How might US Sentencing Commission's new Tribal Issues Advisory Group deal with marijuana law and policy?
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Moore on Choosing Counsel
Janet Moore (University of Cincinnati College of Law) has posted Democracy Enhancement and the Sixth Amendment Right to Choose on SSRN. Here is the abstract: A democracy deficit undermines the legitimacy of criminal justice systems. People enmeshed in these systems...
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Reckless Driving Citizenship Concerns
A lot of people contact my office after receiving a reckless driving ticket in Virginia and are concerned about how it might affect their citizenship or naturalization process for United States. It’s definitely an issue that needs to be addressed. Reckless driving in Virginia is a class 1 misdemeanor as I’ve discussed before. This means that it’s a criminal offense that you’re accused of. If you are in the process for citizenship or naturalization, you definitely understand that any criminal offense could be an issue for your immigration process. This is why it’s definitely important for you to talk with a local traffic attorney who handles cases like this. I would love to talk with you about your Virginia reckless driving ticket so we can see what may happen in court and what options you might have. Depending upon your driving record and your overall situation, a reckless driving ticket in Virginia could very well be reduced to a…
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Las Vegas Domestic Violence Attorney
Domestic violence charges are divisive and difficult to resolve. That’s why it’s important to hire experienced legal counsel as soon as possible. Sometimes the victims of domestic violence aren’t just the spouse or children of the accused. The accused person also may be victim. Allegations of domestic abuse have the power to cast doubt over a person’s character whether they are found guilty or not. It’s a complex situation that deserves responsive, aggressive defense. The potential penalties for being found guilty of domestic violence are tough. In addition, a conviction may bar you from certain jobs or adversely affect your reputation for the rest of your life. A good legal strategy is your best defense.
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Final Chapter in LA Dodgers Divorce?
Jamie and Frank McCourt are now more famous for their over-the-top divorce than for their eight-year run as the owners of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The twists and turns of their lengthy litigation could fill a book, and no doubt will! For those of you who followed their case, you may remember the fight over their marriage agreement, made more complex and confusing because two different versions of the agreement surfaced. One agreement said that Frank McCourt would keep the ball team if the parties separated, while the second divided it equally as community property. Judge Scott Gordon threw out both agreements to the disappointment of Mr. McCourt who hoped he would prevail. That then led to professional embarrassment and perhaps worse, for Boston lawyer, Larry Silverstein, who drafted the agreement. He testified that after both parties signed the agreement he “tinkered” with it: he changed it to say that Frank McCourt would retain the LA Dodgers. The trouble was he…
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On Cellphone Video: Broward Deputy Drags Mentally Ill Woman by Feet
This past week, the Sun Sentinel reported on a story that's been making national headlines ever since: a Broward County Deputy dragged a woman through a courthouse by her feet. The officer, who pulled the woman by the shackles around her ankles, has been placed on restricted duty. The woman, especially in light of the fact that a court had recently determined she was "mentally incompetent," deserves better. Our Palm Beach and Broward County criminal defense lawyers know that just because you're a defendant in a case doesn't mean you've lost your rights.
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News Scan
Realignment Offender Arrested After Violent Attack: A California man released from custody and placed on light supervision under Realignment is behind bars once again after authorities say he was involved in a violent assault and robbery Wednesday evening. Susan C. Schena of Patch.com reports that it took several officers, a police K-9, and a CHP helicopter to track down and arrest 36-year-old Warren Haley, who at the time of the attack, had two outstanding warrants for his arrest. Haley is currently in county jail facing charges of assault with a deadly weapon, robbery, and resisting arrest.Utah High Court Upholds LWOP For Juvenile: In a 4-1 decision, the Utah Supreme Court has upheld the life without parole (LWOP) sentence for a juvenile convicted of rape and murder. Pat Reavy of Deseret News reports that Robert Houston was 17-years-old when he violently raped and stabbed to death a youth counselor who had been assigned to work with troubled teens. …
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Lots of official new Colorado data about state's marijuana realities showing lots of job growth
As detailed in this local article, headlined "Colorado releases trove of marijuana data," the Colorado Department of Revenue today released this 40-page "Annual Update" report that "may very well be largest collection of data about marijuana use ever released in human history." Here is a partial summary of some of...<img src="//feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MarijuanaLaw/~4/4jH9tDzrzXY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/>
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H and H Bagels Owner Arrested
Bagel Man Hides the Dough: H and H Bagels Owner Arrested for General Tax and Unemployment Insurance Tax Fraud Insurance fraud occurs most often when an insured individual or entity makes a false or exaggerated insurance claim, seeking compensation for injuries or losses that were not actually suffered. Insurance fraud can also be committed upon customers, through 1) the sale of unlicensed or bogus insurance coverage to unsuspecting clients, or 2) an insurance broker or agent's diversion or theft of insurance premiums paid by clients. Insurance fraud refers to any duplicitous act performed with the intent to obtain an improper payment from an insurer. Insurance fraud is committed by individuals from all walks of life. Law enforcement officials have prosecuted doctors, lawyers, chiropractors, car salesmen, insurance agents and people in positions of trust. Anyone who seeks to benefit from insurance through making inflated or false claims of loss or injury can be…
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Sweeny on Adultery and Fornication Prohibitions
JoAnne Sweeny (University of Louisville Louis D. Brandeis School of Law) has posted Undead Statutes: The Rise, Fall, and Continuing Uses of Adultery and Fornication Criminal Laws (46 Loyola University Chicago Law Journal, 127 (2014)) on SSRN. Here is the...
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Split Connecticut Supreme Court works through Miller application issues
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Actor Will Patton Arrested for DUI in South Carolina
Actor Will Patton, 60, best known for his roles in Remember The Titans and Armageddon, has been arrested for driving under the influence in South Carolina, according to reports. Patton was held on Tuesday night on Isle of Palm, South Carolina, close to his hometown of Charleston. He was later released on bail, and is due in court next month. Patton played the assistant coach to Denzel Washington’s Coach Herman Boone in Remember The Titans. Patton played opposite Bruce Willis and Ben Affleck in the movie Armageddon and starred in Gone In 60 Seconds with Angelina Jolie and Nicolas Cage. Whether you are a celebrity or not, any member of the community that has been arrested for DUI wants their privacy to be protected. Confidentiality is always important. DUI and other types of criminal cases need to be handled with extreme sensitivity to avoid unnecessary media attention and public humiliation. No matter who you are or what you have been charged with, the criminal justice…
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So many modern marijuana reform stories, so little time (but lots of space at MLP&R)
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As pot legalization increases, teen pot use is declining
We have previously written about the changing approach to drug policy in various parts of the United States. Although marijuana is illegal here in Louisiana for any and all purposes, a significant number of states have legalized marijuana for medical use. At least two states have legalized recreational use, and a number of jurisdictions around the country have decriminalized the possession of certain amounts of marijuana. Has the sky fallen? Have other types of crime skyrocketed? Has America doomed the future of its young people? According to a major government study, the answer is no. In fact, marijuana use among teenagers actually seems to have declined. In December, the National Institute on Drug Abuse published the results of its annual survey, which is called "Monitoring the Future." As many as 50,000 students in grades 8, 10 and 12 are surveyed about their drug use, including use of alcohol and cigarettes. The results show that between 2013 and 2014, overall…
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How Can You Benefit From Proposition 47?
How Can You Benefit From Proposition 47? A man was arrested recently for the felony charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of Penal Code Section 29805. The gentlemen was convicted of a felony drug offense over ten years ago. Police got a tip from another felon that he sold a gun to his buddy. The buddy was another convicted felon. Upon investigating the tip, police found the gun under the felon’s bed and arrested him. The felon was referred to a lawyer and hired the lawyer to defend him. The lawyer who was hired took the client’s money and waited for the case to be filed as a felony. The lawyer appeared in court with the client and pled not guilty to the felony charge. At this point, the lawyer sought to get the client’s old charge reduced to a misdemeanor under Proposition 47. At some point in the future, this will surely happen. After the case gets reduced then the lawyer will seek to settle the new felony. By waiting until the…
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Bellone Provides Status on Community Protection Act in Aftermath of Recent Court of Appeals Ruling
I think there is a MAJOR problem with statistics cited by Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone for the SORTS program:((10-2-13 Police Arrest Registered Sex Offender For Allegedly Exposing Himself To Kids On L.I.))....((2-12-13 Arrest for Sex Offender Violation))....((2-3-13 Police Arrest a Sex Offender For Public Lewdness In East Northport ))....((7-11-11 Cops: 10 violated sex offender
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Injury Crash on Yellowstone Ave. and Oak St. in Pocatello
IDAHO STATE POLICE NEWS RELEASE - generated by our News Release ListServer DO NOT REPLY --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Idaho State Police District 5 5205 South 5th Ave. Pocatello, Idaho 83204-2299 (208) 236-6466 FAX: (208) 236-6068 For Immediate Release: 02/27/15 8:00 p.m. Please direct questions to the District Office On February 21, 2015, at approximately 11:33 p.m., the Idaho State Police investigated a crash that occurred on Yellowstone Avenue and Oak Street in Pocatello, Idaho. Karla S. Devinney was driving a green 1998 Ford SUV east on Oak Street when she failed to stop at a red light on Oak Street and Yellowstone Avenue. Devinney was struck by Richard Friel, who was traveling south on Yellowstone Avenue, driving a black 1996 Toyota passenger car. Dustin Tendoy, Stormy Adakai, and Damion Loneman were all passengers inside Devinney's vehicle. All occupants in Devinney's vehicle were transported to the…
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2015.42: Harris County Welcomes Dallas Prosecutors
What do you do if you’re a District Attorney running an office that is under fire for prosecutorial misconduct and in the middle of a hearing (in which current and former prosecutors contradicted each other, themselves, and the documentary evidence) over whether the office hid exculpatory evidence of alternate suspects in a murder case? If you’re Devon Anderson, you hire a former Dallas County ADA who is the subject of a motion for new trial for hiding exculpatory evidence in a murder case. Fortunately we criminal-defense lawyers have started talking to each other of late. Here’s the book on three new Harris County ADAs, refugees from the Dallas County DA’s Office, from one of the Dallas brethren: Danielle Uher: She withheld evidence on a high profile case and then lied about it to the judge. We have it all on the record. She also improperly contacted a consulting expert and tried to get him to spill the beans on the defense strategy. She is a bully who…
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The 2d Circuit's Busy Week, Pt. 2
Having just reversed itself in the face of an en banc rehearing in Garcia v. John and Jane Does, the Second Circuit next addressed the case of Matthews v. City of New York. This interesting case concerns a NYPD officer's claims that his bosses punished him for complaining about a precinct-wide quota policy. Not too surprisingly, management rewarded Matthews for voicing his concerns by making his life difficult. He sued on First Amendment grounds. The district court dismissed, finding that he was acting as a public employee when he complained, rather than simply as a citizen. The Court of Appeals reversed. It's a good decision that puts a bit of a dent in the controlling Supreme Court case, Garcetti v. Ceballos.Many people assume that the First Amendment protects everyone's right to say anything to anybody at any time without fear of reprisal. This is not only untrue but entirely unworkable. Only certain speech is protected, and only from certain employers…
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What is an Admin Per Se Suspension in Arizona?
What is the Admin Per Se? 1) When you are accused of a DUI, MVD or the Police Officer will suspend your license for 90 days. This is the Admin Per Se Implied Consent suspension. If you refuse the blood or breath test your license will be suspended for one year. This is called the Implied Consent Suspension. 2) If you were served the Admin Per Se on the night of your arrest (pink and yellow papers), your license suspension will start 15 days after you were served. When the officer serves this paperwork on you he/she will confiscate your driver’s license. 3) The Yellow Admin Per Se Paper is now your license for the remaining 15 days. 4) Do NOT go get an Arizona ID card. Use another form of identification (passport). 5) You have the right to request a hearing regarding the suspension. 6) We must request a hearing with 15 days of being served. If this is done, your suspension will be stayed (This means…
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