Getting a Continuance for Your Reckless Driving Trial
Can I get my court date moved for my reckless driving charge in Virginia? Yes. In Virginia, either an attorney or a defendant may make a continuance request. ”Motions to continue” are heard in person...
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Exonerees Document Their Stories On Video
Original Article | After Innocence Web Site Series Description: Charles Chatman served one of the longest prison sentences ever for an innocent man. John Thompson was exonerated days before... [[ This...
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ERIN BROCKOVICH CASE ILLUSTRATES TOUGH SENTENCES FOR BOATING UNDER THE...
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, but what happens near Vegas gets broadcast for the world to see. That's what Erin Brockovich found out a few days ago when she was charged with Boating Under the...
View ArticleRestricted marijuana magazine sales? Not in Colorado, says judge
Colorado has been a pioneer in enacting legislation reflective of society's gradual acceptance of marijuana. Yet, the fact remains that marijuana is illegal at the federal level, and not wanting to...
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Saturday Open Thread
I've been writing the next "chapter" of what I call the "DEA's Most Excellent African Adventures" for days but keep getting pulled in by databases I run across while trying to connect more dots. Some...
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Parole is denied to a murderer
The petitioner, an inmate at Coxsackie Correctional Facility, has commenced the instant CPLR Article 78 proceeding to review a determination by respondent New York State Board of Parole denying his...
View ArticleGovernor signs junk-science habeas bill
Grits was particularly gratified to finally see Governor Perry has signed SB 344 by Whitmire/Turner ensuring access to the courts for habeas corpus writs based on junk science that's been debunked...
View ArticleOrange County ex-teacher Charged with Sex with Minor
Santa Ana, Orange County - Upon searching an ex-teacher's home in Orange County, Santa Ana police uncovered a large cache of child pornography. Robert Ornelas, 62, was a teacher in the Santa Ana school...
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We've created a new group on Diigo for those wrongly accused
For those who use, or want to use Diigo, we've added a new group to our account, for those wrongly accused of sexual crimes. You can see all our other groups here, and you can follow us... [[ This is a...
View ArticleCarrera, Guild & Hernanz on Europe's Arrest Warrant System
Sergio Carrera , Elspeth Guild and Nicholas Hernanz (Centre for European Policy Studies , Radboud University Nijmegen - Faculty of Law and Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)) has posted Europe's...
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View ArticleWestborough OUI Attorney comments on recent laws pertaining to Driving under...
Decriminalizing and making marijuana legal is a growing trend throughout many states. However, even when legal, it is still an offense to drive under the influence of marijuana. As a Massachusetts OUI...
View ArticleShen on Neuroscience and Bodily Injury
Francis X. Shen (University of Minnesota Law School) has posted Mind, Body, and the Criminal Law (Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 97, No. 2036-2175, 2013) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Because we hold...
View ArticleEvidence does not support the accusations in this case
The defendant's convictions arose from a series of drug transactions which began when a certain person contacted another person and informed the latter that he had heroin for sale. The former was...
View ArticleBibas on Bulk Misdemeanor Justice
Stephanos Bibas (University of Pennsylvania Law School) has posted Bulk Misdemeanor Justice (Southern California Law Review Postscript, Vol. 85, p. 101, 2013) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This short...
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An Interesting Graph Regarding the War on Drugs
We try to monitor news about the monumentally inept war on drugs, changing drug laws and general attitudes about drugs and drug crimes both in the Jacksonville, Florida area and throughout the country....
View ArticleCarodine on Police-Community Relations and the Admissibility of Evidence
Montré Denise Carodine (University of Alabama - School of Law) has posted 'Street Cred' (UC Davis Law Review, Vol. 46, 2013) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The killing of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin by...
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NY - North Tonawanda leaders urge passage of sex offender law
Original Article How far someone lives away from someone has no bearing on if, when or who they will commit a crime against, but it's election time soon, so of course they are going to be pushing... [[...
View ArticleSerious Injury Crash on Frontage Road
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Supreme Court upholds life sentence
A Criminal Lawyer said that, defendant was indicted and convicted after trial of the sale of two ounces, 33 grains of cocaine possession (a class A-I felony) to an undercover police officer on August...
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