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UPCOMING EVENTS… Juvenile Justice Conference Set for August 23rd in DC The CJ Section will sponsor a CLE,
From
Truancy to Zero Tolerance: The
Changing Border of Education and Juvenile Justice, on the afternoon of August 23rd in D.C. Panelists
will include Karen Mathis (Moderator), ABA President-Elect, Denver, CO; Robert
Schwartz, Executive Director, Juvenile Law Center, Philadelphia, PA; Susan Gaertner, Ramsey County Attorney, St. Paul, MN; Prof. Joe
Tulman, Univ. of Dist. of Columbia David A. Clarke
School of Law, Washington, DC; and Barbara Flicker, Consultant, Los Angeles,
CA. The program will be followed by a
reception and the Livingston Hall Award ceremony.
Criminal Justice
Section Calendar of Events
(non-ABA co-sponsored
events that are listed are for reference only and do not imply
NEW RESOURCESgg The Juvenile Justice Committee is
developing At Risk Youth Project Resources to support ABA President Elect Karen Mathis’s At Risk Youth Project,
including a new web resource on Model Truancy Programs. At the 2006 ABA Annual
Meeting, the House of Delegates will be considering Proposed ABA Criminal Justice
Standards on DNA Evidence.
Brigham City, Utah v. Charles
Stuart (5/22/06) Four police officers, responding
to a complaint about a loud party, were approaching a house when they saw
through the windows that Mr. Stuart and three other adults were restraining a
juvenile. The officers opened a screen door, entered the house, and arrested
the four adults. The four adults were charged with contributing to the
delinquency of a minor, disorderly conduct and intoxication. Stuart and two
other defendants filed a motion to suppress evidence obtained in the
warrantless entry of the house. Finding that the police officers' entry to
the house was not supported by "exigent circumstances," the trial
court granted the motion, and the court of appeals affirmed that the
warrantless entry violated the Fourth Amendment. The Utah Supreme Court affirmed the court
of appeals decision, holding that the evidence should be suppressed. Recently, the United State Supreme
Court reversed the decision of the Utah Supreme Court. The Court held that police may enter a home
without a warrant when they have an objectively reasonable basis for
believing that an occupant is seriously injured or imminently threatened with
such injury. For summaries of other criminal cases,
see: U.S. Supreme Court Criminal Cases
NEW PUBLICATIONS… Forthcoming in Fall 2006: The State of The revived and newly-formatted report will cover hot issues, overall
trends, relevant case law, current state and federal statistical data and
legislative activity. Each of the Section’s substantive committee will
contribute a chapter to this report. Section members are welcome to send in relevant
information for this report to crimjustice@abanet.org. Achieving Justice: Freeing the Innocent, Convicting the Guilty The Ad Hoc Innocence Committee to
Ensure the Integrity of the Criminal Process (Co-Chairs Paul Giannelli and
Myrna Raeder) has produced a 170-page report containing The Criminal Lawyer’s Guide to
Immigration Law: Questions and Answers, Second Edition By Robert James McWhirter Presented in a question and answer
format, this concise guide focuses on the criminal lawyer’s most common
questions about immigration law and representing noncitizens. For orders, visit
www.abanet.org/abastore or call (800)285-2221. Mention product code 5090100.
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