Constitutional Law Criminal Law Felony Government 
JonathanTurley
NOVEMBER 14, 2021
At trial, however, prosecutor Thomas Binger at points seemed to be learning the governing law from Rittenhouse. Criminal laws are supposed to be interpreted narrowly. For example, in 1547, the court was faced with a law making it a felony of steal “Horses, Geldings or Mares.”
JonathanTurley
MAY 2, 2021
Whoever violates subdivision 2, clause (2), is guilty of a felony and may be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than ten years or to payment of a fine of not more than $20,000, or both, if the call triggers an emergency response and, as a result of the response, someone suffers great bodily harm or death. 2b.Other felony offenses.
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JonathanTurley
APRIL 2, 2022
Aladin was charged with robbery, which is a second degree felony, and Whettstone and Lawrence were charged with first degree misdemeanor assault. Oberlin maintained in court filings that the son and grandson of the owners of Gibson’s Bakery “violently and unreasonably attacked” an unarmed student, but that is not how the police viewed it.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 27, 2023
” (He did not explain why a message legally acquired by the government from the cloud account of his client would be illegal to include in the report of a congressional investigatory committee.) His lawyer, Chris Clark, first insisted that the release of the messages “are not only irresponsible, they are illegal.”
JonathanTurley
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
District Judge David Counts in Midland, Texas also struck down a firearms law that banned individuals under felony indictment from buying guns. The purpose of enshrining a right into the Constitution is to limit the discretion of a legislature. Barr , 919 F.3d 3d 437, 451–53 (7th Cir. 2019) (Barrett, J., dissenting).
JonathanTurley
JUNE 9, 2023
The California provision states that kidnapping involves someone who “abducts or takes by force or fraud any person contrary to the law of the place where that act is committed, and brings, sends, or conveys that person within the limits of this state.” state once they are released by the federal government.
JonathanTurley
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
Others claimed Trump committed “felony bribery” by fundraising for Republican senators when he was about to be impeached. Many were quick to repeat their certainty of yet another criminal act. Bolstering such claims, District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine said he was investigating Trump for a possible incitement charge.
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