ABA Journal

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The right to counsel is “tenuous” in a small Mississippi justice court in Yalobusha County, Mississippi, where two judges appointed lawyers for felony defendants in…

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ABA Journal

JULY 11, 2022

A Louisiana lawyer accused of shooting a sheriff’s deputy Saturday in a possible road rage incident had been admitted to practice following a 1989 felony…

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 14, 2022

Scott Bolden, Mosby’s lawyer, denied the charges and said that the investigation was part of a “historical attack on Black female prosecutors,” adding that Mosby had no intention of stepping down.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

In another incident, according to court records, Day had developed a friendship with a former Navy SEAL who had pleaded guilty to a felony DUI charge in his court. Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of The Jabot podcast , and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. ” Sigh.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 5, 2021

They were particularly skeptical when John Coghlan, lawyer for Mississippi, was forced to concede that Tennessee’s wells do not enter into Mississippi’s territory at any point when they pump water out of the aquifer. The court pressed Allon Kedem, lawyer for Mr. Wooden, on just what an “occasion” would mean.

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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 claims that the system often assigns a lawyer at the start of a detainee’s case, but the attorney often only handles “preliminary matters and then disappears.”.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 21, 2022

The current application for admission asks would-be lawyers whether they have, as an adult or juvenile, “been cited, ticketed, arrested, taken into custody, charged with, indicted, convicted or tried for, or pleaded guilty to,” a felony or misdemeanor. The Bar’s House of Delegates is scheduled to vote Jan.

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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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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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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

In Multnomah County, the court system delayed more than 700 unrepresented misdemeanor cases and 800 unrepresented felony cases from February through mid-August.

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JURIST

JULY 28, 2021

The Switzerland Office of the Attorney General (OAG) on Tuesday dropped a decade-old money laundering investigation exposed by Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky who died under suspicious circumstances in a Russian jail in 2009.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The officers were charged with felony cruelty to persons and a misdemeanor charge of second-degree reckless endangerment, according to state police. Cox’s lawyers filed a $100 million lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the city of New Haven and the five officers involved in transporting him in September.

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The Crime Report

MAY 20, 2021

Only 11 states report having minimum qualifications for lawyers who represent impoverished people facing a lifetime behind bars, according to the nonprofit Sixth Amendment Center. South Carolina requires just three years of experience in criminal law; Arkansas specifies that lawyers should have handled at least one homicide trial.

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LegalReader

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

If one of the spouses is convicted of a felony and jailed for more than one year, the other spouse can file for divorce, provided there was no sexual contact between them after the sentencing.

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ABA Journal

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

A suspended West Virginia lawyer who fled the country has pleaded guilty to a felony charge after being accused of overbilling for criminal defense…

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At the Lectern

AUGUST 13, 2022

Criminal defense lawyer Dennis Riordan died two days ago at 73. ” Among many other honors, Riordan is one of only five attorneys inducted into the California Lawyers Association’s Appellate Lawyer Hall of Fame. ’ ‘He’d get a wry smile on his face.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Experts from around the country say the court process is still influenced by outdated ideas about abuse and abusers — held not just by judges but by lawyers and social workers who assist victims. Absent convincing proof of a parent hitting a child, some family courts seem to view domestic violence as unrelated to parenting.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Pushing back, lawyers for the three defendants have said their clients pursued Arbery not because he was Black but because they believed he had been breaking into houses in the Satilla Shores neighborhood. The killing sparked cries of racist vigilantism on the part of the McMichaels and Bryan, who are white.

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The Crime Report

MAY 8, 2023

Franklin County in Washington state is facing a lawyer shortage as newly booked inmates are not being assigned defense attorneys for the last two months, Cameron Probert reports for Tri-City Herald. Franklin County officials are looking to add $300,000 to the Office of Public Defense to attract more lawyers.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 19, 2021

A well-known Colorado lawyer and animal rights activist, Jennifer Emmi, 43, is facing an impressive array of charges in an alleged murder-for-hire plot targeting the girlfriend of her estranged husband. The plea allows for the dropping of 11 other felony charges and 12 misdemeanor charges Emmi was facing, according to another report.

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FDA Law Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2023

As noted in our earlier blog post , the FDC Act contains an automatic escalation clause that promotes a second violation of the Act to a felony, even if there was no intent to defraud or mislead involved in the second violation.

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A People's Choice

JULY 30, 2020

While not all criminal charges are eligible for expungement, even if you have been charged with a felony, you do have options. Plus, you may not need to hire a lawyer to help with your petitions! Read on to learn more.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 27, 2022

He served Williams a summons ordering her to report to criminal court on a felony battery charge. She also said she didn’t know the facility security staff had been conducting investigations and determining whether patients had committed felonies that were then referred to the state’s attorney.

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

ACLU South Dakota policy lawyer Libby Skarin says instead of building a new prison, the state needs to focus on criminal justice reform and treatment rather than punishing people for crimes that arise from addiction.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 6, 2022

The bureaus are often divided into divisions, Felony Trial, Special Prosecutions, Sexual Violence / Child Protection, and Investigations. She received her paralegal certificate from the ABA-Approved Roosevelt University’s Lawyer Assistant Program. Each office and District is unique and will vary.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 3, 2021

Judges, juvenile justice experts and lawyers say arrests traumatize children, ensnare them in the legal system and increase their chance of recidivism. In 2019, New York State completed a phase-in that raised the age at which teenagers can be charged as adults for misdemeanors and most felonies from 16 to 18 years old.

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JURIST

APRIL 28, 2021

Palomar revolves around Palomar-Santiago, a Mexican national who was deported in 1998 due to what was, at the time, a crime of violence under federal law and therefore an aggravated felony that results in deportation under Title 8. That felony has since been declared not a crime of violence by the US Court of Appeals of the Ninth Circuit.

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Legal Writing Launch

OCTOBER 4, 2024

This article delves into the essential purpose of legal writing , emphasizing its importance, exploring various types, and presenting effective strategies for lawyers. Effective legal writing enhances a lawyer’s ability to persuade judges, clients, and peers, directly impacting the outcomes of cases.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 21, 2021

Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit reaffirmed his conviction on the ground that, according to the pre-sentence investigation report, Greer had previously been convicted of five felonies and had served more than a year in prison. Roberts asked. “I’m saying that they can consider what evidence would be admissible.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Under the so-called “elements clause,” a crime of violence is any felony that “has as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against the person or property of another.” United States (which trimmed the definition of “violent felony” in the Armed Career Criminal Act).

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 18, 2022

A Mississippi grand jury indicted Jauch on felony drug charges, issuing a warrant for her arrest that ultimately ended in her incarceration. At the state and local level, lawyers, lawmakers, judges, and jailers must honor the Constitution’s promises and end the initial appearance crisis. To read the full report, click here.

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The Crime Report

JULY 22, 2021

For example, a collection of evidence about a single felony offense will be broken down into separate misdemeanor offenses labeled as separate “acts.” Lies about law involve lawyers twisting statutes until they no longer represent the original law. Such cases degrade trust in the system, Johnson argued.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 24, 2022

As a result of the shortages of public defenders in New Mexico, attorneys have had to represent 156 cases per year and work about 13 hours per case, regardless of whether the case is a misdemeanor or felony, the report details. . hours per workday, and lawyers in Oregon would need to put in 26.6 We didn’t get to this problem overnight.

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ALPS

AUGUST 4, 2022

So really involved in the South Dakota State Bar, American Bar Association, and the Young Lawyers Division. We had a judge and I was his lawyer. We sat in the cafeteria and they told me what it was like to be a lawyer and what it meant, and just always stuck with me. We had about 25 young lawyer volunteers.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 1, 2021

He was tracked down in Texas and arrested due to outstanding warrants for felony possession of a firearm, felony domestic assault, and felony drug possession. The police also previously stated that Hall gave a false name to officers after Floyd’s death and then left Minneapolis.

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SimplyLawJobs

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Tip 7) Public speaking and writing: Speaking in public will take you far in the law sector, which is an important quality of any lawyer. Photo by Marten Bjork on Unsplash – Author Holly Clarke – There are ways to get your felony expunged for free in Oregon , and the best way for that is to get a good lawyer.

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The Crime Report

MAY 11, 2022

Some of the accused have been jailed without a lawyer for months on charges of rape, sodomy, child sexual abuse or attempted murder. Judges have dismissed nearly four dozen cases in the Portland area alone and have threatened to hold the state public defender’s office in contempt of court for failing to provide attorneys.

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