JURIST

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Six states in the US allow for trials before six or eight-person juries in felony cases: Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts and Utah. This deviation from the standard 12-person jury was permitted by the 1970 US Supreme Court ruling in Williams v. Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh dissented to the court’s denial.

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LegalTalkNetwork

JUNE 30, 2016

Landing in Orlando to catch an evening Uber to the hotel marked the beginning of our time with The Florida Bar at their 2016 annual convention. In true form to their association, I didn’t make it 20 feet inside the lobby before I was greeted by Florida public interest attorney Kimberly Sanchez. Abadin, and Bill Schifino.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 29, 2021

However, in Florida, it is triggered by the familial relationship: 741.28? Department” means the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. (2)? The latter charge is interesting because domestic violence is usually associated with violence in the home. Domestic violence; definitions : (1)?

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Yet criminal law has historically excluded Black women from voting by regulating when a person convicted of a crime may be eligible to vote, argues Washington and Lee University School of Law professor Carla Laroche. Black women are leading the fight to secure and safeguard voting rights in the U.S. Plenty of U.S.

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The Crime Report

JULY 28, 2022

Conversely, Jacksonville (Duval County, Florida), a relatively conservative jurisdiction, eliminates up to 30 percent after thorough screening. is an associate professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Florida International University. It is supported by the Safety + Justice Challenge at the John D.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 30, 2022

We have previously discussed the murder of Florida State University Law Professor Dan Markel (left) and suspicions that the family of his wife (and fellow FSA faculty member) Wendi Adelson conspired in the murder. The wealthy family runs a dental practice in South Florida. First a recap to bring you back up to speed.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 14, 2021

. — Whoever shall resist, obstruct, or oppose any officer as defined in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 20, 2021

We are now seeing an increasing number of prosecutions for the selling for false vaccine cards as a huge number of reported fake cards flood the country. This week we also saw an arrest for the use of such cards at an airport. NBC Miami reported that Enzo and Daniela Dalmazzo were arrested when they tried to fly to Hawaii.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Lucie, has a novel concept of self-help remedies in the law. It turns out that that is not a viable criminal defense. Bradford Weitzel, of Port St. Weitzel, 33, stole the car of Jose William Ceballos and then left it stuck on a train track where it was subsequently demolished.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 22, 2024

For years, we have been following the bizarre murder-for-hire case involving the fatal shooting of Florida State University law professor Daniel Markel. Adelson and Markel married in 2006 when she was a third-year law student at the University of Miami and he was a criminal law professor at FSU.

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JURIST

AUGUST 12, 2022

David Moerschel, 43, of Tampa, Florida, and Brian Ulrich, 43, of Guyton, Georgia, are similarly charged with federal offenses that include conspiracy, obstruction of an official proceeding and aiding and abetting, and entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds.

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SimplyLawJobs

JULY 5, 2021

As a legal advisor at Irwin Mitchell, you are given the opportunity to learn about different areas of law very quickly. As a law graduate, whilst I knew I had an interest in criminal law, I wanted to be sure! Most areas of law are different in practice, compared to university so it’s important to try them out.

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Broadcast Law Blog

MARCH 21, 2017

What is at issue in the Georgia case is a criminal statute similar to those found in many states that prohibits the unauthorized transfer of various recordings, including pre-1972 sound recordings, without permission of the owner of the master recording.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 22, 2021

She was charged with felony battery of a law-enforcement officer. The police department initially sought to fire Rodriguez but the South Florida Police Benevolent Association successfully opposed the termination. Under Florida law , this would seem an open-and-shut case of battery: 784.03? What you going to do?”.

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LegalTalkNetwork

JULY 3, 2019

This year was the 69th anniversary of The Florida Bar’s Annual Convention which was held in Boca Raton, Florida at the beautiful Boca Raton Resort and Club. Attendees had a cornucopia of special events and sessions to choose from, including 83 credits worth of CLE programming and a luncheon featuring Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 12, 2022

A novel lawsuit in Florida has been filed by the parents of Gabby Petito against the parents of Brian Laundrie, Chris and Roberta Laundrie. Brian Laundrie reportedly returned to his parents’ home in Florida on Sept. North Port (FL) Police Department. calls nor texts could be delivered, and she blocked her on Facebook.”.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2019

ABA Midyear Meeting 2019: Conversion Therapy: Laws, Policy, Advocacy, and Awareness in the United States and Beyond. ABA Midyear Meeting 2019: ABA Public Interest Law and Pro Bono Opportunities. #ABAMidYear @ABAesq @BarPresidents @LaurenceEsq pic.twitter.com/aKfxmEQMV1 — Legal Talk Network (@LegalTalkNet) January 25, 2019.

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The Crime Report

MAY 16, 2023

That law is not just another, so-called “bathroom bill”—legislation intended to prevent transgender people from using restrooms that align with their gender identity; it also reaches “ locker rooms, prisons, domestic violence shelters, and rape crisis centers.” Kansas lawmakers recently overrode their governor’s veto so they could enact S.B.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 22, 2021

” That adage was most evident this week in Florida as Ronnie Oneal III represented himself into a rapid double murder conviction. YouTube Screenshot. It is often said that “He who represents himself has a fool for a client.”

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 27, 2021

. — Whoever shall resist, obstruct, or oppose any officer as defined in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.

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LegalTalkNetwork

JULY 11, 2017

The 67th Annual Florida Bar Convention returned to Boca Raton, Florida. Like previous years, the beautiful Boca Raton Resort & Club was paired with The Florida Bar’s accoutrements de jure which include informative sessions, numerous networking opportunities, social media sharing, and plenty to talk about.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Nikolas Cruz pleaded guilty on Wednesday to 17 counts of murder in relation to the 2018 shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis eventually suspended the head of the responsible department, Scott Israel, over the department’s failures on the day.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 21, 2021

The column ran after a similar controversy unfolded in Fort Lauderdale, Florida where a person was killed and others injured by a Dodge Ram that crashed into a crowd at a gay pride event. Without waiting for any facts, Ft.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

MARCH 21, 2024

A pair of cases challenging Texas and Florida’s controversial social media laws took center stage. While the state laws are slightly different, both limit social media platforms’ ability to engage in content moderation by removing, editing, or arranging user-generated content. NetChoice, LLC v. Paxton and Moody v. McIntosh v.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar made national headlines by opening a criminal investigation into the recent flights arranged by Florida of undocumented migrants to Martha’s Vineyard. Florida has responded with signed waivers by the migrants. Three filed a complaint against the state.

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The Crime Report

MAY 28, 2021

immigration enforcement has largely shifted from the street to jails, resulting in overreach and an increase in incarceration, according to a North Carolina law professor. The full Duke Law Journal paper can be accessed here. In addition, people suspected of being noncitizens are subjected to increased jail time , the paper said.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 16, 2021

As recounted earlier , in 2008, Tarahrick Terry, then in his early 20s, was arrested in Florida for carrying just under 4 grams of crack cocaine. The crack-cocaine disparity had largely come to symbolize an ineffective and counter-productive war on drugs and a racist criminal law system. He was charged under 21 U.S.C. §

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Hillary Clinton today agreed with MSNBC host Joe Scarborough that Florida Gov. ” In fairness to Scarborough and Clinton, some law professors have echoed this view which is wholly at odds with not just the governing statutory provisions but controlling case law. It is a legal term and a serious crime. Under 22 U.S.C.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 3, 2021

According to a forthcoming paper in the Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy, that would violate the Constitution and several Acts of Congress. Eventually, the Justice Department’s settlement practice faced media, academic and congressional criticism on the ground that it violated federal statutory law and the Constitution.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Cargill , the justices will decide whether a “bump stock” – an attachment that transforms a semiautomatic rifle into a fully automatic, assault-style weapon – is a “machinegun,” which is generally prohibited under federal law. Two federal courts of appeals struck down the regulation. This definition, the U.S. In National Rifle Association v.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 9, 2023

It is a curious call for a governor to make after he ran ads in Florida calling on people to “join us in California.” to be charged criminally for transporting 36 people to Sacramento. California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) chimed in, declaring the flight from Florida might be “ State-sanctioned kidnapping.”

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JURIST

MARCH 15, 2024

The vagueness doctrine is a constitutional doctrine which requires that criminal laws explicitly state and define the type of conduct being punished. Yet, the documents were discovered by the FBI during an August 2022 search of his Mar-a-Lago private residence in Florida.

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JURIST

AUGUST 16, 2022

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Monday announced it opposes revealing the affidavit for a search warrant of former President Donald Trump’s home in Florida. Trump also called the investigation “inappropriate and highly unethical” and an “unprecedented political weaponization of law enforcement.”

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 18, 2024

District Judge Tanya Chutkan, originally scheduled for March 4 but now on hold, can go forward, but also whether the former president’s trials in Florida and Georgia can proceed. Trump cites a law review article by then-Judge Brett Kavanaugh, who before becoming a judge worked in the George W.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 1, 2024

Writing for the majority, Chief Justice John Roberts emphasized that the president “is not above the law.” In conducting the official/unofficial inquiry, Roberts added, courts cannot consider the president’s motives, nor can they designate an act as unofficial simply because it allegedly violates the law. 6, 2021, attacks on the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 12, 2022

The case also presents the question whether a public-accommodation law that authorizes secular but not religious exemptions is generally applicable under Employment Division v. A number of challenges to such laws have reached the court over the years, but National Pork Producers Council v.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Of course, no one would confuse a bottle of Chardonnay with a Turkey, but that does not seem to matter under our increasingly absurd copyright and trademark laws. ————————————————————. To make matters worse, Miller is a convicted felon and is barred under state law from possession of a firearm for hunting or self-defense. SMITH (2009).

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