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Massachusetts drug distribution and probable cause to search a home
Here in Massachusetts, probable cause to believe that drugs will be found in one's home cannot be established by the simple fact that a known drug dealer lives in the home. There is a large body of law...
View ArticleHow many hearings will I have in my King County DUI case?
Obviously, it depends alot on the difficulty of your case. (i.e. high breath test, accident, prior DUI's) However, even the simplest case has 3-4 pretrial hearings. Typically, we usually continue them...
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UPDATE: 3 arrested in murder of sex offender in Meigs County
5-9-2013 Ohio: Law enforcement officials identified the victim as 57-year-old Wallace Chafin of Pomeroy, Ohio. It appears he was stabbed and assaulted, however the exact cause of death has not......
View ArticleRichardson & Goff on Bias in Public Defender Triage
L. Song Richardson (pictured) and Phillip Atiba Goff (University of Iowa - College of Law and UCLA Department of Psychology) have posted Implicit Racial Bias in Public Defender Triage (Yale Law...
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ACLU AWARD FOR STEPHEN HARPER
The ACLU will be honoring former Dade PD, current FIU law professor, and all around good guy Stephen Harper Friday evening. Some details of the event are below. If we went to events (we're a notorious...
View ArticleABC7 Denver: Driver gets $35K after being searched for 'pot smell,' nothing...
ABC7 Denver: Driver gets $35K after being searched for 'pot smell,' nothing found by Deb Stanley: LOVELAND, Colo. - A man who says he was put in handcuffs for an hour because he allegedly smelled of...
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Entrada en vigencia del "Tratado de Extradición entre la República del...
Tomada de:monitorealo.blogspot.comEl día de hoy salió publicado en el Diario Oficial "El Peruano" la comunicación de la entrada en vigencia del "Tratado de Extradición entre la República del Perú y la...
View Article"Cyberthieves Looted A.T.M.’s of $45 Million in Just Hours"
From the New York Times: On Thursday, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn unsealed an indictment charging eight members of the New York crew – including their suspected ringleader who was found dead in the...
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MA - Foxborough Selectman Implores Judiciary Committee to Approve Sex...
James DeVellisOriginal Article05/09/2013By Jeremie SmithFoxborough selectman James DeVellis testified Tuesday at the State House to offer his perspective - as the town’s elected official – of the...
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OH - 3 (Ryan Cozart, Ariel Smith & Sara Craig) arrested in murder of sex...
Ryan Cozart, Ariel Smith & Sara CraigOriginal Article05/09/2013By Lisa Robbins & Courtney KhondabiUPDATE: Law enforcement officials identified the victim as 57-year-old [name withheld] of...
View ArticleUnas líneas que deseaba escribir hace tiempo
Una de las cosas que he querido hacer estos últimos años y en forma oportuna ha sido escribir sobre el Día de la Madre. Lamentablemente una y otra cosa ha impedido que pudiera escribirlo antes del...
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TX - House passes ‘2 strikes’ child sex offender bill
Original Article05/09/2013By Glenn Evans A bill that would deal people convicted of violent sexual crimes against children a lifetime prison sentence is in the Senate after unanimous passage Tuesday in...
View Article"District Judges Divide on Long-Term Cell Phone Tracking Under the...
Orin Kerr, no fan of the "mosiac theory" of the Fourth Amendment, has this helpful post at The Volokh Conspiracy. In part: The Supreme Court has consistently rejected having special kinds of probable...
View Article"Looking Past the Hype: 10 Questions Everyone Should Ask About...
The title of this post is the title of this new paper on SSRN by Joan Petersilia and Jessica Snyder. Here is the abstract: P>\\California’s Criminal Justice Realignment Act passed in 2011 shifted...
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George Zimmerman Seeks Anonymous Jury
Lawyers for George Zimmerman today filed a motion asking the jury in his upcoming trial over the shooting death of Trayvon Martin be anonymous. The motion is here. It's pretty unusual for a defendant...
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Apple Deluged With Requests for Decrypted iPhone Data
While the sand slipped through the opening And their hands reached for the golden ring.... CNet reports Apple has been so swamped with law enforcement demands to decrypt iPhone data, it has created a...
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What is the difference between an ordinance and a statute?
I have fielded this question quite a few times in the past week. These two terms are commonly misused because we simply repeat what we have already heard through the media, whether it be the news or...
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“We’re Considering Selling the Company – How Can a Special Committee Help?”
In any change-of-control business transaction, the decision by the target company’s board of directors to approve the deal is subject to heightened scrutiny by the courts. These days, virtually every...
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Appealing a Criminal Sentence in Michigan
In most cases, a criminal sentence is a serious matter that can negatively impact your life in varying degrees depending on the crime committed. When an individual is sentenced to years in prison, it...
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IA - WEBSITE SCAM: Wrongfully Accused ‘Pedophiles’
Original ArticleThis site doesn't look familiar, but you can see more here. We do believe the site is the PotentialProstitutes.com or PotentialPredators.com site(s).05/09/2013By Aaron Brilbeck On the...
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