JURIST

JUNE 24, 2021

California that, under the Fourth Amendment, pursuit of a fleeing misdemeanor suspect does not always or categorically qualify as an exigent circumstance justifying warrantless entry into a home. The officer then questioned Lange and ultimately charged him with two vehicle code misdemeanors and an infraction.

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JURIST

JULY 30, 2023

Brooks blocked Arkansas on Saturday from enforcing Act 372 , a law that penalizes librarians for “furnishing harmful item[s] to minors.” Judge Brooks ruled that the law is unconstitutional because it is overbroad and vague. Section 1 of the bill makes it a misdemeanor to furnish harmful items to minors.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 25, 2021

While California’s cannabis market is booming nearly five years after voters legalized recreational weed, the vast majority of pot sales are still underground, with the state’s illegal market approaching $8 billion annually, twice the volume of legal sales, reports Politico.

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JURIST

JANUARY 5, 2021

Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was arrested in Washington, DC, Monday on a misdemeanor count for burning a Black Lives Matter (BLM) flag last month. Southern Poverty Law Center, an organization that monitors hate crimes and extremism, has designated the Proud Boys as a hate group.

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Paralegal.edu

JUNE 15, 2022

They can and do enter the legal field, despite the limitations a criminal record presents. Law firms typically refrain from reviewing or selecting candidates with a misdemeanor or felony conviction for drugs, assault, theft, burglary, trespass, and any offenses involving weapons.

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JURIST

APRIL 17, 2021

The provision, enacted in response to videos of protestors who were harassing outdoor restaurant customers, would allow groups of three or more people who “threaten to use imminent force” to persuade others to change their viewpoint to be charged with a first-degree misdemeanor.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Current Indiana law requires individuals to apply for a handgun license. Individuals must fill out an application, submit their fingerprints and complete local law enforcement agency processing. ” Prohibited individuals knowingly or intentionally carrying a handgun would be charged with a Class A misdemeanor.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Patriot Front, a white nationalist group whose members are accused of a misdemeanor count of conspiring to riot at an LGBTQ gathering and in downtown Coeur d’Alene in June, has escalated its activities.

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LawSites

JUNE 6, 2023

Noella Sudbury became interested in the issue of criminal records expungement soon after law school, while working as a criminal defense lawyer. Last year, Rasa was selected as the 2022 Access to Justice winner at the American Legal Technology Awards. state to automate the criminal record expungement process for misdemeanor offenses.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

JULY 20, 2021

It held that, under the Fourth Amendment , the pursuit of a fleeing misdemeanor suspect does not always (or categorically) qualify as an exigent circumstance justifying a warrantless entry into a home. A later blood test showed that Lange’s blood-alcohol content was three times the legal limit. California, 594 U.S. _ (2021) , the U.S.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 3, 2021

Donziger appealed the district judges’ decision, arguing that the injunction wrongfully encroached on his ability to enforce the Ecuadorian judgment in other countries on behalf of his clients, devastated his law practice, and would preclude his clients from financing an appeal by selling interests in the Ecuadorian judgment.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 3, 2021

The new law allows those accused of a crime to ask for an extra court hearing if they believe they acted in self-defense. Individuals charged with a felony or class A misdemeanor can ask for this hearing, unless they are accused of attacking a police officer. He says prosecutors didn’t believe they had enough to file charges.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced that his office will dismiss roughly 60,000 marijuana convictions, the latest step to undo what some reform advocates consider the damage caused by narcotics enforcement carried out before Californians voted to legalize marijuana, reports the Los Angeles Times.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 7, 2022

Newly elected Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg has told prosecutors in his office in a memo that they should ask judges for jail or prison time only for the most serious offenses — including murder, sexual assault and economic crimes involving vast sums of money — unless the law requires them to do otherwise, reports the New York Times.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 14, 2023

Foehner was not arrested following the shooting, but the 65-year-old did not own that revolver legally. Foehner has been charged with seven felony counts under state law and one misdemeanor under New York City administrative law. Foehner had mistaken a pen in Gonzalez’ hand for a knife.

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The Estrin Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Talking to people who are not attorneys will help ensure that your strategy is translating well, and they can help you think of options outside of the law that you may have overlooked. The legal field is known to be extremely competitive. What is the “backstory” that brought you to this particular career path in Law?

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The Crime Report

MARCH 18, 2022

New legal filings in Texas describe an ongoing and consistent pattern of men being illegally detained for a month or more as their cases stagnate in overwhelmed courts, reports Click2Houston.com.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

The protestors were charged under a new and highly controversial anti-protest law that activists say was designed specifically to target environmentalist protestors. The protestors faced up to two years in prison under the law and fines of up to $500,000.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 15, 2021

The decision further indicated that longstanding firearms bans for felons were “presumptively lawful.” Raymond Holloway cannot possess firearms because of a misdemeanor conviction for driving under the influence. Issue : Whether a lifetime firearms prohibition based on a nonviolent misdemeanor conviction violates the Second Amendment.

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The Crime Report

JULY 22, 2021

Often it’s to ensure fairer and more responsive treatment at the hands of a justice system that otherwise offers them few other options, says a Rutgers University law professor. It depends on deception to “sidestep the law without changing the law.”.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 10, 2022

Bragg pledged to help reshape the legal system, to avoid disproportionate punishment for first-time offenders or those struggling with mental health issues or poverty.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 20, 2021

As a society, we eventually decided that faster access to Model Ts and Mustangs didn’t justify the horrific harms of the assembly line, and we passed laws and filed lawsuits to make the process safer. And we need to elect mayors, prosecutors, and judges who will commit to foregoing coercive tactics, even if the law currently allows them.

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Law 360

JULY 9, 2024

The Texas Professional Ethics Committee's recently issued proposed opinion finding that in-house counsel providing legal services to the company's clients constitutes the unauthorized practice of law is a valuable clarification given that a UPL violation — a misdemeanor in most states — carries high stakes, say Hilary Gerzhoy and Julienne Pasichow (..)

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 20, 2022

Moreover, admissions for misdemeanors and parole violations saw the largest declines. He said efforts like Kentucky’s Public Safety and Offender Accountability Act — a 2011 law that mandated citations rather than arrests for some misdemeanors — aren’t necessarily addressing jail overcrowding. Looking Ahead. Olive Lu, M.S.,

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 15, 2021

. “We don’t have strong enough laws,” Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald told reporters at a Dec. You’re not legally required to store your weapon in a safe manner.” That law doesn’t require the gun purchaser to use the safety device sold with their firearm. Child Access Prevention Laws in 29 States.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

While the appalling circumstances surrounding my arrest and dismissal of my case didn’t make headline news, the event introduced me firsthand to the long-lasting harm caused by law enforcement agencies’ practice of publishing booking mugshots online. As a law-obeying citizen, I had never had as much as a traffic ticket. .

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

While the authors did a yeoman’s job of combing through the criminal cases to identify what they view as a “handful” of cases and call for increased use of the Park doctrine, we at the FDA Law Blog respectfully disagree. The editorial conflates a number of distinct but related principles of law and federal prosecution.

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ALPS

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Margaret Ogden serves as the Wellness Coordinator in the Office of the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court of Virginia, where she’s tasked with improving the mental health and wellbeing of Virginians in the legal profession through education, regulation and outreach. The Path to Well-Being in Law.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Wisconsin Gun Laws. They had planned to engage in a lawful transfer of gun ownership when Rittenhouse turned 18, according to the Washington Post. Wisconsin state law clearly states that lawful gun owners can “generally open carry without a permit” as long as the person wielding the “dangerous weapon” is 18 or older.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Nationally, about 100,000 people serve sentences for misdemeanors in jails on any given day, according to estimates from the Prison Policy Initiative, a criminal justice think tank. Yet, depending on state laws, many retain their voting rights even while incarcerated.

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The Crime Report

MAY 28, 2021

immigration enforcement has largely shifted from the street to jails, resulting in overreach and an increase in incarceration, according to a North Carolina law professor. Although he explained he is a legal U.S. citizen to employees at the jail, he had no way of legally contesting the detainer while in custody.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Supervised release , by contrast, is a term of supervision that follows imprisonment , applicable to any defendant convicted of a felony or grade-A misdemeanor. percent misdemeanor and technical violations (grade C), while I found the rates for probation violators were 6.99 This formal difference has a substantive impact. percent, 28.07

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The Crime Report

JULY 16, 2021

Illinois legal classifications range from Class 4 felonies to Class X felonies and can carry sentences from probation for up to 30 months to a prison sentence of up to 30 years. Class 4 felony firearm possession was classified as a misdemeanor under Illinois law prior to 2000 when it became a felony.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 29, 2021

The study, published by the Idaho Law Review, exposed what its authors call an unhealthy conflict between using fines and fees as both a source of revenue and punishment, and said they imposed an inequitable burden on the rural poor and communities of color. The full report can be accessed here.

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Walsh — As readers of the FDA Law Blog know, the FDC Act is a strict liability criminal enforcement statute that can impose criminal misdemeanor penalties on a person without any showing of intent. We will cover further use of the second misdemeanor charge in future posts. By JP Ellison & Anne K.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 24, 2022

What’s more, legal experts say that these shortages have been the operational norm for years across our country as a whole, Law360 reports. . In January, both the American Bar Association (ABA) and the consulting firm Moss Adams LLP released two reports, detailing a public defender shortage in Western American states.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 27, 2021

That creates a dangerously fluid and subjective basis for criminal charge, even a misdemeanor. All persons guilty of an affray shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. . — Whoever shall resist, obstruct, or oppose any officer as defined in s. 775.082 or s. Here are the provisions: 870.01?

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