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Article • March 18, 2020 • from CLN April, 2020
Filed under: Trials
Georgia Supreme Court Overrules 50 Years of Jurisprudence and Announces Courts Are to Consider Cumulative Prejudice of Trial Court and Counsel Errors by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On February 10, 2020, the Supreme Court of Georgia unanimously ruled that reviewing courts are to consider the cumulative effect of trial …
Article • March 18, 2020 • from CLN April, 2020
Ninth Circuit Orders Habeas Relief After California Concedes Conviction Should Be Overturned Due to Defense Counsel’s ‘Virulent Racism’ by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed the district court’s denial of Ezzard Charles Ellis’ petition for a writ of habeas corpus and …
Article • March 18, 2020 • from CLN April, 2020
Filed under: Jury Instructions
Michigan Supreme Court: Defendant Entitled to Self-defense Jury Instruction by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Supreme Court of Michigan held a trial court erred in denying a defendant’s request for a self-defense instruction on the basis that a defendant who claims another person committed the homicide is …
Article • March 18, 2020 • from CLN April, 2020
Filed under: Brain Injury, Habeas Corpus
Seventh Circuit Holds Brain Injury May Allow Equitable Tolling to File Late Habeas Petition by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held on February 12, 2020, that a brain injury resulting from a stroke may be an “extraordinary circumstance” that could allow …
Article • March 18, 2020 • from CLN April, 2020
Life Sentence for Murder Overturned by New DNA Technology by Michael Fortino, Ph.D by Michael Fortino, Ph.D. After nearly 10 years behind bars, Lydell Grant, now 42, is on his way to being exonerated after the highest criminal appellate court in Texas vacated his conviction following its review of revised …
Article • March 18, 2020 • from CLN April, 2020
Filed under: junk science
Expert’s Burn-Pattern Conclusions Flawed by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The admission of expert opinion based on science is powerful evidence that is supposed to assist the jury in determining the truth surrounding an event. When a flawed opinion comes into play, the scales of justice become tilted. …
Article • March 18, 2020 • from CLN April, 2020
New York’s SARA Requirements Force Sex-Offenders into Homelessness Then Hold Them in Prison Due to Their Homelessness by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss Allison Frankel of the Center for Appellate Litigation wrote an article in the Yale Law Journal discussing New York’s archaic sex-offender housing requirement laws and their inherent …
Article • March 18, 2020 • from CLN April, 2020
Law Review Article Zeros in on Roadblocks to Plea Bargain Fairness and Effectiveness by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter More light must be shed on the plea-bargaining process, concludes a law review article published by Texas A&M University School of Law.  Transparent data is needed to “promote negotiation …
Article • March 18, 2020 • from CLN April, 2020
Kansas Supreme Court: State Failed to Prove Building Was a Dwelling by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In a case of first impression for the Supreme Court of Kansas, the Court affirmed the decision of the Court of Appeals that had reversed the burglary conviction of Charity Downing because the …
Article • March 18, 2020 • from CLN April, 2020
Maine Supreme Court Declares Blood Draw Statute Unconstitutional, Overruling Cormier by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Maine declared 29-A M.R.S. §§ 2522(2) and 2522(3) facially unconstitutional, overruling State v. Cormier, 928 A.2d 753 (Me. 2007). Randall J. Weddle was pinned inside the cab of his tractor-trailer …
Article • March 18, 2020 • from CLN April, 2020
Filed under: Sentencing
Utah District Court Finds First Step Act Gives Court Authority to Reduce Stacked 55-Year § 924(c) Sentence by Chad Marks by Chad Marks Kepa Maumau was a 20 year old young man when he was arrested and charged with multiple 924(c) offenses. He was eventually sentenced to a total of …
Article • March 18, 2020 • from CLN April, 2020
Seventh Circuit Vacates Guilty Pleas Based on Misinformation of Mandatory Minimum by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit vacated the sentences imposed via plea agreements of two defendants due to errors regarding the mandatory minimum sentences they would have faced. …
Article • March 18, 2020 • from CLN April, 2020
More Trainings Are Not the Answer to Police Violence Against Disabled People by Euree Kim by Euree Kim, reprinted from Truthout The Chicago Police Department (CPD) recently announced it would be hiring an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance officer. The ADA compliance officer will be brought on to monitor CPD’s …
Article • March 18, 2020 • from CLN April, 2020
Sixth Circuit Adopts ‘Naked Eye Test’ for Altered Firearm Serial Number Enhancement by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit adopted a “naked eye test” in holding that a firearm’s serial number is not “altered or obliterated” for a sentencing enhancement if a …
Article • March 18, 2020 • from CLN April, 2020
Filed under: Trials
Connecticut Supreme Court Clarifies Standard of Review for Confrontation Clause Claims; Reverses and Remands for a New Trial by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Connecticut clarified the standard of review for claimed violations of the Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause and reversed the judgment of the Appellate …
Article • March 18, 2020 • from CLN April, 2020
Spirited (But Problematic?) Advocacy for Bernie Madoff to Receive Compassionate Relief by Professor Douglas A. Berman by Professor Douglas A. Berman, Sentencing Law and Policy blog (sentencing.typepad.com) The New York Times has this notable new opinion piece authored by Colleen Eren headlined "Let Bernie Madoff, and Many More, Out of Prison: Compassionate …
Brief • March 18, 2020
Filed under: Whistleblowing
Auner v. County of Los Angeles, CA, Order of Dismissal, Whistleblower Retaliation, 2020 Reserve d for Cl er k ' s Fi I e Stn mp SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES COURTHOUSE P..DDRESS·. Stanley Mosk Courthouse FILED Superklr Court of Calffo nia County of losAngaJes 111 North …
Article • March 17, 2020 • from CLN April, 2020
Iowa Supreme Court: Officer’s Delay of Traffic Stop to Investigate Other Matters Unconstitutional by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter The Supreme Court of Iowa reversed a motion court’s denial of a motion to suppress. The Court held a police officer failed to develop a reasonable suspicion of other …
Article • March 17, 2020 • from CLN April, 2020
The Rise of Smart Camera Networks, and Why We Should Ban Them by Michael Kwet by Michael Kwet, The Intercept This January 27, 2020 article is republished with permission from The Intercept, an award-winning nonprofit news organization dedicated to holding the powerful accountable through fearless, adversarial journalism. Sign up for …
Filing • March 16, 2020
Brown v. Stored Value Cards, 9th Circuit, Opinion, Debit Cards, 2020 FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT DANICA LOVE BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellant, No. 18-35735 v. D.C. No. 3:15-cv-01370MO STORED VALUE CARDS, INC., DBA Numi Financial; CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, Enid, Oklahoma, Defendants-Appellees. OPINION Appeal …
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