FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Walsh — As readers of the FDA Law Blog know, the FDC Act is a strict liability criminal enforcement statute that can impose criminal misdemeanor penalties on a person without any showing of intent. His arguments were rejected by the district court, and the 9th Circuit affirmed the felony conviction.

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JURIST

APRIL 11, 2021

California Assembly Member Miguel Santiago and the Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gasc ó n unveiled Assembly Bill 1127 on Friday, which would exclude juvenile crimes from applying under the California Three Strikes law once the person reaches adulthood. If it counts as a third strike, a life sentence may be given.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 19, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Monday upheld a 2019 Florida law that prevents felons from voting until they pay their legal financial obligations of fines, fees, and restitution. ” Hence, the circuit court deemed the legal financial obligation requirements to be constitutionally valid.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Under the law, any doctor who performs an abortion because of a genetic abnormality of the child is guilty of a felony and subject to a prison sentence of up to two years. However, the Arizona law “is not designed to encourage women [to] choose childbirth; it is designed to thwart them from making any other choice.”

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JULY 28, 2022

I have been in the legal field for over 30 years and a paralegal going on eight years. Then, an opportunity came along to work for the County Public Defender’s Office, defending people in misdemeanor, felony, and now the only paralegal in the office on capital cases. Preparing legal memorandums is one of my favorite things to do.

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HowAppealing

DECEMBER 11, 2023

In the December 18, 2023 issue of The New Yorker: Sarah Stillman has A Reporter at Large article headlined “ Sentenced to Life for an Accident Miles Away; A draconian legal doctrine called felony murder has put thousands of Americans — disproportionately young and Black — in prison.”

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 28, 2022

Sherif Girgis is an associate professor of law at Notre Dame Law School. Applying that test, Dobbs holds: (a) From the 1200s to 1960, no statute, no English case, no state case, no federal case, no legal treatise, and no law-review article hinted at an abortion right. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. What support?

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Paralegal.edu

JUNE 15, 2022

They can and do enter the legal field, despite the limitations a criminal record presents. Law firms typically refrain from reviewing or selecting candidates with a misdemeanor or felony conviction for drugs, assault, theft, burglary, trespass, and any offenses involving weapons.

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JURIST

MAY 10, 2021

The law was frequently used during the lynching era to justify mob violence against Black people. It restricts the use of deadly force to self-protection, protecting a home, or preventing a “forcible felony.” ” The bill makes Georgia the first state to repeal a citizen’s arrest statute. .”

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JURIST

MAY 25, 2021

Palomar-Santiago , involved Refugio Palomar-Santiago, a Mexican citizen who became a lawful permanent resident in 1990. In 1998, an immigration judge found that Palomar-Santiago had committed an aggravated felony under the federal immigration laws when he was convicted for driving under the influence. The case, US v.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

At the state level, abortion is legal in New Mexico. The ordinance passed 7-0 and requires businesses to follow federal laws like 18 U.S.C § 1461, which bans mailing any item that can “be used or applied for producing abortion.”

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The Crime Report

JULY 16, 2021

Illinois legal classifications range from Class 4 felonies to Class X felonies and can carry sentences from probation for up to 30 months to a prison sentence of up to 30 years. The majority of those convicted and sentenced to prison for felony firearm possession have not been convicted of a prior violent crime.

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JURIST

JULY 28, 2021

This case originated in the trial court when the defendant Vince Lewis filed a petition, under a newly enacted law that took effect in January 2019, requesting counsel to challenge his murder conviction under that same law. The new law in question was California Senate Bill No.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

While a growing number of states have legalized marijuana, either for recreational or medical use, participating in a state’s medical marijuana system remains a barrier to gun ownership, Serge F. Kovaleski reports for the New York Times. Users say the situation is depriving them of their constitutional right to own a gun.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 14, 2023

Foehner was not arrested following the shooting, but the 65-year-old did not own that revolver legally. Foehner has been charged with seven felony counts under state law and one misdemeanor under New York City administrative law. Foehner had mistaken a pen in Gonzalez’ hand for a knife.

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Above The Law

AUGUST 15, 2023

He's facing three felony charges. The post Judge Charged With Murder: ‘I Just Shot My Wife’ appeared first on Above the Law.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 27, 2022

With little guidance from the courts and little influence from the states, schools often determine their own guidelines for discipline, giving them immense power and offering students scant due process argue Emory University law professor Tonja Jacobi and Riley Clafton, a Judicial Law Clerk at ther U.S. Courts of Appeals.

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MyCase

AUGUST 12, 2022

Legal record management is a vital aspect of any law firm. Though legal record keeping is part of daily practice for law firms, it is often disorganized. On top of that, lawyers risk losing their license if they fail to comply with laws that protect client information contained in records. .

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JURIST

JANUARY 12, 2024

Watts had initially been charged with felony abuse of a corpse in October after Warren County police found the remains of her pregnancy in her toilet and trash. President and CEO Dr. Regina Davis Moss stated: [Watts’ experience] is a grave example of how Black women and their bodies face legal threats simply for existing.

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JURIST

MARCH 10, 2021

Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson signed one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion bans into law on Tuesday in the hope of having the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Anyone performing or attempting to perform an abortion could be found guilty of a felony and subject to up to $100,000 in fines and up to 10 years in prison.

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The Crime Report

JULY 15, 2022

Jagger Freeman has been convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 30 years to life in prison because of New York’s felony murder law, a legal concept that broadens the crime of murder to include those who set into motion a series of events that lead to a person’s death, regardless of their intent, The Gothamist reports.

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JURIST

MARCH 17, 2021

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam announced on Tuesday that going forward any Virginian convicted of a felony will automatically have their civil rights restored upon release from incarceration. ” Only two other states—Iowa and Kentucky—have constitutions that permanently disenfranchise citizens with past felony convictions.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 14, 2023

Cordero-Garcia , involving whether a federal law that allows the government to deport noncitizens convicted of “an offense relating to obstruction of justice” applies even to cases that are not connected to open investigations or judicial proceedings. In 2014, Pugin pleaded guilty in Virginia to being an accessory after the fact to a felony.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 28, 2022

The law calls for at least 10 behavioral health conditional release pilot programs. Those who’d qualify cannot have a charge higher than a class D felony, and they must be considered a low risk to the public and a low risk for flight. No DUI or violent offenses will be considered.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

FOX News ] * If not knowing enough about the Rittenhouse and Arbery trial outcomes made your uncle question if your JD was really better than his "research" (read: Google searches), it might be a good time to review some legal concepts. Let's start with felony murder. [ Maybe this is a sign they should leave it to the professionals. [

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Current Indiana law requires individuals to apply for a handgun license. Individuals must fill out an application, submit their fingerprints and complete local law enforcement agency processing. “Unlawful carrying of a handgun” could also become a Level 5 felony under certain conditions. .”

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JURIST

JANUARY 5, 2021

Southern Poverty Law Center, an organization that monitors hate crimes and extremism, has designated the Proud Boys as a hate group. Upon a search incident to the lawful arrest, DC police found high-capacity ammunition feeding devices on Tarrio and subsequently also charged him with two felony counts.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced that his office will dismiss roughly 60,000 marijuana convictions, the latest step to undo what some reform advocates consider the damage caused by narcotics enforcement carried out before Californians voted to legalize marijuana, reports the Los Angeles Times.

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JURIST

APRIL 24, 2021

Under the earlier law, voting rights would only be restored to felons if “[they] shall have been pardoned or restored to the rights of citizenship by the governor or other appropriate authority of such other state, or [their] maximum sentence has expired, or [they have] been discharged from parole.”

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JURIST

JUNE 1, 2022

Florida healthcare providers Wednesday filed a lawsuit in an attempt to block Florida’s new abortion law, which bans abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy, set to take effect July 1. ” The healthcare providers are asking the court to enjoin the legislation to prevent it from taking effect and to strike it down. .”

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 3, 2021

The new law allows those accused of a crime to ask for an extra court hearing if they believe they acted in self-defense. Individuals charged with a felony or class A misdemeanor can ask for this hearing, unless they are accused of attacking a police officer. He says prosecutors didn’t believe they had enough to file charges.

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JURIST

APRIL 9, 2021

Ohio judge Alison Hatheway granted a preliminary injunction on Thursday which temporarily blocks an Ohio law banning telemedicine abortions. The post Ohio judge temporarily blocks ban on telemedicine abortions appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 6, 2022

According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of paralegals and legal assistants is projected to grow 12 percent from 2020 to 2030, faster than the average for all occupations. Paralegals and legal assistants held about 345,600 jobs in 2020. To begin, the type of law being enforced is different.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Nasheem Heath’s participation in a program for young felony offenders kept him out jail. Upon his release, he entered an alternative-to-incarceration court program for youthful felony offenders and was sentenced to probation. She has taken in dozens of young people, many of whom are navigating some aspect of the legal system.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

At the time, he had no idea his actions were anything but legal. But prosec­ut­ing people with past convic­tions for illeg­ally voting ignores the legal complex­it­ies of the state’s own making. Any law that requires people to pay to vote is funda­ment­ally anti­demo­cratic. million Flor­idi­ans.

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The Crime Report

JULY 27, 2021

Since 2006, when meth labs were appearing across rural communities, Alabama has made it a felony to expose a child to a chemically toxic environment by enforcing heavier penalties on people who make drugs around children, exposing them to the vapors that are emitted in the creation of crack and meth.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 24, 2021

Palomar-Santiago , involved Refugio Palomar-Santiago, a Mexican citizen who became a lawful permanent resident – that is, a green card holder – in 1990. Eight years later, an immigration judge found that his California conviction for driving under the influence was an aggravated felony under the federal immigration laws.

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