Case Brett George Kleng v. Erin Reyes, Superintendent, Two Rivers Correctional Institution Court Oregon Court of Appeals Date Decided June […]
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania reversed the denial of a license suspension appeal, holding that Court Administration’s ten-year failure to schedule a hearing — despite repeated court orders to do so — constituted an extraordinary government-caused delay that violated the licensee’s due process rights under the Middaugh framework and mandated dismissal of the suspension.
The First District reverses dismissal of a successive postconviction petition by a defendant sentenced to mandatory life at age 18, finding evolving neuroscience on young-adult brain development constitutes cause for the new claim.
The First District affirms suppression of evidence where the State could not show reasonable articulable suspicion beyond mere firearm possession to justify a Terry stop, applying People v. Aguilar.
The Fourth District affirms a felon-in-possession conviction, finding the inventory search valid despite procedural shortcomings and rejecting both facial and as-applied Second Amendment challenges under Bruen.
The Sixth District Court of Appeal affirmed a felon-in-possession conviction, rejecting a facial Second Amendment challenge to section 790.23(1)(a), Florida Statutes, and joining multiple other DCAs in finding the statute constitutional under Bruen.
The Fourth Department affirms a second-degree murder conviction upon a jury verdict in consolidated appeals, conducting a comprehensive review of constitutional, evidentiary, and procedural claims.
The Fourth Department affirms the defendant’s jury conviction for second-degree murder, first-degree robbery, and weapon possession, addressing challenges to the sufficiency and weight of evidence and various trial rulings.
The Fourth Department affirms County Court’s acceptance of a grand jury report under CPL 190.85 recommending the removal of a City Court Judge for misconduct in office, rejecting challenges to the grand jury proceedings.
The Ninth Circuit denies qualified immunity to two former SFPD inspectors accused of fabricating evidence that led to Joaquin Ciria’s 32-year wrongful imprisonment, holding that the right not to be charged based on deliberately fabricated evidence was clearly established by 1990.