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Dec 31, 2018
DCCA: Social security numbers may fall within Miranda’s “routine booking exception”; the government need not prove an unregistered firearm is not antique unless the record suggests that it is.
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Dec 11, 2018
To be punishable under D.C. Code § 22-1321(a)(1), "disorderly conduct" must cause actual, subjective fear of harm.
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Nov 30, 2018
Show me the note! Defendants have a right to see all jury notes; judges cannot respond blindly to jury notes in the name of shielding themselves from the jury’s numerical split
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Oct 13, 2018
For assaults on police, the NEAR Act neither requires jury-demandable prosecution nor expands the right to claim self-defense.
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Sep 18, 2018
Leaving after colliding requires reason to believe a collision occurred.
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Sep 14, 2018
DCCA: Neither the Second Amendment nor Wrenn bars CPWL prosecution of those with prior felony convictions.
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Sep 13, 2018
Police have a duty to preserve tangible evidence that comes even temporarily within their possession, custody, or control.
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Aug 28, 2018
Lack of retreat before imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury arose deemed irrelevant to defendant's self-defense claim.
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Jun 28, 2018
Juries need to be properly instructed pursuant to Carrell to decide the difference between a true threat and a question.
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Jun 26, 2018
The en banc Court holds that defendants charged with deportable misdemeanors are entitled to jury trials.
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Deborah T. Creek Criminal Practice Institute: Spring, Summer, & Fall Series
Forensic Science Conference
Criminal Justice Act New Panel Training Program
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