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Hawaii Expands Due Process Rights of Unhoused People
The Hawaii Supreme Court ruled that the state constitution requires the government to hold a hearing before seizing and destroying the belongings of people living on public land.
State v. Lancaster
Ruled police failure to inform defendant of cause of arrest in violation of statutory notice requirements did not violate constitution’s protection against unreasonable seizure
State ex rel. West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission v. Cuomo
Ruled school activities commission’s rule barring transferred student from competing in school sports for a year did not violate equal protection principles
State v. Allen
Ruled counsel’s failure to present mitigating evidence and apprise court of duty to depart from mandatory life sentence violated defendant's right to effective assistance of counsel
A Conversation with Chief Justice Loretta H. Rush of the Indiana Supreme Court
The chief justice talked about the Indiana’s lawyer shortage and the importance of judges getting out into their communities.
Lancaster County Board of Equalization v. Moser
Ruled that no constitutional principles of uniform and proportionate taxation require that an isolated error in the subclassification of one taxpayer's property must be replicated through the equalization process
State ex rel. Maras v. LaRose
Ruled statute governing appointment of election observers by any political party or group of 5 or more candidates does not violate equal protection clause
State v. Sallis
Ruled traffic stop based on police recollection of defendant’s driver license status from a prior stop was constitutional
Villafana v. State
Ruled that defendant’s consecutive sentences upon conviction for sexually abusing a child on multiple occasions did not constitute cruel or unusual punishment
AFSCME v. State
Ruled that statute converting state employees to at-will did not infringe on constitutional contract rights or right to bargain collectively
