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Article • April 15, 2023 • from CLN May, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by News in Brief Alabama: It was announced by the Madison County Sheriff’s Office on Feb. 20, 2023, that a police officer in Madison was arrested, accused of sexual misconduct. AL.com and WHNT in northern Alabama reported that the officer, Kevin Walter, 35, was arrested on Feb. …
Article • April 15, 2023 • from CLN May, 2023
Filed under: Guns - Type of
Fifth Circuit Announces Altered Serial Number Enhancement Does Not Apply Where Gun Never Had Serial Number by Richard Resch by Richard Resch The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit joined four of its sister Circuits in holding that U.S. Sentencing Guideline § 2K2.1(b)(4)(B) does not apply in cases …
Article • April 15, 2023 • from CLN May, 2023
Houston Prosecutors Profit Millions From Cash Illegally Seized by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett Apparently “everything in Texas isbigger,” including the corruption and dirty tactics used by police and prosecutors to profit off cases compromised by police. In 2019, the Houston Police Department was forced to dismiss dozens of criminal …
Publication • April 6, 2023
Filed under: Firearms, Imprisonment
The State of Texas v. Garcia, TX, Indictment, Discharge of Firearm, 2023 FILED HAYS COUNTY, TEXAS · at l ~ c>o o'clock~M. . CAUSE No.C !Z,-?.-:; - It.\, <\ '{ -t § . THE STATE OF TEXAS APR O6 2023 AGENCY: TEXAS RANGERS CASE NUMBER: . f\ •. 1A -1 …
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals: Adding Felony Counts by Amending Indictment Constitutes Addition of More Offenses by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas ruled that adding felony counts to an indictment via an amended indictment constitutes the adding of additional offenses to the indictment …
Article • February 15, 2023 • from CLN March, 2023
Houston Cop from Fatal Raid Lied in Other Cases by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins In October 2016, Frederick Jeffery was arrested for possession of two-and-a-half grams of methamphetamine, which he repeatedly stated did not belong to him. As a person with prior convictions, he knew it was a huge …
Article • February 15, 2023 • from CLN March, 2023
Filed under: Residency Restrictions
Cruel and Unusual: Residency Restrictions Force Registrant to Die Among Strangers by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm, MD A Texas woman was prevented from caring for her bedridden dying father in her home because she lived 894 feet from a playground. Similar to many states, the Lone Star State …
Article • February 15, 2023 • from CLN March, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: The DOJ Civil Rights Division announced on Oct. 21, 2022, that a former sheriff&rsquo;s deputy in Dallas County was charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a woman in the middle of the day on Jan. 30, 2020. The Miami Herald reported that the then-active deputy, …
Article • January 15, 2023 • from CLN February, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: WBMA in Birmingham reported that a former probation officer in Fayette County was convicted of sexual misconduct on Dec. 8, 2022. The former officer, Michael Steven Painter, 51, was found guilty on charges of using his office for personal gain and custodial sexual misconduct &mdash; …
Fifth Circuit: ‘Nonsubstantial Overcrowding’ of Vehicle Used in Transporting Illegal Aliens Insufficient for Imposition of Sentencing Enhancement Under Guidelines § 2L1.1(b)(6) by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that nine people in a vehicle with a rated capacity for seven people …
Article • December 15, 2022 • from CLN January, 2023
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Arizona: A police officer in Scottsdale was arrested on Nov. 4, 2022, after allegedly causing a car crash while intoxicated. AZFamily reported that officer Michael Lanouar, a police detective, was taken into custody on suspicion that he had been driving a city-leased car while under the …
Article • December 15, 2022 • from CLN January, 2023
Due Processless Civil Asset Forfeitures in Houston, Texas by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Houston, Harris County, Texas, is the fourth largest city in the nation, as well as the largest city in Texas. Preceding the Blue Wave of female reformist judges elected in 2018 [See: CLN, April 2019, p.38], …
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals: Under State Felon in Possession of Firearm Statute, Possessing Multiple Firearms Simultaneously Constitutes One Offense, Not Multiple by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas held that possession of a firearm by a convicted felon is a &ldquo;circumstances offense;&rdquo; consequently, …
Article • November 15, 2022 • from CLN December, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: Court documents revealed the week of Oct. 3, 2022, show that a former Brookside police chief, Mike Jones, was indicted by a grand jury for speeding and impersonating an officer. AL.com reported that Jones had resigned from his post as the town&rsquo;s Chief of Police …
Article • November 13, 2022
Texas Requires Convict to Register as Sex Offender After Serving His Time for Car Theft, No Sex Crime Committed. by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On September 16, 2022, attorneys from the Civil Rights Clinic of the Georgetown University Law Center filed a complaint for declaratory and injunctive …
Article • October 27, 2022
Texas Teen Who Was Shot Repeatedly by Cop While Eating Hamburger Clings to Life by Kaden Gicker On the night of Oct. 2, 2022, a San Antonio, Texas, police officer approached a car in a McDonald&rsquo;s parking lot. The New York Times and KENS in San Antonio reported that the …
Article • October 15, 2022 • from CLN November, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Arkansas: A Mulberry police officer and two sheriff&rsquo;s deputies from Crawford County were suspended after a video surfaced appearing to show them beating a man suspected of making violent threats. Maine Public Radio reported that the three officers were videoed by a bystander as they held …
Article • October 15, 2022 • from CLN November, 2022
Fifth Circuit Orders Limited Remand Where District Court’s Denial of First Step Act Relief Unclear by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ordered a limited remand where the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas denied Gabriel Perez&rsquo;s petition under …
Brief • September 20, 2022
Filed under: Wrongful Death
Stewart v. Tarrant County, TX, Settlement, Wrongful Death-Suicide, 2022
Article • September 15, 2022 • from CLN October, 2022
Filed under: News in Brief
News in Brief by Alabama: On August 4, 2022, the Vincent City Council voted to fully dissolve the city&rsquo;s police force after racist text messages by a top officer were discovered, CNN reported. The city is home to about 2,000 residents and until the vote by the council, had just …
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