ABA Journal

JUNE 23, 2021

Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that police officers who are pursuing a misdemeanor suspect aren’t necessarily entitled to enter a home without a… Developing: The U.S.

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SCOTUSBlog

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

The post Justices hear argument on whether “hot pursuit” for misdemeanors allows police to enter home without a warrant appeared first on SCOTUSblog. The evidence used to convict Lange was obtained by a California highway patrol officer, who had followed Lange in.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

“Supreme Court to debate whether misdemeanors can be a foot in the door for warrantless home search”: John Fritze of USA Today has this report.

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ABA Journal

MAY 24, 2023

A Wisconsin lawyer chose jail over community service Tuesday for spitting on a Black teenager during a 2020 protest. Shorewood, Wisconsin, lawyer Stephanie Rapkin, 67,…

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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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The Crime Report

JUNE 18, 2021

., couple who made headlines for pointing guns at demonstrators during last June’s protests over the death of George Floyd, pleaded guilty Thursday to misdemeanor charges, and agreed to give up the weapons they used during the confrontation, the Associated Press reports.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Chutkan acknowledged that Mazzocco had pleaded guilty only to one misdemeanor count of “parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a Capitol building,” a common charge for many of the rioters. Mazzocco posted photos of himself on Facebook in the Capitol on Jan.

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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 29, 2023

Would-be violators face a Class A misdemeanor charge, which carries a penalty of up to one year in jail or a fine of up to $4,000. A previous version of the bill classified drag shows as sexually-oriented performances and was subject to criticism from state house Democrats who said the bill targeted LGBTQ people.

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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

JANUARY 14, 2023

Director Nils Muižnieks issued his statement after Greece’s Court of Appeal of Mytilene dropped some of the misdemeanor charges previously laid against the volunteers. The statute of limitations for the remaining misdemeanor charges against the two will expire in February. All we want is justice. We want this to go to trial.

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JURIST

MAY 18, 2022

Protestors now face second degree misdemeanor charges with the possible punishment of 60 days in jail and fines of up to $500. Should protestors not disperse, however, the bill makes any violation a misdemeanor in the second degree. The Florida House of Representatives first introduced the bill in January. It then passed in March.

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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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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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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Under the 2019 law, judges must release those charged with misdemeanors or most nonviolent felonies on their own recognizance or under “non-monetary conditions.” ” However, for all violent felonies and some nonviolent felonies, like sex offenses, judges can still set monetary bail.

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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. 6, 2021, Capitol breach.” ” However, Hunter Seefried was acquitted on three charges.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 31, 2022

The study by the Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice and the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School focused on the results of reforms introduced in Harris County, Texas, which was required by federal consent decree to change bail policy for misdemeanor charges five years ago. from 2015 to May 2022.

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JURIST

JUNE 25, 2022

It also enhances the background check review process for juveniles and people convicted of domestic violence misdemeanors.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Thursday moved to vacate 188 misdemeanor convictions tied to eight New York City Police Department officers. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jr. This request represents part of an ongoing review by the DA Office’s Post-Conviction Justice Unit of more than 1,100 cases connected to a list of 22 former NYPD officers.

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JURIST

JUNE 17, 2021

The bill makes the possession of 14 grams or less a misdemeanor in all cases and limits the fine for possession to $100 with no jail time. Louisiana governor John Bel Edwards signed a new law on Tuesday that eliminates prison time for the possession of modest amounts of marijuana. The new law will take effect on August 1.

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JURIST

JUNE 26, 2022

The offense for an initial violation of this law is considered a petty offense—but, if an individual does not either stop recording or move further away after a verbal warning, they can be convicted of a Class 3 misdemeanor. This legislation, sponsored by former police officer and Republican Rep.

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ABA Journal

OCTOBER 10, 2022

A judicial candidate in Michigan has been charged with misdemeanor domestic assault after an office worker recorded him removing his belt and swinging it multiple…

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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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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

MARCH 26, 2023

Additionally, the statute makes women who undergo abortion treatment guilty of misdemeanors. Public Law No. 20-134 categorizes “employing means to cause an abortion” as a third-degree felony. However, the original injunction was also based on the statute violating the First Amendment’s freedom of speech clause.

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JURIST

JUNE 14, 2022

Members of white supremacist group Patriot Front Monday were released from jail on bond after being charged with conspiracy to riot , a misdemeanor. Coeur d’Alene police originally arrested 31 group members on Saturday after a 911 call reported men in riot gear near a local pride event who “looked like a little army.”.

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ABA Journal

MARCH 17, 2022

Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel in Arizona has said she takes full responsibility for 180 misdemeanor cases that were dropped because prosecutors failed to file…

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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. These are considered crimes of “moral turpitude.”

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ABA Journal

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

A Florida lawyer was arrested on a charge of misdemeanor disorderly conduct after she allegedly stripped naked at a bar and refused to leave. Police…

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The Crime Report

JULY 30, 2021

Among misdemeanors, Black defendants have the highest diversion rates in Jacksonville and Tampa, and the lowest in Milwaukee. In Jacksonville, “Black defendants have increasingly higher diversion rates among misdemeanors,” the authors write. In Chicago, racial differences in felony diversion are “large,” the authors write.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 7, 2022

According to some sources on the bench, government plea deals in most misdemeanor cases, which make up 90 percent of pleas, are forcing judges to choose whether short jail terms or years of probation pose a stronger deterrent as prosecutors so far have focused on closing less serious cases to marshal resources for more complex trials ahead.

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The Crime Report

MAY 1, 2023

The automatic expungement of misdemeanor marijuana records would be overseen by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. The legislation would expand on the state’s existing “Second Chance Act” to make expungement, or sealing records, easier for marijuana offenses.

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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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ABA Journal

JUNE 7, 2022

A former general counsel for the New York City Board of Elections has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors for allegedly subjecting job seekers to a…

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

In Multnomah County, the court system delayed more than 700 unrepresented misdemeanor cases and 800 unrepresented felony cases from February through mid-August.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Decertification is a process intended to remove officers who are unfit to serve, and most states have processes for revoking police officers’ certifications when they are convicted of felonies, certain misdemeanors, or when they have engaged in repeated or egregious misconduct.

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The Crime Report

MAY 8, 2023

Zaffiro-Kean is facing four second-degree felony counts of up to 15 years in prison on each count and 15 misdemeanor counts. The threatening message, which went viral, read: “I will shoot up the school and kill every student here,” and caused panic at schools in Florida and other states.

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