“The Best Around”
2012 was another successful year at Bennett & Williams. More proof that if you’re looking for the best dwi/dui lawyers in Arkansas, you need look no further: Tommy and Brad were the only DWI...
View ArticleLA1 follows LA3: Use of “Wyoming Took Kit” during P2P computer...
A child pornography investigator’s use of the “Wyoming Took Kit” that searches for and finds child porn on a computer connected peer-to-peer by locating hash (SHA) values of known child porn images...
View ArticleNews Roundup
New Governor Pat McCrory may be more focused on economic policy than on the courts and criminal justice, but he’s still done several things in his first days in office that might interest readers, like...
View ArticleWA: Arrest for DB justified SI of backpack of handcuffed, but not otherwise...
Police were called to a domestic disturbance and arrested the defendant in possession of a backpack. Even though he was handcuffed, he was not secured in the back seat of a police car, and a search...
View ArticleDemocracy Now: "Bronx Residents Accosted by NYPD Win Landmark Court Ruling...
Democracy Now: Bronx Residents Accosted by NYPD Win Landmark Court Ruling Deeming "Stop and Frisk" Tactic Illegal: A federal judge has ruled that New York City police are not allowed to routinely stop...
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The Search for Truth
"There's too much information, but not enough to go on" - Ian Hunter, "When the World Was Round" There is a difference between information and knowledge, let alone truth. These days, it's hard to know...
View ArticleCops, Ignorance & Tiaras
Miss University of Arkansas, Sarah Gafvert, was arrested a few months ago on a charge of Arkansas DWI. As I recall, there was the typical rush to judgment on Ms. Gafvert’s guilt. However, as this ABC...
View ArticleKindesmissbrauch: 245 Festnahmen bei Razzien gegen Kinderpornoring
Ermittlern in den USA ist ein Schlag gegen einen “Kinderpornoring” gelungen. In insgesamt sieben Ländern nahm die Polizei 245 mutmaßliche Täter fest. Alleine 222 davon wurden in den USA festgenommen....
View ArticleTotschlag: Student soll eigene Großmutter umgebracht haben
Vor dem Landgericht Fulda muss sich jetzt ein 25-jähriger Medizinstudent wegen Totschlags verantworten. Er soll von seinem Studienort Berlin in seine Heimatstadt Bebra gefahren sein, um seine 85 Jahre...
View ArticleBreath test results in Pennsylvania excluded from evidence based on challenge...
For Massachusetts OUI lawyers, the recent decision of the Pennsylvania Superior Court may be used to challenge the admissibility of breath test results in Massachusetts. In the recent case of...
View ArticleTwo DWIs in the Same Night?!
A man in Berlin, Maryland was charged twice in the same night with driving under the influence. He was not, however, charged twice in one night with the same crime. He allegedly committed the same...
View ArticleBenchslap: Judge Kane on Law Schools
<font style="FONT-SIZE: 12px" face="arial">District of Colorado Senior Judge John Kane offers his views on Law Schools (originally posted at Paul Campos' <a href=...
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MENTALLY ILL PEMBROKE MAN IS ARRESTED FOR THREATS, ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO...
…But then again, maybe it isn't kids making threats these days. William Rearick, 45 of Pemroke (hereinafter, the “Defendant”) pleaded not guilty today in Plymouth District Court. He stands charged with...
View ArticleThe Business of Law Will Get Its Day in Court
<font style="FONT-SIZE: 12px" face="Arial">Jacoby and Meyers was a ground-breaking concept when it first burst onto the legal scene in 1972. Forget the mahogany paneled rooms and rich blood-red...
View ArticleReconsidering Work and Family with “the Marriage Equation”
Deborah A. Widiss, Changing the Marriage Equation, 89 Wash. U. L. Rev. 721 (2012).Kerry AbramsEvery day, married couples make decisions about how to allocate work within their relationships. Some...
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Identity Fraud, "Obtain" and Fabrication
After being convicted of “identity fraud, a second degree felony”, in violation of Utah Code § 76-6-1102, Manuel Hurtado Rincon appealed. State v. Rincon, --- P.3d ----, 2012 WL 6720469 (Utah Court of...
View ArticleIN MEMORIAM: JIM BEST
Word has reached us this Friday morning that Jim Best, DUI lawyer extraordinaire, former PD, outdoorsman, and all around nice guy, passed away last night from a recently diagnosed brain tumor. Jim was...
View ArticleCA2: Wife could consent to search of family computer she hardly used just...
Defendant’s wife and daughter sparingly used the family computer, but that didn’t mean that the wife didn’t have actual authority to consent to a search of it. She found child pornography on the...
View ArticleCity of Grand Rapids Gun Ordinance Challenged by Open Carry Group
As a criminal defense attorney, I have seen first-hand how passionate people are about their firearms rights. Gun enthusiasts believe strongly in their Second Amendment rights, and I can’t say that I...
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NYPD Allege Plan to Blow Up Wash. Square Arch
The latest in the explosives bust of the rich heroin users in Greenwich Village a few weeks ago: Police say Aaron Greene planned to blow up the Washington Square arch. This is such an odd story.... [[...
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