Crimelaw with Steven N. Gosney

This case formed part of the idea behind the chapter on police commentary on video from Ideas & Answers in Law. This appeal was successful, with the Court reversing the felony conviction. For all things Steve Gosney, including his books, go to stevegosney.com

Ukraine and Russia 1812 Napoleonic Invasion of Russia 1914-1918 World War I invasion by Germany led to defeat of Russia 1917 Romanov dynasty deposed and killed 1917-1922 Lenin holds power in Russia 1918-1922 Red Terror political purges kill estimated 100,000 in Russia 1922-1952 Stalin holds power in Russia 1930-1952 Soviet gulag system under Stalin 1932-1933 Holodomor, the Red Famine in Ukraine Stalin causes between 4 and 10 million deaths. 1937 Order No. 00447 Stalin ordered mass execution of “socially harmful elements” 1939-1941 German Nazi Anschluss, absorption of Czechoslovakia 1939 Molotov Ribbentrop Pact. Agreement between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany 1939 Joint Nazi German-Russian attack on Poland begins World War II 1940 Katyn Massacre Soviet security services murdered 20,000 Polish officers & intellectuals 1941 Operation Barbarossa, the Nazi German invasion of Russia 1941 Pearl Harbor attack brings US into World War II supporting Russia against Germany Added by stream suggestion, but needs context: Note that some Ukrainian nationals fought against the USSR AND Stalin, and for the German side during WW2. 1944 Warsaw uprising – betrayal of Polish resistance by Stalin 1945 Soviet Union joins the UN as one of five permanent Security Council members 1949-1954 United Nations agreement recognizing Ukrainian nation. 1953 Stalin dies 1956 Hungarian Uprising, put down by Soviets 1968 Prague Spring and Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia 1986 Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster – soviet era power station 1989 Added by stream suggestion, but needs context: Bush commitments to Gorbachev: ? i.e. NATO expansion: The U.S. wouldn't move not one inch towards Russia ....? 1991 Collapse of Soviet Union 1991 Breakup of Yugoslavia 1991 Referendum of Ukrainian independence following collapse of Soviet Union 1991 Russia joins the UN 1991 First Gulf War UN coalition against Iraq, nominal Russian ally 1992 Russia intervention in Transnistria, Moldova 1994 Budapest Agreement guaranteeing Ukrainian borders & removal of nuclear weapons. “The United States of America, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland … taking into account the commitment of Ukraine to eliminate all nuclear weapons from its territory… reaffirm their commitment to Ukraine … to respect the Independence and Sovereignty of the existing borders of Ukraine … to refrain from the threat of or use of force against the territorial or political independence of Ukraine.” 1994-1996 First Chechen War 1997 Friendship Treaty between Yeltsin’s Russia and Ukraine and recognized its state borders 1998-present Putin holds power in Russia 1998 Galina Starovoitova was shot dead in St. Petersburg at the entrance of her apartment. 1998-1999 Kosovo War with NATO intervention against Russian ally Serbia 1999-2009 Second Chechen War 2001 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States 2001 United States withdraws from ABM treaty 2003 Second Gulf War, US invasion of Iraq 2003 Yuri Schekochikhin, liberal Russian parliamentarian, killed by poison. 2003 Sergei Yushenkov, liberal Russian politician, shot dead. 2004 Orange Revolution in Ukraine 2004 Viktor Yushchenko Ukrainian politician, poisoned by possible Putin agents. 2004 Roman Tsepov, Russian political figure, killed by poison. 2005 Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russian businessman, imprisoned then exiled. 2006 Anna Politkovskaya, Russian journalist and critic of Chechen War, shot dead. 2006 Alexander Litvinenko, Putin critic, poisoned with polonium in London and died. 2008 Invasion of Georgia by Putin’s Russia. 2009 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presents Russia with a “reset” button. 2009 Stanislav Markelov lawyer & journalist Anastasia Baburova shot and killed in Moscow. 2009 Sergei Magnitsky, witness to Russian corruption, in-custody death by beating. 2011 Libya and killing of Gaddafi by insurgents. 2013 Ukrainian Euromaiden protests, turn to the West under Pres. Petro Poroshenko 2014 Invasion and annexation of Crimea by Putin’s Russia. 2014 Downing of Malaysia Airlines MH-17 over Ukraine killing 298 by pro-Putin allies 2014 Minsk Agreement between Ukraine and Putin’s Russia attempted peace. 2014-2022 Subversion by “Little Green Men” in Ukrainian Donbas region by Putin’s Russia. 2015 Military intervention in Syria by Putin’s Russia. 2015 Boris Nemtsov & Anna Durytska, Russian opposition politician, shot dead near Kremlin. 2017 Nikolay Andrushchenko, Russian Journalist, beaten to death. 2018 Orthodox Church of Ukraine created, separating from Moscow control. 2020 Alexei Navalny, Russian opposition leader, Poisoned and imprisoned. 1.19.21 Biden indicates a "minor incursion" by Russia into Ukraine would be acceptable. 2.21.22 Putin recognizes two breakaway regions of Ukraine 2.22.22 Putin unilaterally withdraws from Minsk agreement 2.24.22 Invasion of Ukraine by Putin’s Russia. Millions of Ukrainians flee west.

Working on having a discussion on understanding the Russia Ukraine conflict. Guest cancelled, but we will try and stay on history and objective analysis and stay away from American politics. Ukraine Russia timeline Here is a list of significant events leading up to Invasion of Ukraine by Russia in 2022. I am doing my best to present a fair assessment of Russian and Ukrainian historical perspectives, as well as relevant historical context in other countries. This is my own work I have been putting together to understand both sides. Ukraine and Russia 1812 Napoleonic Invasion of Russia 1914-1918 World War I invasion by Germany led to defeat of Russia 1917 Romanov dynasty deposed and killed 1917-1922 Lenin holds power in Russia 1918-1922 Red Terror political purges kill estimated 100,000 in Russia 1922-1952 Stalin holds power in Russia 1930-1952 Soviet gulag system under Stalin 1932-1933 Holodomor, the Red Famine in Ukraine Stalin causes between 4 and 10 million deaths. 1937 Order No. 00447 Stalin ordered mass execution of “socially harmful elements” 1939-1941 German Nazi Anschluss, absorption of Czechoslovakia 1939 Molotov Ribbentrop Pact. Agreement between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany 1939 Joint Nazi German-Russian attack on Poland begins World War II 1940 Katyn Massacre Soviet security services murdered 20,000 Polish officers & intellectuals 1941 Operation Barbarossa, the Nazi German invasion of Russia 1941 Pearl Harbor attack brings US into World War II supporting Russia against Germany Added by stream suggestion, but needs context: Note that some Ukrainian nationals fought against the USSR AND Stalin, and for the German side during WW2. 1944 Warsaw uprising – betrayal of Polish resistance by Stalin 1945 Soviet Union joins the UN as one of five permanent Security Council members 1949-1954 United Nations agreement recognizing Ukrainian nation. 1953 Stalin dies 1956 Hungarian Uprising, put down by Soviet military 1968 Prague Spring and Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia 1986 Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster – soviet era power station 1989 Added by stream suggestion, but needs context: The U.S. Bush commitments to Gorbachev: ? i.e. NATO expansion: The U.S. wouldn't move not one inch towards Russia ....? 1991 Collapse of Soviet Union 1991 Breakup of Yugoslavia 1991 Referendum of Ukrainian independence following collapse of Soviet Union 1991 Russia joins the UN 1991 First Gulf War UN coalition against Iraq, nominal Russian ally 1992 Russia intervention in Transnistria, Moldova and continued occupation by Putin’s Russia 1994 Budapest Agreement guaranteeing Ukrainian borders & removal of nuclear weapons. “The United States of America, the Russian Federation, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland … taking into account the commitment of Ukraine to eliminate all nuclear weapons from its territory… reaffirm their commitment to Ukraine … to respect the Independence and Sovereignty of the existing borders of Ukraine … to refrain from the threat of or use of force against the territorial or political independence of Ukraine.” 1994-1996 First Chechen War 1997 Friendship Treaty between Yeltsin’s Russia and Ukraine and recognized its state borders 1998-present Putin holds power in Russia 1998 Galina Starovoitova was shot dead in St. Petersburg at the entrance of her apartment. 1998-1999 Kosovo War with NATO intervention against Russian ally Serbia 1999-2009 Second Chechen War 2001 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States 2001 United States withdraws from ABM treaty 2003 Second Gulf War, US invasion of Iraq 2003 Yuri Schekochikhin, liberal Russian parliamentarian, killed by poison. 2003 Sergei Yushenkov, liberal Russian politician, shot dead. 2004 Orange Revolution in Ukraine 2004 Viktor Yushchenko Ukrainian politician, poisoned by possible Putin agents. 2004 Roman Tsepov, Russian political figure, killed by poison. 2005 Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russian businessman, imprisoned then exiled. 2006 Anna Politkovskaya, Russian journalist and critic of Chechen War, shot dead. 2006 Alexander Litvinenko, Putin critic, poisoned with polonium in London and died. 2008 Invasion of Georgia by Putin’s Russia. 2009 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presents Russia with a “reset” button. 2009 Stanislav Markelov lawyer & journalist Anastasia Baburova shot and killed in Moscow. 2009 Sergei Magnitsky, witness to Russian corruption, in-custody death by beating. 2011 Libya and killing of Gaddafi by insurgents. 2013 Ukrainian Euromaiden protests, turn to the West under Pres. Petro Poroshenko 2014 Invasion and annexation of Crimea by Putin’s Russia. 2014 Downing of Malaysia Airlines MH-17 over Ukraine killing 298 by pro-Putin allies 2014 Minsk Agreement between Ukraine and Putin’s Russia attempted peace. 2014-2022 Subversion by “Little Green Men” in Ukrainian Donbas region by Putin’s Russia. 2015 Military intervention in Syria by Putin’s Russia. 2015 Boris Nemtsov & Anna Durytska, Russian opposition politician, shot dead near Kremlin. 2017 Nikolay Andrushchenko, Russian Journalist, beaten to death. 2018 autocephalous Orthodox Church of Ukraine created, separating from Moscow control. 2020 Alexei Navalny, Russian opposition leader, Poisoned and imprisoned. 1.19.21 Biden indicates a "minor incursion" by Russia into Ukraine would be acceptable. 2.21.22 Putin recognizes two breakaway regions of Ukraine 2.22.22 Putin unilaterally withdraws from Minsk agreement 2.24.22 Invasion of Ukraine by Putin’s Russia. Millions of Ukrainians flee west.

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This case is listed in the chapter Burden of Proof in a Prescription Drug Case from Ideas & Answers in Law. This appeal was unsuccessful, with the Court affirming the conviction without opinion (PCA). For all things Steve Gosney, including his books, go to stevegosney.com

Who knows who may show up? Maybe Steven!

This is the case and issue described in Ideas & Answers in Law chapter arguments against charging inmates for their incarceration, available at https://stevegosney.com/

Livestream 8 pm EST Thursday June 8 ! Come on by ! Last planned stream for awhile. Dr. Scott Gerber. long form conversation on the relevance of the Declaration of Independence to modern law. Also, the jurisprudence of Justice Clarence Thomas and his governing philosophy, also the concept of originalism, and its limitations. Also, religion and the early colonies. Donate to Dr. Gerber's legal defense fund here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/professor-scott-d-gerber-legal-fund

My big case came in so I have to take a break. Let's have a celebration tonight! Not Guilty verdict in the Rudolph case! And check out Brucie the One-Eyed Wonder Dog!

Important topic ! False confessions are part of approximately 1/3 of all false convictions.

Impromptu livestream today with a premier expert on false confessions. Since false confessions are part of almost 1/3 of all false convictions, it is a phenomenon that we all need to understand.

come on by to discuss at 8 pm EST

Lets go through and grade the parties to this Florida murder trial. 8 pm EST livestream. Get your steve gosney stuff at stevegosney.com

Here is a best-of from way back that I thought would fit best in the forensic series. Currently with Fielding Graduate University, Dr. Cutler is an expert on eyewitness identification and false memory as well as false confessions. He can be contacted here at https://drbriancutler.com/ To donate to support Steve and this channel or to get Steve's book, go to stevegosney.com

Here is a best-of from way back that I thought would fit best in the forensic series. Currently with Fielding Graduate University, Dr. Cutler is an expert on eyewitness identification and false memory as well as false confessions. He can be contacted here at https://drbriancutler.com/ To donate to support Steve and this channel or to get Steve's book, go to stevegosney.com

Monday June 5 8 pm EST join me for a conversation with a man dealing with the unthinkable and how he is persevering in the face of tragedy.

Who knows who will show up? Will you? First part is fun and talk, when the ladies leave and Branca joins, we talk all about guns, and then when it is just Matt, The Expert and I we get all deep and philosophical.

Talk with Tiffany Roy with ForensicAid, West Palm Beach, Florida

Join me and Chandler Remington to talk death penalty

Join the livestream with Director of Strategic Litigation for the Innocence Project! Continuing the series on forensic sciences, lets delve into the use and misuse of science in the Courtroom

Arthur Nix interviews me on his show about my music career. Lots of Spinal Tap level music stories.

8 pm EST we will learn together about the forensics of fingerprints!

May be joined by Steven : ) We will talk all about the Festival -- the great, the not so great, and the needs improvement!

Does anyone know how to fix this duplication from YouTubes?

Come on by to just celebrate! Have some fun stuff coming up, and will hang for a bit with my internet buds. For all things Steve Gosney, go to stevegosney.com Andrew Branca: @Lawofselfdefense Subscribe to Steve's Rumble Channel: https://rumble.com/c/crimelaw American Law Courses: https://www.americanlawcourses.com/steve Law Cards: https://www.getlawcards.com