JURIST

APRIL 13, 2022

SB 612 makes abortions, or attempts at abortion, a felony. ” Just last month, Arizona passed a 15-week abortion ban. Punishment includes a $100,000 fine or a maximum of ten years in jail, or both. Oklahoma’s ban, however, takes it a step further by banning all abortions except for medical emergencies.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 25, 2022

The report focused on legislative achievements in Arizona and Connecticut , two states that issued what it called the most noteworthy laws relating to criminal record expungement. In a report released Monday, CCRC said legislatures around the country were slowly reducing the barriers faced by people with criminal records.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 24, 2022

Experts say that domestic disturbance calls like this one represent one of the most dangerous situations police can respond to and that, of the 503 officers nationwide who were feloniously killed between 2011 and 2020, 43 (8.3 percent) officers were feloniously killed while responding to domestic disturbance or domestic violence calls.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JULY 28, 2022

Then, an opportunity came along to work for the County Public Defender’s Office, defending people in misdemeanor, felony, and now the only paralegal in the office on capital cases. In some jurisdictions (like Arizona), the jurors are sent questions to answer. In those years, I have only worked on civil cases, and that was my niche.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 4, 2022

” For Nelson, the answer was relocating to Tucson and creating a free online network that connects people in Arizona and Illinois prisons with local service providers. While the system still isn’t perfect, nearly 1,600 Arizona inmates have enrolled since its rollout in June, and Nelson is working to expand it to other states. “We’re

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 10, 2022

These and other petitions of the week are below: Arizona v. Issue : Whether the excessive fines clause of the Eighth Amendment provides a livelihood preservation protection which can prevent the forfeiture of the instrumentality of a felony. Navajo Nation. Issues : (1) Whether the opinion of the U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The Department of the Interior , joined by intervenor the state of Arizona , seek the Supreme Court’s review to revisit that determination. Navajo Nation and Arizona v. Arizona , 21-1553. Issue : Whether the Sixth and 14th Amendments guarantee the right to a trial by a 12-person jury when the defendant is charged with a felony.

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Broadcast Law Blog

MAY 15, 2022

In the case of a felony conviction, the FCC analyzes whether the crimes are so serious that the licensee does not have the character to serve the public as well as whether the crime is indicative of the licensee’s likelihood of not being truthful and forthcoming with the FCC.

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JURIST

APRIL 4, 2024

Arizona lists the offense as a Class 3 misdemeanor, but unlike New York does not seek prosecution unless a complaint is filed by one of the spouses. Oklahoma treats adultery as a felony punishable by up to five years imprisonment and/or a $500 fine. Several states have laws criminalizing adultery.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Arizona , 21-1553. Issue : Whether the Sixth and 14th Amendments guarantee the right to a trial by a 12-person jury when the defendant is charged with a felony. (rescheduled before the May 12, May 19, May 26, June 2, June 9, June 16, June 23 conferences; relisted after the Sept. 14 conferences). Khorrami v. relisted after the Sept.

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Broadcast Law Blog

MAY 30, 2011

In the last few days, NPR has broadcast stories about the Department of Justice writing letters to authorities in Rhode Island and Arizona , in both cases saying that the Federal government still considers the sale of marijuana, even medical marijuana, to be a Federal felony subject to prosecution. Broadcasters are Federal licensees.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Arizona , 21-1553. Issue : Whether the Sixth and 14th Amendments guarantee the right to a trial by a 12-person jury when the defendant is charged with a felony. (rescheduled before the May 12, May 19, May 26, June 2, June 9, June 16, June 23 conferences; relisted after the Sept. 28 and Oct. 7 conferences). Khorrami v. 28 and Oct.

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JURIST

MARCH 18, 2024

Texas’s law, SB 4, makes it a misdemeanor offense for foreign nationals to enter the state from abroad unless arriving at a “lawful port of entry,” upgrading the offense to a felony for subsequent convictions. The whole Fifth Circuit is now reconsidering that decision.

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JURIST

JULY 1, 2022

The US Supreme Court on Thursday vacated three orders issued by lower courts in Arizona, Indiana, and Arkansas that had invalidated state-level abortion on the grounds of Roe v. This follows the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe last Friday.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 23, 2022

For many years thereafter, the Arizona Supreme Court refused to apply Simmons. That court believed that Arizona’s sentencing law was sufficiently different from the others the Supreme Court had considered that Simmons did not apply. Arizona , 21-846 , and Burns v. The Arizona Supreme Court denied Cruz’s claim.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 13, 2021

If convicted of a felony, the maximum penalty is $20,000 and/or up to five years imprisonment. The same issue came up recently in the United States in the case of the woman who had her face ripped off by a neighbor’s pet chimpanzee and a case in Arizona involving a javelina. However, the penalties are notably higher.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Petitioner Ramin Khorrami was convicted of fraud in Arizona state court by an eight-person jury. Arizona he asks the Supreme Court to overrule a 1970 precedent holding that states can use juries as small as six jurors to try defendants for felonies. Arizona , 21-1553. Seeking to capitalize on Ramos , in Khorrami v.

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JURIST

JUNE 24, 2023

Instead, Defendants have issued and implemented unlawful agency memoranda that allow criminal aliens already convicted of felony offenses to roam free in the United States. Such aliens belong in federal custody, as Congress required. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N.

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SCOTUSBlog

JANUARY 8, 2024

Arizona , a dispute over whether allowing a stand-in to present an absent expert’s report at trial violates a defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to confront the witnesses against him. Smith was charged with five felony counts. Arizona Department of Public Safety forensic scientist Elizabeth Rast tested the drugs found in the search.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

An Arizona Senate committee Thursday voted in favor of a bill that prohibits abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The bill mirrors the Mississippi law, making it a crime for a doctor to perform an abortion after 15-weeks of pregnancy, putting them at risk of felony charges and loss od their licenses to practice medicine.

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SCOTUSBlog

JULY 1, 2021

By a vote of 6-3, the justices upheld two Arizona voting provisions that Democrats and civil rights groups challenged as disproportionately burdening minority voters. In light of these considerations, Alito explained, neither of the Arizona rules at issue in this case violates Section 2.

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JURIST

MAY 20, 2022

Governor Stitt signed a similar six week ban into law earlier this month and also another abortion bill that would make it a felony to perform abortions except when the mother’s life is in danger. Several other Republican-led states, like Arizona, Kentucky and Wyoming, have passed similar legislation.

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

In Alabama, lawmakers have refiled a previously unsuccessful felony ban on health care for trans minors. Republicans in Arizona and Kentucky have also proposed health care bans for trans youth, similar to a law passed last year in Arkansas that bans gender-affirming care for trans minors.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The bill creates a misdemeanor offense for violation of the statute and a felony crime for multiple offenses. A similar law was passed in Arizona in 2010 before being struck down in Arizona v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

OCTOBER 7, 2019

The court also temporarily enjoined two felony riot statutes because they went “far beyond” the State’s “appropriate interest” in criminalizing participation in a riot with acts of force or violence. The federal district court for the District of Arizona enjoined the U.S.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

Arizona Court Ordered Production of Climate Scientists’ Emails Under Arizona’s Public Records Law. Arizona Board of Regents , No. He had been convicted of misdemeanor trespass and felony criminal mischief and conspiracy to commit criminal mischief in October 2017. California Department of Food & Agriculture , No.

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JURIST

APRIL 25, 2024

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced on Wednesday that a state grand jury returned an indictment against 18 individuals associated with former US President Donald Trump’s effort to overturn Arizona’s election results in the 2020 presidential election. All nine counts are felony offenses in the state of Arizona.

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LLRX

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Stefanie Lindquist Foundation Professor of Law and Political Science, Arizona State University, answers critical questions including: does an indictment – or even a felony conviction – prevent a presidential candidate from running or serving in office?

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