and United States v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 24, 2021

United States , the Supreme Court analyzed the Armed Career Criminal Act ’s force clause or elements clause. Under the ACCA, a person who has three violent felony convictions and is then convicted of possessing a firearm faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years. The case came to the court after Charles Borden Jr.

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At the Lectern

MARCH 16, 2023

The cases concern resentencing a defendant whose felony-murder conviction is tossed under subsequent legislation narrowing the felony-murder rule. ” The Supreme Court denied the defendant’s petition for review in Howard. Rules of Court, rule 8.528(d); In re Benoit (1973) 10 Cal.3d

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JURIST

APRIL 28, 2021

A collection of renewable fuel producers, the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA), challenged the orders in the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. The court ruled that the EPA had exceeded its authority in granting the extension. HollyFrontier petitioned the Supreme Court for review.

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At the Lectern

MAY 3, 2023

This is the second time a governor has sought a court recommendation to commute Wong’s sentence. The state constitution requires a recommendation before clemency can be granted to anyone who has been “twice convicted of a felony.” However, the record from Brown’s request was partially unsealed in 2021.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The North Carolina Court of Appeals issued a ruling Tuesday that a man should not lose his parental rights because of strict parole conditions imposed by another state. In 2014, the father, who is not named in the opinion, was convicted of two felonies involving sexual conduct with a 14-year-old in Indiana.

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At the Lectern

MAY 26, 2021

The Supreme Court today approved a new policy for how it treats files submitted by a Governor when asking the court to recommend clemency. An affirmative recommendation is a constitutional prerequisite to a gubernatorial pardon or sentence commutation for anyone who has been “ twice convicted of a felony.”. See rule 8.45

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

People with felony or violent misdemeanor convictions, restraining orders, or serious mental illness are all included on the list. A new Office of Gun Violence Prevention in California will reduce gun violence by keeping guns away from “dangerous individuals” and promoting research and data collection, the Washington Post reports.

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Day on Torts

MAY 12, 2023

Plaintiff alleged that after he criticized defendant union, defendant accused him of misusing union funds and caused him to be charged with two state felonies. In this opinion, the Supreme Court ruled that the trial court was correct to dismiss the case. internal citation omitted). Continue reading

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At the Lectern

JUNE 26, 2023

In People v. Stamps (2020) 9 Cal.5th

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 15, 2021

Lisa Folajtar is barred because of a felony conviction for willfully making a materially false statement on her tax returns. Raymond Holloway cannot possess firearms because of a misdemeanor conviction for driving under the influence.

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At the Lectern

JUNE 17, 2021

The court ruled similarly last year in People v. ” The change in the law in Esquivel is Senate Bill 136 , which, in 2019, restricted what had been a generally applicable enhancement for prior felony prison and jail terms to one that is now imposed only for those prior terms served for sexually violent offenses.

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At the Lectern

APRIL 22, 2021

Jaimes , but it granted the Attorney General’s request to depublish the Fifth District’s divided, partially published opinion that held the superior court erroneously responded to a jury question about the meaning of a charged sentence enhancement for a person “convicted of a felony committed. Renteria , below.).

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 29, 2022

In an unanimous 6-0 ruling, the Michigan Supreme Court held that her office committed a fatal and inexplicable error in prosecuting nine officials for the Flint water crisis, including former Gov. It can go up to 10 yeas for felonies like manslaughter, which were the charges brought against two defendants. Rick Snyder.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

It is called the “rule of lenity” and has been around in the English system for centuries. For example, in 1547, the court was faced with a law making it a felony of steal “Horses, Geldings or Mares.” The problem with the Wisconsin statute is not a problem of pluralization but definition.

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JURIST

MARCH 29, 2021

Alabama is on track to pass a bill that would make providing any gender-affirming treatment for transgender youth a felony. The post Federal appeals court rules professors do not to have to respect student pronouns appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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JURIST

JUNE 24, 2023

The US Supreme Court ruled Friday in US v. The crux of the case rests on Article III of the US Constitution, which governs the Court’s judicial purview. .” The US District Court Southern District of Texas ruled in favor of the states, enjoining Homeland Security from enforcing the memorandum. .”

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JURIST

OCTOBER 3, 2021

The defendants face charges of felony murder and false imprisonment. The post Superior Court rules Arbery’s mental health records can’t be used at trial appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary. Arbery was unarmed. Jury selection is scheduled to begin on October 18.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 24, 2023

Share Federal immigration law requires the deportation of noncitizens who are convicted of an aggravated felony, which includes offenses “relating to obstruction of justice.” By a vote of 6-3, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in Pugin v. Such “redundancies are common in statutory drafting,” Kavanaugh wrote.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 25, 2022

Texas’ trigger law has officially gone into effect, making performing an abortion a felony punishable by up to life in prison and a civil penalty of not less than $100,000, plus attorney fees, with only narrow exceptions to save the life of a pregnant patient, reports the Texas Tribune.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Whether they were convicted of serious felonies or misdemeanors, registrants must check in with their sheriff’s office and pay $20 every three months. Missing check-ins or falling behind $40 on fees for more than two weeks is a felony. People convicted of drug, violent or sex crimes must register on the list.

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JURIST

JULY 10, 2023

Additionally, the court did not find that FOSTA violates the First Amendment. FOSTA makes it a felony to own, manage or operate an “interactive computer service” with the intent to promote or facilitate the prostitution of another person.

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JURIST

APRIL 6, 2023

The survivors and families of the victims joined in a lawsuit against the US government, alleging negligence under the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act due to the government’s failure to prevent Kelley from purchasing a firearm despite his prior felony convictions.

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JURIST

JANUARY 26, 2024

” The conflict follows a Supreme Court ruling on January 22, wherein the court sided with the Biden administration in a dispute over a barrier along the southern border. The court, in a 5-4 decision, allowed federal officials to modify or remove parts of a razor-wire barrier erected by Texas along the border. .”

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JURIST

MARCH 26, 2023

Under this rule, the movant has the burden of showing that there has been a “significant change in facts or law [that] warrants revision of the decree.” ” Here, the court ruled that the US Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization , which overturned Roe v.

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JURIST

MAY 20, 2022

The ruling was met with praise from the Michigan governor. is a Michigan law enacted in 1931 which made all abortions a felony unless it was necessary to save the mother’s life. After the ruling on Roe v. A Michigan judge Tuesday blocked the enforcement of a 1931 state law which would ban abortions in the event Roe v.

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