Constitutional Law Reporter

JULY 20, 2021

It held that, under the Fourth Amendment , the pursuit of a fleeing misdemeanor suspect does not always (or categorically) qualify as an exigent circumstance justifying a warrantless entry into a home. The State charged Lange with the misdemeanor of driving under the influence. California, 594 U.S. _ (2021) , the U.S.

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JURIST

MAY 21, 2022

The case traces back to 1993 when petitioner-appellant Daniel Doubek received a misdemeanor conviction for domestic violence after he broke into his estranged wife’s home and proclaimed threats. The DOJ found that his “conviction constituted a disqualifying ‘misdemeanor crime of domestic violence’ under federal law.”

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JURIST

APRIL 19, 2024

The first offense constitutes a misdemeanor, carrying penalties of up to one year in the county jail, a fine not exceeding $500 or both. Law enforcement is mandated to collect identifying information of those arrested for impermissible occupation, which is cross-referenced with criminal databases by the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Share A divided Supreme Court on Thursday denied Florida’s request to allow it to temporarily enforce a law that makes it a misdemeanor to allow children at drag performances. The brief unsigned order means that the state cannot apply the law anywhere in the state while a Florida restaurant’s challenge to the law continues.

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JURIST

JANUARY 3, 2024

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) sued Texas and Governor Greg Abbott in his official capacity on Wednesday over a state law that criminalizes illegal entry into the border state from anywhere but a port of entry, exerting state jurisdiction over what is usually a federal matter. Last month, Abbott signed SB 4.

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JURIST

JULY 16, 2023

I n Bruen , the Supreme Court struck down a New York state law prohibiting open carry in public places, holding that the law failed to pass an originalist reading of the Second Amendment. Violations of the law are considered a misdemeanor. Current owners of 10-round magazines are exempt from the law.

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JURIST

JULY 30, 2023

Brooks blocked Arkansas on Saturday from enforcing Act 372 , a law that penalizes librarians for “furnishing harmful item[s] to minors.” Judge Brooks ruled that the law is unconstitutional because it is overbroad and vague. Section 1 of the bill makes it a misdemeanor to furnish harmful items to minors.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

Violations of the law can be considered a misdemeanor offense, which potentially may result in civil sanctions for the employer. The judge found that the law was preempted by the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA). In 2019, California passed Assembly Bill 51 (AB51), to limit workplace arbitration agreements.

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JURIST

APRIL 26, 2024

Additionally, if municipalities pass authorizing legislation, county or municipal attorneys may also enforce the law. The bill also removes the public library exemption from the state’s criminal obscenity laws. This means that state governments are free to pass laws that limit obscene speech.

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JonathanTurley

JUNE 18, 2021

Now, the couple has been allowed to plead to two minor misdemeanors in the conclusion of a highly politicized case. Mark McCloskey pleaded guilty to fourth-degree assault while Patricia McCloskey pleaded guilty to misdemeanor harassment. Gardner spent a huge amount of time and money on this effort in order to secure these misdemeanors.

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JURIST

MAY 18, 2022

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Monday signed House Bill 1571 into law, which prohibits protestors from demonstrating outside of private residences. Protestors now face second degree misdemeanor charges with the possible punishment of 60 days in jail and fines of up to $500. It then passed in March. .”

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ABA Journal

DECEMBER 8, 2021

An Ohio municipal judge has been accused of ignoring state law by jailing unrepresented defendants for failure to pay fees and fines without holding a…

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JonathanTurley

AUGUST 25, 2022

There is a controversy at the University of Wisconsin this week after the Dane County District Attorney’s Office in Wisconsin filed misdemeanor battery charges against three teens suspected in the brutal assault of a UW-Madison Chinese PhD student. Instead, such pattern evidence can be weighed in the sentencing on the misdemeanor charges.

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Paralegal Bootcamp

JULY 28, 2022

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. So, what are the things we do that get YOU thinking this could be the best career decision you make as a Criminal Law Paralegal? Communicate with Clients.

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JURIST

JUNE 16, 2022

The complaint filed in the District of Columbia stated: “Gray is charged with civil disorder and obstruction of an official proceeding, both felonies, as well as misdemeanor offenses. Isaacs is charged with destruction of documents, a felony, and related misdemeanors, and Hallon is charged with misdemeanor offenses.”

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JURIST

MARCH 31, 2021

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled Monday that Missouri is not barred from enforcing a state law that criminalizes misleading advertisements of vegan food products as containing meat.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The New York Court of Appeals upheld a New York City law Monday that banned chokehold restraints, thereby rejecting a police union challenge that called the law unconstitutional. The unions scored a victory at the trial level which found the law to be overly vague before an appeals court overturned the decision.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 28, 2021

Arkansas lawmakers on Wednesday approved a reworked bill that aims to preempt federal gun restrictions following objections from the governor, law enforcement and prosecutors that a previous proposal went too far and jeopardized public safety, reports the Associated Press. 1, 2021, that violate the constitutional right to bear arms.

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JURIST

JUNE 16, 2022

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Wednesday announced Kevin Seefried and his son Hunter Seefried were found guilty “ of felony and misdemeanor charges for their actions during the Jan. Capitol, including over 250 individuals charged with assaulting or impeding law enforcement.” 6, 2021, Capitol breach.”

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Virginia law states that any motorist pulled over for driving 20 miles per hour or more about the limit (to an excess of 80 mph in any speed limit) the driver is eligible to be charged with a Class 1 misdemeanor violation. At the court stage, the courts amended or dismissed misdemeanor speeding charges 42 percent of the time.

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JURIST

JUNE 24, 2021

California that, under the Fourth Amendment, pursuit of a fleeing misdemeanor suspect does not always or categorically qualify as an exigent circumstance justifying warrantless entry into a home. The officer then questioned Lange and ultimately charged him with two vehicle code misdemeanors and an infraction.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Thursday moved to vacate 188 misdemeanor convictions tied to eight New York City Police Department officers. New Yorkers must know that everyone is acting with the utmost integrity in the pursuit of equal justice under the law. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 20, 2022

As of October, 2021, at least 18 states required officers to intervene or required law enforcement agencies to adopt policies imposing such a duty on officers, and at least 17 states required officers to report when another officer uses excessive force.

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

After an investigation found that tens of thousands of Californians still have felonies, misdemeanors and other cannabis convictions on their records, despite a 2018 law that required the state to clear, a new law will set new deadlines to dismiss and seal many cannabis convictions in the state, reports Kiera Feldman for the Los Angeles Times.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 13, 2023

or a misdemeanor offense. The Michigan Task Force on Juvenile Justice Reform found that in 2019 nearly half of all cases initiated in juvenile court in Michigan were for repeatedly missing school or property crimes and that more than 60 percent of youth placed in detention committed a status (truancy, curfew violations, running away, etc.)

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The Crime Report

JULY 18, 2022

The Missouri law states that “no person shall be permitted to use state-owned lands for unauthorized sleeping, camping, or long-term shelters.” ” The first offense gets a warning, and the second gets a Class C misdemeanor, punishable by 15 days in prison, or a $750 fine, the Post-Dispatch reported.

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Paralegal.edu

JUNE 15, 2022

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. Moral turpitude crimes disqualify a person from obtaining a Notary Commission in many states, and notary licensing laws disallow felons.

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The Crime Report

APRIL 1, 2022

Instead of prosecuting individuals arrested for misdemeanors and other selected offenses, the DA’s office pays BTTM to “engage” with them. Many people who get arrested for misdemeanors are unemployed or underemployed, so BTTM helps them develop a five-to-seven-year plan for obtaining a good-paying job.

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LegalReader

JUNE 2, 2022

The state of Arkansas has made reckless driving a criminal misdemeanor.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Kenosha County Judge Bruce Schroeder has dismissed a misdemeanor gun charge against Kyle Rittenhouse, arguing that Wisconsin’s open carry law is so confusingly written it can be interpreted to mean 17-year-olds can openly carry firearms as long as they’re not short-barrel rifles, reports the Chicago Tribune. Kyle Rittenhouse.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 15, 2021

6 attack, a misdemeanor with a sentence of up to six months, in a plea deal that could set a benchmark for hundreds of other cases, reports Reuters. Jessica and Joshua Bustle of Bristow were the first to reach such an agreement with prosecutors on a misdemeanor charge. Capitol during the Jan.

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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. We will cover further use of the second misdemeanor charge in future posts. By JP Ellison & Anne K.

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JURIST

MARCH 26, 2023

Chief Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood of the District Court of Guam ruled that the original permanent injunction from 1990, which blocked Public Law No. Under this rule, the movant has the burden of showing that there has been a “significant change in facts or law [that] warrants revision of the decree.” Public Law No.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 31, 2023

The 11th state in the country to pass the Clean Slate Act during the 2023 legislative session, Minnesota’s law will automatically expunge records for non-violent, non-felony crimes starting on Jan. Expungement is available for misdemeanor and petty misdemeanor charges, such as theft, forgery or drug possession or sale.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 7, 2022

Newly elected Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg has told prosecutors in his office in a memo that they should ask judges for jail or prison time only for the most serious offenses — including murder, sexual assault and economic crimes involving vast sums of money — unless the law requires them to do otherwise, reports the New York Times.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 14, 2023

Foehner has been charged with seven felony counts under state law and one misdemeanor under New York City administrative law. His top charge is for felony possession of a weapon in the first degree , under a specific portion of New York State law addressing the possession of ten or more firearms.

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JURIST

APRIL 17, 2021

The provision, enacted in response to videos of protestors who were harassing outdoor restaurant customers, would allow groups of three or more people who “threaten to use imminent force” to persuade others to change their viewpoint to be charged with a first-degree misdemeanor.

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