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Wednesday's opinion in Davidson v. State, by Texas Court of Appeals (Tyler) Chief Justice James Worthen joined by Justice Brian… The post Privacy, Doxing, Stalking, and People Who Love Dogs Too Much appeared first on Reason.com.

From last week's Texas Court of Criminal Appeals decision in Smith v. State, written by Judge Scott Walker; the Court… The post 2023 Criminal Trial Where Witnesses Wore Surgical Masks Violated Confrontation Clause appeared first on Reason.com.

One of the defense's theories was that "the requested immigration records" might "support [the ex-wife's] motive to fabricate because claiming she was a victim of a sexual assault would provide a way to continue her legal residency in the United States without assistance from Appellant after her divorce."

From State v. Dornfeld, decided yesterday by the Minnesota Court of Appeals (Presiding Judge Francis Connolly, joined by Judges Michelle Larkin & Randall Slieter): Appellant challenges her petty-misdemeanor conviction of being a pedestrian on a controlled-access highway, arguing … [among other things that] the statute under which she was convicted…

From Commonwealth v. Muhammad, decided Wednesday, by Judge John Bender, joined by Judges Maria McLaughlin and Correale Stevens: On August 12, 2021, Appellant was charged with disorderly conduct, pursuant to Sections 5503(a)(2) and (a)(3), in connection with an incident which the trial court summarized as follows: The incident which resulted…

The U.S. Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals doesn't resolve whether such conduct is substantively constitutionally protected from criminal punishment, but holds that military law didn't put the defendant on notice that the conduct was illegal.

to continue with his appeal, holds the Second Circuit; because he didn't do so, the appeal was dismissed.

When states misuse sex-offender registries and apply them to any crime that involves a child, individual rights are abused.

They thus can't be punished under a disturbing the peace law that bans "obscene language," though under the right circumstances they could be punished under separate provisions that generally ban "fighting words" (whether racially offensive or otherwise).