ABA Journal

MARCH 15, 2021

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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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

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

they found a stash of weapons along with more than 10 fake federal badges and credentials, some of which had Downey’s name and photos, according to the Washington Post. Southern District Court in New York. A felony conviction would force Downey out of office. Downey was elected as Rockland County’s second in command in 2019.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 28, 2021

Because the pandemic paused jury trials, many defendants will have spent more time jailed pretrial than incarcerated for their sentence, The Washington Post reports. As courts delayed jury trials due to COVID-19, many people accused of violent crimes were released from jail on pending cases. Chief Judge Anita M. 6 Capitol riot.

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JURIST

APRIL 12, 2022

A jury for the US District Court for the District of Columbia Monday convicted former Mount Rocky police officer Thomas Robertson on all charges related to the January 6 Capitol attack. According to court documents, the officers were off duty when they headed to DC in Robertson’s car on January 6.

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JURIST

JUNE 8, 2021

Further, penalties would not increase to the felony level with subsequent arrests. Across the nation, nearly 30 states and Washington, D.C. In cases where the offender possesses less than 14 grams, the fine would be limited to $100 with no possibility of imprisonment, even for repeat offenders.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 9, 2022

Take Alaska , for example, which the report ranks as the lowest-performing state in terms of nearly every law category analyzed — receiving “F” grades for pardoning, felony relief, misdemeanor relief, certificates of relief, employment, and occupational licensing laws. Washington D.C. in the past 50 years. in the past 50 years. “We

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 15, 2023

A mental health therapist in Washington D.C. has been indicted by a grand jury for 20 alleged crimes including felony fraud and first-degree theft for allegedly stealing more than $263,000 from the city’s Medicaid program through fraudulent claims, Keith L. Alexander reports for the Washington Post.

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JURIST

AUGUST 12, 2022

According to court documents , Robertson, 49, and co-defendent Jacob Fracker were both officers with the Rocky Mount, Virginia, Police Department and were off duty when they headed for Washington, D.C. in Robertson’s car on the morning of January 6, 2021.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 3, 2021

The new law allows those accused of a crime to ask for an extra court hearing if they believe they acted in self-defense. Individuals charged with a felony or class A misdemeanor can ask for this hearing, unless they are accused of attacking a police officer. In Washington, D.C.,

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Six deputies at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta who, in 2018, Tasered, beat and pepper-sprayed inmate Antonio May to death have been indicted by a grand jury on five charges, including felony murder, aggravated assault, battery and violation of oath of office by a public officer, reports the Washington Post.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 25, 2022

Arizona also repealed a law authorizing suspension of driver’s licenses for failure to pay and authorized its courts to redesignate some felonies as misdemeanors, the report details. .

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 15, 2021

This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether Facebook plug-ins violate the Wiretap Act and whether the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to possess firearms outside the home or after a conviction for a nonviolent offense. Acknowledging a circuit split, the U.S.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

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. People with felony or violent misdemeanor convictions, restraining orders, or serious mental illness are all included on the list.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 19, 2022

Earlier this year, New York City Mayor Eric Adams proposed rolling back his state’s raise the age law that, in 2017, had moved 16- and 17-year-olds out of New York’s violent Rikers Island jails and into its more rehabilitative family court. And in July, Louisiana Gov. We have seen this movie before. Follow him @VinSchiraldi.

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The Crime Report

MAY 9, 2022

A large swath of Washington, DC shut down recently after a gunman fired dozens of rounds from an apartment window toward a nearby school. People in Washington like to talk about the importance of collaboration, and I can think of no better example of that spirit than the work the ATF does, day-in and day-out, with local agencies.

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The Crime Report

JULY 7, 2021

Descano, says his office lacks the resources to hire attorneys to properly handle all of his office’s cases and, as a result, stopped prosecuting cases involving allegations of non-felony assault, larceny and other low-level crimes.

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At the Lectern

DECEMBER 16, 2021

At the Supreme Court’s double conference yesterday, with only six justices participating because of Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar’s retirement over six weeks ago, actions of note included: Writ petition against redistricting commission fails. Supreme Court won’t require remote public access to Los Angeles Superior Court proceedings.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 13, 2022

In addition, the legislature passed a separate measure that creates a mechanism for tracking statewide gun crime data and classifies theft of a firearm as a felony and increases penalties for using a gun during a drug deal.

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At the Lectern

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Supreme Court won’t require remote public access to Los Angeles Superior Court proceedings. The court granted review in In re Cabrera , and it limited the issue to: “Did the sentencing court err by finding petitioner’s conviction for battery with serious bodily injury (Pen. d)) was a serious felony (id., §§ 667, subd.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 30, 2022

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court granted review on a case raising the question whether Andy Warhol paintings made using a copyrighted photograph were so “transformative” as to be a non-infringing “fair use.” Case in point: Texas v.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 10, 2022

Share The Petitions of the Week column highlights a selection of cert petitions recently filed in the Supreme Court. This week we highlight petitions asking the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, similar issues in two very different drug-related prosecutions. City of Kent, Washington v. In Powers v. Navajo Nation.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Do we take this law from a misdemeanor charge to a felony charge? The felony charges filed against the Crumbleys could result in a maximum prison sentence of 15 years on each count of involuntary manslaughter. That’s much more than a slap on the wrist. That may be what it takes.”. Cassie Chew.

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At the Lectern

MARCH 1, 2023

Tomorrow morning, the Supreme Court will file its opinions in People v. In Brown , the court limited the issues to: “1. Did the trial court err in instructing the jury on the elements of first degree murder by poison (see People v. Last September, the court ordered supplemental briefing on three questions.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Below is my column in The Hill on what is shaping up to be a major Supreme Court term on the issues of parody and satire under the First Amendment. The Court could reframe the constitutional limits for criminal and civil liability in two cases currently on the docket, including one recently granted review. VIP Products LLC.

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At the Lectern

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

The Supreme Court will begin its December calendar with a memorial for former Justice John Arguelles, who died in April. Arguelles, who served on the court for two years starting in 1987, was 94. The court has now posted the calendar. There had been some tech problems with the court’s website.) Code, § 243, subd. (d))

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 20, 2022

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The court denied cert on Monday. Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justices Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan, filed an opinion dissenting from the court’s denial of summary vacatur.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 13, 2022

Although the Washington state cities of Seattle and Edmonds in 2018 succeeded in passing gun storage policies that impose substantial monetary penalties on firearm owners whose weapons aren’t stored in a gun safe, both cities have had to fend off challenges from gun rights advocates who say these policies violate state law. Messaging vs Law.

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Broadcast Law Blog

JANUARY 22, 2010

The Supreme Court Decision in Citizens United v. Because the station cannot censor the candidate ad (except in the exceptionally rare situation where the airing of the ad might violate a Federal felony statute), the broadcaster has no liability for the contents of the ad.

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At the Lectern

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

The Supreme Court hasn’t published its December calendar yet (there are some technical problems with the court’s website), but, from email notifications, we know four of the cases that will be argued next month. When the court granted review in Brown , it limited the issues to: “1. ” The case — People v.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 1, 2022

But a court struck down the practice as a violation of the constitutional freedoms of association and movement, and the U.S. Supreme Court in 2003 let that ruling stand. Some defendants also face active court cases for alleged violations. Cincinnati once barred people convicted of drug offenses from its own “exclusion zones.”

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 6, 2017

Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the U.S. Circuit also rejected EPA’s argument that the court did not have authority to review stays issued under Section 307(d)(7)(D) of the Clean Air Act. The court therefore found that the stay was unauthorized and vacated it. FEATURED CASE. A divided D.C. DECISIONS AND SETTLEMENTS.

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OCTOBER 8, 2021

Instead, George was arrested and charged in federal court with a slew of crimes ranging from robbery to murder. Instead, police treated her like a criminal, based on her previous felony convictions. Instead, police treated her like a criminal, based on her previous felony convictions.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 10, 2024

It raised the crime for a first offender from a misdemeanor to a felony. And that makes these false police reports regrettably a manifestation of our age offailing to confront the disconnect between thetext and history of the Second Amendmentand thelazy ahistorical interpretation of this Supreme Court.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, a potential replacement for the now-dismissed Servotronics Inc. In March, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Servotronics Inc. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit rejected Servotronics’ subpoena request.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 27, 2022

The Pine County’s Probation Department collaborates with experts in the program to work with juveniles that have been charged with misdemeanors and felonies that are not homicides or sex crimes. . Chad Enright , a prosecuting attorney in Kitsap, Washington, a city with a population of 271,000, uses this method to support victims of crime.

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JURIST

JUNE 13, 2023

We have seen how these laws have wreaked havoc on people’s lives across the country, and are urging the court to put a stop to these harms. The Supreme Court overturned Roe with Dobbs v. This decision was upheld by the North Dakota Supreme Court.

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