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Michigan Dept. of State Police v. Sitz, 496 U.S. 444 (1990), was a United States Supreme Court case involving the constitutionality of police sobriety checkpoints. The Court held 6-3 that these checkpoints met the Fourth Amendment standard of "reasonable search and seizure." However, upon remand to the Michigan Supreme Court, that court held ...
This list of U.S. states by Alford plea usage documents usage of the form of guilty plea known as the Alford plea in each of the U.S. states in the United States. An Alford plea (also referred to as Alford guilty plea [1] [2] [3] and Alford doctrine [4] [5] [6]) in the law of the United States is a guilty plea in criminal court, [7] [8] [9] where the defendant does not admit the act and ...
According to Gross, "these cases merely point to a much larger number of tragedies that we do not know about." [5] The registry and report includes cases of defendants convicted of crimes that never occurred, cases involving false confessions, and cases involving innocent defendants who pleaded guilty. The new report reveals many more ...
In April 2021, Chauvin was found guilty of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter and was sentenced to 22 + 1 ⁄ 2 years in prison. Chauvin later pleaded guilty to the federal charge of deprivation of rights under color of law and was sentenced to a concurrent 21 years in prison.
On July 25, a judge submitted a response denying the request, stating that based on past Supreme Court cases, Huger’s “roadside investigation” did not require her to be read Miranda rights.
All 16 Republicans allegedly involved in the “false elector” scheme in Michigan after the 2020 presidential election have pleaded not guilty to charges as of Thursday, the state attorney ...
Two Nigerian brothers pleaded not guilty Thursday to sexually extorting teenage boys and young men in Michigan and across the country, a prosecutor said. Samuel Ogoshi, 22, and Samson Ogoshi, 20 ...
A nolo contendere plea has the same immediate effects as a plea of guilty, but may have different residual effects or consequences in future actions. For instance, a conviction arising from a nolo contendere plea is subject to any and all penalties, fines, and forfeitures of a conviction from a guilty plea in the same case, and can be considered as an aggravating factor in future criminal actions.