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Tennessee Supreme Court Announces State Statute Automatically Sentencing Juvenile Offenders Convicted of First-Degree Murder to Life in Prison Is Unconstitutional by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In a case of first impression, the Supreme Court of Tennessee followed the U.S. Supreme Court’s guidance for proportionality analysis when sentencing juvenile offenders …
Minnesota Supreme Court Announces Expanding Scope of Traffic Stop to Investigate Occupant’s Pretrial Release Conditions Violates Minnesota Constitution by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney In a case of first impressions, the Supreme Court of Minnesota held that violation of a condition of pretrial release doesn’t constitute criminal activity, so police …
Article • January 15, 2021 • from CLN February, 2021
Kansas Supreme Court Clarifies State Law Does Not Preclude Consent to Search Through Nonverbal Conduct by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Kansas clarified that state law does not require consent to search to be verbal and that nonverbal conduct may constitute consent under the totality of …
Louisiana Supreme Court: Statute Compelling Registered Sex Offenders to Carry ID Emblazoned with ‘SEX OFFENDER’ Unconstitutional by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The Supreme Court of Louisiana affirmed a district court’s holding that declared unconstitutional a state statute compelling registered sex offenders to carry identification emblazoned with the words “SEX …