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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.
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
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
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.
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.
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Advocates are pushing states to create updated felony standards, arguing that outdated laws, which vary wildly from state to state, are unfairly making felons out of people who committed minor crimes such as stealing a pair of shoes, reports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.
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.
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.
Above The Law
OCTOBER 19, 2021
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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.
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 15, 2022
San Francisco police used DNA collected in a rape exam as part of a domestic violence and sexual abuse case several years ago to link a woman to a felony property crime in the city, possibly violating the state’s Victims’ Bill of Rights as well as constitutional laws related to unreasonable searches and seizures, reports The Guardian.
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.
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…
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
The Crime Report
MAY 11, 2021
The bill also makes it a felony crime to threaten to injure a person or the reputation of a person through the distribution of an image, video or other recordings of a person that is sexual in nature.
JURIST
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
She announced her office had filed a 31-count complaint against PG&E, alleging eleven felonies and 20 misdemeanors in connection with the fire. In 2017, the utility was convicted of several felonies related to the 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion.
Nolo's Blog
AUGUST 27, 2020
The post Attacking Store Workers for Enforcing Rules on Wearing Face Masks: Now a Felony in Illinois appeared first on Nolo. By E.A. Gjelten We’ve all seen the news: irate anti-maskers punching, shoving, or spitting on store employees or bus drivers who were trying to get them to cooperate with rules intended to slow the spread of COVID-19. Of course, it’s already a crime in most states to do anything like this (or to attack anyone else, for that matter).
LegalReader
APRIL 25, 2022
The housing bubble may be great for some investors, but it brings precarity for families while rent increases push low-income earners out on the street.
The Crime Report
JULY 28, 2021
Ed Buck, a small-time Democratic donor and political activist, was convicted by a federal jury on Tuesday of nine felonies, including providing fatal doses of methamphetamine to two men who died at his West Hollywood apartment 18 months apart, reports the New York Times.
ABA Journal
DECEMBER 18, 2020
A former Michigan state prosecutor will be charged with two counts of felony misconduct in office after allegedly engaging in an inappropriate relationship with a…
Above The Law
OCTOBER 25, 2021
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JURIST
JULY 28, 2021
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NCBA
FEBRUARY 18, 2021
By the North Carolina Judicial Branch Are you interested in understanding more about criminal court case processing in North Carolina? Courtesy of the North Carolina Judicial Branch, the Paralegal Division blog is publishing a three-part series the first three weeks of February.
JURIST
APRIL 18, 2021
Judge Mehta made clear to Schaffer that he could lose constitutional rights, including the right to vote and own firearms, by pleading guilty to federal felony charges.
LegalReader
NOVEMBER 18, 2021
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JURIST
SEPTEMBER 6, 2021
The North Carolina Court of Appeals on Friday blocked a lower court order that would restore voting rights to more than 55,000 North Carolinians on parole or probation for a felony.
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.
The Crime Report
MARCH 24, 2022
Trump who resigned after District Attorney Alvin Bragg abruptly dropped tghe case, says the office could have convicted Trump of “numerous felony violations” and that Bragg’s decision was “contrary to the public interest” and a “grave failure of justice,” reports the New York Times. Mark F.
Above The Law
NOVEMBER 29, 2021
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JURIST
APRIL 29, 2021
In June, Cobb County then-District Attorney Joyette Holmes announced that a Georgia state grand jury indicted the three men on nine counts concerning the death of Arbery, from felony murder to false imprisonment.
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