The Crime Report

APRIL 4, 2023

A very bold and impressive broad-gauged indictment that few, if any legal pundits, saw coming. Turns out the payments of hush money to at least two women—misdemeanor offenses—were not really what these indictments were all about. Ergo, there were no misdemeanor charges, only first-degree felonies. Kaplan rejected the merger.

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Felony Misdemeanor Legal Legal 124

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. I have a legal education.” It is also hard to instruct a jury on an ambiguous statute.

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Statute Misdemeanor Criminal Law Felony 57

ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JUNE 8, 2021

Supreme Court held that the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erred when it concluded that its review of the remand order in Baltimore’s climate change case against fossil fuel companies was limited to determining whether the defendants properly removed the case under the federal officer removal statute. Renewable Fuels Association v.

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Court Statute Government Litigation 42

The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Fifty years ago, when I was working for the Legal Aid Society, I was struck by the vitality of the courtroom. It was a great way for a young person to get an education. Yale law professor] Monica Bell has a phrase for this, which I find very useful, which is “legal estrangement.” I thought it was politically astute.

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Government Court Laws Legal 144