JURIST
APRIL 24, 2021
The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in two cases involving one of its own precedents regarding felony firearms possession. “Failing to advise a defendant of the complete charge against him necessarily deprives him of the ability to make that grave choice knowingly and intelligently,” Fisher told the Court.
At the Lectern
OCTOBER 11, 2023
It concluded “the Legislature passed this statute mainly with the intent of providing immunity for adverse pregnancy outcomes due to self-managed abortions or drug use during pregnancy.” There were eight criminal case grant-and-holds : three more waiting for a decision in People v. ” Another ICWA grant-and-hold.
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At the Lectern
AUGUST 19, 2021
” The article’s author is Frank Menetrez , who now is a justice on the court that decided Leon , although he did not sit on the case. ” The court depublished the opinion of the Second District, Division Eight, in People v. .)” Lewis , which was decided on last month ; two more holding for People v.
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 20, 2022
Two pending petitions raise the question of the constitutionality of state statutes providing that corporations are deemed to have consented to “general” personal jurisdiction by virtue of having registered to do business in a state. Some older Supreme Court decisions support that theory of consent. Returning Relists.
SCOTUSBlog
APRIL 26, 2024
One of those four involves an issue on which the court already is considering 11 other relisted cases: whether the Sixth and 14th Amendments require the use of a 12-person jury to try defendants accused of felonies, rather than the six-person jury Florida affords for many such offenses. We’ll know more soon. Until next time!
At the Lectern
JUNE 17, 2022
” In dismissing the fair housing claims, the superior court had relied on the opinion in AIDS Healthcare Foundation v. ” The dissenter said she was “confounded by [the superior court’s] failure to try more [felony trials for in-custody defendants] after fully reopening in June 2021.”
At the Lectern
NOVEMBER 24, 2021
Duke back to the Court of Appeal for reconsideration in light of Senate Bill 775. SB 1437 was enacted in 2018 to limit criminal liability for felony murder or murder under the natural-and-probable-consequences doctrine. Two weeks ago, the court made a similar transfer order in the fully briefed People v. See here.) See here.).
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