By Colleen Murphy | January 3, 2023
"As a threshold matter, the district court did not abuse its discretion by limiting its sentencing scope and refusing to reconsider Maldonado-Passage's previously denied motion to dismiss for multiplicity," stated Senior Judge Michael R. Murphy in his written opinion for the court. "Therefore, no vehicle to challenge the § 1958(a) components of his sentence as multiplicitous remains. Nonetheless, this court also confirms § 1958(a)'s 'plot centric' unit of prosecution permits separate offenses and consecutive sentences when, as here, two unrelated hitmen are hired to kill the same person."
By Emily Saul | December 30, 2022
Should James accept responsibility and fall within Criminal History Category 1, the prosecution's guidelines advise a sentence within 382 to 447 months, or up nearly 40 years in prison. But they say they want more.
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By Martin A. Schwartz | December 30, 2022
In 'McKinney v. City of Middleton', the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held, 2-1, that qualified immunity protected police officers who directed a police canine to "bite and hold" the arrestee for over two minutes. The court found that under the circumstances the police canine force did not violate clearly established Fourth Amendment law.
By The Associated Press | December 29, 2022
A county jail in Atlanta has been without running water or heat for days, relatives of the people incarcerated there say, raising concerns about what…
By The Associated Press | December 28, 2022
Superior Court Judge John R. Turner ordered that the court appearance for former Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Jackie Johnson', initially scheduled for Thursday, be held later, according to court records. The judge has not set a new date.
By Associated Press | December 27, 2022
Former Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum asserts that he was the victim of selective prosecution because he was a Black candidate for governor.
By Jane Wester | December 27, 2022
In a one-paragraph order, the judge wrote that new information had come to her attention.
By Kate Brumback, The Associated Press | December 27, 2022
The investigation is one of several that could result in criminal charges against the former president as he asks voters to return him to the White House in 2024.
By Jason Grant | December 27, 2022
The move "reflects the recognition that the death penalty is immoral," said Oregon Gov. Kate Brown.
By Elisa Reiter and Daniel Pollack | December 27, 2022
Two cases that went before the the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas examine the Second Amendment right to bear arms for convicted felons.
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