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US Supreme Court declines to hear case regarding jury size in felony trials

JURIST

The United States Supreme Court Monday denied the appeal of Ramin Khorrami, an Arizona man who was convicted of fraud before an eight-member jury. Six states in the US allow for trials before six or eight-person juries in felony cases: Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts and Utah.

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Supreme Court of Indiana Finds Tyson Timbs's Land Rover Was Unconstitutionally Forfeited, Comparing Him to Captain Ahab

EvidenceProf Blog

Indiana, Tyson Timbs was charged in June 2013 with two counts of dealing in a controlled substance and conspiracy to commit theft, all felonies. In Timbs v. He pleaded guilty in 2015 to selling $260 worth of heroin and served.

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Appeals court rules father’s parental rights can’t be terminated because of his parole conditions

The Crime Report

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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Public Defender Shortages Reaching Critical Levels: Report

The Crime Report

According to the reports, which are the result of two years of research, New Mexico is short more than 600 full-time public defenders across adult and juvenile courts, whereas Oregon is short nearly 1,300 public defenders. ” New Mexico and Oregon. hours per workday, and lawyers in Oregon would need to put in 26.6

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Injustice With Impunity: A Texas Tale

The Crime Report

By night he drafted court documents for judges to sign. As a subsequent ruling by the Texas Court of Appeals finally made clear, the arrangement was not a momentary lapse in judgment or a one-time offense induced under pressure. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on March 9 that the nurses cannot sue. Alexa Gervasi. The 2nd U.S.

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Chiefs: Dropping Gun Permits Threatens Public Safety—and Officers’ Lives

The Crime Report

The latest to sound the alarm was my good friend, Deborah Daniels, a former federal prosecutor in Indiana, which passed permitless carry earlier this spring. No law enforcement official I’ve spoken with thinks these policies are a good idea.

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The first relists of October Term 2022

SCOTUSBlog

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court is back. On Monday, the court granted nine petitions from the enormous number that built up over the summer. A short explanation of relists is available here. First up is Buffington v.