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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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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. Gregory Greer was convicted in the first case under §922(g) and sentenced to prison, but after the Rehaif decision, he appealed that conviction. Decisions in both cases should come this summer.

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

SCOTUSBlog

Share Federal felon-in-possession defendants who fail in the trial court to assert their rights under the Supreme Court’s 2019 decision in Rehaif v. United States face an “uphill climb” to get a new trial or plea proceeding, the court stated Monday in Greer v. United States and United States v.

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

The Crime Report

A three-judge panel of the North Carolina Court of Appeals published a pair of opinions Tuesday holding that two people can be charged with murder for brutalizing a child 25 years ago — even though they had already been convicted of child abuse for the same act of violence in the late ‘90s. State courts have taken up this issue before.

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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. Because that is what happened here, he says, the decision of the Georgia Supreme Court should be reversed.

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How The Supreme Court Changed Juvenile Justice

The Crime Report

An increasing number of Americans now believe US Supreme Court decision-making is based more on political ideology than the rule of law. Evidence that this disturbing trend is true can be found when taking a closer look at the shift in how the Court has dealt with juvenile cases dating back to 2005.

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