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Eleventh Circuit Announces Defendant Must Know Leaving Residential Facility Without Permission Is ‘Unlawful’ for Escape Conviction Under 28 U.S.C. § 4082(a)

Article • December 15, 2024 • from CLN January, 2025

Filed under: Escapes, Release and Reentry, Constructive/Imputed/Presumed knowledge

Eleventh Circuit Announces Defendant Must Know Leaving Residential Facility Without Permission Is ‘Unlawful’ for Escape Conviction Under 28 U.S.C. § 4082(a) by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed a federal criminal defendant’s escape conviction for leaving a residential reentry facility without …

News In Brief

Article • November 1, 2024 • from CLN November, 2024

Filed under: News in Brief

News In Brief by Alabama: WSFA out of Mobile reported that on August 22 and 23, 2024, a sex trafficking sting operation occurring in several jurisdictions resulted in the arrests of 11 men. Montgomery County Sheriff Derrick Cunningham and other law enforcement officials discussed the results at a press conference. …

News in Brief

Article • October 1, 2024 • from CLN October, 2024

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News in Brief by Alabama: Former Centre policeman Michael Kilgore, 40, should have known co-conspirators will bumble any crime. After his co-conspirator went singing to authorities, Kilgore was fired and charged with conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance in May 2023. WRCB reported, that according to the plea agreement, Kilgore …

News in Brief

Article • September 1, 2024 • from CLN September, 2024

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News in Brief by Arizona: On June 29, 2024, the Tempe police department posted a Facebook message regarding an award that two of its officers had just received. “Congratulations to Officer Zachary Hyde and Officer Gavin Young. Last night both received the Hero Award at the 35th annual Mothers Against …

First Circuit Holds Government Breached Plea Agreement With Defendant by Failing to Explain Why It Agreed to Substantial Downward-Variant Sentence

Article • September 1, 2024 • from CLN September, 2024

Filed under: U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Sentencing Goals/Purposes/Practices, Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas

First Circuit Holds Government Breached Plea Agreement With Defendant by Failing to Explain Why It Agreed to Substantial Downward-Variant Sentence by Sam Rutherford by Sam Rutherford The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held that the Government violated the terms of its plea agreement with a defendant where …

State v. Trejo, FL, Juvenile Resentencing Order, Miller Resentencing, 2024

Brief • August 20, 2024

Filed under: Resentencing, De Novo Resentencing, Juvenile Offenses/Offenders, Punishment

State v. Trejo, FL, Juvenile Resentencing Order, Miller Resentencing, 2024 Filing # 205089436 E-Filed 08/20/2024 09:17:08 AM IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA STATE OF FLORIDA, CASE NO.:50-2007-CF-017817-JXXX-MB CRIMINAL DIVISION (S) – Circuit vs. ROBERTO TREJO, Defendant. _______________________________/ JUVENILE RESENTENCING …

Don’t Stand Too Close to First Responders Under New Florida Law

Article • August 1, 2024 • from CLN August, 2024

Filed under: Police, Safety Threat to Police

Don’t Stand Too Close to First Responders Under New Florida Law by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Florida Senate Bill 184 (“SB 184”) makes it a second-degree misdemeanor to approach within 25 feet of a first responder after receiving a verbal warning to stay away. Included under the provisions of …

News in Brief

Article • August 1, 2024 • from CLN August, 2024

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Eleventh Circuit Reverses District Court’s Grant of Habeas Relief, Notes It’s ‘Murky on When Putting Two Suspects in a Room Together Qualifies as Interrogation Under Miranda’

Article • July 15, 2024 • from CLN July, 2024

Filed under: AEDPA, Miranda, Custodial Interrogations, Minors, Use of, Interrogation

Eleventh Circuit Reverses District Court’s Grant of Habeas Relief, Notes It’s ‘Murky on When Putting Two Suspects in a Room Together Qualifies as Interrogation Under Miranda’ by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed the U.S. District Court for the Southern District …

Knox v. Bradshaw, FL,Settlement, Excessive Force, 2024

Brief • July 1, 2024

Filed under: Excessive Force, Stun Guns/Tasers

Knox v. Bradshaw, FL,Settlement, Excessive Force, 2024 PALM BEACH COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE FLSS Exemption Sheet X FSS ☐ 119.071(2)(c) ☐ 112.533(2)(a) Open Internal Affairs investigation. ☐ 119.071(2)(d) Surveillance techniques, procedures, and personnel; inventory of law enforcement resources, policies, or plans pertaining to mobilization, deployment, or tactical operations. ☐ 119.071(3)(a), 281.301 …

HRDC Files Civil Rights Action on Behalf of Wrongly Convicted Florida Man Who Spent 45 Years in Prison

Article • June 15, 2024 • from CLN June, 2024

Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, False Arrest, False Imprisonment, Hypnotically Refreshed Memory, Perjury/Perjured Testimony, Evidence - Failure to Disclose

HRDC Files Civil Rights Action on Behalf of Wrongly Convicted Florida Man Who Spent 45 Years in Prison by Sam Rutherford by Sam Rutherford   On April 17, 2024, the Human Rights Defense Center (“HRDC”), CLN’s non-profit publisher, and the civil rights law firm of Loevy and Loevy filed suit …

Reform-Minded Prosecutors Face Backlash for Prosecuting Bad Cops

Article • June 15, 2024 • from CLN June, 2024

Filed under: Police Misconduct, Government Misconduct, Prosecutor/Attorney General Misconduct, Prosecutors, Police/Govt Misconduct, Criticism of Government

Reform-Minded Prosecutors Face Backlash for Prosecuting Bad Cops by Sam Rutherford by Sam Rutherford   In the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement spurred by the police-involved killing of George Floyd, citizens across the country elected reform-minded prosecutors who ran on platforms promising accountability for police who break the …

Williams v. Ritchey, FL, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2024

Filing • April 17, 2024

Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Hypnotically Refreshed Memory, Brady Rule violations, Perjury/Perjured Testimony, Evidence - Failure to Disclose

Williams v. Ritchey, FL, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2024 Case 3:24-cv-00367 Document 1 Filed 04/17/24 Page 1 of 40 PageID 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION Willie Williams, Plaintiff, No.24-cv-367 v. Charles David Ritchey, W. J. Mooneyham, J.R. Starling, the Estate of …

Williams v. Ritchey, FL, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2024

Brief • April 17, 2024

Filed under: Wrongful Conviction, Wrongful Imprisonment, Hypnotically Refreshed Memory, Perjury/Perjured Testimony, Evidence - Failure to Disclose

Williams v. Ritchey, FL, Complaint, Wrongful Conviction, 2024 Case 3:24-cv-00367 Document 1 Filed 04/17/24 Page 1 of 40 PageID 1 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE DIVISION Willie Williams, Plaintiff, No.24-cv-367 v. Charles David Ritchey, W. J. Mooneyham, J.R. Starling, the Estate of …

Understanding Fusion Centers

Article • March 15, 2024 • from CLN March, 2024

Filed under: Police State-Surveillance, Electronic Surveillance

Understanding Fusion Centers by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson Introduction After 9/11, authorities determined the event was possible due to a failure of the various intelligence agencies to communicate with each other and share their information, data, insights, and discoveries. In 2007, Eben Kaplan wrote for the Council on …

Phillips v. Inch, FL, Settlement, Denial of Disability Accomodations, 2024

Brief • February 5, 2024

Filed under: Urinary, Kidney, Failure to Treat

Phillips v. Inch, FL, Settlement, Denial of Disability Accomodations, 2024 Case 3:22-cv-00997-BJD-LLL Document 100-3 Filed 02/05/24 Page 1 of 3 PageID 1513 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE I. PARTIES: This Settlement Agreement and Release ("Agreement") is entered into, effective as of the date of execution hereof, by Donny Phillips, as RELEASOR …

Eleventh Circuit Announces Supervised Release Term Not Tolled When Defendant Absconds, Deepening Circuit Split

Article • January 15, 2024 • from CLN January, 2024

Filed under: Probation, Parole & Supervised Release, Sentence

Eleventh Circuit Announces Supervised Release Term Not Tolled When Defendant Absconds, Deepening Circuit Split by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that, when a defendant has absconded while on supervised release, the clock on their period of supervision continues to …

Wood v. Fl Dept of Education, FL, Complaint, Discrimination, 2023

Brief • December 13, 2023

Filed under: Discrimination, Gender Discrimination -- Men

Wood v. Fl Dept of Education, FL, Complaint, Discrimination, 2023 Case 4:23-cv-00526-MW-MAF Document 1 Filed 12/13/23 Page 1 of 61 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION Katie Wood, Jane Doe, and AV Schwandes, Plaintiffs, v. Florida Department of Education; State Board of Education; Monesia …

Ireland v. Prummell, FL, Motion to Compel Production of Corizon's Mortalitiy Review, Wrongful Death, 2023

Brief • December 6, 2023

Filed under: Wrongful Death, Excessive Force (Wrongful Death)

Ireland v. Prummell, FL, Motion to Compel Production of Corizon's Mortalitiy Review, Wrongful Death, 2023 IUNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA FORT MYERS DIVISION THOMAS B. IRELAND, CIVIL ACTION Plaintiff, Case No. 2:17-cv-468-FtM-MRM v. BILL PRUMMELL et al., Defendants. PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO COMPEL PRODUCTION OF CORIZON’S …

News in Brief

Article • November 1, 2023 • from CLN November, 2023

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News in Brief by Alabama: According to The New York Times, the most notable sack and fumble of the Jefferson County high school football game on September 14, 2023, came after the game ended and the police were in the process of clearing the stadium. In the tradition of historically …