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Docket
DOCKET A written list of judicial proceedings set down for trial in a court. To enter the dates of judicial proceedings scheduled for trial in a book kept by a court. In practice, a docket is a roster that the clerk of the court prepares, listing the cases pending trial. An appearance docket... Read more |
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United States Law Week
United States Law Week is a two‐volume looseleaf service, devoted in part to Supreme Court decisions and news and published commercially, on a weekly basis, by the Bureau of National Affairs, Inc., of Washington, D.C. The “Supreme Court” volume of U.S. Law Week issues the full... Read more |
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Law and Economics
Law and Economic Development Sources Economic Growth.Many Americans saw the stimulation of economic growth as one of the central responsibilities of government. This expectation accounted for the legislative preoccupation with economic regulation, most notably... Read more |
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Answer
ANSWER The first responsive pleading filed by the defendant in a civil action; a formal written statement that admits or denies the allegations in the complaint and sets forth any available affirmative defenses. The answer gives the plaintiff notice of the issues the defendant will raise as the... Read more |
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Slip Opinion
Slip Opinion Initial publication of Supreme Court opinions occurs in two stages: bench opinions released by the Court on the day of the decision and slip opinions sent to the printer on the same day. Since 1990 official copies have been available from the Court's Web site at... Read more |
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felonious
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felony
felony , any grave crime, in contrast to a misdemeanor , that is so declared in statute or was so considered in common law . In early English law a felony was a heinous act that canceled the perpetrator's feudal rights and forfeited his lands and goods to the king, thus depriving his prospective... Read more |
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misdemeanor
misdemeanor in law, a minor crime, in contrast to a felony . At common law a misdemeanor was a crime other than treason or a felony. Although it might be a grave offense, it did not affect the feudal bond or take away the offender's property. By the 19th cent. serious crimes were labeled... Read more |
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Gideon v Wainwright
Gideon v. Wainwright case decided in 1963 by the U.S. Supreme Court. Clarence Earl Gideon was convicted of a felony in a Florida court. He had defended himself after being denied a request for free counsel. The Supreme Court, in overturning his conviction, held that the right to counsel, guaranteed... Read more |
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Recidivism
RECIDIVISM The behavior of a repeat or habitual criminal. A measurement of the rate at which offenders commit other crimes, either by arrest or conviction baselines, after being released from incarceration. Both state and federal laws have been enacted in an attempt to reduce the number of repeat... Read more |
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Municipal Judicial Systems
...covered under municipal ordinances. The initial hearing of some felony charges also occurs in municipal courts. Together they account...in 1880. The courts of Kansas City had 5,100 cases on the dockets in December 1903, twice the total a decade earlier.As the... |
 "Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK)")
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Judges: Busy Week Ahead: Docket to be devoted to felony trials.
...County judiciary will focus on felonies this week. Court officials...are scheduled to handle felony trials. If some cases are...routine cases stack up on dockets, they consume time that could...district judge. Five handle felony trial ... |
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2 felonies added to youth's docket
...Valley golf course is now facing two more felony charges. Prosecutors say they will use...charges of burglary, a first-degree felony that also includes a weapons "enhancement...a charge of theft, a second-degree felony. Prosecutor Steven Beck said the Salt...aggravated ... |
 "The Washington Times (Washington, DC)")
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Walker brought home, faces `Rocket Docket'.(A)
...defendant routed through the "Rocket Docket" - the nickname among lawyers...Northern Virginia's "Rocket Docket" should come as no surprise...When it comes to dispatching felony cases, the "Rocket Docket" ranked 11th fastest of the... |
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Anti-Crime Initiative Clogs Courts; Judges Fear Their Dockets Could Become...
...number. That's about a 37 percent increase from last year's total of 47,309. All parts of the criminal docket are busier -- felonies, major and minor misdemeanors, and traffic offenses. The court has 70 active judges and hearing commissioners... |
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V.I. senate candidate out of race because of his felony conviction
...which identify the charge as a felony. Court records show that on the...probation was classified as a felony on the federal docket. He was discharged from probation...Caesar did not disclose the felony conviction to Elections officials... |
 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Felonies down so far.(News)
...to record roughly the same felony caseload as in previous years...prosecutors had filed 1,749 felony cases, 150 fewer than during...849 offenses were charged as felonies. Prosecutors also have filed...minor. Also this year, 60 felony cases have gone to ... |
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Felonies in county down slightly so far.(News)
...to record roughly the same felony caseload as in previous years...prosecutors had filed 1,749 felony cases, 150 fewer than during...849 offenses were charged as felonies. Prosecutors also have filed...minor. Also this year, 60 felony cases have gone to ... |
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Felony jeopardizes candidate's senate run
...which identify the charge as a felony. Court records state that on...to court records. The federal docket classified as a felony the offense for which Caesar was...that Caesar did not disclose any felony conviction when he signed an affidavit... |
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Making room in jail; Innovative `drug court' is proposed to unclog system The...
...inundated local criminal courts with felony drug defendants. Hennepin County...state's largest court system, dockets about 1,200 felony drug offenses a year, representing about 25 percent of all felony filings. About a third of those... |
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Felony charges, convictions continue to go up in Kane County.(News)
...516 cases cleared off the docket in 2007. Of those, 118 were felony trials, 78 which ended in...rate." The steady boost in felony cases is in part due to broader...lieutenants would authorize felony charges. Barsanti pared down...to prosecute more crimes as ... |
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