/criminalpractice?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Criminal Practice Copyright 2025 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. en-US Wed, 25 Jun 2025 21:50:39 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2357366?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2357366 The Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday upheld the conviction of a man accused of trying to prevent regulators from learning about his large withdrawals from Wells Fargo accounts, rejecting his claims that prosecutors charged him with one offense but tried him for another. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 21:45:16 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2356753?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2356753 The mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma, on Wednesday settled a jurisdictional dispute with the Muscogee (Creek) Nation over law enforcement, saying the city will bring an end to the tribe's lawsuit by deferring to its criminal jurisdiction, despite Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt's objections that he's been cut out of the deal. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 21:44:36 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2357558?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2357558 The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled that it will retain the authority to exclusively hear appeals of non-death penalty murder cases, bypassing a need for the lower Georgia State Court of Appeals to weigh in. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 21:37:40 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2357436?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2357436 The Colorado Supreme Court expressed uncertainty Wednesday over whether a state statute in place through 2024 made illegal the production of sexually explicit AI-generated images of minors, or if this month's revision to the law proves the 2024 statute did not cover those images. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 20:27:52 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2357438?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2357438 A trial court erred in dismissing a criminal case against a man who was accused of illegally possessing firearms due to excessive delays, the Pennsylvania Superior Court said, finding that lapsed time was not entirely attributable to the commonwealth and should therefore not prevent prosecution. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 17:22:40 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2357404?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2357404 A California federal judge has ordered that statements a former Google engineer made to federal agents investigating him for espionage and trade secret theft must be suppressed because they violated the Chinese national's Miranda rights. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 16:42:58 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2357265?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2357265 The legal ethics watchdog Campaign for Accountability on Wednesday accused interim U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Alina Habba of an "abuse of power" over her office's recent investigations and arrests of New Jersey officials and called for an ethics investigation. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 15:41:43 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2357015?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2357015 The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last week in Esteras v. U.S., limiting the factors that lower courts may consider in imposing prison sentences for supervised release violations, is symbolically important, but its real-world impact will likely be muted for several reasons, say attorneys at Perkins Coie. Wed, 25 Jun 2025 15:08:26 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2357377?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2357377 A split Ninth Circuit panel has refused to vacate a Mexican national's conviction for possession of a firearm while present in the U.S. without authorization, saying there's no reasonable likelihood that the jury would have reached a different conclusion with different instructions. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 23:43:09 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2356545?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2356545 Colorado's highest court granted a new securities fraud trial Monday to a man whose testimony in his own defense about advice of counsel was curtailed by a judge, saying legal advice is unquestionably relevant in mounting a defense around "willfulness." Tue, 24 Jun 2025 23:28:49 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2356855?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2356855 The Pennsylvania Superior Court struck down Philadelphia's restrictions on the open carry of firearms as unconstitutional, finding citizens in the state's largest city should not be subject to more stringent gun laws than those in other parts of the state. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 17:39:35 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2355237?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2355237 A Florida appellate panel ruled that a driver convicted in the drunken driving-related death of a motorcyclist must serve the minimum time of four years in prison, saying the lower court didn't have the authority to suspend the mandatory sentence for a DUI manslaughter charge. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 17:38:47 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2356401?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2356401 A Connecticut appeals court has found that records from a residential treatment program could be admitted as evidence as they upheld the revocation of probation for a man convicted in two separate criminal court cases of larceny and sexual assault. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 17:35:48 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2357073?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2357073 Karen McDonald, a county prosecutor best known for charging the parents of a teenage school shooter, is running for Michigan attorney general, according to a Tuesday campaign announcement. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 16:41:57 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2356471?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2356471 A split Michigan appellate panel has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of murder because of illegally seized cellphone evidence used in his trial. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 15:10:13 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2356393?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2356393 Connecticut can secure a murder conviction for a man whose robbery attempt resulted in a fatal shooting — even though he didn't pull the trigger — because it didn't need to prove the shooter was an accessory to the would-be thief, according to a state high court opinion released Tuesday.  Tue, 24 Jun 2025 13:29:39 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2356910?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2356910 Massachusetts' highest court on Tuesday found that the act of sitting behind the wheel with the key in the ignition is enough to sustain a drunken driving charge, even if the car is not in motion and the engine is not turned on. Tue, 24 Jun 2025 12:09:19 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2355260?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2355260 Recent decisions, including in bad faith insurance cases, demonstrate that when settlement information documents are inadvertently shared with testifying experts, courts may see no recourse but to strike the entire report or disqualify the expert, says Richard Mason at MasonADR. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 19:47:54 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2356423?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2356423 The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday moved to join the Catholic Church's constitutional challenge of a Washington state law making clergy members mandatory reporters of suspected child abuse, saying the requirement violates priests' right to freely exercise religion by forcing them to disclose information shared during Confession. Mon, 23 Jun 2025 11:12:57 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2356206?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2356206 The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a former Louisiana prisoner's case for damages after guards forcibly shaved his head, removing the dreadlocks he maintained as part of his Rastafarian religion.