JURIST
DECEMBER 1, 2024
Cases involving Class F through I felony offenses and non-motor vehicle misdemeanors for 16- and 17-year-olds will remain in juvenile delinquency court. However, the law prohibits automatic suspension policies, requiring schools to make individualized decisions about students’ educational status during ongoing legal proceedings.
JURIST
NOVEMBER 17, 2024
The Clean Slate Act, however, allows sealed criminal conviction records to be accessed under limited circumstances, primarily by certain public officials or for legal proceedings purposes. Moreover, defendants cannot waive their eligibility for sealing applicable criminal records by plea bargaining regarding New York legal violations.
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JURIST
DECEMBER 6, 2024
Molina was charged with a misdemeanor for violating Illinoiss Motor Vehicle Code requirement that “[n]o passenger may possess cannabis within any passenger area of any motor vehicle upon a highway except in a secured, sealed or resealable, odor-proof, child-resistant cannabis container that is inaccessible.”
JURIST
MAY 21, 2022
The case traces back to 1993 when petitioner-appellant Daniel Doubek received a misdemeanor conviction for domestic violence after he broke into his estranged wife’s home and proclaimed threats. The DOJ found that his “conviction constituted a disqualifying ‘misdemeanor crime of domestic violence’ under federal law.”
JURIST
MARCH 26, 2025
” ACLU of Massachusetts legal director, Gilles Bissonnette, criticized the bill stating: “ We are going back to that time, unfortunately, where people are going to be detained simply because they can’t pay money that really aren’t a danger or aren’t a flight risk.”
SCOTUSBlog
JUNE 23, 2021
Share The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that when police are pursuing someone for a misdemeanor, that pursuit does not automatically create the kind of emergency that allows the officer to follow the suspect into a home without a warrant. Once there, Weikert said, he smelled alcohol. But a California appeals court rejected that argument.
JURIST
JUNE 17, 2021
The bill makes the possession of 14 grams or less a misdemeanor in all cases and limits the fine for possession to $100 with no jail time. The post Louisiana governor signs bill eliminating jail time for possession of marijuana appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary. The new law will take effect on August 1.
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