Criminal Law Felony Misdemeanor Washington 
JonathanTurley
APRIL 29, 2024
After all, the base charge is a simple misdemeanor under a New York law against falsifying business records. However, it really did not matter, because the misdemeanor has been as dead as Dillinger for years. The dead misdemeanor was shocked back into life by claiming that it was committed to conceal another crime.
JonathanTurley
APRIL 15, 2024
I have long been critical of the case as a clear example of the weaponization of the criminal justice system. No one seriously believes that Alvin Bragg would have spent this time and money to prosecute what is ordinarily a state misdemeanor if the defendant was anyone other than Trump. However, two prosecutors, Carey R.
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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. The men were also convicted of misdemeanor offense of disorderly conduct in a Capitol building.
JonathanTurley
JUNE 23, 2023
They even threw in a phantom felony allegation that will evaporate once Hunter completes a diversion program. What is particularly chilling is that the establishment in Washington is not even trying to rebut the widespread view of a two-tiered system of justice. For a Biden, that apparently is the very profile of courage.
JonathanTurley
APRIL 2, 2023
While the actual charges will not be disclosed until the release of the indictment, the underlying theory discussed for months is an effort to revive a dead misdemeanor offense of falsifying business records — years after the statute of limitations expired. They largely ignore that the misdemeanor is expired. Bragg caved.
JonathanTurley
MARCH 27, 2021
One of those charged was Javon Washington, 30, faces an array of charges due to his role in playing music and encouraging defiance to the police. There were clearly legitimate arrests on that night as individuals destroyed property and assaulted police. However, Washington’s charges seemed based on his playing music at the scene.
JonathanTurley
MAY 24, 2024
Now it will be up to 12 New Yorkers to do what neither the court nor the prosecutors were willing to do: adhere to the rule of law regardless of the identity of the defendant. Merchan has allowed the government to bring back into life a dead misdemeanor and convert it into 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree.
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