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Article • June 15, 2023 • from CLN July, 2023
Filed under: Self-representation
Georgia Supreme Court Announces Overruling Longstanding Rule That Anything Filed by Defendant While Represented by Counsel Is Always a ‘Legal Nullity’ by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Georgia unanimously held that courts maintain discretion to consider “hybrid motions,” i.e., motions filed pro se by defendants who …
Ninth Circuit: Government’s Inflammatory Arguments in Sentencing Memorandum and at Sentencing Hearing Implicitly Breached Plea Agreement Promise Not to Recommend Sentence in Excess of Low-End Guidelines Range by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the Government’s inflammatory arguments in its …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from CLN July, 2023
Filed under: Three Strikes, Credits
California Court of Appeal Reiterates ‘Three Strikes’ Law Does Not Limit ‘Presentence’ Custody Credits, Defendant Entitled to Credits Calculated Under Penal Code § 4019 by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Court of Appeal of California, Second Appellate District, ruled that assault with a firearm is not a violent felony …
Indiana Supreme Court: Petitioner Entitled to File Belated Appeal More Than 21 Years After Conviction, Holding He Acted ‘Promptly’ by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Indiana held that Charlie D. Leshore, Jr., was entitled to file a belated appeal more than 21 years after his conviction …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from CLN July, 2023
First Circuit: Plain Error Where District Court Based Upward Variant From Sentencing Guidelines Range on New Information Not Already in the Record at the Time of Sentencing by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit found plain error where the U.S. District Court …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from CLN July, 2023
Fourth Circuit Holds Ineligibility for First Step Act Safety Valve Relief Requires Proof of All Three Listed Criminal History Characteristics Satisfied, Widening Circuit Split by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that the plain text of 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f)(1) …
Fourth Circuit Announces Rehaif Applies to All § 922(g) Firearms-Possession Offenses and Applies Retroactively to Initial § 2255 Motions by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held that the holding of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019), applies retroactively …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from CLN July, 2023
Fourth Circuit: Counsel Ineffective for Failing to Raise Change in Sentencing Precedent Following Remand by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held a federal defendant was denied the effective assistance of counsel by failing to object to his designation as a …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from CLN July, 2023
Inspector General Report: FBI Routinely Abused Access to Private Communications by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm, MD A recent Department of Justice (“DOJ”) Inspector General report found that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) routinely sidesteps regulations of electronic surveillance and essentially deliberately misinterprets DOJ guidelines. Edgar Hoover was …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from CLN July, 2023
Specialized Police Units Hunt People for ICE by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On February 22, 2023, a Teller County District Judge in Colorado ruled that the county Sheriff’s Office legally entered into an agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) that gives the Sheriff’s Office the authority to …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from CLN July, 2023
Filed under: Conditions of
Banishment: Using an Ancient Solution to Address a Modern Problem by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart The old has become new again in the city of Saint Louis. For several years now, police have been issuing “neighborhood orders of protection,” which forbid a cited person from entering a specific municipal …
Cops Aren’t Just Murdering People With Impunity – They Also Conduct Bogus Traffic Stops by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Police are tasked with upholding the law, but current case law has created a system where officers are actually incentivized to break the law by making bogus traffic stops. …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from CLN July, 2023
Civilian Police With Military Equipment by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon During late May through the first of June 1989, citizens peacefully demonstrated for freedom in China’s Tiananmen Square. On June 4, the government’s response was to authorize a bloody rout of these peaceful protesters using soldiers, tanks, and other …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from CLN July, 2023
Police Can Get More From Your Phone Than You May Believe by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson Few of us would not feel violated to learn that our spouse or partner has been digging through our phone. Imagine if they were to use that data to analyze where we’ve …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from CLN July, 2023
‘Contagion Effect’ Spreads Brutality Among Police Officers by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm The case of Tyre Nichols, beaten to death by five police officers during two encounters, has raised the question of how law enforcement officers could possibly commit such a brutal and heinous act. Laurence Miller, researcher …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from CLN July, 2023
Arkansas Supreme Court Reverses 11 Counts of Possession of Child Pornography Because CGI Images Do Not Depict Image of a Child by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Arkansas reversed the convictions against Jeremey Lewis on 11 counts of “distributing, possessing or viewing matter depicting sexually explicit …
The ACLU Calls for a Moratorium on Blanket Recording of ALPR Footage by Kevin Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss The American Civil Liberties Union (“ACLU”) has published an appeal to the general public asking for organized opposition to the encroaching blanket surveillance company, Flock Safety. Concerns continue to be expressed …
Financial Pressure Finally Brings Police Reform by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Their names became litanies on streets across America: Trayvon Martin, Freddie Gray, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd. Yet protests, relentless media coverage, and the promises of politicians failed to move the needle on police violence or impunity. At last, …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from CLN July, 2023
Police Sketch Bot Arrives by Carlo Difundo by Carlos Difundo It is one of those things that seems to be a great idea at first. Once in place though, it becomes something very different. That happened when two coders created Forensic Sketch AI-rtist. The tool was simple enough given the …
Article • June 15, 2023 • from CLN July, 2023
Police Study Shows That Reform and Effectiveness Are Not Mutually Exclusive by Benjamin Tschirhart by Benjamin Tschirhart Following the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers, a new social movement has emerged and is growing in popularity. The burgeoning movement is calling for police reform along with the reduction …
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