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Texas Constitutional Criminal

Texas Court of Appeals, Fifteenth District

Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiners v. Youniacutt — Automatic License Bar for Violent Felony Convictions Survives Constitutional Challenge

/ June 8, 2026

The Texas Fifteenth Court of Appeals reversed the trial court and dismissed challenges to Texas Occupations Code § 108.052(2)’s automatic denial of social worker licenses to applicants with prior violent felony convictions, holding that the categorical disqualification survives rational-basis review under Patel because protecting vulnerable patients is a legitimate government interest and the bar is not oppressively burdensome.

Maryland Constitutional

Appellate Court of Maryland

Hicks v. State — Appellate Court Holds Gun Possession Alone Cannot Justify a Terry Stop Post-Bruen

/ June 8, 2026

In a landmark in banc ruling, the Appellate Court of Maryland holds that—after the Supreme Court’s Bruen decision—merely observing a person carrying a firearm does not give police reasonable suspicion to conduct a Terry stop. Officers must point to specific, articulable facts suggesting the gun is being carried illegally.

Ohio Civil Procedure Constitutional Criminal

Ohio Court of Appeals (Eighth District)

Cleveland v. Stansell — Court vacates contempt findings for lack of statutory notice

/ June 8, 2026

The Eighth District reversed and vacated two contempt findings, holding the trial court improperly charged a defendant with indirect contempt without providing the statutory notice and hearing required by R.C. 2705.03.

Ohio Constitutional Family Law Juvenile Law

Ohio Court of Appeals (Eighth District)

In re C.M. — Court affirms permanent custody despite mother’s absence from trial

/ June 8, 2026

The Eighth District affirmed permanent custody after the juvenile court denied a continuance for a mother who had missed four of five prior hearings, finding no due process violation.

New York Constitutional Criminal

People v. Jackson — Third Department Affirms Criminal Conviction Following Comprehensive Appellate Review

/ June 7, 2026

The Third Department affirms the defendant’s conviction after conducting a comprehensive review of multiple appellate claims including evidentiary, procedural, and constitutional challenges.

Georgia Appellate Procedure Civil Procedure Constitutional

Johnson v. Wexler — Court Affirms Anti-SLAPP Attorney Fees, Rejects Federal Preemption Defense

/ June 7, 2026

The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed a $159,427 anti-SLAPP attorney fee award against a pro se attorney-plaintiff, holding that the FDCPA does not preempt Georgia’s anti-SLAPP fee-shifting provision and that self-represented attorneys may recover fees under the statute.

Georgia Constitutional Criminal

Oliver v. State — Court of Appeals Vacates Sentence Imposing Parole Conditions as Judicial Overreach

/ June 7, 2026

The Court of Appeals vacated a portion of a criminal sentence that directed probation conditions to ‘be considered as conditions of parole,’ holding the language improperly invaded the executive branch’s exclusive parole authority.

California Constitutional Litigation

Ninth Circuit

Welsh v. Loudbear — Tribal Officials Sued Individually for RICO Violations Cannot Claim Sovereign Immunity

/ June 4, 2026

The Ninth Circuit reversed dismissal of a civil RICO action against tribal officials, holding that officials sued in their individual capacities for money damages are not protected by tribal sovereign immunity and the tribe was not a required party.

Canada Constitutional Human Rights

Ontario Court of Appeal

Animal Justice v. Ontario — Ontario’s Court of Appeal upholds farm false-pretences law, reversing constitutional strike-down

/ June 12, 2026

Case Animal Justice v. Ontario (Attorney General) Court Court of Appeal for Ontario (Canada) Date Decided June 3, 2026 Citation

Wyoming Constitutional Criminal

Wyoming Supreme Court

Manders v. State — Castle Doctrine Presumptions Do Not Extend to Driveway or Yard; Self-Defense Immunity Denied Where Victim Was Never Entering the Home

/ June 9, 2026

The Wyoming Supreme Court affirmed the denial of self-defense immunity to a man who shot and killed his neighbor during a dispute over property boundaries, holding that Wyoming’s castle doctrine presumptions under § 6-2-602(b) and (d) do not extend to outdoor areas such as driveways, and that a defendant’s subjective belief that an intruder was about to enter his home — without objective corroboration — is insufficient to trigger the statutory presumptions.

Oregon Appellate Procedure Constitutional Criminal

Court of Appeals of Oregon

State v. Bement — True-Life Sentence for First-Degree Murder Vacated Where Court Imposed Enhanced Sentence on Judicial Factfinding Alone

/ June 9, 2026

The Oregon Court of Appeals remanded for resentencing after holding that the trial court violated the Sixth Amendment by imposing a true-life sentence under ORS 163.107(2)(b) based solely on its own factual findings, confirming that a constitutionally valid LWOP sentence for first-degree murder requires jury-found enhancement facts submitted through the Blakely-remedy procedure of ORS 136.760–136.792.

North Carolina Civil Procedure Civil Rights Constitutional

North Carolina Court of Appeals

Doe v. Fulton — SAFE Child Act Revival Window Applies to School Board Sexual Abuse Claims; Ten-Year Repose Period in § 1-52(16) Limited to Latent Injuries

/ June 9, 2026

The North Carolina Court of Appeals affirmed denial of a school board’s motion to dismiss a SAFE Child Act revival claim, holding that the ten-year repose period in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1-52(16) applies only to latent injuries (not sexual assault) and that governmental immunity is not established at the pleading stage when the record leaves an unexplained gap in insurance coverage for any year in which the alleged abuse occurred.

Florida Constitutional Criminal

Luker v. State — First DCA Holds Failure to Hold Competency Hearing Not Fundamental Error Without Reasonable Grounds

/ June 8, 2026

The First DCA affirms a first-degree murder conviction, holding that a trial court’s failure to hold a competency hearing is not fundamental error where the record lacks reasonable grounds to doubt the defendant’s competency.

Florida Constitutional Criminal

Alvarado-Balmaceda v. State — Third DCA Holds Erlinger Errors Subject to Harmless Error Review in HVFO Sentencing

/ June 8, 2026

The Third DCA affirmed a habitual violent felony offender sentence, holding that the trial court’s failure to submit prior-conviction findings to a jury under Erlinger v. United States was subject to harmless error review and was harmless where the record unambiguously established qualifying priors.

Florida Administrative Law Constitutional

Jefferson County Kennel Club v. Gaming Commission — First DCA Upholds Permit Revocation Under 2021 Gaming Compact Legislation

/ June 8, 2026

The First DCA affirmed summary judgment against a pari-mutuel permitholder challenging the constitutionality of a 2021 statutory provision requiring permit revocation from permitholders that had not operated in the previous fiscal year, rejecting due process, equal protection, and takings arguments.

Florida Administrative Law Constitutional Employment

City of Miramar v. FOP — Fourth DCA Holds Florida’s Sunshine Law Does Not Require Public Access to Labor Arbitration Hearings

/ June 8, 2026

The Fourth DCA reversed a declaratory judgment holding that section 286.011(1), Florida’s Sunshine Law, requires labor arbitration hearings between a public employer and a police union to be open to the public, finding the statute applies only to meetings of collegial public bodies.

Florida Constitutional Criminal

Oakes v. State — Fourth DCA Holds Six-Person Jury Proper for Capital Sexual Battery Where Death Penalty Was Unavailable

/ June 8, 2026

The Fourth DCA affirmed convictions for sexual battery of a child, holding that a six-person jury was proper where the death penalty was not legally available for the offense at the time it was committed, and rejecting the defendant’s Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment arguments for a twelve-person jury.

Georgia Appellate Procedure Constitutional Criminal

Martin v. State — Court Upholds Warrantless Seizure of Computer in Child Exploitation Case

/ June 7, 2026

The Georgia Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of a motion to suppress, holding that exigent circumstances justified the warrantless seizure of a computer suspected of containing child sexual exploitation material where the defendant repeatedly entered and exited his room under the guise of searching for a hard drive.

California Constitutional Criminal

Ninth Circuit

United States v. DeBorba — Ninth Circuit Affirms Firearms Convictions, Holds Silencers Are Not “Arms” Under the Second Amendment

/ June 3, 2026

Ninth Circuit affirms firearms convictions, holding that silencers are optional accessories outside the Second Amendment’s plain text and that the NFA’s registration requirements are a constitutional shall-issue licensing regime.

California Constitutional Litigation

Ninth Circuit

Reintegrative Therapy Association v. Kinitz — Ninth Circuit Rules Anti-SLAPP Motion Must Be Decided on the Merits Even After Voluntary Dismissal

/ June 3, 2026

Ninth Circuit holds that a court must rule on the merits of a pending anti-SLAPP motion—and the defendant’s right to statutory fees—even after the plaintiff voluntarily dismisses the lawsuit.

Virginia Constitutional Criminal

Court of Appeals of Virginia

Scott v. Commonwealth of Virginia — Affirmed conviction; retrial cured Brady violation, no dismissal required

/ June 27, 2026

Case Rayshawn Scott v. Commonwealth of Virginia Court Court of Appeals of Virginia Judge Daniel E. Ortiz (Virginia General Assembly,

Georgia Constitutional Criminal

Supreme Court of Georgia

Jones v. State — Georgia Supreme Court affirms felony murder conviction where defendant solicited illegal drug deal that foreseeably turned fatal

/ June 27, 2026

Case Nathan Jones v. The State Court Supreme Court of Georgia Judge BETHEL (Nathan Deal, 2018) Date Decided June 2,

Georgia Constitutional Criminal

Supreme Court of Georgia

Sheffield v. State — Georgia Supreme Court upholds murder conviction but vacates speedy-trial ruling, remands for proper Barker analysis

/ June 27, 2026

Case Timothy LaRue Sheffield v. The State Court Supreme Court of Georgia Judge Warren (Nathan Deal, 2018) Date Decided June

Georgia Constitutional Criminal

Supreme Court of Georgia

Williams v. State — Georgia Supreme Court affirms murder conviction, rejecting ineffective-assistance and competency claims

/ June 27, 2026

Case Antonio Williams v. The State Court Supreme Court of Georgia Judge MCMILLIAN (Brian Kemp, 2020) Date Decided June 2,