As the Medical Marijuana Commission inches closer to establishing a viable program in Maryland, there are still numerous key details that need to be hammered out. The Commission was established soon after the governor signed the revised medical marijuana bill into law, and its fifteen members were tasked with drafting regulations for the program. These regulations were supposed to be handed over to the health secretary and a group of state lawmakers this week, but now it appears the commission will seek public comment before submitting the program regulations for formal review. The commission made the draft regulations available to the public by posting them on the DHMH website, and they have already received abundant feedback. The four page PDF, which can be found here, outlines the application process for obtaining a growers license in Maryland, and the criteria for which applications will be judged. Those reading the draft application for the first time may be surprised…
Regulations Unsettled For Maryland Medical Marijuana
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Injury crash US95@446.3, Athol
Idaho State Police Regional Communication Center - North 615 W Wilbur Ave Suite A Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83815 Please direct questions to the appropriate District Offices District 1 (208) 209-8620 Fax (208) 209- 8618 District 2 (208) 799-5150 CASE #: C14002090 District: One --------------------- PRESS RELEASE ----------------------------- DATE: 9/20/14 TIME: 1:10 PM LOCATION: SB US95 at milepost 446.3, Athol ASSISTING AGENCIES: Kootenai County Sheriff's Office, Idaho Transportation Department ------------- VEHICLE #1 DRIVER: Paul R. Boone AGE: 30 ADDRESS: Chattaroy, WA INJURIES?: Yes HOSPITAL TAKEN?: Kootenai Medical Center VEHICLE YEAR: 2014 VEHICLE MAKE: Harley Davidson VEHICLE MODEL: Motorcycle WRECKER: None HELMET WORN?: No PASSENGER(S): Christina T. Walker AGE: 23 ADDRESS: Spokane, WA INJURIES?: Yes HELMET WORN?: Yes HOSPITAL TAKEN?: Kootenai Medical Center …
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"Apple’s dangerous game"
Orin Kerr has this post at The Volokh Conspiracy. In part: Apple has announced that it has designed its new operating system, iOS8, to thwart lawful search warrants. Under Apple’s old operating system, if an iPhone is protected by a...
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"‘Stop-and-Frisk’ Is All but Gone From New York"
The New York Times has this piece with interesting graphic representations comparing the practice over different time periods.
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Lawyering without borders, and as the real McCoy.
By Fairfax County/Northern Virginia/Maryland/Beltway criminal defense lawyer Jon Katz. Defending DWI/ DUI/ Drunk Driving, drugs, marijuana/medical marijuana/cultivation, sex cases, felonies and misdemeanors. Fighting relentlessly for the best possible results for his clients. When we were selling our house, our very experienced real estate agent emphasized minimizing displays of family pictures, and keeping the appearance and mood neutral, to make it easier for potential buyers to see the house as their potential house. Most hotels I stay at are neutral, even some of the so-called best ones. Neutrality is dull. Neutral I am not, and my choices in the arts and my lifestyle reflects that. My motivation for doing criminal defense is rooted in my decades-long obsession with protecting civil liberties. I am fortunate that I found a way to earn my living with such work that I love. A prosecutor recently saw me leaving his office's hallway after I went there to…
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Selbstleseverfahren, Band 75
Foto: PlaceIt.net Der Verfall des Rechtsanwaltsberufes Halbstrafe für Hoeneß – in Bayern? Rechtsprechung: „Es gibt keinen Grund, irgendwelche Gesetze zu ändern“ Richtig falsches Deutsch zu schreiben ist sehr schwer 151.000 Personen sind polizeilich mit „Drogenkonsum“ oder „geisteskrank“ getaggt Polizei Hamburg bald ohne Red Bull? Die Top 10 No-Gos im Lebenslauf für Juristen Mutmaßlicher CIA-Agent: Ermittler scheitern an Spionage-Laptop Handelsblatt verkauft Rubrik auf Seite drei Falsche Belehrung – ein Klassiker Wie wird der Tatort heute Abend aus Münster? Was noch wichtig war? In der vergangenen Woche haben wir Strafakte digital gestartet und freuen uns über das Interesse an unseren ersten Artikeln. Lesen Sie dort gern regelmäßig mit! — Hinweis: Wir haben unsere Feed-Adresse aktualisiert: http://www.strafakte.de/feed/ Bitte aktualisieren Sie die Adresse…
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In Defense of a Well-Timed Stink
Clients love the courtroom theatrics. There was a criminal defense lawyer in Philadelphia – I will call him Larry — who could put on the best show you have ever seen. Larry was fearless and he was funny. He would talk back to the judge. He would dress down the prosecutor for interrupting him: “You had your turn. Now it is my turn to talk.” And people would follow him out of the courtroom after every appearance asking for his business card. But, as it turns out, showmanship was about the only thing he was good at it. Larry had no clue about criminal law or procedure. And no one at the Philly PD’s office — there were a lot of us and we were in every courtroom all the time – had ever seen him actually try a case. The theatrics can get old pretty quickly. You might think you can get away with it if you are new to the jurisdiction and you haven’t already tried the patience of every…
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Cyclists: Tastes Like Chicken
Adults who ride bicycles on the road with cars present a problem, and they know it. When I drive my car, I get mad at cyclists who weave in and out of traffic, won’t move over, never stop at a red light and flip me off when I come within eye contact of them — the self-righteous bastards. When I ride my bike, I hate all those people in cars, some of whom are texting while driving — far worse than driving drunk. Timothy Egan in the New York Times argues “[I]f each side could just think a little more like the other side, it would go a long way toward improved safety.” It’s unclear how exactly that would work, or what problem that would solve. Sure, we should all be more careful, less hostile and aggressive, when on the road, regardless of our chosen vehicle. But even if bikers suddenly stopped daring drivers to run them down, and drivers started driving competently, would that change things? Cities are changing,…
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Sex With Goats (Including Oral) and Other Questions on the Test
Sending off your baby to college at Clemson, your eyes may be a bit teary but you have the comfort of knowing that this fine institution of higher learning will demonstrate the care and sensitivity you would demand be shown your child. And it will be on the test. [T]he South Carolina university is asking students invasive and personal questions about their drinking habits and sex life as part of what they’ve billed as an online Title IX training course. “How many times have you had sex (including oral) in the last 3 months?” asks one question. “With how many different people have you had sex (including oral) in the last 3 months?” asks another. Invasive? Well, yeah, but then, this is college and sex (including oral) is part of the game. “We believe you’ll enjoy the assignment,” the email, provided to Campus Reform, reads. “It is an engaging and informative online course, created with students for students. It will…
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NFL WEEK 3 2014
After a pretty good week of picks for us, and a pretty bad week of publicity for the NFL, we start week three confident we are on a roll, and not so confident that the NFL is nothing more than a collection of super athletes, who are super spoiled, and most of whom have below average intelligence, morals, mores, and ideas about life, women,children, and family. Put another way, just because a player can run faster, hit harder, throw better, shed tackles or blockers, doesn't mean they are enlightened human beings who treat their families appropriately. We identify with what they do on the field (or fantasize about it), and somehow that translates into us believing that they are otherwise wholesome and intelligent human beings capable of rational thoughts and actions. Clearly, they are not. Stop being surprised. The best linebacker in the history of the game- LT- slept with an underage prostitute. Perhaps the best running back of all time OJ- is a murderer…
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Top-Ten Recent SSRN Downloads
in criminal law and procedure ejournals are here. The usual disclaimers apply. RankDownloadsPaper Title 1 403 Gifts, Hospitality & the Government Contractor Jessica Tillipman The George Washington University Law School Date posted to database: 18 Jul 2014 2 376 Decriminalizing...
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ISIS Release of Turkish Diplomats Raises Questions
ISIS released 49 hostages Saturday. They are Turkish diplomatic officials, family members and three Iraqi workers who have been held since June when they were seized at the Turkish Embassy in Mosul. Turkey says no ransom was paid and the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Georgia Drug Crimes: Drug Charges and Common Defenses
Page Pate discusses the different types of drug crimes in Georgia and some defense our firm has used to win these cases at trial. Over the past 20 years,… read more → The post Georgia Drug Crimes: Drug Charges and Common Defenses appeared first on .
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Giving A Haircut To Crime
Radley Balko writes about a bizarre pseudo-regulatory raid of barber shops by “SWAT-like” teams comprised of deputies from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office and Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation’s administrative inspectors. The 11th Circuit affirmed the lower court’s denial of qualified immunity to the cops for the raid, offering the sad rationale: We first held nineteen years ago that conducting a run-of-the-mill administrative inspection as though it is a criminal raid, when no indication exists that safety will be threatened by the inspection, violates clearly established Fourth Amendment rights. See Swint v. City of Wadley, 51 F.3d 988 (11th Cir. 1995). We reaffirmed that principle in 2007 when we held that other deputies of the very same Orange County Sheriff’s Office who participated in a similar warrantless criminal raid under the guise of executing an administrative inspection were not entitled to…
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An Exercise In Absolving Responsibility In One Page
The upshot of the car stop was that Bryce Masters, the 17-year-old son of a Kansas City police officer, will be brain damaged following his being tased by Independence, Missouri police officer Tim Runnels. As Sgt. Darrell Schmidli explained, before the police had the chance to really put their “A game” story together, Masters “was just being completely uncooperative with the officer.” But a couple good night’s sleep and some hard-noodling produced the search warrant application for the Masters’ car. On 9-14-2014 at about 1507 hours, Independence Police Officer Timothy Runnels (PID #1439) conducted a car stop near Main Street and Southside Boulevard. Officer Runnels stopped a gray 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix bearing Missouri license KHI-M5Y. Prior to conducting the car stop, Officer Runnels observed the vehicle to have darkly tinted windows. Reported computer checks on the vehicle license were reported to have an active warrant…
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Prison: How to Survive Your Sentence
Horror stories surrounding prison abound, so it’s not unusual for people to be concerned whenever they receive a jail sentence. The truth is that, while violence inside prisons does happen, it’s much less common than people believe. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t prepare for survival, as life behind bars is much different than it is on the outside. Here are some things you can do to ensure the time you serve is as productive as possible. Accept Responsibility for your Actions Prison cell with bed inside Alcatraz main building san francisco california by Tim (Timothy) Pearce / CC BY 2.0 The first step toward a successful prison sentence involves coming to terms with the reason for it. Accept responsibility for the act that placed you behind bars to begin with. If you’re wrongfully incarcerated, you’ll have to choose to forgive the people responsible for putting you there in the first place. Once you accept responsibility for your crime, make…
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Texas Criminal Charges for Failure to Report Date Rape
Sometimes what you know can hurt you. This is especially true when it comes to violating a failure to report law in Texas. That’s right. You can be charged with wrongdoing for failing to report serious crimes such as date rape. Just like any other crime, protecting your reputation, job and family will require the preparation of an effective legal defense to avoid a criminal record. Failure to Report Laws Hand holding pill over glass by Wheeler Cowperthwaite / CC BY 2.0 Texas law requires anyone that has knowledge about any crime that causes death or bodily injury to be reported to the legal authorities. Failure to report such crimes in a timely manner could result in a Class A misdemeanor conviction. Sometimes it just doesn’t pay to remain loyal to a drinking buddy or family member. Helping someone conceal an illegal act, including the hiding of incriminating evidence, could even constitute aiding and abetting or performing in the role of an accessory after the…
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DWI Arrest: You May Lose Your Job
A conviction for Driving While Intoxicated can turn someone’s life upside down. Fines, fees, court dates and probation meetings can drastically alter the way that someone conducts their day-to-day activities. One of the most significant effects that a DWI conviction can have on a person’s life is the possibility of employment consequences. For example, a DWI conviction can prevent a person from getting certain jobs, such as jobs requiring vehicle operation. In some cases, a DWI charge may have also have effects on the defendant’s current employment situation, including job termination. Am I Going to Get Fired for Drunk Driving? Driving up to Wisconsin for MLK Weekend by Jim Larrison / CC BY 2.0 Fortunately, job termination is not part of the standard DWI punishments. This means that job-related consequences are determined solely by the employer or by an agency overseeing the defendant’s job. Employers can have vastly different reactions upon learning…
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Hiring an Attorney: Make Sure He Has These 5 Essential Qualities
“You need a tough lawyer.” “Don’t hire a cheap attorney.” “Get good representation.” These are things you’ll hear when you have been accused of a crime, get into an accident or have to deal with a lawsuit. All of a sudden, your friends and neighbors will offer you their “expert” opinion, whether you ask for it or not. Despite their good intentions, your family and friends don’t know your case like you do. It’s up to you to hire the right lawyer for your needs. 1) How to Find a Good Lawyer Worried by Jennifer Woodard Maderazo / CC BY 2.0 Before you start the search for legal representation, you need to know what you’re looking for. Some of the most important qualities of a good lawyer are: Experience Commitment Attitude Affordability Why are these things so important? Read on to find out. 2) Experience If you were going to have a medical operation, would you want your doctor to be fresh out of medical…
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