Felony Related Topics 
JURIST
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
A reasonable conclusion to draw from these textual features is that an affirmative act of government is required to restore what the government has taken away by its affirmative decision to prosecute and convict a person of a felony.
LegalReader
JULY 29, 2021
A felony conviction is not something to be taken lightly. Whether you or someone you know is re-entering society after a felony charge and time served, there is a lot that may be affected.
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LegalReader
JUNE 22, 2021
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The Crime Report
APRIL 6, 2022
The penalty for first degree felony murder is life in prison, without possibility of parole. The Massachusetts justices ruled that felony murder will no longer serve as an independent ground for a first-degree murder conviction.
JURIST
NOVEMBER 8, 2022
Six states in the US allow for trials before six or eight-person juries in felony cases: Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts and Utah. The post US Supreme Court declines to hear case regarding jury size in felony trials appeared first on JURIST - News.
The Crime Report
AUGUST 6, 2021
A new Texas law taking effect in September, 2021, will make buying sex a state felony instead of a misdemeanor, making the state the first in the country to to charge so-called “Johns” with a state jail felony, reports Click2Houston.
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.
The Crime Report
JULY 26, 2022
Even if they’ve never served time in prison, people who have felony convictions still have difficulty accessing stable housing. Photo via Flickr.
LegalReader
OCTOBER 12, 2022
The distinction between a misdemeanor and a felony depends on the severity of the crime. When it comes to traffic offenses, some are more serious than others. Crimes traffic accidents traffic cameras traffic citations traffic collision traffic fines traffic laws
The Crime Report
NOVEMBER 2, 2022
The majority of Portland, Oregon’s homeless population find themselves unable to escape a life on the streets due to a criminal background they can’t shake off, specifically felony charges, reports Blair Best for KGW8.
The Crime Report
OCTOBER 25, 2022
million people, will be barred from voting in 2022 due to state laws banning people with felony convictions from doing so, reports NPR. According to new research from The Sentencing Project, roughly 2 percent of the voting age population in the United States, 4.6
The Crime Report
MAY 9, 2022
An Alabama law that makes it a felony to provide gender-affirming medical treatment to transgender youth has gone into effect after Gov. Kay Ivey signed the bill on April 8, reports Reuters.
The Crime Report
JANUARY 24, 2023
If teachers try to keep banned books on the shelves, they can face felony persecution. Following recent laws restricting books in Florida by Governor Ron DeSantis, in Manatee County, Florida, teachers have lost access to curating books for libraries; instead, only librarians called “media specialists” can, Judd Legum reports for Popular Information.
The Crime Report
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
A Hawaii standards commission has recommended new felony offenses for the state that would open up potential new state-level charges in corruption cases against Hawaiian officials, Blaze Lovell reports for Honolulu Civil Beat.
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
HowAppealing
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
skeptical of ban on gun purchases by people facing felony charges”: Brendan Pierson of Reuters has this report. skeptical of ban on gun purchases by people facing felony charges” appeared first on How Appealing “5th Circ. And Avalon Zoppo of The National Law Journal reports that “ Judge Frustrated Over Lack of Historical Analysis in Gun Rights Case.”
The Crime Report
MARCH 13, 2023
Texas Senator Joan Huffman has proposed a bill that would require a 10-year prison sentence for people who use a gun during the commission of a felony, William Melhado and Alejandro Serrano reports for The Texas Tribune. The bill, Senate Bill 23, has drawn concern from both criminal justice reform advocates and Second Amendment groups.
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.
EvidenceProf Blog
JULY 16, 2022
The federal confidential marital communications privilege protects against the admission of confidential marital communications between spouses, much like the attorney-client privilege protects against the admission of confidential communications between a client and her attorney.
JURIST
APRIL 9, 2021
Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed a bill into law Wednesday expanding voting rights for persons with felony convictions. The post Washington state expands voting rights for individuals with felony convictions appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.
Above The Law
OCTOBER 19, 2021
He's facing a felony menacing charge. Courts Colorado Crime Judge of the Day Mark Thompson State Judges
ABA Journal
OCTOBER 21, 2021
The chief judge of Colorado’s 5th Judicial District has been charged with felony menacing in an incident allegedly involving an "AR-15 style rifle."
The Crime Report
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
But if the Comal Independent School District catches one of its students down the road at Smithson Valley High School with a pound cake-flavored vape, they may end up in county jail, facing felony charges that would follow them the rest of their life. And he still has a felony looming.
The Crime Report
APRIL 21, 2022
Advocates are pushing states to create updated felony standards, arguing that outdated laws, which vary wildly from state to state, are unfairly making felons out of people who committed minor crimes such as stealing a pair of shoes, reports Axios.
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. Texas U.S.
At the Lectern
DECEMBER 16, 2020
Tomorrow morning, the Supreme Court will file its opinion in People v. Gentile. Briefs here ; oral argument video here.) It will be the first decision in an October calendar case. Opinions in the other three October cases are expected by January 4. All of the cases had a Court of Appeal justice sitting pro tem. In Gentile , the court limited the issues to these: “1. Does the amendment to Penal Code section 188 by recently enacted Senate Bill No.
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 11, 2022
The post Proud Boys HI founder pleads guilty to felony charges for Jan 6 riot participation appeared first on JURIST - News. Nicholas Ochs, founder of the Proud Boys Hawaii chapter, Friday pleaded guilty to obstruction of an official proceeding under 18 U.S.C.
The Crime Report
APRIL 8, 2022
Martin was freed in February after serving time for punching a girlfriend, dragging her from her home by her hair and whipping her with a belt, all nonviolent offenses under California law, which considers only about two dozen crimes to be violent felonies.
SquirePattonBoggs
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
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. The post Panel Holds that Ohio Aggravated Burglary Statute Does Not Count as Predicate Violent Felony under ACCA.
JURIST
JUNE 12, 2021
The US Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit that “reckless” crimes qualify as violent felonies for purposes of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). The ACCA mandates a 15-year sentence for those persons found guilty of illegally possessing a firearm who have been convicted of three or more violent felonies in the past.
At the Lectern
MARCH 16, 2023
The cases concern resentencing a defendant whose felony-murder conviction is tossed under subsequent legislation narrowing the felony-murder rule. Specifically, the issue is whether a court, when resentencing for the felony underlying the vacated felony-murder conviction, can include an enhancement related to the underlying felony.
The Crime Report
JULY 20, 2021
Hodgkins, the first person to have pleaded guilty to a single felony count of obstruction of an official proceeding before Congress by storming the Capitol on Jan. Paul A.
The Crime Report
JULY 9, 2021
A new law in Georgia is tackling the issues of porch piracy and mail theft by classifying certain degrees of the crimes as felonies, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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…
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. Attorney General, involving a Second Amendment challenge to the federal statute criminalizing the possession of guns by individuals convicted of a nonviolent felony appeared first on How Appealing
EvidenceProf Blog
MARCH 17, 2021
Similar to its federal counterpart, OCGA § 24-6-609(a) states the following: For the purpose of attacking the character for truthfulness of a witness: (1) Evidence that a witness other than an accused has been convicted of a crime shall be
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