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. 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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MARCH 11, 2024

legal system. The Legal Services Corporation estimates that 92% of the civil legal problems of the roughly 50 million low-income Americans receive no or insufficient legal help. For many with legal problems, simply knowing the law and their rights is the first step toward achieving a resolution.

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SCOTUSBlog

MAY 16, 2022

Immigration officials denied their request after finding that Patel intentionally misrepresented his citizenship on an application for a Georgia driver’s license. But the Supreme Court held that a federal immigration statute — 8 U.S.C. Federal courts have a very limited role to play in this process,” Barrett wrote.

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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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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 27, 2022

When must state prisoners alleging unconstitutional execution methods use habeas corpus petitions, and when may they proceed under the more general civil rights statute, 42 U.S.C. Georgia wants the court to prohibit the Section 1983 litigation, but the state seemed to have a formidable skeptic: Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Georgia that the Eighth Amendment forbids a death sentence for the rape of an adult woman, respondents argue that they could not, in fact, have been sentenced to death, and therefore the statute of limitations for their crimes. Because this Court held in Coker v. And in these cases, context is determinative.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2021

In 2012, a jury in Georgia convicted and sentenced Rodney Young to death for killing the son of his estranged girlfriend, rejecting his claim that he was intellectually disabled. In Georgia, a defendant invoking Atkins v. In 2018, the Animal Legal Defense Fund – which, according to Kansas Gov. Animal Legal Defense Fund.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Share This week we highlight cert petitions that ask the Supreme Court to consider, among other things, whether the prosecution in a case of illegal gun possession by a person with a nonimmigrant visa must prove he knew of his legal status, and the inquiry courts should follow in deciding to close the courtroom to the public. 18 U.S.C. §

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 7, 2021

First, the applicant must meet precise eligibility requirements under the statute. citizen” when applying for a Georgia driver’s license. That statute is known as the jurisdictional bar. Justice Stephen Breyer suggested that Patel’s position has “legal virtue.” In 2008, Patel marked “U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Congress designed adjustment of status to require a person to first meet precise eligibility requirements that include a showing they entered the United States lawfully, are in a qualifying legal category (i.e., He stated that he mistakenly marked “yes” in response to a Georgia driver’s license application question “Are you a U.S.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

The Furman litigation was the culmination of a campaign conducted by a group of lawyers under the auspices of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Some states, such as Louisiana and North Carolina, enacted mandatory death penalty statutes, eliminating discretion entirely from the death penalty system. The Furman Framework.

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SCOTUSBlog

OCTOBER 12, 2023

4 in the challenge to the legality of the bankruptcy plan for Purdue Pharma, the manufacturer of the highly addictive opioid painkiller OxyContin. Natural Resources Defense Council , holding that courts should defer to a federal agency’s interpretation of a statute as long as that interpretation is reasonable, for argument in December.

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Conflict of Laws

AUGUST 2, 2021

On 1 July 2021, Mongolia deposited its instrument of acceptance of the Statute, becoming the 89th Member of the HCCH. On 30 July 2021, the HCCH 1970 Evidence Convention entered into force for Georgia. Membership. More information is available here. Conventions & Instruments . It currently has 120 Contracting Parties.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), finding that Patel misrepresented himself as a US citizen in his Georgia driver’s license application, denied him adjustment and began deportation proceedings in 2012. The adjustment of status process is often used as a defense in deportation proceedings.

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Conflict of Laws

MAY 17, 2023

The United States legal system is immensely complex. There are state courts and federal courts, state statutes and federal statutes, state common law and federal common law. A clause is contrary to public policy when a statute or a judicial decision declares that enforcement is inconsistent with the policy of the state.

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JonathanTurley

MAY 24, 2022

That is defined below under New Jersey statute. Clearly Langley could have retreated, but the Georgia law appears only to stipulate a duty to retreat in the use of deadly force. (ii)A There is no question that Langley causes bodily injury but how about self-defense or self-protection? 1) Notwithstanding the provisions of N.J.S.2C:3-5,

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The Crime Report

APRIL 21, 2022

Now, a new movement led by conservative state lawmakers is seeking to replace “Stand Your Ground” with an even broader legal defense for using deadly force. The trial judge didn’t bring it up, and no instructions were given to the jury at my trial regarding the relevance of the statute to my case. Frankly I doubt it.

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SCOTUSBlog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Cortada is a longtime Floridian who received his law degree from the University of Miami and is now a professor at the University of Miami Department of Art and Art History; his work combines his legal training with his artistic vision of how each Supreme Court decision shaped the nation. Florida , a companion case to Gregg v.

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Conflict of Laws

MARCH 10, 2022

Several important developments relating to Membership and HCCH Conventions occurred during the meeting: El Salvador deposited its instrument of acceptance of the Statute, becoming the 91 st Member of the HCCH. On 1 January 2022, the HCCH 1965 Service Convention entered into force for Georgia. More information is available here.

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 27, 2022

Bruen invokes the authority of history but presents a version of the past that is little more than an ideological fantasy, much of it invented by gun-rights advocates and their libertarian allies in the legal academy with the express purpose of bolstering litigation such as Bruen. Bruen does mark a new low for the court.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 28, 2022

Castro-Huerta ’s legal issues are narrower than those in McGirt. Georgia (1832). As a result, most of eastern Oklahoma is now understood to be Indian country — a development that, according to the state, has disrupted the criminal justice system there.

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Broadcast Law Blog

MARCH 22, 2023

A few states, including Florida and Georgia, allow candidates for certain statewide offices to set up “leadership committees,” separate from their campaign committee, that can raise significant funds and spend those funds on political ads. That is the question posed by the declaratory ruling petition filed by the Florida Broadcasters.

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Broadcast Law Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

December 1 is also the deadline for noncommercial ownership reports to be filed by noncommercial radio stations in Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont , and noncommercial television stations in Colorado, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota (see our Advisory here ).

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The trial penalty that coaxes both the guilty and innocent to enter pleas is exacerbated by mandatory minimum statutes, which trigger automatic penalties if invoked by the prosecutor, as well as sentencing enhancements within the discretion of the prosecutor, such as whether to file notice with the court of a prior offense.

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The Crime Report

JULY 19, 2021

who is now an assistant professor of criminal justice and criminology at Georgia State University, agrees. “I Many jurisdictions have statutes that protect public records from being intentionally damaged. Thaddeus Johnson, a former police officer in Memphis, Tenn., But there’s always going to be information omitted.”.

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CARET Legal

JULY 19, 2024

Law firm management software with an integrated legal calendar system helps you take control of your deadlines, minimize the risk of errors, and ultimately, conquer your fear of malpractice. Enter law firm management software and its integrated legal calendar system. At the heart of this software lies the legal calendar system.

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JURIST

MAY 26, 2021

A US federal judge ruled Monday that Georgia’s anti-BDS law, which prohibits state contractors from boycotting Israel, violates the First Amendment and the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. ” The post Federal judge finds Georgia anti-BDS law unconstitutional appeared first on JURIST - News - Legal News & Commentary.

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ClimateChange-ClimateLaw

JULY 6, 2017

The court said the statutory language authorized courts to grant stays and that EPA’s reading of the statute “would have the perverse result of empowering this court to act when the agency denies a stay but not when it chooses to grant one.” A debtor would beg to differ.”).

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JURIST

JANUARY 10, 2023

A Georgia state judge Monday issued an order dissolving a special purpose grand jury investigating potential criminal interference in Georgia’s 2020 general election. Under that statute, grand juries can ask a court to publish their presentments, which are formal presentations of information to a court.

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JURIST

MARCH 13, 2024

A Georgia judge on Wednesday dropped three charges pending against former US President Donald Trump as part of an ongoing election interference case. The post Georgia judge drops several charges pending against Trump in election interference case appeared first on JURIST - News. Kimbrough, 300 Ga.

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The Crime Report

JULY 22, 2021

In a forthcoming paper in the Georgia State University Law Review, Thea Johnson argues that lying is at the heart of a plea bargaining process that “allows defendants the opportunity to negotiate fair resolutions to their cases in the face of a deeply unfair system.”.

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At the Lectern

JULY 13, 2023

The court granted Los Angeles County’s petition for review in Olympic and Georgia Partners, LLC v. ” The Probate Code statutes concern compensation for personal representatives of estates and for the representatives’ attorneys. Issues limited in Prop. Commercial property tax. ” (Link added.)

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SCOTUSBlog

JUNE 29, 2023

Legal Services Alabama, Inc. , Georgia , 22-721 Issue : Whether the double jeopardy clause of the Fifth Amendment prohibits a second prosecution for a crime of which a defendant was previously acquitted. Securities and Exchange Commission , 22-991 Issue : Whether, under special review statute 15 U.S.C. §

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JURIST

JUNE 9, 2021

Bitcoins “represent proceeds traceable to a computer intrusion and property involved in money laundering and may be seized pursuant to criminal and civil forfeiture statutes.” The Georgia-based Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack resulted in widespread network disruptions, causing gas shortages and panic buying across the US.

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JonathanTurley

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Raphael Warnock’s campaign to allow early voting to begin on Saturday in Georgia’s Senate runoff election. Yet, despite this well-written decision, I still believe that the court is wrong to ignore the plain meaning of the statute. Further, it is immediately preceded by a legal holiday on Thursday (Thanksgiving).

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 19, 2024

Certain statutes permit the payment of “a reasonable attorney’s fee” to “the prevailing party” in litigation: 42 U.S.C. Before the case could go to trial, the Virginia general assembly repealed the statute. They are supported by Georgia and 18 other states. Next up is Lackey v. Our last new relist is Bouarfa v.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Supreme Court invalidated capital punishment statutes in several states in Furman v. Lethal injection was the most common mode of capital punishment in the 31 states where death penalty remains legal. At the same time, 91 prisoners were taken off death row through commutations by governors or “means other than execution,” BJS said.

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