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State v. Hamer
Ruled that rights to jury trial and to waive jury trial do not make trial court's failure to follow statutorily prescribed procedure for waiver of a jury trial a structural error
State ex rel. AmerisourceBergen Drug Corp. v. Moats
Ruled that conducting a bench trial on plaintiffs' equitable claims before trying to a jury plaintiffs' legal claims violates defendants' constitutional right to trial by jury
Cheryl Lloyd Humphrey Land Inv. Co. v. Resco Products, Inc.
Ruled that right of assembly and petition protects statements made before a local political subdivision during a public zoning process, regardless of whether the statements were malicious or false
Brown v. Gianforte
Ruled that statute abolishing judicial nomination commission and screening process does not violate constitutional provision that governor will fill vacancies with nominees selected in a manner provided by law
State v. Keys
Ruled that constitutional provision prescribing charging procedures for felonies does not establish that a defendant's defective waiver of a probable cause hearing deprives a court of subject matter jurisdiction
State v. Smith
Upheld statute imposing mandatory 100-year sentence and lifetime GPS monitoring for adult convicted of child sexual abuse
Hudson v. State (In re K. H.)
Ruled that in parental rights termination proceeding, admitting evidence of pending child abuse charges against parents was so inherently prejudicial that it violated right to a fair trial
Paths Toward Abolishing Qualified Immunity for Violations of State Constitutional Rights
States should not adopt the federal doctrine that shields officials from liability for civil rights violations.
State v. Wilson
Ruled that state's pandemic public health orders imposing occupancy limitations on some categories of businesses, do not support a claim for just compensation under takings clause
State v. VanBeek
Ruled that an officer taking an individual's driver's license back to the officer's squad car may constitute a seizure for purposes of constitutional protection against unreasonable searches and seizures
