Attorney Court Rules Felony Statute 
JURIST
MARCH 26, 2023
A federal court in Guam Friday denied a request to reinstate a total abortion ban on the island of Guam. The Attorney General of Guam Douglas Moylan filed the motion to reinstate the ban. ” Here, the court ruled that the US Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. 20-134 , should remain in effect.
At the Lectern
JUNE 26, 2023
Prudholme , the Supreme Court today holds that legislation reducing maximum probation terms applies retroactively and, when so applied, doesn’t jeopardize a plea agreement reached under the harsher superseded law. In People v. Stamps (2020) 9 Cal.5th Stamps (2020) 9 Cal.5th
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At the Lectern
MARCH 16, 2023
The court granted the Attorney General’s petition for review in People v. The cases concern resentencing a defendant whose felony-murder conviction is tossed under subsequent legislation narrowing the felony-murder rule. ” The Supreme Court denied the defendant’s petition for review in Howard.
SCOTUSBlog
OCTOBER 28, 2022
Last year, the court restricted the ability of state prisoners to develop new evidence to support claims that their attorneys failed to investigate leads that could have shown they were factually innocent. 922(g) prohibits people with felony convictions from possessing a firearm. In 2019, the court ruled in Rehaif v.
At the Lectern
JUNE 17, 2021
Working on the presumption that the “ Legislature intends for ameliorative enactments to apply as broadly as is constitutionally permis sible,” the Supreme Court i n People v. The court ruled similarly last year in People v. The court reverses the Second District, Division Five, Court of Appeal.
At the Lectern
OCTOBER 14, 2022
5th 1169 concerning 2021’s Assembly Bill 333 (see here ), but the opinion declined to resolve a split in Court of Appeal authority whether one part of the new law — Penal Code section 1109 , which requires an enhancement charge to be tried only after a jury finds the defendant guilty of the underlying offense — is retroactive.
At the Lectern
APRIL 13, 2023
She sought resentencing under 2018 legislation — Senate Bill 1437 — that narrowed murder liability under the felony murder theory and eliminated it under the natural and probable consequences doctrine. ” The Third District found substantial evidence supported the ruling. Strong (2022) 13 Cal.5th Lewis (2021) 11 Cal.5th
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