The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

A Hawaii standards commission has recommended new felony offenses for the state that would open up potential new state-level charges in corruption cases against Hawaiian officials, Blaze Lovell reports for Honolulu Civil Beat.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

The indictment contained charges of conspiracy, obstruction of an official proceeding, destruction of government property and disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds. The post Proud Boys HI founder pleads guilty to felony charges for Jan 6 riot participation appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

JUNE 16, 2022

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Wednesday announced Kevin Seefried and his son Hunter Seefried were found guilty “ of felony and misdemeanor charges for their actions during the Jan. Both of the Seefrieds, according to the US Government’s evidence, attended a rally on January 6, 2021, “and then headed to the US Capitol.”

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JURIST

JUNE 21, 2024

The case concerns a Texas councilwoman who argues that she was arrested in retaliation for her speech critical of a city government official. Despite her investigation turning up 215 felony charges, these charges dealt with the tampering of driver’s licenses or social security cards, not government petitions.

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JURIST

AUGUST 28, 2024

” At least 21 face charges of incitement to commit a felony, while at least 33 face charges of plotting against the state. ” The CLV is a development plan first introduced in 2004, intended to facilitate trade and migration between the respective governments as well as incentivize investment.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The government charged him under the ACCA, which would subject Wooden to a fifteen year mandatory minimum sentence, but only if he had three prior violent felonies. In 2015, he was arrested for being a felon in possession of a firearm. Kedem also pointed out that the principle of lenity should apply in favor of his client.

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JURIST

APRIL 6, 2023

The survivors and families of the victims joined in a lawsuit against the US government, alleging negligence under the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act due to the government’s failure to prevent Kelley from purchasing a firearm despite his prior felony convictions.

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JURIST

JUNE 16, 2022

The complaint filed in the District of Columbia stated: “Gray is charged with civil disorder and obstruction of an official proceeding, both felonies, as well as misdemeanor offenses. Isaacs is charged with destruction of documents, a felony, and related misdemeanors, and Hallon is charged with misdemeanor offenses.”

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JURIST

APRIL 18, 2021

Through his guilty plea, Schaffer admitted to unlawfully entering the US Capitol “wearing a tactical vest and with bear spray, with the purpose of influencing, affecting, and retaliating against the conduct of government by stopping or delaying the Congressional proceeding by intimidation or coercion.”

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JURIST

APRIL 24, 2021

The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in two cases involving one of its own precedents regarding felony firearms possession. The issues in both cases involves the federal law that prohibits felons from possessing firearms, 18 USC §922(g). Two years ago in Rehaif v.

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JURIST

APRIL 5, 2024

The Bill specifically targets Alabamians who pay for assistance in the absentee ballot process, which could result in a felony punishable by up to 20 years. It also makes it a crime to fill out or mail an application or ballot for someone.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The stranger just happened to be a plain-clothes officer who knew of Wooden’s felony convictions. Because people with felony convictions are generally prohibited from possessing firearms, when the officer stepped inside and saw a gun, he arrested Wooden. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit agreed with the government.

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JURIST

JUNE 15, 2021

Under the 2019 decision in Rehaif , the government had to prove both that a defendant knew he possessed a firearm and that he knew he belonged to a category of persons prohibited from possessing firearms in order to convict that defendant under the statute. His conviction was vacated, and the government appealed. United States.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Under 18 US Code § 1512(c)(1) , it is a felony to corruptly destroy or attempt to do “with the intent to impair the object’s integrity or availability for use in an official proceeding[.]” Riley also contested his guilty verdict for insufficient evidence.

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JURIST

MARCH 19, 2024

In her dissent, joined by Justice Jackson, Justice Sotomayor argued that the Texas law “upends the federal-state balance of power that has existed for over a century, in which the National Government has had exclusive authority over entry and removal of noncitizens.”

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JURIST

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The California law makes it a felony to manufacture, distribute, import, keep for sale or lend assault weapons. There, the court held that the government must affirmatively demonstrate that a gun regulation is “consistent with this Nation’s historical tradition” when the plain language of the Second Amendment covers an individual’s conduct.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The US District Court for the District of Columbia Tuesday sentenced a North Carolina man to 28 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to a federal felony charge regarding a threat he made against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The trial followed an FBI investigation and prosecution by the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Colombia.

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MAY 6, 2022

Federal Government 5%. Local government, excluding education and hospitals 4%. State government, excluding education and hospitals 3%. What is a Government Paralegal? A government paralegal works to support the legal team of the designated government agency. How to Find a Government Job.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

The agents maintain that they identified themselves appropriately, that they informed King they were looking for a suspect on a felony warrant, and that he became verbally combative and aggressive. Following King’s arrest, a jury found him not guilty of resisting and obstructing police, causing injury and felonious assault.

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JURIST

APRIL 10, 2022

The leader of the North Carolina Chapter of the Proud Boys Friday pleaded guilty to felony charges for his actions associated with the January 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol. Donohue has also agreed to help the government with its ongoing investigation into the breach of the US Capitol.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 8, 2024

Singh , in which the court will consider what kind of notice the government must provide before a noncitizen can be deported for not appearing in court. 1229(a) , the government must provide a “notice to appear” in all removal proceedings. Smith was charged with five felony counts. Under 8 U.S.C. The justices then heard FBI v.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 25, 2022

5th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Mississippi can continue to bar more than 10 percent of its citizens from voting, maintaining a Jim Crow-era provision that bars Mississippians convicted of felonies from taking part in elections, reports the Daily Journal.

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JURIST

JANUARY 13, 2022

But Mississippi judges demand that people pay for their liberty in 99% of felony cases, presumption of innocence be damned. Johnson further said that local governments in Mississippi bear the entire burden of providing public defenders because the state does not have a statewide public defender system.

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SquirePattonBoggs

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

A)(1), does not qualify as a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act (commonly referred to as “ACCA”). A)(1) did qualify as a violent felony under ACCA. 2022), the Sixth Circuit read Borden as requiring a purposeful or knowing mens rea for offenses deemed violent felony predicate offenses. . § 2911.01(A)(1),

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Above The Law

AUGUST 25, 2021

To go along with those felony indictments in Michigan and Ohio.

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The Crime Report

JULY 20, 2021

Hodgkins, the first person to have pleaded guilty to a single felony count of obstruction of an official proceeding before Congress by storming the Capitol on Jan. Hodgkins’s sentence was less than half of the 18 months the government had asked for but more than the request made by his lawyer, Patrick Leduc, for no time in prison.

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JURIST

JANUARY 9, 2021

However, Boeing will not face criminal charges, ensuring it can continue its lucrative defense contracts with the US government without violating federal rules prohibiting the use of contractors with felony convictions.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

The cross-examination of a former ComEd executive who wore a wire for the government as it built its corruption case against ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan veered Wednesday into the informant's messy divorce proceedings and his failure to disclose felony charges when trying to buy a gun to kill snakes, as Madigan's attorneys tried to call (..)

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JURIST

MARCH 22, 2023

US Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Rick Scott (R-FL) Wednesday introduced new legislation that would bar Congress members from collecting pensions funded through taxes if they receive a felony conviction tied to their position as a congressperson. It’s past time that corrupt members of Congress are held accountable.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 7, 2022

According to the Justice Center of the Council of State Governments, despite making up only 1.4 Black people were also 14 times as likely to be charged in felony drug cases, with those who were sent to prison on felony drug cases often being charged with cocaine sale or possession.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 14, 2023

Cordero-Garcia , involving whether a federal law that allows the government to deport noncitizens convicted of “an offense relating to obstruction of justice” applies even to cases that are not connected to open investigations or judicial proceedings. In 2014, Pugin pleaded guilty in Virginia to being an accessory after the fact to a felony.

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JURIST

MARCH 7, 2022

The government charged him under the ACCA, which would subject Wooden to a 15-year mandatory minimum sentence, but only if he had three prior violent felonies. In 2015, he was arrested for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

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JURIST

JANUARY 14, 2023

In 2018 Greek authorities charged Sarah Mardini, Seán Binder and 22 other search and rescue volunteers with various misdemeanor and felony offenses, including human smuggling and money laundering, stemming from their efforts to identify and aid migrant boats off the coast of the island of Lesbos. All we want is justice.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

1, police showed up and arrested Myers, seized his devices and charged him with felony wiretapping. That would make it harder for the public to learn about things their governments do not want them to know.”. But after publication, on Nov. Worse, the warrant issue to seize Myers’ tech was expired. .

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 15, 2021

922(g) , the federal statute barring people with prior felony convictions from possessing firearms, the government must prove that the defendant knew he was a felon at the time he possessed a firearm. Common sense,” he continued, suggests that most people with felony convictions are aware of their legal status as convicted felons.

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JURIST

JUNE 14, 2023

According to the felony criminal complaint , the state charges Price with two counts of conflict of interest. This alleged conduct undermines the integrity of our government and erodes the public’s trust in our elected officials. The case is in the Superior Court for the State of California for the County of Los Angeles.

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JURIST

MARCH 18, 2022

During trial, the prosecution argued that the 20 defendants conspired to topple the government. Phil Robertson , deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch, said: “The mass trial and convictions of political opponents on baseless charges is a witch hunt that discredits both the Cambodian government and the country’s courts.

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