JURIST

JANUARY 12, 2024

The Trumbull County prosecutor’s office stated that, after evaluating the case, they believed Watts did not violate the Ohio Criminal Statute of Abuse of a Corpse. 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.

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JURIST

MAY 10, 2021

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp Monday signed a bill that repeals an 1863 civil war-era statute , one year after Ahmaud Arbery was fatally shot. Under the repeal of the statute, citizens who are mere bystanders or witnesses do not have the right to detain people.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 15, 2021

The US District Court for the District of Columbia Tuesday sentenced a North Carolina man to 28 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to a federal felony charge regarding a threat he made against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The trial followed an FBI investigation and prosecution by the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Colombia.

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JURIST

JUNE 5, 2021

Van Buren was arrested and charged with a felony violation of the CFAA, under which it is illegal “to access a computer with authorization and to use such access to obtain or alter information in the computer that the accesser is not entitled so to obtain or alter.”

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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

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. Ashcroft that, under the relevant federal statute, DUI convictions like Palomar-Santiago’s are not aggravated felonies. Because the U.S.

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At the Lectern

AUGUST 12, 2021

Raybon , the Supreme Court today concludes that Proposition 64, a 2016 initiative that in general allowed adults to possess limited amounts of cannabis, did not override an existing statute banning possession of controlled substances in state correctional facilities.

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JURIST

JUNE 15, 2021

Under the 2019 decision in Rehaif , the government had to prove both that a defendant knew he possessed a firearm and that he knew he belonged to a category of persons prohibited from possessing firearms in order to convict that defendant under the statute.

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JURIST

APRIL 24, 2021

The Supreme Court on Tuesday heard oral arguments in two cases involving one of its own precedents regarding felony firearms possession. The post Supreme Court hears arguments in firearms possession cases appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary. Two years ago in Rehaif v.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Jones involves a federal prisoner who is legally innocent – the conduct a jury found he committed isn’t a crime. 922(g) prohibits people with felony convictions from possessing a firearm. But should that fact relieve him from his 27-year prison sentence? In the Supreme Court’s habeas corpus jurisprudence, the answer is never simple.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 28, 2022

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. For one thing, the narrower premises must themselves have support in legal sources or methods by Dobbs ’s lights.

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JURIST

JUNE 17, 2021

For the past 140 years, North Carolina has criminalized the “procurement or administration of abortion as a felony.” ” “As a nation we remain deeply embroiled in debate over the legal status of abortion. .” ” “As a nation we remain deeply embroiled in debate over the legal status of abortion.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2021

In the end, the case may turn on a question that seems more philosophical than legal: Is it possible for a would-be criminal to attempt to threaten physical force but stop short of making any actual threat? The answer could determine the scope of a federal criminal statute that punishes carrying or using a gun during a “crime of violence.”

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 20, 2023

Cordero-Garcia , the justices sought to define the contours of an “offense relating to the obstruction of justice,” which is one among the prior convictions that subjects noncitizens to mandatory removal from the United States as an “aggravated felony.”

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The Crime Report

APRIL 14, 2022

“Citizens in 21 states can now legally carry concealed firearms for self-defense without a permit,” he writes, noting that in September 2021 , Texas became the most recent state to enact the legislation.

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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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JonathanTurley

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Now, the activist with Direct Action Everywhere has filed a police report and is threatening legal action. PETA and other groups have called the activists “heroes” f or their actions but prosecutors are seeking convictions for felony burglary and theft charges. Indeed, it was expected that citizens would intervene.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 18, 2022

The burden of the chronic “Initial Appearance Crisis” falls disproportionately on Black people, who are far more likely to be detained before trial than white people because they lack money for bail or for legal counsel. The Supreme Court has never said,” the authors assert. Additionally, jails are violent, cramped, and frightening places.

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FDA Law Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

Gaulkin — We previously blogged about Pfizer’s copay assistance lawsuit, which sought to challenge HHS’s interpretation of the Federal health care program anti-kickback statute (AKS) and position that the company’s proposed copay assistance program would violate the AKS. By Sophia R. Pfizer’s Petition to SCOTUS.

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At the Lectern

JANUARY 3, 2021

But offering the court an important legal issue is not alone enough to get a case heard. The contested legality of a statute making a significant change to the state’s criminal law, that’s certainly “an important question of law.” to settle an important question of law.” Marquez (2020) 56 Cal.App.5th

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Livesay&Myers

APRIL 5, 2021

The fault grounds for divorce in Virginia are adultery, cruelty, desertion, and felony conviction and confinement in excess of one year. Under the current statute, one of the requirements to obtain your final order of divorce is an affidavit of a corroborating witness. There are advantages and disadvantages to each.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 20, 2022

Two pending petitions raise the question of the constitutionality of state statutes providing that corporations are deemed to have consented to “general” personal jurisdiction by virtue of having registered to do business in a state. was filed by a plaintiff seeking to enforce a similar registration statute. Animal Legal Defense Fund.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

He told the prosecutors “I have been wrestling with this statute with, I’d hate to count the hours I’ve put into it, I’m still trying to figure out what it says, what’s prohibited. I have a legal education.” It is also hard to instruct a jury on an ambiguous statute. Criminal laws are supposed to be interpreted narrowly.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 5, 2021

As states slowly started to legalize and decriminalize certain drugs, authorities have moved to less punitive approaches to address the social costs of addiction. The relationship between anti-gun and anti-drug initiatives becomes clear when looking at felony convictions. How Should We Regulate ‘Dangerous Products’?

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JonathanTurley

APRIL 21, 2021

The incident has strikingly similar legal issues to the shooting of Adam Toledo in Chicago. Garner addressed a fleeing unarmed suspects and found the state statute too broad: The use of deadly force to prevent the escape of all felony suspects, whatever the circumstances, is constitutionally unreasonable. ” T ennessee v.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 8, 2022

TCR: The first part of your book focuses on the roots of the current legal system in English Common. From about the 1600s, they had a gigantic Criminal Code where everything was a felony and every felony was punishable by death. Plea bargaining coincided with overt classism in the legal system. Why does that matter? .

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At the Lectern

APRIL 28, 2021

In cases where the statute of limitations is tolled, is the first day after tolling ends included or excluded in calculating whether an action is timely filed?” The case involves Senate Bill 1437 , which narrowed murder liability under the felony murder theory and the natural and probable consequences doctrine. ” Mendoza v.

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At the Lectern

MAY 4, 2022

Sony Music Entertainment : (1) Do representations a seller made about a creative product on the product packaging and in advertisements during an ongoing controversy constitute speech in connection with an issue of public interest within the meaning of the anti-SLAPP statute (Code of Civ. and the Consumer Legal Remedies Act (Civ.

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JonathanTurley

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Most recently, the “ Dark Biden ” emerged as his legal team pledged to attack witnesses and critics against him. The Justice Department has allowed felonies to lapse against Hunter, but these would be new potential charges with new dates under the statute of limitation. Hunter the Hunted.

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SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 30, 2022

Andrus argues that the Texas court “disregard[ed] this Court’s determinations and legal precedents to strain for a result that it prefers,” and in the process violated “vertical stare decisis,” the principle that lower courts must follow the Supreme Court’s decisions. Issue : Whether the statute of limitations for a 42 U.S.C.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

The government argues that although enablement inquiry requires some factual findings, it also includes questions of law, and the Federal Circuit properly set aside a jury verdict favoring Amgen on legal grounds. Issues : (1) Whether the doctrine of Chevron U.S.A., Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. 14 and Oct. 28 conferences).

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JonathanTurley

MAY 13, 2021

A story in Houston has everything you would want in a legal controversy: a murder, a mysterious figure known only as “D”, a missing Bengal tiger named India and even Carole Baskin of Tiger King fame. The Lacey Act and other federal wildlife statutes could be charged for such conduct.

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JURIST

JANUARY 26, 2024

“ President Biden has instructed his agencies to ignore federal statutes that mandate the detention of illegal immigrants. The failure of the Biden Administration to fulfill the duties imposed by Article IV, § 4 has triggered Article I, § 10, Clause 3.”

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Felony drug distribution carried a maximum sentence of 30 years and a fine up to $500,000 when I practiced as a prosecutor in DC. Each lever inside the criminal legal system — policing, prosecution, jury, judge — creates an opportunity for racism and bias to infect the process. Let’s look at the federal “felon in possession” statute.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 15, 2021

922(g) , the federal statute barring people with prior felony convictions from possessing firearms, the government must prove that the defendant knew he was a felon at the time he possessed a firearm. Common sense,” he continued, suggests that most people with felony convictions are aware of their legal status as convicted felons.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 4, 2022

McDonough , a case that the court already rescheduled seven times last term, and which involves the construction of a statute providing disability pay for members of the military. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, by a divided vote , deferred to the Department of Veterans Affairs construction of the statute under Chevron U.S.A.,

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 6, 2023

People walk dangerous routes when the government eliminates or fails to provide legal avenues that are safe, permanent and predictable whether it’s across the street or across an international border. When someone ‘jaywalks’ from the Mexican side of the border to the U.S. Decriminalizing jaywalking was a measure of equity. Thompson that U.S.

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