The Crime Report

OCTOBER 5, 2021

In a paper first published in the Fordham Law Review and posted online last month, Levin argued that the “widespread recognition” of the failure of aggressive drug enforcement “has ushered in a moment of great possibility for criminal justice reformers.”. My aim is not to suggest an apples-to-apples comparison between guns and drugs.

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At the Lectern

JANUARY 3, 2021

A frequently invoked ground for Supreme Court review of a case is when it is “necessary. to settle an important question of law.” But offering the court an important legal issue is not alone enough to get a case heard. Sometimes, the court is just fine with the way the Court of Appeal has settled the issue.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 6, 2021

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will delve into that question in United States v. 924(c) , which makes it a federal crime to use a gun in connection with any “crime of violence” that can be prosecuted in federal court. In 2019, the Supreme Court found the residual clause to be unconstitutionally vague.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Over the past 10 years alone, the Supreme Court has cited Commission reports in more than half-a-dozen cases. Similarly, the Commission found that nearly half of supervision violators engaged in new felony conduct, but the figure for probation violations was only one-third. percent serious felony violations (grade A), 31.5

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JURIST

AUGUST 12, 2022

According to court documents , Robertson, 49, and co-defendent Jacob Fracker were both officers with the Rocky Mount, Virginia, Police Department and were off duty when they headed for Washington, D.C. Police officer Thomas Robertson Thursday was sentenced to 87 months in prison for his participation in the January 6 riot at the US Capitol.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 25, 2022

Many objected to not only the rejection of hate crime charges but the use of misdemeanor rather than felony charges. The reason, however, appears a key distinction in the Wisconsin criminal code. It would seem more appropriate to allow felony charges not only for serious bodily injuries but for a pattern of multiple such attacks.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 8, 2022

A common misconception, perpetuated by popular television shows and movies, as well as the Sixth Amendment, is that everyone gets their day in court. However, according to the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers , less than 3 percent of criminal cases have gone to trial in the last five decades.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 6, 2022

However, not only is another court likely to find that there was no right to rescue in a case involving the theft of pigs by animal activists , this activist is likely to establish that the players had right to tackle. When the person arrested has committed a felony, although not in his presence.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 1, 2021

He was tracked down in Texas and arrested due to outstanding warrants for felony possession of a firearm, felony domestic assault, and felony drug possession. In a notice filed by Assistant Public Defender Adrienne Cousins, the court was informed that “Mr.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 2, 2022

Now, an appellate court has upheld a $25 million judgment against the small college and Oberlin earned every penny of that penalty. 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.

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Now, after an unfavorable HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) advisory opinion and two defeats in court, Pfizer has appealed the Second Circuit’s decision to the Supreme Court. Pfizer appealed to the Second Circuit, which again ruled against Pfizer. The Second Circuit’s Interpretation of the AKS and its Mens Rea Element.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The statement could effectively knock out the misdemeanor gun possession count — the one count that could still be in play for the jury after the prosecution’s case on the more serious offense appeared to collapse in court. Criminal laws are supposed to be interpreted narrowly.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

We recently discussed the ruling of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit striking down a ban on gun ownership by individuals accused of domestic abuse. The court noted that this provision “is rarely used by prosecutors, as it accounts for only about 5% of prosecutions brought under § 922.” Barr , 919 F.3d

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

The court ruled that Georgia’s prior citizen’s arrest law is only applicable if a person sees a felony committed and acts without delay. The judge ruled Friday afternoon that the prior citizen’s arrest law requires that the arrest would have to occur right after any felony crime was committed. Grounds for arrest.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 21, 2021

1 (1985), when the court addressed the Fourth Amendment protections afforded a fleeing suspect and held that an officer may not use deadly force to prevent escape unless “the officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or others.” In Graham v.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The six misdemeanor charges and three felonies carry a potential sentence of 17 years for alleged tax evasion and filing a false return. That all came crashing down when Judge Noreika just cleared her throat in court. They did and, for the first time, Hunter could be facing a real chance for jail time. It could have been worse.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 8, 2021

What is notable however is the inclusion of a provision that relates directly to the allegations raised against Hunter Biden — allegations of a possible federal felony that have been virtually blacked out in recent media coverage and interviews. Although prosecutions are rare, this should be a major story or at warrant media scrutiny.

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JonathanTurley

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

It turned out to be a deputy sheriff but the court found that Courvoisier could rely on reasonable mistaken self-defense. The common law has long offered ample protections even for reasonable mistakes. Raymond , 23 Colo.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 27, 2022

He served Williams a summons ordering her to report to criminal court on a felony battery charge. Williams, records show, is far from the only patient to have faced criminal charges. Among this group was one patient whose mental function was at the level of a preschooler, court records show.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 27, 2021

McVey had just torn down Feaster’s Nazi flag and he claimed that he was in fear of an “imminent Antifa attack on his home” last June, according to a court motion in the case. The common law does not allow the use of force calculated to cause serious bodily injury or death in protection of property. In famous cases like Bird v.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 10, 2021

“The intentional taking of the life of another is not authorized by section 609.06, except when necessary in resisting or preventing an offense which the actor reasonably believes exposes the actor or another to great bodily harm or death, or preventing the commission of a felony in the actor’s place of abode.”. In famous cases like Bird v.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 18, 2021

Chicago prosecutor, James Murphy, has been placed on leave Saturday after he noted in court hearing this month that Adam Toledo , 13, had a gun in his possession. However, I am uneasy about the actions taken against an attorney for a statement that could have been clarified in both court and in public.

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JonathanTurley

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Grosskreutz was also questioned on the stand about his seeking $10 million in a lawsuit against the city and another lawsuit in federal court for damages. In 2012, Grosskreutz was charged with a felony burglary charge in New Berlin when he was caught trying to sell three stolen PlayStation consoles.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 20, 2021

This despite the fact that we know myriad innocent people charged with felonies plead guilty. There, local prosecutors in the county’s Early Disposition Courts make plea offers “substantially harsher”—their words—if people accused of crimes merely assert their constitutional rights during negotiation.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 10, 2024

.” The filing (below) shows how Hunter’s claims (repeated by many in the media) collapse under even cursory review in court. It is the difference between making a case in the court of public opinion and making a case in an actual court of law. ” The rest of the filing is equally devastating. .”

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 16, 2021

to prevent the commission of a forcible felony; ?or. The Supreme Court ruled that tort law could not be used to overcome First Amendment protections for free speech or the free press. Courts have been highly protective over the expression of opinion in the interests of free speech. This issue was addressed in Ollman v.

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 2, 2024

District Court Judge Mark Scarsi denied his eight motions to dismiss tax charges with a stinging rebuke that the defense omits one thing from its argument: actual evidence. Abby Lowell and the defense team seem to be doubling down on the same claims despite the uniform rejection by courts. These citations, however, are not evidence.”

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 15, 2021

However, if the money is linked to his business or clearly part of his sole estate or assets, it would obviously constitute a serious felony of theft. Moreover, even though Riggle is a public figure, most courts are likely to question this as a matter of legitimate public interest in his discussions with his girlfriend.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 19, 2024

Share The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Wednesday in the case of a 76-year-old Texas woman , Sylvia Gonzalez, who was arrested on charges that she had violated a state law that prohibits tampering with government records. Gonzalez came to the Supreme Court, which agreed last fall to weigh in. In 2019, in Nieves v.

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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 23, 2021

b) Involuntary—in the commission of an unlawful act, not amounting to a felony; or in the commission of a lawful act which might produce death, in an unlawful manner, or without due caution and circumspection. In 1968, the California Supreme Court expanded NIED claims in Dillon v. Walgreen Hastings Co., Legg, 441 P.2d

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

An interesting historical sidenote is that if one looks at the official Park decision from the Supreme Court, one will find our own Paul Hyman who was one co-author of the amicus curiae briefs. Therefore, as a matter of proof, DOJ can obtain a misdemeanor conviction even when a jury acquits on a felony.

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The Crime Report

JULY 22, 2021

Most bizarrely, in 2007, a Kansas court allowed a defendant to plead guilty to “attempted second-degree unintentional murder” even though the court acknowledged that “no such crime existed.”. In each case, the guilty pleas helped the defendants obtain a lesser punishment on conviction or avoid a trial.

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The Crime Report

MAY 28, 2021

Moreover, immigration screening, although it takes place in jails, is not accompanied by the same procedural protections as criminal law that is meant to stop government overreach. Brown had to spend three weeks in jail waiting for his court appearance? “It leads to the denial of bail or harsher plea proffers.”.

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 26, 2022

According to the court complaint, Maurice Guski, 57, called police to report that Arneberg threatened to harm his ferrets after an argument over Guski using too much of the shared space. While misdemeanors are generally sentenced to a year or less, that would bring the sentence up to a felony level sentence.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The Missouri Court of Appeals has now prevented that return of the weapons by denying a motion for replevin. As such, the state law on the seizure of the weapons stands. I was highly skeptical of the charges brought by Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, who was later removed from the case due to ethical concerns.

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 25, 2021

We often follow novel or new arguments raised in criminal cases and one such defense has arisen in the case of a defendant convicted of bombing a Minnesota mosque in 2017. Michael Hari, 50, has asked the court to recognize his status as a transgender woman named Emily Claire Hari. …Emily Hari is more than a one-note caricature.

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The Crime Report

JULY 13, 2021

Gelinas noted that although subway ridership plummeted to as low as 9 percent in the spring of 2020 as a result of the pandemic, the per-capita risk of becoming a victim of a violent felony tripled. felonies fell by 15 percent?helped More than two-thirds of the felony charges filed in 2019 were for non-violent offenses.

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