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Sex Offense against Minor Requires Registration by The Eleventh Circuit Court Appeals affirmed a sentence that required a defendant convicted of five misdemeanor counts of willfully depriving individuals of their right to be free from unreasonable searches by one acting under color of law to register as a sex offender …
SORNA's Registration Requirements Do Not Apply to Convictions Involving the Transfer of Obscene Materials to a Minor by Brandon Sample By Brandon Sample On January 14, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit decided that the registration requirements of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) …
No Right to Destruction of Juvenile Records in Virginia by David Reutter By David M. Reutter The Virginia Supreme Court has held that there is no vested right under state law to have juvenile records destroyed. The Court, however, found that an expert’s testimony was inadmissible because that testimony was …
Article • July 15, 2011
Illinois Statute Authorizing Revocation of Good Time Credits for Frivolous Court Filings Upheld by Brandon Sample By Brandon Sample The State of Illinois may lawfully deprive good time credits from prisoners who file frivolous post-conviction petitions, the Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District, decided November 26, 2008. Cameron Shaw, an …
Article • July 15, 2011
BOP Abused Its Discretion in Denying Prisoner Drug Treatment by Brandon Sample By Brandon Sample On June 5, 2007, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia granted a habeas corpus petition challenging the Bureau of Prisons' (BOP) refusal to allow a prisoner to enter BOP's Residential Drug …
Article • July 15, 2011
Ninth Circuit Strikes Down BOP Regulations Limiting Halfway House Placement by Brandon Sample By Brandon Sample On September 4, 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit joined the Second, Third, Eighth and Tenth Circuits in concluding that the Bureau of Prisons' (BOP) regulations categorically limiting eligibility for …
Article • July 15, 2011
Ninth Circuit: Warrantless Parole Search Unconstitutional Where "Residence" Was Only an "Emergency Address" Listed Years Earlier by John Dannenberg Ninth Circuit: Warrantless Parole Search Unconstitutional Where "Residence" Was Only an "Emergency Address" Listed Years Earlier By John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that a warrantless …
Article • July 15, 2011
Interpreters Allowed in Nevada Small Claims Cases by Mark Wilson By Mark Wilson The Nevada Supreme Court held “that under both its inherent and express powers, a justice court is authorized to” appoint interpreters in small claims cases. In 2004, Hermes Caballero was transported from an Arizona prison to Ely …
Article • July 15, 2011
Washington Disciplinary Hearing Violates Due Process; Written Submissions Must be Considered by Mark Wilson By Mark Wilson The Washington State Court of Appeals held that a prisoner was deprived of a constitutionally adequate disciplinary hearing when a hearings officer refused to read the documentary evidence he offered. Washington prisoner Allan …
Article • July 15, 2011
Washington Supreme Court Says Commutations Implicate Due Process by Mark Wilson By Mark Wilson The Washington state Supreme Court held that due process protections attach to conditional commutation decisions and the liberty interest at stake “is indistinguishable from the interest in parole and probation.” In 1997, Jayson Bush was convicted …
Article • July 15, 2011
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Washington Trial Courts May Sanction Community Custody Violations by Mark Wilson By Mark Wilson The Washington State Court Appeals held that the legislature did not remove the trial courts’ jurisdiction to punish community custody violations when it granted the Department of Corrections (DOC) to also punish those violations. Karen Gamble …
Article • July 15, 2011
Ninth Circuit Upholds BOP's Authority to Set Payment Schedules Under IFRP by Brandon Sample By Brandon Sample The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is free to use its Inmate Financial Responsibility Program (IFRP) to collect restitution from prisoners in amounts different than those set by a defendant's sentencing court, the …
Article • July 15, 2011
Reporter Cannot be Compelled to Disclose Source Under Pennsylvania Law by David Reutter By David M. Reutter The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has held the state’s media shield law prohibits the compelled disclosure of a confidential source’s identity, or any information that could expose the source’s identity, rejecting an invitation to …
Article • July 15, 2011
Florida Supreme Court Rules on Cost Assessment by David Reutter By David M. Reutter In settling direct conflicts between two district courts of appeals decisions, the Florida Supreme Court has held that applying a statute retroactively to assess costs is not an ex post facto violation. The Court accepted review …
Article • July 15, 2011
California: Hospital Billings for Injured Victim Are Not Subject To Restitution Order by The California Court of Appeal held that the sentence of a perpetrator of elder abuse injuries could not be enhanced to include a restitution order to repay the medical billings from his victim's hospital provider. The court …
Article • July 15, 2011
TDCJ Driver at Fault in Traffic Collision by In a claim filed March 14, 2008, attorney Donald DeGrasse of DeGrasse & Rolnick of Houston, sought remuneration from TDCJ for a traffic accident caused by a TDCJ employee. Attorney DeGrasse represented Chubb Insurance Group, which was the insurer of the other …
$150,000 Settlement in Wrongfully-Convicted Texan's Lawsuit by In March 2006, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) settled for $150,000 a lawsuit brought by the guardian of a wrongfully-convicted man who was beaten by another prisoner and suffered permanent severe brain damage. Richard Danziger, a former Texas prisoner, was wrongly …
Qualified Immunity Based Summary Judgment Denied in Ohio Excessive Force Case by On November 25, 2008, an Ohio federal court denied prison officials' motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity in an excessive force case. The court also denied defendants' motions to dismiss, for judgment on the pleadings and …
Article • July 15, 2011
Following Federal Court Practice, Florida State Courts Begin Secret Dockets by While court dockets and files are required to be open for public viewing under the U.S. Constitution, more and more courts are disregarding that provision and hiding selected case from the public’s view. In some cases, the matter totally …
Article • July 15, 2011
$7,500 Settlement for Excessive Force by Washington State’s King County Jail has paid $7,500 to settle the excessive force claim of Sean T. Tandberg. While at the Jail on May 20, 2002, Tandberg was taken to the “hole” by guard “Robles.” At the time, Tandberg was on crutches. Robles “threw” …
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