SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 7, 2021
The defendant in the case, Joshua James Cooley, was arrested after a tribal police officer noticed his truck idling on the side of a highway that runs through the Crow Indian Reservation in Montana. In Montana v. This extension of Montana to more than strictly civil cases is noteworthy for three reasons.
The Crime Report
JUNE 7, 2021
American prosecutors act as “active lobbyists who routinely support making the criminal law harsher,” said the report, noting that more than 22,000 criminal law and criminal justice bills were introduced in state legislatures during the four-year period under review.
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SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 26, 2022
But Congress never terminated the reservation, nor did it authorize Oklahoma to enforce its criminal laws on the reservation. Black-letter federal law provides that, since at least Worcester v. The Draper case, on the other hand, involved Montana, which did disclaim jurisdiction over Indian country.
ALPS
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
Looking at different types of practice, whether criminal litigator or transactional law, so on and so forth, as well as looking at the size of the firm. If someone is a sole practitioner in criminal law in a rural setting, is that sort of just an additive effect in terms of challenges there? Or is it compounded?
The Crime Report
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
In “ Sex Exceptionalism in Criminal Law, ” Gruber argues that treating sex crimes differently than other crimes is not natural or neutral but rather has a political history that should be examined. Gruber asked.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 23, 2022
Four states—Kansas, Utah, Idaho, and Montana—have eliminated the defense entirely and only an estimated one percent of all felony cases involve an insanity plea. However, the defense argued that this was not indifference but insanity. It is fairly rare to win a case on the grounds of an insanity defense. Roughly a quarter are successful.
JonathanTurley
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
We have previously discussed Castle Doctrine laws or “make my day” laws, including other cases involving garage shootings or shootings off the property of the homeowner. This includes the Montana case of Brice Harper, 24, who gunned down Dan Fredenberg, 40, in his garage.
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