N.C. Supreme Court Rules Deficient Indictment Not Jurisdictional and Issue Can’t be Raised for First Time on Appeal by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell Deviations from statutory requirements are not jurisdictional and must be “properly preserved” for appellate review and not raised for the first time on appeal, the North …

Guilty Plea Does Not Foreclose Challenge To Constitutionality Of Conviction, U.S. Supreme Court Decides by Brandon Sample by Brandon Sample, Esq. Rodney Class pleaded guilty to illegally possessing a firearm on the U.S. Capitol grounds. Notwithstanding his guilty plea, Class appealed his conviction to the U.S. Court of Appeals for …

United States v. Bowman, NC, Opinion, Witness Intimidation, 2018 PUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 16-4848 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff – Appellee, v. BRIAN BOWMAN, Defendant – Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at Asheville. …

Changes to California’s Parole Scheme Not Unconstitutional by The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held the most recent voter approved changes to California’s parole laws do not violate the ex post facto clause. In 1988, California voters passed proposition 89, which amended the California constitution to grant the governor the …

Second Circuit Certifies Question of Law in Bail Forfeiture Case to New York Court of Appeals by Lonnie Burton by Lonnie Burton On November 15, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit asked the New York Court of Appeals to resolve a question of New York law …

California Court of Appeals Vacates Parole Denial for Claiming Innocence by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 1, 2015, a California court of appeal vacated the decision of the Board of Parole Hearings to deny parole to a prisoner who had been convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to …

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Report on CDCR Revised Prisoner Appeal Process, CA OIG, 2011 SPECIAL REPORT CDCR ’ S R E V I S E D I N M AT E APPEAL PROCESS L EAVES KE Y P RO B L E M S U N ADDRESSED OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL ROBERT A. …

Hall v. Arneson, 9th Cir., MSJ Appeal - False Imprisonment (2014) No. 13-56441 THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT HAROLD C. HALL, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. MARK ARNESON and KENNETH CROCKER, Defendants and Appellees. C.D. Cal. No. CV 05-1977 ABC Appeal from an Order Granting Summary …