/criminalpractice?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section Latest articles for: Criminal Practice Copyright 2025 ĂŰĚŇĘÓƵ. en-US Fri, 27 Jun 2025 21:32:03 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2358724?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2358724 A split Illinois Supreme Court on Friday ruled that the state's requirement that handgun owners maintain both a concealed weapon permit and a separate Firearm Owner's Identification Card is legal and not preempted by a recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. Fri, 27 Jun 2025 20:53:50 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2357695?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2357695 A man who was convicted of criminal weapons possession for firing a gun on a Brooklyn street was granted a new trial by the New York state appeals court, which found a trial court hadn't explained to the jury that it was sometimes legal to snatch a gun in self-defense. Fri, 27 Jun 2025 19:01:28 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2358655?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2358655 The nation's abortion debate has played out in civil courtrooms and state capitols across the country since the overturning of Roe v. Wade three years ago. But the battle is also emerging in another arena: the criminal courts. Fri, 27 Jun 2025 19:01:27 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2330522?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2330522 A wave of recent state high court rulings, including a landmark decision in Michigan in April, has curtailed the use of mandatory life without parole for defendants under 21, citing evolving standards of decency and brain science. Hundreds of incarcerated individuals in Michigan are now eligible for resentencing, but the reforms face resistance from prosecutors, victims’ rights advocates, and dissenting justices who warn of consequences for public safety and judicial overreach. Fri, 27 Jun 2025 18:44:30 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2358302?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2358302 A Colorado state appeals court has ruled for the first time on the interpretation of state laws around explosives and incendiary devices, stating that lawmakers "intended 'explosive' to carry the same meaning as 'incendiary device.'" Fri, 27 Jun 2025 17:08:15 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2358596?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2358596 A Massachusetts judge should have granted a motion to suppress evidence — in this case, a bag of cocaine — found after a driver ran from police who had presumably racially profiled him, the state's highest court said Friday. Fri, 27 Jun 2025 12:55:32 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2358437?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2358437 The U.S. Department of Justice aims to finalize a reorganization plan for its Tax Division by summer's end that would separate the criminal and civil tax functions and relocate them to the department's main branches, a department official said Friday. Fri, 27 Jun 2025 11:18:18 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2358469?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2358469 A lawyer for Sean "Diddy" Combs on Friday attacked the legitimacy of the government's racketeering case, accusing prosecutors of invading the hip-hop icon's private sex life and saying two women he is alleged to have trafficked are motivated by money. Thu, 26 Jun 2025 21:34:53 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2358138?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2358138 A man's guilty plea to possessing cocaine was vacated Thursday after a New York appeals court allowed suppression of evidence gleaned from a police search prompted by a cannabis smell, because the state barred this exact practice days after his indictment. Thu, 26 Jun 2025 19:48:12 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2358083?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2358083 A convicted rapist in Massachusetts who spent nearly 16 years in prison will get a second shot at challenging how long he must wear a GPS monitor now that he's been released, after a state appellate court on Thursday ruled a lower court did not properly weigh his constitutional rights. Thu, 26 Jun 2025 17:39:45 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2358211?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2358211 The Senate’s latest version of the Big Beautiful Bill Act would impose a 41% tax on the litigation finance industry, but the tax is totally disconnected from the concerns it purports to address, and it would set the country back to a time when small plaintiffs had little recourse against big defendants, says Anthony Sebok at Cardozo School of Law. Thu, 26 Jun 2025 17:23:51 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2356897?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2356897 Expert witnesses can sometimes fall into traps when trying to teach juries complex topics by failing to consider the psychology of juror comprehension, but attorneys can help witnesses avoid these pitfalls with a deeper understanding of cognitive lag, chunking and learning styles, says Steve Wood at Courtroom Sciences. Thu, 26 Jun 2025 15:43:13 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2356856?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2356856 Judges tend to assess ambiguous criminal laws not unlike how baseball umpires approach checked swings, so defense attorneys should consider how to best frame their arguments to maximize courts' willingness to invoke the rule of lenity, wherein a tie goes to the defendant, says Jonathan Porter at Husch Blackwell. Thu, 26 Jun 2025 12:41:51 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2357911?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2357911 Sean "Diddy" Combs used his power, wealth and a "small army" of employees to commit crimes including sex trafficking for 20 years, a prosecutor told a Manhattan federal jury Thursday as the hip-hop mogul's trial neared an end. Thu, 26 Jun 2025 10:59:13 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2332004?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2332004 To say that being a clown in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has changed my legal career would truly be an understatement — by creating an opening to converse on a unique topic, it has allowed me to connect with clients, counsel and even judges on a deeper level, says Charles Tatelbaum at Tripp Scott. Thu, 26 Jun 2025 10:55:40 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2331914?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2331914 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that defendants can benefit from lighter sentences under the First Step Act if they were sentenced prior to the 2018 criminal justice reform law but later resentenced after their original sentences were tossed. Thu, 26 Jun 2025 10:40:16 +0000 /criminalpractice/articles/2322139?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=section /criminalpractice/articles/2322139 The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday said a Texas death row inmate can sue state officials in federal court to try to obtain post-conviction DNA testing, a decision that could open the door to broader challenges to how Texas provides access to forensic evidence after conviction. 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.