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• Indiana Supreme Court Clarifies Framework for Determining When Courts May Apply Cash Bail to Public-Defender Costs and to Fines, Costs, and Fees, June 15, 2024. Appointment of Counsel, Costs, Restitution, Bail Bonds.
• New Mexico Supreme Court Announces Marquez’s Holding That ‘Crime of Shooting at or From Motor Vehicle Cannot Be Predicate Felony Supporting Charge of Felony Murder’ Is New Substantive Rule and Applies Retroactively, Feb. 15, 2024. Retroactivity, Murder/Felony Murder.
• First Circuit Lets BOP Take Prisoner’s Entire $10,956.36 Trust Account Balance for Restitution, Feb. 1, 2024. Seizure of Prisoner Funds, Restitution, Trust Accounts.
• Ninth Circuit Announces District Courts Have Discretion to Consider Non-­Retroactive Changes in Post-­Sentencing Decisional Law in Assessing ‘Extraordinary and Compelling Reasons’ for Sentence Reduction, Oct. 1, 2023. Retroactivity, U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Resentencing.
• Missouri Senior Citizen Jailed Three Days After Letting Dog Off Leash, April 27, 2023. Restitution, Ability to Pay.
• California Court of Appeal: Trial Court Erred by Concluding Senate Bill 1393 Does Not Apply to Cases Already Final on Appeal, April 15, 2023. Retroactivity.
• Sixth Circuit Announces Nonretroactive Change in Sentencing Law Is Not an ‘Extraordinary and Compelling Reason’ Warranting a Sentence Reduction under Compassionate Release Statute, Feb. 15, 2023. Retroactivity, U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Compassionate Release.
• Fifth Circuit Upholds Nearly $13.5 Million Restitution Order Against Federal Prisoner, Oct. 31, 2022. Restitution, Mandatory Victims Restitution Act (MVRA).
• Ohio Supreme Court: Amendment to Statute That Shifts Burden of Proof to State Regarding Self-Defense Applies to All Pending and New Trials After Effective Date, Regardless of When Alleged Crime Occurred, Sept. 15, 2022. Retroactivity, Burden of Proof.
• California Court of Appeal: Assembly Bill 124 Applies Retroactively and Includes Psychological Trauma Based Upon Mental Illness as Mitigating Factor Under § 1170(b)(6), Aug. 15, 2022. Retroactivity, Mental Health, Reliance on Psychologist's Report.