Sentences with phrase «from felony»

In Ohio, a county prosecutor and two lawmakers proposed a law that would reduce sexting from a felony to a first degree misdemeanor, and eliminate the possibility of a teenage offender being labeled a sex offender for years.

Utah lawmakers lessened the penalty for sexting for someone younger than 18 to a misdemeanor from a felony.

Any reasonable judge would probably toss my case right out (or at least knock the charge down from a felony to a misdemeanor).

In the past 10 years have you been convicted of a felony or currently have pending charges for a felony; or currently on parole from a felony conviction?

Both Vehicle Code Section 10851 and Penal Code section 496 are «wobblers» which means that they can be reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor by the judge upon a motion by your defense attorney pursuant to Penal Code section 17 (b).

The Dallas Morning News spent two years gathering and analyzing jury data from felony court trials to see what had changed.

Our criminal defense practice is devoted to defending grood people throughout the Houston area against all criminal accusations ranging from felony murder charges to misdemeanor drug possession.

This is referred to as felony disenfranchisement and it is one of several collateral consequences from a felony conviction.

The boxes contained case files and court transcripts from felony matters between 1940 and 1998.

Yet, 53 years later we still find stumbling blocks in our paths - from felony laws to aggressive gerrymandering.

Cuomo declared the measure, which would lower the penalty for possessing up to 25 grams of marijuana from a felony to a misdemeanor, is dead for now.

Legislator Savage believes the stiffer penalties from a Felony Burglary charge would be a better deterrent.

Pigeon's attorney Paul Cambria said these are the same charges from a felony complaint, to which the three defendants pleaded Not Guilty in April.

Closed criminal records resulting from felony charges filed within the New York State Supreme Court and Erie County Courts are located in the offices of the Erie County Clerk.

That probe stems from a felony grand larceny charge lodged earlier this year against a former city cop.

If approved, it would expand the loss of owning a firearm from felony convictions for domestic violence - related crimes to misdemeanor convictions.

It will also direct them to steps they can take to reduce their criminal record under Proposition 47, a law that redefined certain crimes from felonies to misdemeanors and gives non-violent offenders an opportunity to reduce their conviction if they submit an application by Nov. 4, 2017.

Instead, the Chautauqua County D.A.'s Office reduced the reckless endangerment, unlawful imprisonment and menacing charges from felonies to misdemeanors.

When Kelly was police commissioner, several officers accused supervisors of downgrading crimes from felonies to misdemeanors.

Under Prop 47, certain non-violent and non-serious property and drug crimes were reduced from felonies to misdemeanors.

This enables us to negotiate effectively to reduce charges from felonies to misdemeanors when appropriate.

From felonies and misdemeanors to wrongful death lawsuits we have the skills and experience to thoroughly understand and prepare for our cases.

Not exact matches

By way of example, this is the text of a Nov. 5 post from Ending the Fed's Facebook page: «Why Donald J. Trump exposes Hillary's felonies in THIS brutal video.

The commission that is setting up the system in Massachusetts recently passed new rules that bar anyone with a felony drug trafficking conviction from getting licensed by the state to cultivate or sell legal marijuana.

To comply with Rule 506 (c) you will also need to get a representation from the crowdfunding portal that none of their executives, officers, directors, partners or shareholders are «bad actors» — essentially, that they have not been convicted of a felony or otherwise been sanctioned previously by the SEC.

By August 2, state attorneys dismissed 41 cases involving drug - related felonies and weapon possession that would have relied solely on testimony from one of the three officers.

Neither of those convictions would have kept the driver from working for Uber since the company only bans drivers for felonies that have taken place within the past seven years, a stricter criteria than the one used to grant a taxi license in the state of Illinois.

The felony counts came amid three years of non-stop charges against JPMorgan Chase for unthinkable frauds: from rigging electric markets to ripping off veterans to charging credit card customers for fictitious credit monitoring and manipulating the Libor interest rate benchmark.

Two of JPMorgan Chase's felony counts stem from how it handled Ponzi - king Bernie Madoff's main business bank account for decades and failed to report highly suspicious activity as it is required to do under Federal law.

Here, from an interview with MTV, is the take on Imus from Snoop Dogg, the day before he pleaded no contest to felony weapons and drug charges in a Los Angeles court:

Had Kelley been convicted of sexual assault, he would likely have been prevented from purchasing a gun because federal guidelines prohibit sales to anyone convicted of a felony punishable by more than one year in prison.

They eventually let Eh Wah go, and then five weeks later charged him with the felony of «acquir [ing] proceeds from drug activity,» despite finding no drugs in his car when they pulled him over.

Canseco was in the third month of a two - year house arrest for violating the probation he was given following a felony aggravated - battery conviction resulting from a brawl at a Miami club on Halloween night in 2001.

To put it another way, there are probably thousands of Americans who are terminated from their jobs every day, and they don't have to be convicted of a felony before their employer is allowed to do it, so why does an NFL player somehow have extra rights pertaining to job security than the rest of us do?

Perry, who had previously been suspended from the team, is facing two misdemeanor counts of fourth - degree criminal sexual conduct, one felony count of resisting a police officer and one misdemeanor count of a minor in possession of alcohol, from an incident on Oct. 15 in East Lansing.

the felonies alone can be up to 11 years... he will face up to 5 multi-million dollar lawsuits for the 5 that had to go to the hospital.he also has 5 orders of protection meaning he can in no way reach out to the 5 named or he violates his bond.when convicted he will be deported from the states and have visa problems in most countries as he will have a criminal record... now the incident at Bellator will come back to haunt his as it shows his thug mentality which may be ok in Ireland but not the rest of the world.

Grant Perry, a sophomore wide receiver from Royal Oak, was arraigned in East Lansing District Court on one felony count of assaulting, battering, resisting or obstructing an officer, two misdemeanor counts of fourth - degree criminal sexual assault and an underage drinking charge.

Their best wide receiver from last season was just charged with nine crimes, including three felonies, and could spend a significant amount of time in the Florida State Penal League next season.

Its influence leads reporters to begin a story that is about five felony rape counts and an athlete who was essentially caught in the act of committing the alleged crimes like this, from the San Jose Mercury News:

He has a drug felony from 10 years ago and he said that because he is black in West Virginia, he can't get a job.

He has prior old felonies from over 20 years ago and got into a verbal alteration that led to his ex filing a restraining order against him last year.

• A 71 - year - old Orland Park man was charged with felony retail theft after stealing two coats valued at $ 595 from Macy's at Orland Square Mall on March 9.

A 42 - year - old Orland Park man was charged with misdemeanor possession of stolen items after taking $ 23 in merchandise from the Champs store at Orland Square Mall on May 4 and felony retail theft for stealing four bottles of liquor from the Walgreens pharmacy, 14680 S. LaGrange Road, on April 26.

A 24 - year - old Mount Prospect man has been charged with felony retail theft after more than $ 300 worth of champagne was stolen from an Arlington Heights grocery store.

Brian P. Zabrodski, 24, was charged with one count of felony aggravated battery and one count of misdemeanor theft of services, according to a statement from police.

CALIFORNIA Singer charged with felonies Chris Brown's arraignment is postponed as details of incident with Rihanna are released LOS ANGELES — Chris Brown briefly appeared in court Thursday, hours after he was charged with two felonies stemming from what a police detective describes as a brutal argument between the singer and his girlfriend, Rihanna, a pop singer.

LOS ANGELES — Chris Brown briefly appeared in court Thursday, hours after he was charged with two felonies stemming from what a police detective describes as a brutal argument between the singer and his girlfriend, Rihanna, a pop singer.

Remke was indicted last year on 22 felony counts stemming from allegations he took cash and golf equipment from...

A 21 - year - old Orland Park man was charged with felony retail theft after stealing clothing retailing for $ 363 from JC Penney at Orland Square Mall on Jan. 21.

• A 26 - year - old Bedford Park woman with a previous retail - theft conviction was charged with felony retail theft for taking $ 152 in cosmetics from Sephora at Orland Square Mall on March 20.