Case Lamar Rogers v. United States Court District of Columbia Court of Appeals Judge EASTERLY (Barack Obama, 2011) Date Decided
The Ninth Circuit denied panel rehearing and rehearing en banc in a Second Amendment challenge to California’s switchblade knife regulations, leaving intact a panel ruling that California’s ban on the concealed carry of switchblade knives survives a facial constitutional challenge under
Case State of Louisiana v. Jaclyn Duncan Court Louisiana Court of Appeal, Second Circuit Judge STEPHENS (elected 2017) Date Decided
Case State of Louisiana v. Tratavion J. Turner Court Louisiana Court of Appeal, Second Circuit Judge ELLENDER (elected 2023) Date
California’s Second District Court of Appeal affirmed that placing child-luring offenders in the lifetime sex offender registration tier does not violate equal protection, because the Legislature could rationally find that the predatory, premeditated nature of luring crimes signals a higher ri
The Wyoming Supreme Court unanimously affirmed the denial of Christopher Campbell’s motion to suppress evidence seized from his Evanston residence, holding that Deputy Barker’s search-warrant affidavit established probable cause under the totality-of-circumstances test. The court rejected Campbell’s paragraph-by-paragraph critique of the affidavit as methodologically improper: Wyoming law requires courts to evaluate the affidavit as a whole, not in piecemeal fashion. Viewed in its totality, a convergence of circumstantial links—a matching U-Haul seen at the residence, receipts tying an associate to both the truck and the address, Arizona connections shared by the stolen vehicle and the occupants, and matching tire tracks—established the required nexus between the evidence sought and the place to be searched.
Case People of the State of Michigan v. Sherrie Lee Lillis Court Michigan Court of Appeals Judge Korobkin (Gretchen Whitmer,
Case Jorge Adames-Garcia v. Matthew Divris, Superintendent Court U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Judge Gelpí (Joseph R.
Case State of Louisiana v. Lacal Lucky Wilson Court Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Circuit Judge THERIOT (appointment info not
Case United States v. Jose Alejandro Belmonte Cardozo, a/k/a Jose Belmonte Court U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
The Second District Court of Appeal upholds California’s ban on carrying concealed dirks and daggers as facially constitutional under the Supreme Court’s Bruen text-and-history test, pointing to a robust historical tradition of concealed-weapons prohibitions.
The Alaska Court of Appeals vacated Nick Frankson’s assault sentences on two grounds: the successor prosecutor breached the plea agreement by actively arguing against the parties’ agreed 720-day sentence on remand, and the superior court failed to personally address Frankson before proceeding to open sentencing after rejecting the sentencing agreement under Alaska Criminal Rule 11(e)(3). The court separately held that using Frankson’s nine prior assault convictions to find AS 12.55.155(c)(8) did not violate the Sixth Amendment under Erlinger v. United States, because determining that multiple dated assault convictions constitute ‘repeated instances of assaultive behavior’ requires examining only the bare conviction record — not the fact-laden inquiry that Erlinger held must go to a jury.
Case Ashley Dunn v. State of Florida Court Florida Sixth District Court of Appeal Judge STARGEL (Ron DeSantis, 2023); GANNAM
Case State of Nebraska v. Anthony L. Burries Court Nebraska Supreme Court Judge Cassel (Dave Heineman, 2012) Date Decided July
Case State of Tennessee v. Chelsea Louise Smith Court Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals, Nashville Division Date Decided July 9,
Case People v. Ricky A. Cooper Court Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District Judge Bollinger (Illinois Supreme Court, 2025) Date
Case Caleb Barnett v. Kwame Raoul, Attorney General of the State of Illinois Court U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Case Barnett v. Raoul, et al., Consolidated Nos. 24-3060, 24-3061, 24-3062 & 24-3063 Court U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Case Barnett v. Raoul, et al. (consolidated with Federal Firearms Licensees of Illinois v. Pritzker, Harrel v. Raoul, and Langley
Case Jeremy Langley v. Brendan Kelly (consolidated with Barnett v. Raoul, Harrel v. Raoul, and Federal Firearms Licensees of Illinois
The Utah Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of a motion to suppress evidence seized in plain view during a traffic stop, holding that an officer’s probable cause determination was reasonable under the totality of the circumstances even though the detective’s body camera was not recording and subsequent field tests on the seized baggie returned negative or inconclusive results.
Case Glenn Hanes v. State of Florida Court Florida Third District Court of Appeal Judge MILLER (Rick Scott, 2018); BOKOR
Case Langley v. Kelly, et al. (consolidated with Barnett v. Raoul, Harrel v. Raoul, and Federal Firearms Licensees of Illinois
Case Randolph Soto v. State of Florida Court Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal Judge MAY (Jeb Bush, 2001) Date