Latest Developments in Mississippi Criminal Law – October, 2023
Cases we’ll cover include Murder, life imprisonment, insufficient evidence, legally insufficient, expungement, abuse of discretion, and more.
Mississippi Roundup – MAX POWER
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Breaking News in Florida Criminal Law from Attorney Jack Palmeri – October, 2023
Cases we’ll cover include Florida Statutes § 379.401, lien, Vehicular Homicide and Reckless Driving with Serious Bodily Injury, voir dire, juror bias, theory of defense, peremptory challenge, Trespassing on Land, Resisting an Officer Without Violence, legal insufficiency, insufficient evidence, hot pursuit, exigent circumstance, Driving Under the Influence, plea agreement, recusal, motion to disqualify, certiorari, and more
Latest News in 11th Circuit Federal Criminal Law by Attorney Jack Palmeri – October, 2023
Cases we’ll cover include conspiracy to commit wire fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1343, 18 U.S.C. § 1349, Sentencing Guidelines, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, 18 U.S.C. § 922, procedurally unreasonable sentence, and more.
Latest News in Fifth Circuit Criminal Law with Attorney Jack Palmeri – October, 2023
United States v. Marlon Jones, Docket # 22-30480
Marlon Jones appeals the district court’s resentencing of Jones following its revocation of his supervised release. Jones argues that the district court incorrectly determined that it was required to classify Jones’s 2009 drug conviction as a Class A felony pursuant to the law as it stood at the time of his original conviction, rather than as a Class B felony pursuant to the law as it had changed under the retroactively applicable First Step Act of Because the Fifth Circuit held that the district court was not prohibited from considering changes in law made retroactively applicable by Congress under the First Step Act, it vacated Jones’s sentence and REMAND for resentencing.
Third Circuit Criminal Caselaw Roundup with Attorney Steven Gaitman – October, 2023
Cases we’ll cover include Conspiracy and Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl and Methamphetamine, standard conditions of release, and more.
New York Criminal Caselaw Roundup with Attorney Jason Russo – October, 2023
Cases we’ll cover include Assault in the Third Degree, Speedy Trial, CPL 30.30, Rape Shield Law, Right to Present a Defense, Sexual Abuse in the First Degree, Assault in the Second Degree, Justification defense, Self Defense, suppression, Miranda warnings, Reckless Endangerment in the First Degree, mental competence, Rape in the Second Degree, Level Two Sex Offender, SORA, Aggravated Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle in the First Degree, Criminal Mischief in the Fourth Degree, Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree, Penal Law § 175.10, insufficient evidence, Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree, arrest warrant, Petit Larceny, and more.
New Jersey Criminal Caselaw Roundup with Steve Gaitman – October, 2023
Cases we’ll cover include motion in limine, jail call, murder, Third Degree Theft by Failure to Make Required Disposition of Property Received, N.J.S.A. 2C:20-9, insufficient evidence, third-degree unlawful possession of a handgun, N.J.S.A. 39-5(b)(1), fourth-degree contempt of court, N.J.S.A. 2C:29-9, motion to withdraw guilty plea, first-degree robbery, N.J.S.A. 2C:15-1(a), second-degree possession of a handgun for an unlawful purpose, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5(b); and second-degree certain persons not to possess a firearm, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-7(b), third-degree possession of a controlled dangerous substance (CDS), N.J.S.A. 2C:35-10(a)(1) (count one); third-degree possession of CDS with intent to distribute, N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5(a)(1) and N.J.S.A. 2C:35-5(b)(5); second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5(b)(1), second-degree possession of a weapon during a CDS offense, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-4.1(a), second-degree certain persons not to have weapons, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-7(b)(1), Murder, Possession of a Weapon for Unlawful Purpose, Disturbing Human Remains, Animal Cruelty, and Certain Persons Not to Have Weapons, suppression, probable cause, automobile exception, jury deliberations, deadlock, jury deadlock, juror dismissal, dismissal of juror, alternate juror, Gross hearing, prior inconsistent statement, and more
Second Circuit Criminal Caselaw Roundup by Jason Russo – October, 2023
In this edition of the Second Circuit Criminal Caselaw Roundup, we’ll cover murder in aid of racketeering, RICO, murder, 18 U.S.C. § 1959, Hobbs Act, Hobbs Act Robbery, conspiracy to distribute cocaine, ineffective assistance of counsel, 28 U.S.C. § 2255, Certificate of Appealability, and more.
Trump Attorney Jenna Ellis Pleads Guilty in Georgia Case
Fulton County, Georgia – Jenna Ellis, an attorney who worked on the Trump 2020 campaign, pled guilty on Tuesday, October 24, 2023 to one count of aiding and abetting false statements and writings. Ellis is charged as a co-defendant of Donald Trump in in the Georgia election interference case.
