The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Texas authorities say they have the right to keep it under civil forfeiture statutes. If police and prosecutors succeed, Texas law will let them keep 100 percent of the proceeds for themselves without ever filing criminal charges against anyone. Courts would describe the behavior as coercion in any other context.

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JURIST

MARCH 18, 2024

US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito indefinitely extended a stay blocking the enforcement of a Texas law that criminalizes illegal entry into the state from other countries. The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit later stayed that injunction, allowing the law to go into effect.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 1, 2021

There is another tragic case out of Texas involving rivaling claims of self-defense and provocation. As the couple argues about the court order, Carruth goes back into the house and retrieves his rifle. The Texas SYG law states in part : Sec. He is the husband of Judge Anne-Marie Carruth, who is seeking a divorce).

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 15, 2021

In most states, violating the CAP law is a misdemeanor. That’s nothing,” Leesa Ross, founder of Texas-based Lock Arms for Life , told The Crime Report. “A A misdemeanor is a slap on the wrist. Do we take this law from a misdemeanor charge to a felony charge? That’s much more than a slap on the wrist.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 7, 2023

The Supreme Court appears poised to uphold a federal law which bans domestic abusers from owning guns In one of the most high-profile cases of this year. Last month on November 7, Supreme Court justices heard oral arguments in United States v. The respondent, Zachey Rahimi, was represented by federal public defender Matthew Wright.

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The Crime Report

MAY 16, 2022

In 2019, New York passed a bill eliminating both cash bail for most misdemeanors and non-violent felony offenses and judges’ discretion in setting bail amounts in those cases. percent in 2014), and the percentage of defendants released pending trial who showed up for pretrial court appearances declined to 89.4 percent, from 92.7

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LawTechnologyToday

APRIL 30, 2021

e) A violation of this section is a misdemeanor. (f) The states of Texas, Virginia and Minnesota allow the use of a GPS tracker on a vehicle as long as the vehicle’s owner provides consent.

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The Crime Report

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

“ In a Central Texas county, high schoolers are jailed on felony charges for vaping what could be legal hemp ” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal reports that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star using state law enforcement to enforce immigration law by arresting migrants for trespassing is overwhelming local courts and resulting in few convictions.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a bill into law Monday that criminalizes illegal entry into the border state from anywhere but a port of entry, exerting state jurisdiction over what is normally a federal matter. The bill creates a misdemeanor offense for violation of the statute and a felony crime for multiple offenses.

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JonathanTurley

JULY 11, 2021

which states a person who commits any primary offense — such as misdemeanor property destruction — with the intent to “intimidate or terrorize another person or with reason to believe that his action would intimidate or terrorize that person” is subject to a class B misdemeanor primary offense becoming a class A misdemeanor.

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JURIST

MAY 9, 2024

In the complaint filed with the District Court of Southern Iowa, the groups claim that Iowa has exceeded its power by intruding on areas of law reserved to the federal government. Forbidden reentry is an “aggravated misdemeanor, punishable by up to two years in state prison.”

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 9, 2023

While there is a fair debate over the policy of relocation by states like Texas and Florida, the effort to use the criminal process as part of that political debate is … well, pathetic. Many migrants are released soon after capture, including some without a hearing date or court dates that are years in the future.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

faces a misdemeanor simple assault charge for allegedly intentionally blowing on people. Some things are happily left out of the courts. One such case now in court was brought by Amanda DuVall, 28. She is asking for $75,000 but Walmart moved the case to federal court and is contesting the case. For example, in Weirum v.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

MARCH 6, 2018

Federal Court Denied Oakland and San Francisco Motions to Return Climate Change Nuisance Cases to State Court; Found Federal Common Law of Nuisance Could Apply, Despite AEP v. The court dispensed with the cities’ three primary arguments for remanding the cases. HERE ARE THE ADDITIONS TO THE CLIMATE CASE CHART SINCE UPDATE # 107.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 8, 2022

“ Travis County judges can’t hear appeals from migrants arrested under Texas border security push, court rules ” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and statewide issues.

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JURIST

JULY 4, 2023

The most recent spate of United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decisions handed down late last week have left American citizens more divided than ever. Texas ), Affirmative Action ( Students for Fair Admissions v. ” Despite this, the average US citizen has generally seen the Court as an independent and reliable arbiter.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

In Baltimore’s Climate Case Against Fossil Fuel Companies, Supreme Court Held that Appellate Review of Remand Order Extends to All Grounds for Removal. The Court declined to review the companies’ other grounds for removal, finding that the “wiser course” was to allow the Fourth Circuit to address them in the first instance.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

AUGUST 4, 2021

Washington Supreme Court Said Climate Activist Was Entitled to Present Necessity Defense Based on Evidence that Legal Alternatives Were Not “Truly Reasonable”. The Supreme Court reversed an intermediate appellate court’s decision affirming a superior court determination that the defendant could not present a necessity defense.

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JonathanTurley

MARCH 4, 2024

Now, the Biden administration has arrested Baker on four misdemeanor charges linked to his entry into the Capitol on that day. The government claims that the Texas-based writer “antagonized” police officers when they blocked his effort to get through a door. They quote him as asking “Are you going to use that (gun) on us?”

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JonathanTurley

JANUARY 10, 2024

The hearings this week may reveal conduct that reaches the level of a high crime and misdemeanor. It is also true, in my opinion, that none of those things amount to high crimes and misdemeanors warranting his impeachment. If Mayorkas is violating federal law, he can be brought to court to enjoin his actions.

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