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Arkansas Supreme Court Rules § 16-93-609(b)(2)(B), Relating to Parole Eligibility for Residential Burglary Conviction, Applies Retroactively to Defendant by Sagi Schwartzberg by Sagi Schwartzberg The Supreme Court of Arkansas, in two companion cases, held that there was no designation in Appellant’s sentencing order to § 16-93-609 of the Arkansas Code Annotated …
Article • April 26, 2024
Disgraced NYC Council Candidate Gets Slap-on-the-Wrist Sentence by Jordan Arizmendi by Jordan Arizmendi In September 2016, Celia Dosamantes, 26 at the time, was arrested for faking donations to her campaign for city council the year before. She was also charged with submitting a digitally altered check. When she finally appeared …
Article • September 1, 2023 • from CLN September, 2023
California Court of Appeal Reverses Felony Murder Conviction Because Evidence Insufficient to Support Underlying Predicate Felony of Attempted Robbery by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The California Court of Appeal, Third Appellate District, reversed Dwayne Lamont Burgess’ felony murder conviction because the evidence was insufficient to support the underlying predicate …
Article • September 1, 2023 • from CLN September, 2023
Second Circuit Vacates § 924 Convictions Predicated on Attempted Hobbs Act Robbery by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated two 18 U.S.C. § 924 convictions that were predicated on attempted Hobbs Act robbery because attempted Hobbs Act robbery is not categorically …
Article • April 15, 2023 • from CLN May, 2023
Vermont Supreme Court Announces ‘Pinging’ Cellphone to Obtain Real-Time CSLI Constitutes a Search Requiring a Warrant or Recognized Exception by Richard Resch by Richard Resch The Supreme Court of Vermont held that individuals have a reasonable expectation of privacy under the state Constitution in their real-time cell site location information …
Sixth Circuit: Unarmed Bank Robber Who Ordered Tellers to Get on the Floor Not Subject to Enhancement for Physical Restraint by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit held that the sentence of a convicted bank robber who did not have a gun, …
Wrongful Conviction for First-Degree Murder Vacated 26 Years After Misconduct by Corrupt Chicago Detective Reynaldo Guevara Framed Him by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Edwin Davila’s first-degree murder conviction has been vacated after he was paroled in February of 2020. At the time of his release, Davila had …
Article • November 17, 2022
Florida Crackdown Against Mostly Non-Existent Voter Fraud Has Ex-Felons Afraid to Vote or Cowered by Eligibility Requirements by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On August 18, 2022, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) announced that his new election and security unit had arrested and was charging 20 people across …
Article • October 27, 2022
Newly Hired Florida Cop Arrested for Pawning Multiple Police-Issued Guns and Fraudulently Using Partner’s Credit Card by Kaden Gicker Leonardo Carbo was hired as a police officer in Hialeah Gardens, Florida, on June 27, 2022. Just over three months later he was out of the job and under arrest. How …
Article • October 27, 2022
Massachusetts State Police Lieutenant Pleas Guilty to Thousands of Dollars’ Worth of Overtime Fraud by Kaden Gicker David Keefe, 57, who once oversaw a barracks of the Massachusetts State Police (“MSP”), pleaded guilty in Suffolk Superior Court on Oct. 6, 2022, to committing fraud on records of overtime. The announcement …