NM constitution permits telephone search warrants
State constitution’s search and seizure provision permits warrant applications and warrants by telephone. State v. Boyse, 2013 N.M. LEXIS 177 (June 10, 2013): [...] Read more!
View ArticleNew AAA Study: Voice-Activated And Hands-Free Device Still Lead To Distracted...
An AAA study released today debunks the myth that voice-activated and hands-free devices eliminate driver distraction concluding that drivers who use hands-free devices to talk, text, send emails or...
View Article"What the Sentencing Commission Ought to Be Doing: Reducing Mass...
The title of this post is the title of this notable new article by Judge Lynn Adelman available via SSRN. With three new members of the US Sentencing Commission, the piece is especially timely, and...
View ArticleServicer Admits Stealing Funds from Mortgage Loan Pools
Earl Gross, 75, Las Vegas, Nevada, the former president and chief executive officer of U.S. Mortgage, a loan servicing company in Nevada, pleaded guilty for his role in a scheme to defraud Wells Fargo...
View ArticleHard Money Lender Indicted on Mortgage Fraud Charges
Emiel A. Kandi, University Place, Washington, a hard money lender, was arrested after being indicted by the grand jury for conspiracy, making false statements on loan applications, and mail fraud. The...
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Eighty-four Percent of Police Depts. Have No Policies for Proper Eyewitness...
It has been almost fifteen years since the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) recommended comprehensive changes to the ways that police conduct identification procedures for witnesses. Yet USA Today...
View ArticleHow Does A Criminal Lawyer Obtain Evidence In My Case?
One of the, if not the most important role of a criminal defense attorney is to obtain the evidence in their client’s case. This role is often overlooked or not given the attention that it needs by...
View ArticleHow Does A Criminal Lawyer Obtain Evidence In My Case?
One of the, if not the most important role of a criminal defense attorney is to obtain the evidence in their client’s case. This role is often overlooked or not given the attention that it needs by...
View ArticleHow Does An Attorney Obtain Evidence In My Case?
One of the, if not the most important role of a criminal defense attorney is to obtain the evidence in their client’s case. Unfortunately for some this role is often overlooked or not given the...
View Article¿Qué sucede si dejo de tomar una audencia en la corte?
Si se olvida de una cita en la corte, la corte probablemente emitirá una orden para su arresto. En San Diego, si su caso es un delito menor, puede probablemente ser colocado en el calendario por su...
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Tennessee Doctor Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Providing Unapproved...
While most health care fraud cases deal with drug diversion, improper billing, and fraudulent insurance claims, there are other potential pitfalls for medical providers which are less common. One such...
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Florida Welfare Fraud Targeted by State Officials
The Florida Department of Children and Families is cracking down on welfare fraud, saying theft of public-assistance dollars costs the state an estimated $1.35 billion annually. The agency has just...
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Drug DUI Concerns Keeping You Up at Night? Use Caution when Taking Nighttime...
It's in the news a lot these days. Drivers nodding off behind the wheel, highway accidents blamed on bad drug interactions, motorist who even find themselves "sleep-driving" after taking...
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Florida DUI, Refusing To Submit To a Breath Test
Sobriety checkpoint in Miramar planned FridayA sobriety checkpoint will be in effect from 9 p.m. Friday through 3 a.m. Saturday for motorists traveling along the 3600 block of South University Drive...
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Whitey Bulger Trial Begins in Boston
Opening Arguments were held today in the Boston trial of alleged mobster/fugitive James "Whitey" Bulger. I haven't had time to follow the case recently but if you are, here's a thread to discuss it. [[...
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Zimmerman Judge Announces Jury Will Be Sequestered
The Judge in the George Zimmerman trial just announced the jury will be sequestered. She said the parties have stipulated the trial will last 2 to 4 weeks. You can watch a live feed of proceedings...
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'Apostrophe laws' named for kid victims on the wane
6-13-2013 National: When Amanda Moore concluded that her daughter's killer was a drug addict wrongly paroled and wrongly allowed to remain free, she did like many parents before her: she proposed......
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Mass. SJC Calls Obscene Video Chat Illegal
The Boston Globe reports that the state's highest court says a state child pornography law does ban an obscene video chat that a 34-year-old man had with a 10-year-old boy in cyberspace. Jeffery Bundy...
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Can You Record Without Someone Knowing -- No, But Maybe?
What used to be clear is no longer so. Chapter 934 of the Florida statutes prohibits "any person" from recording oral communications without consent and disclosing such recordings. Simply put, you...
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In Pinellas the gang member database is changing
A recent article in the Tampa Bay Times describes how one can now appeal their inclusion inside the Pinellas county gang database. We are among the first counties in the state to address this issue....
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