SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 18, 2024

Louisiana that the Sixth Amendment (as incorporated against the states by the 14th Amendment) guarantees criminal defendants the right to a unanimous jury, it meant a 12-person jury — not a six-person jury, which is all that Florida affords some felony defendants. 12 conferences) Missouri Dept. Maryland and Napue v.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 26, 2024

One of those four involves an issue on which the court already is considering 11 other relisted cases: whether the Sixth and 14th Amendments require the use of a 12-person jury to try defendants accused of felonies, rather than the six-person jury Florida affords for many such offenses. The district court refused, but the U.S.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Criminal justice today is for the most part a system of pleas, not a system of trials,” the Court said in Missouri v Frye. Professor of Law at Duke University, and Director of Duke’s Wilson Center for Science and Justice. In 442 of the 559 felony cases reviewed in the study, there was just one plea before the offer was accepted.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Louis’ extreme, particularly as a response to petty incidents, according to experts in law enforcement. I don’t think the actual terms of the neighborhood order of protection were clear to my client,” said Maureen Hanlon, an attorney for the public-interest law group ArchCity Defenders. “It But few have taken the practice to St.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 11, 2022

NIBRS replaces the “summary system” the FBI has used since the 1930s, which included major felony offenses and arrests recorded by local law enforcement agencies. Only 62 percent of law enforcement agencies, covering about 65 percent of the U.S. Moreover, law enforcement agencies were not caught unawares that NIBRS was coming.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The Missouri Court of Appeals has now prevented that return of the weapons by denying a motion for replevin. As such, the state law on the seizure of the weapons stands. banc 2016), Hill pleaded guilty to and was convicted of felony forgery. He then sough the return of two firearms. Dep’t of Liquor Control (Mo.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Faced with a variety of charges, the jury found on the one hand that McElrath was not guilty by reason of insanity on the most serious charge (“malice murder” under Georgia law) but at the same time guilty on the lesser charge of felony murder (causing death in the commission of a felony).

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Friday refused a request by Missouri to reinstate a state law that bars police officers from enforcing federal restrictions on the sale and ownership of firearms that the state believes violate the Second Amendment. Missouri Gov. The law imposes fines of $50,000 for violations of that ban.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 11, 2020

I have been skeptical in the past of the charges brought against Mark and Patricia McCloskey by Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner given the countervailing rights of gun possession and home protection in Missouri. The entire case seems to be now equal measures of law and politics. Republican Missouri Gov. It was threatened.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 19, 2023

Senate Bill S211 would seal conviction records automatically after three years of a completed sentence for misdemeanors and seven years for felonies. Texas, Missouri and West Virginia are considering their own version of the bill. The individual must also not be under community supervision or have any new convictions.

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The Crime Report

MARCH 15, 2022

Recently in Missouri, a state representative introduced a measure that would let people sue anyone they suspect of helping a resident get an abortion in another state, while an Idaho bill seeking to ban gender-affirming care for youth would have made it a felony to help a child access care outside the state.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 6, 2022

The Oklahoma House has voted overwhelmingly for a Republican-sponsored bill that would make performing an abortion a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $100,000 fine, with the only exception being if the life of the mother is in danger, reports the Washington Post.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 27, 2022

So-called “trigger” laws have already gone into effect in states where anti-abortion statutes are already on the books have been activated by the decision. Below is an updating guide to states with now-active legislation or trigger laws banning or criminalizing abortion. Law : Alabama HB314 2019. The pushback was just as swift.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 3, 2024

He wrote before the riot “Do not kill LEO [law enforcement officers] unless necessary… Gas would assist in this if we can get it.” Given the one felony charge, the sentence is not unreasonable, but it may have been reduced by as much as nine months without the enhancer. We are also waiting for the oral argument in Fischer v.

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JURIST

AUGUST 4, 2021

Missouri Governor Mike Parson announced on Tuesday that he pardoned Mark and Patricia McCloskey, a couple who gained notoriety for pointing guns at peaceful protestors as they marched past their luxury home in St. The McCloskeys, both personal injury attorneys, originally faced felony firearm charges before pleading guilty.

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