ProPublica Questions Prosecutorial Accountability in Brooklyn Murder Case Review
A new ProPublica article about the case review of the work of former NYPD detective Louis Scarcella questions if the inquiry will examine the prosecutors who worked alongside him. Scarcella handled...
View ArticleWhen Is a Misdemeanor Treated As a Felony?
According to the California Court of Appeals for the Fourth District, when a felony conviction is reduced to a misdemeanor and dismissed, it will still be considered a felony for enhancement purposes...
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Florida Legislature Considering a Law That Would Make Selling Bongs and Pipes...
In its never ending effort to increase the size of government and continue the famously unsuccessful war on drugs, the Florida legislature is considering enacting a law that would make it a first...
View ArticleBigamy in Las Vegas?
Bigamy: When what Happens in Vegas Doesn’t stay in Vegas It’s difficult to tell how many Vegas elopements result in bigamy charges elsewhere. Unfortunately, many who come here on vacation have been...
View ArticleThomas Cahill on Capital Punishment
Best-selling author Thomas Cahill writes, "Why do we keep executing people?" for CNN. Here's an extended excerpt from the beginning of this must-read: Killing people by lethal injection will soon be as...
View ArticleLafayette woman accused of offering child up for sex
A Lafayette woman was arrested recently for allegedly making her minor daughter available in a sex-for-money scheme many years ago. The 37-year-old woman is likely to be charged with prinicple to...
View ArticleBonners Ferry Man Sentenced for Unlawfully Possessing Firearm
COEUR D’ALENE – Donald Paul Hankey, 28, of Bonners Ferry, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday in United States District Court to 18 months in prison for felon in possession of a firearm, U.S. Attorney Wendy...
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Designated Drivers Often Drunk, Study Concludes
A study published in the July 2013 edition of Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs reveals that one-fifth of all designated drivers are intoxicated. Our Birmingham DUI defense lawyers don't doubt...
View ArticleNorth Idaho Man Enters Felony Plea for Illegally Cutting Timber
COEUR D’ALENE – Norman Leroy Bogart, 54, of Kingston, Idaho, pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court to illegally cutting timber on national forest lands, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. An...
View Article"Leahy/Paul and Mandatory Minimum Sentencing"
From Bill Otis at Crime & Consequences. In part: Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Rand Paul (R-KY) have introduced a bill (S.619) that would effectively end mandatory minimum sentencing in federal...
View ArticleColorado's Continuing Debate
"In defense of Nathan Dunlap's reprieve," is the Denver Post OpEd by Bill Thiebaut. He's the former Pueblo, Colorado District Attorney. Much criticism has been levied against Gov. John Hickenlooper's...
View ArticleNo Probable Cause, and No Good Faith
In United States v. Buffer, No. 12-5052 (unpublished), the Sixth Circuit was presented with the "unusual case" in which a search warrant affidavit was "so lacking in indicia of probable cause as to...
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Happy Birthday, George Orwell!
Today is George Orwell’s birthday. He was born on June 25, 1903 and would be 110 today if he had octogenarian genes in him. Unfortunately, it was quite the opposite, as Orwell succumbed to...
View ArticleHave You Been Racially Profiled? . . . There’s an App for That!
In an attempt to counter the effects of the Arizona law (SB 1070) known as “show me your papers”, the American Civil Liberties Union has announced that it is unveiling a smartphone app that will permit...
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DORCHESTER GRADUATION PARTY IS THE SCENE OF A TRIPLE MURDER
It is graduation time. Graduations often mean graduation parties. Parties, sometimes, bring violence. In the case of one such Dorchester party, that violence ended up being the death of three...
View ArticleUtah Man with Mental Illness Kills Wife’s Grandma
A 40-year-old Sandy man is in custody while being investigated for allegedly beating his wife’s grandmother to death with a golf club. The man’s wife called police after her husband, whom she said was...
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16-year-old Bay City Boy Alleges Gun Shop Owner Molested and Raped Him...
On Tuesday, June 25, a 16-year-old male testified that he was sexually assaulted by 37-year-old Kevin J. Lijewski, owner of GunRunners, after being plied with alcohol. The alleged victim testified that...
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Michigan Supreme Court Affirms Court of Appeals Judgment; Conviction for...
On Tuesday June 18, the Michigan Supreme Court issued a decision in a case involving a 25-year-old Bay City man convicted for sexual assault of a 4-year-old girl. David B. Burns' conviction was...
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What is a Search Warrant?
It seems like the latest thing that I'm seeing a lot in my cases are search warrants. What exactly is a search warrant and how do you challenge a search warrant it? A search warrant is a court order...
View ArticleProsecutors Move for Partial Stay of Discovery in Steinberg SEC Insider...
Today, federal prosecutors moved to intervene in the SEC’s civil insider trading case against SAC Capital portfolio manager Michael Steinberg, seeking a limited stay of discovery in the SEC action....
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