"First-cut reactions as to what is big, and not so big, about Alleyne's...
Doug Berman at Sentencing Law & Policy has this post. In part: The Could-Be-Huge of Alleyne: there are any number of shaky exceptions and carve-outs to the full application of Apprendidoctrines,...
View ArticleTorture of Companion Animal Charge in Utah
A Utah man has been charged with committing torture of a companion animal after a neighbor reported him to police. Casey Bowmen is now facing a felony charge following his alleged violent actions...
View ArticleI Am Accused Of Cyberstalking My Ex-Girlfriend. What Does This Mean? (Penal...
Following a breakup with your long-term girlfriend, you emailed her to see how she was doing. You initially sent a couple of messages, but did not receive a response from her. Frustrated by her lack of...
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Silence speaks volumes: Supreme Court issues ruling in Salinas v. Texas
By Jay PerryThe Supreme Court issued a ruling today, in Salinas v. Texas, a case discussed earlier here. The decision, a 5-4 ruling held that a suspect must expressly invoke their 5th Amendment...
View ArticleMortgage Broker Admits Submitting False Loan Applications to Lenders
Charmaine Davis, 54, Waterbury, Connecticut, mortgage broker admitted her role in obtaining more than $1 million in fraudulent mortgages for properties in New Haven, Connecticut, The defendant pleaded...
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Ruben Yepes Quiroz of Miami, Florida Arrested for Impersonating an Officer
Ruben Yepes Quiroz of Miami, Florida of Miami, Florida was arrested Saturday for allegedly using fake police lights to pull a vehicle over, news sources report. Quiroz, 31, was booked into the...
View ArticlePlea in Abeyance in Utah
A Plea in Abeyance in Utah is a certain plea agreement in which the court holds a guilty or no contest plea “in abeyance” for an agreed period of time, (typically at least 12 months), and assuming...
View ArticleFour Vehicle Injury Crash in Jerome County
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View ArticleCommentary on the NSA Surveillance Program at The Volokh Conspiracy
Ilya Somin posts Dick Cheyney Unintentionally Explains the Dangers of the NSA Surveillance Program, and Orin Kerr posts Did the Definition of "Pen Registers" Lead to the Goldsmith/Comey Threat to...
View ArticleIs the defendant a juvenile
In this criminalhttp:// law case, a petition was filed against respondent alleging that he is a juvenile delinquent as defined by Family Court. According to the petition, the respondent committed acts...
View ArticleHeroin possession is dismissed in DWI
A police officer was on patrol in her cruiser. She noticed a pick-up truck which was swerving and crossing over the solid yellow line dividing the two lanes onto the opposite lane. Then the pick-up...
View ArticleProbable cause is a factor in cases like this one
The April 25, 1975 affidavit of the State Police Investigator in support of the application for the warrant to search the house and automobile of the defendants contains five distinct elements which in...
View Article"John Martorano killed 20 people. Why is he a free man?"
From Slate.com: John Martorano is a porpoise of a man inside a massive suit jacket. His face disappears into the fat of his neck. When he takes the stand today—tinted eyeglasses, polka-dot tie, pocket...
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ADMITTED KILLER TESTIFIES IN BOSTON’S FEDERAL MURDER AND RACKETEERING TRIAL
…And so the battles begin. The judicial chess game. The “trial of the century”. This Boston criminal lawyer has been there many times. I know how it feels. It does not get any more intense than in a...
View Article"Lafler and Frye: Two Small Band-Aids for a Festering Wound"
The title of this post is the title this notable new paper by Albert Alschuler now available via SSRN. Here is the abstract: This article contends that two recent Supreme Court decisions concerning the...
View ArticleMurder off Italian coast charged in Orange County
From The Los Angeles Times: Theirs was a messy marriage that ended in divorce. Five years later, their rocky relationship rekindled, the Orange County couple flew to Europe for a romantic cruise. But...
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MN - Inside Moose Lake, Where Sex Offender Vows to 'Sue My Way Out the Front...
Original Article 06/17/2013 By Mark Albert With less than two weeks to go until a court-imposed deadline for proposals for less restrictive alternatives to Minnesota's current program for... [[ This is...
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OH - Court Upholds Juvenile Sex Offender Provision
Original Article 06/18/2013 CINCINNATI - An Ohio appeals court has upheld a provision that allows some minors convicted of sex offenses to be required to register as sex offenders beyond their... [[...
View ArticleWhat are possible sentences for a minor charged with assaulting a police...
Free legal answers from attorneys - The minor has no priors. He did not not make physical contact with the officers.
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SD - Brown County considers measure to keep sex offenders away from fair
Original Article This is exactly like the Halloween mass hysteria that is carried out each year. 06/18/2013 By Scott Waltman A measure that would keep sex offenders away from the... [[ This is a...
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