SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Share So what would you expect if a state supreme court wrote an opinion directly inconsistent with “perhaps the most fundamental rule” of the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence in the area, an opinion that would get a failing grade in any law school course on criminal law? But Georgia’s high courst saw it differently.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Georgia will take the justices back to law-school basics – the case could be a question on a law-school examination in criminal law. Because that is what happened here, he says, the decision of the Georgia Supreme Court should be reversed. Share Tuesday’s argument in McElrath v.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 18, 2024

Below is my column in the Hill on the recent decision in Georgia and the “odor of mendacity” raising out of various courtrooms across the country. This came after the Justice Department had allowed the statute of limitations to run out on major felonies and scuttled efforts to conduct searches and interviews.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 21, 2023

The limit is two years for a misdemeanor and, even if he can convert this into a felony, it is not clear if he can meet the longer five-year limitation. While a possible charge in Georgia over election violations is weaker, it is also based on a stronger legal foundation.If

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