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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Day on Torts

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

55-8-136, which is a Class C misdemeanor, the statute of limitations for plaintiff’s action was extended to two years pursuant to Tenn. Defendant filed a motion for summary judgment based on the statute of limitations issue, but the trial court ruled in favor of plaintiff, and the Court of Appeals affirmed. Code Ann. §

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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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JonathanTurley

JUNE 7, 2023

At issue was the federal “felon-in-possession” law—18 U.S.C. § The federal law makes it “unlawful for any person. However, when Range pleaded guilty in 1995, his conviction was classified as a Pennsylvania misdemeanor punishable by up to five years’ imprisonment. 922(g)(1), which bars ex-felons from possession of firearms.

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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. It called on Gov.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

In covering the motions hearing last week in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, I noted a surprising comment from Judge Bruce Schroeder that he had “spent hours” with the Wisconsin gun law and could not state with certainty what it means in this case. It is also hard to instruct a jury on an ambiguous statute.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 24, 2021

pleaded guilty to violating a federal law barring people convicted of a felony from possessing a firearm. In Leocal , a 2004 case, the court analyzed a “crime of violence” statute like the ACCA’s elements clause and held that negligent conduct was excluded from the term. The case came to the court after Charles Borden Jr.

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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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At the Lectern

MAY 30, 2024

Appellate Division , the Supreme Court today reinstates a trial court dismissal of misdemeanor charges against a then-85-year-old landlady who, with her co-owner son, rented her property to an unlicensed cannabis business, but who had no knowledge of the covert cannabis activities. In Wheeler v.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 27, 2022

After Blankenship had already paid a $250,000 fine and served one year of imprisonment for a misdemeanor (the jury acquitted him on all felony counts), the government disclosed 61 witness interview reports. Issues : (1) Whether spending-clause statutes ever give rise to privately enforceable rights under 42 U.S.C.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 14, 2022

If the courts of Puerto Rico are properly classified as federal under our case law, it defies the imagination to think administrative tribunals hatched by the Department of the Interior could be treated differently,” Gorsuch wrote. Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the dissent. Understanding American Indian Policy.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The protester was engaged, at a minimum, in a criminal misdemeanor while be pursued by security. The common law allowed for citizen arrests as members of the public responded to the “hue and cry” of others. There is some variation in these laws but California has a classic provision.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 9, 2023

Newsom cited the kidnapping statute but apparently failed to read it or the underlying cases. First, let’s look at the law. Moreover, it is not clear how transporting migrants who entered the country illegally to another state is a violation of law. They are then left to their own devices and destinations.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 15, 2021

922(g) , the federal statute barring people with prior felony convictions from possessing firearms, the government must prove that the defendant knew he was a felon at the time he possessed a firearm. ” Rehaif broke new ground by holding for the first time that, under 18 U.S.C. §

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JonathanTurley

MAY 19, 2021

The arrest appears to have been made under a state hate crime law that has long been criticized by some of us in the free speech community as dangerously vague. ” The law is similar to the type of vague speech codes that we have addressed on campuses but this is an actual criminal provision under state law.

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At the Lectern

MARCH 24, 2022

Immunity for law enforcement : The court granted-and-held in Nelson v. A157169) 2019 WL 5654385, review denied ), held that pursuit of a fleeing misdemeanor suspect did not categorically allow the police to enter a home without a warrant. The statute proscribes a reviewing court from “render[ing] a decision in a proceeding.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 12, 2021

” The language of the statute in my view is unconstitutional due to its sweeping criminalization of any “curse or abuse” that could “provoke a breach of the peace.” ” However, the appellate panel corrected noted that such laws are narrowly construed in light of controlling precedent. .”

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 5, 2021

That is common in sexual harassment cases and hostile workplaces where you can get around statute of limitations when at least one case is recent or ongoing. The New York Penal Law focuses on “forcible touching” cases. Forcible touching is a class A misdemeanor. Here is the provision : 130.52 Forcible touching.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 13, 2021

The punishment is a misdemeanor charge and fines of $500 to $2,000. The Lacey Act and other federal wildlife statutes could be charged for such conduct. The Lacey Act makes it a federal crime to break the wildlife laws of any state, tribe, or foreign country, in interstate commerce. However, the penalties are notably higher.

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JURIST

APRIL 4, 2024

New York’s Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a bill to repeal a largely unused law from 1907 that made adultery a criminal offense. If signed, the adultery statute will be immediately repealed. Senate Bill S8744 repeals New York Penal Law Section 255.17. Several states have laws criminalizing adultery.

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JURIST

AUGUST 4, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on Monday upheld an Indiana law requiring medical providers to report complications “arising from” abortions to the state. Failure to comply with the law is a class B misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in prison and $1,000 in fines.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill into law Monday that criminalizes illegal entry into the border state from anywhere but a port of entry, exerting state jurisdiction over what is normally a federal matter. The bill creates a misdemeanor offense for violation of the statute and a felony crime for multiple offenses.

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Above The Law

APRIL 25, 2025

“This is the statute not just about misconduct, but about disability. ” Judge Millett spoke conclusively, as though judicial impeachment requires the same “High Crimes and Misdemeanors” standard, but there’s at least a colorable argument that this isn’t actually the case. Louis School of Law.

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JURIST

MAY 9, 2024

Civil rights groups filed a complaint on Thursday against Iowa state officials to stop the state’s recently enacted immigration law from going into effect on July 1. The law makes it a crime for a foreign national to enter Iowa after having been deported from the US in the past, regardless of current immigration status.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 24, 2023

Share Federal immigration law requires the deportation of noncitizens who are convicted of an aggravated felony, which includes offenses “relating to obstruction of justice.” By a vote of 6-3, the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday in Pugin v. Such “redundancies are common in statutory drafting,” Kavanaugh wrote.

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Constitutional Law Reporter

APRIL 29, 2025

Facts of the Case The federal statute at issue, Title 18 U.S.C. Delligattis indictment charged him with attempted murder under the violent-crimes-in-aid-of-racketeering (VICAR) statute, 1959(a)(5), which required proof that Delligatti had attempted second-degree murder under New York law. 924(c)(3)(A). Castleman , 572 U.S.

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JURIST

MARCH 26, 2023

Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood of the District Court of Guam ruled that the original permanent injunction from 1990, which blocked Public Law No. Under this rule, the movant has the burden of showing that there has been a “significant change in facts or law [that] warrants revision of the decree.” Public Law No.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 30, 2021

Hawaii enacted a law last week that removes the statute of limitations for sex trafficking and distinguishes sex buyers from people selling sex. Advocates also say decriminalization will reduce the stigma that surrounds people involved in sex trafficking, most of whom are poor women and girls, immigrants and LGBTQ people. .

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The Crime Report

JUNE 17, 2021

If both bills pass — the first would require law enforcement to report hate crimes and the second would extend protections to more groups — it would end Wyoming’s status as one of the last remaining holdouts in introducing such statutes.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Texas authorities say they have the right to keep it under civil forfeiture statutes. Disobeying commands during a law enforcement encounter can lead to arrest or worse. Using a law enforcement procedure called civil forfeiture, Harris County seized the money and is attempting to keep it permanently. Jaba Tsitsuashvili.

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At the Lectern

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

” The statute makes it a misdemeanor or an infraction to violate a city ordinance and says a violation “may be prosecuted by city authorities in the name of the people of the State of California, or redressed by civil action.” to settle an important question of law.’ Hartford Fire Insurance Co.

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The Crime Report

MAY 16, 2022

In 2019, New York passed a bill eliminating both cash bail for most misdemeanors and non-violent felony offenses and judges’ discretion in setting bail amounts in those cases. You’re asking people to pay for their freedom and young poor people, primarily of color, don’t have that ability.”. This is not a proper fix.”.

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At the Lectern

APRIL 29, 2021

where the Second District, Division Five, Court of Appeal, in a published opinion , affirmed almost $170,000 in attorneys fees after a jury awarded less than $22,000 for a violation of the Song-Beverly Consumer Warranty Act (commonly known as the “lemon law”) in the sale of a used car. HNL Automotive Inc.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 6, 2023

side without going through a designated port of entry, that same action becomes a misdemeanor or even a felony , depending on the circumstances. . Just like jaywalking across the street, prosecutions for walking across the border also disproportionately impact people of color and result in lethal confrontations with law enforcement. .

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Department of Justice, as director of the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) during Bill Clinton’s administration, Travis helped to advance the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act (Crime Bill) of 1994. This was a story that you yourself talked about in a 2019 speech at New York Law School. Later, at the U.S.

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At the Lectern

AUGUST 18, 2022

a)(2) requires written complaints of police misconduct to be accompanied by signed acknowledgements that filing a knowingly false complaint can lead to a misdemeanor prosecution. Twenty years ago, the court rejected a claim that the statute violates constitutional free speech rights. Penal Code section 148.6 (a)(2) 5th 881, 889).”

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 26, 2023

I also raised the problem of an investigation that remained ongoing for years as the statute of limitations expired on major potential crimes. The two witnesses testified that the Justice Department instead allowed the statute of limitations to expire. It turns out that the same concerns were being raised within the Weiss team.

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