JURIST

APRIL 9, 2021

Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill into law Wednesday expanding voting rights for persons with felony convictions. HB 1078 automatically restores voting rights for people with felony convictions once completing a sentence of total confinement through the Washington Department of Corrections.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 6, 2022

In 2017, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court abolished key aspects of its “felony murder rule,” the common law doctrine that made everyone involved in a felony that resulted in death guilty of first-degree murder—guilty even if they personally inflicted no violence and never intended to hurt anyone. The Rest of the Iceberg.

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 15, 2023

“Supreme Court’s decision on felony suffrage hinges on understanding of state amendment process”: Bobby Harrison has this essay online at Mississippi Today. The post “Supreme Court’s decision on felony suffrage hinges on understanding of state amendment process” appeared first on How Appealing.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 10, 2021

Share A fractured Supreme Court on Thursday narrowed the scope of a key phrase in the Armed Career Criminal Act, ruling that crimes involving recklessness do not count as “violent felonies” for the purpose of triggering a key sentencing enhancement. The Supreme Court reversed that decision on Thursday. The case, Borden v.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

skeptical of ban on gun purchases by people facing felony charges”: Brendan Pierson of Reuters has this report. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit via this link. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit via this link. “5th Circ. The post “5th Circ.

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HowAppealing

AUGUST 29, 2023

The post “Challengers to Alabama’s felony ban on trans care for minors will seek full appeals court review; The decision puts off going to the Supreme Court immediately; It also means the district court injunction barring enforcement of the hormone therapy ban will remain in effect for now” appeared first on How Appealing.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 25, 2022

Texas’ trigger law has officially gone into effect, making performing an abortion a felony punishable by up to life in prison and a civil penalty of not less than $100,000, plus attorney fees, with only narrow exceptions to save the life of a pregnant patient, reports the Texas Tribune.

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

“Supreme Court refuses to consider requiring 12-person juries; The court declined to take up an Arizona fraud case that could have eliminated the use of six- or eight-person juries in felony cases in the six states where they’re allowed”: Lawrence Hurley of NBC News has this report. Gorsuch issued today.

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JURIST

MARCH 1, 2024

The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit ruled Friday that enhancements were improperly applied to the sentencing of a participant in the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. The court applied sentencing enhancements to his conviction on the basis that his crimes were a “substantial interference with the administration of justice.”

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HowAppealing

JANUARY 9, 2023

“Is Encouraging Unauthorized Immigration Free Speech or a Felony? The Supreme Court will decide whether a 1986 law that makes it a crime to urge people to stay in the United States unlawfully can be squared with the First Amendment.” The post “Is Encouraging Unauthorized Immigration Free Speech or a Felony?

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JURIST

MARCH 19, 2024

The US Supreme Court has lifted a stay that prohibited the enforcement of a Texas law that criminalizes illegal entry into the state from other countries, allowing the law to go into effect. The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit later blocked that injunction, allowing the law to go into effect.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 30, 2022

A petition was filed Friday with the US Supreme Court asking the Court to review the constitutionality of the felon disenfranchisement provision of Mississippi’s 1890 Constitution. The post US Supreme Court asked to review Mississippi’s felon disenfranchisement provision appeared first on JURIST - News.

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FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

If committed with an intent to defraud or mislead, an FDC Act violation can become a felony, which carries more significant jail time and financial penalties. The issue of whether this “second violation” felony requires evidence of intent was addressed in a recent Ninth Circuit decision , United States v.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 12, 2023

“In the wake of Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, Wisconsin is living in 1849; Wisconsin’s 1-year-old legislature banned abortion in 1849, making it a felony to provide abortion care unless the life of the mother is in danger; Last year, this ban took effect again”: U.S.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Attorney General , involving a Second Amendment challenge to the federal statute criminalizing the possession of guns by individuals convicted of a nonviolent felony: You can access the live audio on YouTube via this link. The oral argument is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. eastern time.

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ABA Journal

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The right to counsel is “tenuous” in a small Mississippi justice court in Yalobusha County, Mississippi, where two judges appointed lawyers for felony defendants in…

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SquirePattonBoggs

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Judge White wrote the unanimous opinion for the Court, which was joined by Judge Moore and Judge Bush. The Court held that an Ohio aggravated-robbery offense, R.C. A)(1), does not qualify as a violent felony under the Armed Career Criminal Act (commonly referred to as “ACCA”). A)(1) did qualify as a violent felony under ACCA.

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ABA Journal

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

A California wastewater official faces felony state court charges of diverting public funds for personal use, after allegedly using municipal money to pay for an…

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

District Judge David Counts has ruled that a federal law barring people under felony indictment from purchasing guns is unconstitutional, reports the Washington Post. Counts argued that the law’s prohibitions clashed with the high court’s June decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 10, 2023

The Texas Supreme Court placed an administrative stay on Friday on a lower court’s temporary restraining order (TRO) that barred the enforcement of the state’s strict abortion bans on a pregnant woman whose fetus was recently diagnosed with a fatal condition. This is not the only abortion-related case in the Texas Supreme Court.

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JURIST

MARCH 16, 2023

The North Dakota Supreme Court Thursday upheld a preliminary injunction on the state’s abortion ban while litigation on the matter proceeds. 31-12 , which went into effect after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. The post North Dakota Supreme Court upholds abortion ban injunction appeared first on JURIST - News.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 19, 2021

He's facing a felony menacing charge.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Defense attorneys at a November court hearing indicated they plan to blame police for McClain’s death during a trial expected to last most of December. Cooper and Cichuniec face felony charges of manslaughter, negligent homicide and several counts each of assault.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit agreed on Thursday to reconsider a decision from August that a provision of the Mississippi Constitution that permanently prevents people convicted of certain felonies from voting is unconstitutional. The court’s order vacated the previous decision until the matter is resolved.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 8, 2022

Smiley Allen Martin, a suspect arrested in connection with the recent mass shooting in Sacramento, served less than half his 10-year sentence because of voter-approved changes to state law that lessened the punishment for his felony convictions and provided a chance for earlier release, reports the Associated Press.

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JURIST

MAY 25, 2021

The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday against a non-US citizen who was contesting his indictment for unlawful re-entry into the country. In 1998, an immigration judge found that Palomar-Santiago had committed an aggravated felony under the federal immigration laws when he was convicted for driving under the influence.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The New York Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that the state legislature authorized the Commission on Forensic Sciences to create rules allowing police to search the state’s DNA database to identify family members of potential suspects. Chief Judge Rowan Wilson authored the majority opinion of the court.

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HowAppealing

JUNE 10, 2021

“Supreme Court Limits Sweep of Law on Mandatory Minimum Sentences; Violent felonies committed recklessly do not count in deciding whether 15-year terms are required under the Armed Career Criminal Act, the justices ruled”: Adam Liptak of The New York Times has this report. ” Jordan S. .” ” Jordan S.

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JURIST

JULY 28, 2021

The California Supreme Court held Monday that prisoners are entitled to a lawyer before a trial court can consider their record of conviction in determining whether the prisoners may challenge their murder convictions for killings committed by others. The new law in question was California Senate Bill No.

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At the Lectern

MARCH 16, 2023

At yesterday’s Supreme Court conference , a double one, actions of note included: Court allows clemency for one, returns files to be redacted for four others. 2) May a superior court ever set pretrial bail above an arrestee’s ability to pay?” ” In its landmark In re Humphrey (2021) 11 Cal.5th Resentencing.

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JURIST

APRIL 17, 2023

The Minnesota Court of Appeals Monday upheld the conviction of former police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd during a 2020 arrest. In doing so, the court denied Chauvin’s request for a new trial or reversal of his conviction. Ultimately, the court affirmed the district court’s conviction of Chauvin.

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JURIST

AUGUST 4, 2022

Judge James Donato signed the dismissal, and the case is in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, San Francisco Division. The charges against Sullivan included obstruction of proceedings , misprision of felony (failing to report a felony), and three counts of wire fraud.

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EvidenceProf Blog

JUNE 11, 2021

Indiana, Tyson Timbs was charged in June 2013 with two counts of dealing in a controlled substance and conspiracy to commit theft, all felonies. In Timbs v. He pleaded guilty in 2015 to selling $260 worth of heroin and served.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 15, 2022

A Michigan court Thursday sentenced three men involved in a 2020 plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer to prison. Pete Musico, Joseph Morrison and Paul Bellar were all sentenced in the Jackson County Circuit Court to separate prison terms after a jury found them guilty of felony charges in October. in August 2022.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 25, 2022

5th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Mississippi can continue to bar more than 10 percent of its citizens from voting, maintaining a Jim Crow-era provision that bars Mississippians convicted of felonies from taking part in elections, reports the Daily Journal.

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Law 360

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Supreme Court returns Monday from a long holiday weekend to hear arguments over the proper standard to apply when sentencing a repeat felony offender under the Armed Career Criminal Act and the constitutionality of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's in-house courts system.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The US Supreme Court granted certiorari to hear United States v. The law most often applies to felons possessing a firearm with three qualifying prior convictions, such as violent felonies or serious drug offenses, and the law often operates on those charged with violations of state law. ” United States v.

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