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New & Noteworthy
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2022 Voices For Justice Award Recipients
2022 Voices For Justice Award RecipientsVictims’ Rights Partnership Voice for Justice AwardRana Alexander has worked in the domestic and sexual violence field since 1997. Ms. Alexander joined Standpoint in 2005 and became the Executive Director in 2016. As an attorney...
United States v. Mellette, 81 M.J. 681 (N-M. Ct. Crim. App. 2021)
Defendant, a former servicemember, was convicted of child sexual abuse in violation of Article 120b, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). Defendant appealed, arguing, inter alia, that the military judge erred in denying his pretrial motion for in camera...
United States v. Henry, 81 M.J. 91 (C.A.A.F. 2021)
Defendant, charged with assault of his spouse, filed a motion to suppress statements by his child and wife as hearsay. The military judge, rejecting the government’s argument that the statements were admissible under the excited utterance exception to the rule against...
Fla. Police Benevolent Ass’n v. City of Tallahassee, 314 So. 3d 796 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2021)
Appellants—two law enforcement officers who used deadly force as part of separate incidents that resulted in the deaths of the individuals suspected of committing crimes—appealed from the trial court’s order and judgment declaring that a law enforcement officer acting...
In re State, 599 S.W.3d 577 (Tex. Ct. App. 2020)
The state filed a petition for writ of mandamus after the district court issued sealed and public discovery orders in a family violence assault case, ratifying defendant’s improperly-issued subpoena duces tecum for the victim’s cell phone and denying the state’s...
State v. McAllister, 939 N.W.2d 502 (N.D. 2020)
Defendant appealed from a criminal judgment and order for restitution after a jury found him guilty of assault. Among various bases for appeal, defendant argued that his constitutional right to confront witnesses was violated because the district court limited his...
State v. Rieker, 461 P.3d 1083 (Or. Ct. App. 2020)
Defendant pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of intoxicants. He was sentenced to probation, with restitution to be determined within 90 days. Approximately 9 months later, the state filed a motion to resentence defendant to order restitution based on a...
In re J.H., 260 Cal. Rptr. 3d 847 (Cal. Ct. App. 2020)
Juvenile defendant was ordered to pay restitution as part of a delinquency adjudication. After his wardship terminated and writs of execution were issued for the unpaid restitution balance, the superior court granted defendant’s motion to quash, reasoning that the...
State v. Reed, 456 P.3d 453 (Ariz. 2020)
Defendant was convicted of voyeurism and ordered to pay restitution. Defendant appealed the restitution order, but died while the appeal was pending. The court of appeals dismissed the appeal pursuant to Arizona statute, leaving the restitution order intact and...
