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Houston Man Arrested As Police Continue Search For Missing Tiger

JonathanTurley

His lawyer, Michael Elliott, insists that he was on his way to surrender to police when he was picked up. ” It appears that D may stand for Deandre and the lawyer believes that D is involved in the illegal exotic animal trade. The punishment is a misdemeanor charge and fines of $500 to $2,000.

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Truth, Lies and Plea Bargaining

The Crime Report

For example, a collection of evidence about a single felony offense will be broken down into separate misdemeanor offenses labeled as separate “acts.” Even though a judge, prosecutor and defendant agree it was only one criminal act, the multiple misdemeanors would be honored to lessen the penalty, yet still get a semblance of justice.

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“Just Rip it Up”: Hunter Biden is a Case Study of the Perils of Legal Gluttony

JonathanTurley

The six misdemeanor charges and three felonies carry a potential sentence of 17 years for alleged tax evasion and filing a false return. The Justice Department inexplicably allowed the statute of limitations to run on the most serious allegations involving payments from years going back to 2016. It could have been worse.

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The Closing: Trump’s Final Argument Must Be Clarity to Chaos in Merchan’s Courtroom

JonathanTurley

Trump’s lawyers are defending a former president who is charged under a state misdemeanor which died years ago under the statute of limitations. Three-legged Stool A classic closing pitch by lawyers is to use a physical object like a three-legged stool. If any leg is missing, the stool collapses.

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Bragg and the Jackson Pollock School of Prosecution: Why the Trump Trial Could End With a Hung Jury

JonathanTurley

Bragg has achieved the same effect by regenerating a dead misdemeanor on falsifying business records as 34 felony counts. To achieve that extraordinary goal, he has alleged that the document violations (which expired long ago under the statute of limitations) were committed to hide some other crime.

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A Criminal Case Fifty Years In The Making

The Crime Report

Yet at the press conference and Q & A following the arraignment District Attorney Alvin Bragg told the world that the 34 felony charges brought against defendant Trump were nothing more than the Manhattan office engaging in its everyday prosecution of “bread and butter” white-collar crimes.

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Hats Off to Hillary: Prosecuting Trump in the Shadow of Clinton’s Emails

JonathanTurley

The three cited statutes do not require classified status for a crime but two deal with the unlawful possession or handling of defense or sensitive information.) The filings do not indicate that the government has evidence of knowing concealment by Trump, but it cited various representations made by lawyers on his behalf.