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WEDNESDAY NOTES

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4TH DCA 17TH CIRCUIT OPINIONS RELEASED 9-2-09Tuter - Convictions Affirmed; Sentences Vacated and Remanded for resentencing before a different judge... at sentencing the trial court expressly considered (Defendant's) protestations of innocence and failure to show remorse in determining what sentence to impose. In so doing, the trial court violated Donaldson?s due process right against self-incrimination ...Dijols - Reversed in part and remanded (Sheldon Schapiro for the Defense)Rothschild - Affirmed (trailer park case)        Your tax dollars at work - State v. James Mcfadden was tried yesterday (possession of less than 2 grams of weed), despite a previous nolle prosse by a conscientious ASA, despite the 608 days McFadden had already served (the first degree misdemeanor carried a maximum sentence of 364 days in jail), despite the fifteen years he recently caught on a felony, and despite the decade plus he'll be serving on his parole violation...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on September 02, 2009 (boomark / email).