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Panel Holds that Ohio Aggravated Burglary Statute Does Not Count as Predicate Violent Felony under ACCA. 

SquirePattonBoggs

The Court held that an Ohio aggravated-robbery offense, R.C. 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. 2d 1038 (Ohio 2009), which held that the deadly-weapon element in R.C. 2d 26, 34 (Ohio 2010)).

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Animal rights and the First Amendment, due process and a confession of error

SCOTUSBlog

Two pending petitions raise the question of the constitutionality of state statutes providing that corporations are deemed to have consented to “general” personal jurisdiction by virtue of having registered to do business in a state. was filed by a plaintiff seeking to enforce a similar registration statute. Returning Relists.

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Columbus Shooting Sparks Protests Despite Videotape Showing Knife Attack

JonathanTurley

The shooting of Ma’Khia Bryant, 16, in Columbus, Ohio has sparked protests despite the police releasing a videotape that appeared to show Bryant moving to stab another girl. It is not better that all felony suspects die than that they escape. The incident has strikingly similar legal issues to the shooting of Adam Toledo in Chicago.

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No straight grants, but four multi-vote dissents from denials at this week’s conference

At the Lectern

The unpublished Second District, Division Five, opinion rejected constitutional challenges to the statute that prevents parole hearings for defendants serving life without parole sentences for special circumstances murders committed between the ages of 18 and 26. The court denied review in People v. In People v. Hardin (2024) 15 Cal.5th

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Ohio grand jury declines to charge woman with abuse of corpse after at-home miscarriage

JURIST

A grand jury declined to return an indictment Thursday against Brittany Watts, an Ohio woman facing an abuse of corpse charge after suffering a miscarriage in her home. The Trumbull County prosecutor’s office stated that, after evaluating the case, they believed Watts did not violate the Ohio Criminal Statute of Abuse of a Corpse.

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Michigan Legislators Face Calls For Possible Criminal Charges After Meeting With President Trump On Certification

JonathanTurley

.” This ridiculous legal claims is based on the bribery theory: The danger for Shirkey and Chatfield, then, is that they are being visibly invited to a meeting where the likely agenda involves the felony of attempting to bribe a public official. McNally, 483 U. This Court declined to go along. However, when Democrats like Sen.

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Ohio woman asks court to weigh in on requirements for reverse discrimination claim

SCOTUSBlog

Ames began work in 2004 as an executive secretary at the Ohio Department of Youth Services, which supervises the confinement and rehabilitation of children and teenagers who commit felonies. The post Ohio woman asks court to weigh in on requirements for reverse discrimination claim appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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