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. This post was originally published at Howe on the Court.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 18, 2021

couple who made headlines for pointing guns at demonstrators during last June’s protests over the death of George Floyd, pleaded guilty Thursday to misdemeanor charges, and agreed to give up the weapons they used during the confrontation, the Associated Press reports.

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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.”

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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.”

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

“Supreme Court to debate whether misdemeanors can be a foot in the door for warrantless home search”: John Fritze of USA Today has this report.

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ABA Journal

JUNE 23, 2021

Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that police officers who are pursuing a misdemeanor suspect aren’t necessarily entitled to enter a home without a… Developing: The U.S.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Chutkan acknowledged that Mazzocco had pleaded guilty only to one misdemeanor count of “parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building,” a common charge for many of the rioters. Mazzocco posted photos of himself on Facebook in the Capitol on Jan.

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JURIST

JUNE 16, 2022

The complaint filed in the District of Columbia stated: “Gray is charged with civil disorder and obstruction of an official proceeding, both felonies, as well as misdemeanor offenses. Isaacs is charged with destruction of documents, a felony, and related misdemeanors, and Hallon is charged with misdemeanor offenses.”

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JURIST

MAY 18, 2022

Protestors now face second degree misdemeanor charges with the possible punishment of 60 days in jail and fines of up to $500. Should protestors not disperse, however, the bill makes any violation a misdemeanor in the second degree. The Florida House of Representatives first introduced the bill in January. It then passed in March.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 25, 2023

Former Glendale police officer Matthew Schneider pleaded guilty to a single misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct last Friday, Dave Biscobing reports for ABC 15 Arizona.

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ABA Journal

MAY 24, 2023

A Wisconsin lawyer chose jail over community service Tuesday for spitting on a Black teenager during a 2020 protest. Shorewood, Wisconsin, lawyer Stephanie Rapkin, 67,…

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JURIST

JUNE 16, 2022

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Wednesday announced Kevin Seefried and his son Hunter Seefried were found guilty “ of felony and misdemeanor charges for their actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach.” ” However, Hunter Seefried was acquitted on three charges.

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ABA Journal

JANUARY 29, 2025

Iowa cant enforce a law making it a crime for immigrants to be in the state if they reentered the country illegally after formerly being denied entry or ordered deported, a federal appeals court has ruled.

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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

JUNE 25, 2022

It also enhances the background check review process for juveniles and people convicted of domestic violence misdemeanors.

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ABA Journal

JULY 17, 2024

An appellate court in California has admonished a lower court for continuing to cite the COVID-19 pandemic as a valid reason to delay trials. On…

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JURIST

MARCH 12, 2025

Despite clear evidence of torture, a Lebanese military court downgraded charges against accused personnel from felony to misdemeanors, significantly reducing their sentences. Amnesty International criticized this decision as perpetuating impunity and undermining Lebanons Anti-Torture Law of 2017.

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JURIST

APRIL 19, 2024

The first offense constitutes a misdemeanor, carrying penalties of up to one year in the county jail, a fine not exceeding $500 or both. Under the provisions of HB 4156, impermissible occupation is defined as the act of a noncitizen entering and remaining in Oklahoma without legal authorization.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 14, 2022

cities is correlated to an increase in misdemeanor arrests for crimes like loitering, trespassing, and drug possession, Slate reports. cities and towns over a 29-year period, tracking how the local police departments spent money related to staffing and misdemeanor arrests. Researchers analyzed hundreds of U.S.

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 8, 2021

An Ohio municipal judge has been accused of ignoring state law by jailing unrepresented defendants for failure to pay fees and fines without holding a…

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Thursday moved to vacate 188 misdemeanor convictions tied to eight New York City Police Department officers. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr. This request represents part of an ongoing review by the DA Office’s Post-Conviction Justice Unit of more than 1,100 cases connected to a list of 22 former NYPD officers.

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 18, 2024

A former partner at Husch Blackwell and Dykema Gossett has been sentenced to 16 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to two misdemeanors for…

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ABA Journal

APRIL 25, 2024

The Ohio Supreme Court has suspended a lawyer who pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault after being accused of touching his stepdaughter’s 18-year-old friend in a…

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Virginia law states that any motorist pulled over for driving 20 miles per hour or more about the limit (to an excess of 80 mph in any speed limit) the driver is eligible to be charged with a Class 1 misdemeanor violation. At the court stage, the courts amended or dismissed misdemeanor speeding charges 42 percent of the time.

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ABA Journal

MARCH 17, 2022

Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel in Arizona has said she takes full responsibility for 180 misdemeanor cases that were dropped because prosecutors failed to file…

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 18, 2021

Now, the couple has been allowed to plead to two minor misdemeanors in the conclusion of a highly politicized case. Mark McCloskey pleaded guilty to fourth-degree assault while Patricia McCloskey pleaded guilty to misdemeanor harassment. Gardner spent a huge amount of time and money on this effort in order to secure these misdemeanors.

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JURIST

MARCH 1, 2024

” Brock was given 24 months of imprisonment for felony obstruction of an official proceeding and a concurrent sentence of 6 to 12 months of jail each for five other misdemeanors.

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ABA Journal

JUNE 17, 2024

Updated: A lawyer and two others were charged with misdemeanors following a physical confrontation at a town court in Palermo, New York, earlier this month,…

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JURIST

JUNE 14, 2022

Members of white supremacist group Patriot Front Monday were released from jail on bond after being charged with conspiracy to riot , a misdemeanor. Coeur d’Alene police originally arrested 31 group members on Saturday after a 911 call reported men in riot gear near a local pride event who “looked like a little army.”.

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JURIST

MARCH 19, 2024

The state’s new law, SB 4 , would make it a misdemeanor offense for foreign nationals to enter the state from abroad unless arriving at a “lawful port of entry,” and would give magistrates the power to order persons found violating the law to return abroad in lieu of prosecution.

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The Crime Report

JULY 30, 2021

Among misdemeanors, Black defendants have the highest diversion rates in Jacksonville and Tampa, and the lowest in Milwaukee. In Jacksonville, “Black defendants have increasingly higher diversion rates among misdemeanors,” the authors write. In Chicago, racial differences in felony diversion are “large,” the authors write.

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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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ABA Journal

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

A Florida lawyer was arrested on a charge of misdemeanor disorderly conduct after she allegedly stripped naked at a bar and refused to leave. Police…

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ABA Journal

JUNE 7, 2022

A former general counsel for the New York City Board of Elections has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors for allegedly subjecting job seekers to a…

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JURIST

JANUARY 14, 2021

The misdemeanor offense is punishable by no more than one year in prison or a fine of not more than $1,000. The charges cite violations of section 750.478 of the Michigan Penal Code. Section 750.478 refers to willful neglect of duty of a public officer or a person holding public trust or employment.

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JURIST

APRIL 26, 2024

If HB 285 is passed into law, public librarians could be guilty of misdemeanors for violating the state’s criminal obscenity provisions. The bill also removes the public library exemption from the state’s criminal obscenity laws. However, the bill keeps the exemption for college and university libraries.

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 10, 2022

A judicial candidate in Michigan has been charged with misdemeanor domestic assault after an office worker recorded him removing his belt and swinging it multiple…

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