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State v. Whitaker
Keywords Ohio Supreme Court; Whitaker case; community control; drug use; prison sentence; reversed sentence; improperly imposed; return to drug use; 2022 case; Ohio case(2022)
United States v. McCloud
Keywords Federal case; McCloud ; robbery; 70 months; criminal history; substance use disorder; heroin; cocaine; Guidelines sentence; standard sentence; drug addiction(2022)
State v. Brichikov
Keywords North Carolina Supreme Court; involuntary manslaughter; jury instruction; trial judge error; new trial; 2022 case; victim drug use; heart condition; manslaughter instruction; legal case(2022)
Kellams v. State
Keywords Indiana Supreme Court; Kellams; meth; 16-year sentence; drug addiction; sentence reduction; treatment; dissent; denied transfer; substance use(2022)
Rokita v. P.A. Dep't of Corrections
Keywords Rokita; Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT); Opioid Use Disorder (OUD); Eighth Amendment; ADA; Pennsylvania; Prison; Incarcerated; Medical Negligence(2022)
People v. Diggs
Keywords NGI; conditional release; California; Court of Appeal; Diggs; meth use; homicide; defendant; petition(2022)
SW v. SWM
Keywords Kentucky; Casey's Law; probate cause; drug treatment; unconstitutional; probable cause; court ruling; 2022; treatment orders; vacated; state case(2022)
People v. Aquisto
Keywords Illinois; appellate court; probation sentence; Aquisto; mental illness; substance use; violent offense; trial court; sentence justification; reversed(2022)
State v. Corriher
Keywords Montana Supreme Court; Corriher; medical marijuana; restitution; medical marijuana card; alcohol addiction; PTSD; lawful conditions; court upheld; probation conditions(2022)
United States v. Cruz
Keywords Cruz case; 2022 federal case; meth addiction; excessive sentence; 420-month sentence; above-guidelines sentence; dangerous conduct; reckless conduct; minimal violence; drug sentencing(2022)
United States v. Freeman
Keywords Federal case; ineffective counsel; 210-month sentence; vacated sentence; opioid addiction; sentencing objections; Freeman; attorney mishandling; lowered sentence; drug offense(2022)
People v. Klein
Keywords Illinois; Klein; burglary sentence; excessive sentence; cocaine addiction; recovery efforts; repeat offenses; rehabilitative potential; 12-year sentence; state case(2022)
United States v. Rollins
Keywords compassionate release; federal case; 2022 case; Rollins; medical issues; substance use; danger to society; crime; health concerns; compassionate release denied(2022)
McKenzie v. State
Keywords Florida Supreme Court; McKenzie; resentencing; mitigation; trauma; aggravating factors; death sentences; capital punishment; substance addiction(2022)
United States v. Bell
Keywords 2022 federal case; Bell case; expert testimony; sex trafficking; substance use; addiction; trauma; court ruling; admissibility; expert witness(2022)