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...Erica Hashimoto © The Ohio State University Abandoning Misdemeanor Defendants The Supreme Court repeatedly has characterized Gideon s recognition of a right to appointed counsel as a watershed rule of criminal procedure, both because it was necessary to prevent an impermissibly large...

...Bruce T. Cunningham, Jr.; Amanda Zimmer Misdemeanors Kicked Up to Felonies Have we ever approved that, by the way, kicking it [a misdemeanor] up to the felony category simply because of recidivism? (Question by Justice Scalia in oral argument in Johnson v. United States)1 The allegation...

... of traffic fines and fees in Nevada, historically one of the fastest growing and increasingly diverse states in the nation. Nevada is one of thirteen US states to prosecute minor traffic violations as criminal misdemeanors rather than civil infractions. Drawing on legislative histories, we find that state...

... of such debt, where one in twelve adults in the state owe criminal debt. Much of that debt is concentrated in lower-level traffic and misdemeanor cases. Further, individuals who do not pay court costs or fines within a short time period never do so. Second, a study of driver’s license suspensions illustrates...

... military equivalent of misdemeanor casesÑunder the Uniform Code of Military Justice (ÒUCMJÓ) was increased from six months to one year.1 Special courts-martial have been treated far too superÞcially under the federal Sentencing Guidelines and have not infrequently been the subject of misunderstanding...

.... Expunction of Convictions North Carolina has several statutes authorizing expunctions of different types of criminal convictions. The four main categories are as follows: 1. If the offense was committed before age twenty-two, drug-related misdemeanors and simple drug possession felonies. 2. If the offense...

... of the offense, and it is mandatory in the case of nonconviction records, misdemeanors and less serious felonies, as long as eligibility criteria are met.2 Even where expungement is discretionary, relief may not be denied based on non-statutory criteria where all evidence presented to the trial court militated...

... adjustments to their drug laws in recent years. Beginning in 2014 with Proposition 47 in California, ve states have reclassi ed all drug possession from a felony to a misdemeanor. Following the California referendum, legislation in Utah (House Bill 348 in 2015), Connecticut (House Bill 7104 in 2015...

... tribal courts.1 The Commission should amend the guidelines to reflect the principle that misdemeanor convictions from tribal courts are entitled to the same level of respect as misdemeanor convictions from state, county, and municipal courts. II. The Status of Tribal Courts in Federal Sentencing...

... 2019 183 Table 1. Felony Possession of CDS, Misdemeanor Possession of CDS, and Possession With Intent to Distribute Charges Filed in Oklahoma District Courts, 2015 2018 Charge 2015 2016 2017 2018 Possession of CDS (Felony) Possession of CDS (Misdemeanor) Possession With Intent to Distribute 15556 18454...

... or housing. Recent laws authorizing courts to reclassify some felony convictions as misdemeanors, for example, do not prohibit background checking companies from reporting reclassi ed misdemeanor convictions to employers.7 And because many employers discriminate equally on the basis of a felony...

... that trials for misdemeanors and most felonies be jury trials. The result is a much worse world for defendants as more cases are led and cases are led at higher levels than they should be for plea bargaining leverage. To provide perspective on these problems, this article will look at the criminal trial...

... history score is 0 and the instant offense is not a crime of violence as defined in subsection (d), decrease the offense level by one level and apply criminal history category I. 6. Convictions for minor traffic offenses and misdemeanors for which no term of imprisonment is authorized are not counted. 7...

... for any other felony or for three or more misdemeanors that are crimes of violence or drug trafÞcking offenses, provide for a 4-level increase. Application Note 3(B) clariÞes that in case of Òthree or more convictionsÓ, the prior offenses must be separated by an intervening arrest, must not have occurred...

... subsequently, resoundingly approved ballot initiatives in 2012, modifying the state s 25-to-life three strikes law requiring that the third strike be a violent or serious felony (Proposition 36), and again in 2014, reducing several drug and property felonies to misdemeanors (Proposition 47). A ballot...

... directing thatsubstantivestate law apply indefiningcriminal offensesbut thatone uniform federalpenaltyapply to the offenses.3 In the case of state misdemeanors, assim ilatedpursuant to theACA, inwhich the statepenalty exceeds theone-year limitof amagistrate judge's jurisdiction,thecasemay proceed...

... the obligations of sentencing commissions to constantly reassess their policies. But rst, let me start by telling a story. Earlier in my career when I was serving as a staff attorney for the Minnesota Judicial Branch, the Finance Director, focusing on the number of misdemeanor cases with outstanding nes...

.../ adjudications for: __ Non-violent misdemeanors. __ One non-violent felony. 2. See Notes Section II-C-2: __ Present offense is non-violent felony committed while the defendant on legal status. Earlier convictions/ adjudications for: __ Present offense same as (or similar to) previous offense. __ Two or three non...

..., 1.6 million were for drug abuse violations, 1.12 million for drunk driving, and 1.23 million for larceny-theft. It is unclear from the national statistics which ones are misdemeanor and which are felony arrests because the de nition varies by state. From the federal statistics maintained...

... misdemeanors.15 Many other jurisdictions, however, include all juvenile adjudications,16 or all with the exception of some traf c offenses.17 Many jurisdictions have also enacted policies that differentially weight juvenile adjudications and adult convictions in the calculation of PRS. These policies include...