NJ - Former Ramsey officer (Jeffrey Kimmel) gets 7 years in child sex case,...
Jeffrey Kimmel Original Article 08/09/2013 By Mary K. Miraglia A former Ramsey police officer could spend the next 12 years behind bars after being sentenced to seven today for impairing the morals of...
View ArticleThe Court found no error in the charge
In a Drug Crime, defendant appealed from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County, convicting him of criminal possession of a controlled substance in the first degree, upon a jury verdict, and...
View ArticleThe harmful value of the said evidence outweighed its probative value
One day, a man reached into a brown paper bag, removed a vial of crack cocaine and handed it to an undercover police officer. A few minutes later, the man was arrested and the bag was seized. Based on...
View ArticleFL - Florida policemen (Franklin Hartley and Thomas Merenda) accused of...
Franklin Hartley and Thomas Merenda Original Article 08/09/2013 By Arturo Garcia Two Lauderhill, Florida police officers were arrested Friday and charged with simple battery and unlawful compensation...
View ArticleUK - Police investigate 169 staff over predatory sexual behaviour
Original Article 08/09/2013 By Sandra Laville Police forces are being ordered to face up to corruption by officers who commit sexual offences against vulnerable women and young people, as figures...
View ArticleFBI shared child porn to nab pedophiles; Washington home raided
Original Article Remember, they are always saying that any time a child abuse image is shared a child is being re-victimized. So, why is the FBI abusing children and not being arrested for it? Don't...
View ArticleAnother Las Vegas Cold Case
Cold Case Files-The Untimely Death of an Elvis Impersonator An ongoing cold case here in Vegas is that of Elvis impersonator Dana Mackay and his girlfriend Mary Linda Huffman, a former Mrs. Nevada. The...
View ArticleWhat Am I Facing For Violating A Protective Order In Virginia?
Protective orders (a.k.a., restraining orders in other jurisdictions) in Virginia are issued when there has been any act of violence, force or threat against an individual. A protective order may be...
View ArticleWrit Bond - Need one? I Can Help
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View ArticleA Recent Case Win--DA Reduces Greater Than 0.15 BAC DWI to a Class B Misdemeanor
214-402-4364-Writ Bond Hotline bo@kalabuslaw.comwww.rosenthalwadas.comwww.kalabuslaw.com Office: 972-562-7549 My client was charged with a first offense DWI with a blood alcohol content (BAC) higher...
View ArticleFatality Crash St Joe River Rd MP 23
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View ArticleAnother high-profile federal capital case ends in an LWOP plea deal
As reported in this local piece from Vermont, another high-profile murder in a state without the death penalty which became a federal capital case has now come to a close via a plea bargain to an LWOP...
View ArticleClassic D.C. Trial Transcript: Key on St. Ledger, Part II
BY MR. KEY: Q: When was the last time this particular machine, the one in Government’s Exhibit Number 4, was actually calibrated? A: You mean auto-cal’d? Are you talking recertified or auto-cal’d?...
View ArticleMakes Me Want To Throw Up, Too
Ken Webster got busted for selling crack within 1500 feet of a school in Torrington, Connecticut. Bad boy.He was charged with the sale and related offenses and convicted at trial. He was sentenced to...
View ArticleWould Massachusetts Lawmakers Ever Pass a Law Providing Immunity For People...
A few weeks ago I was reading an article in the Vineyard Gazette reporting the death of a fifty-year old man presumable from a Heroin overdose. According to the report, at 9:00 a.m. the police were...
View Article"California’s Continuing Prison Crisis"
The title of this post is the headline of this new New York Times editorial. Here are excerpts: California has long been held up as the land of innovation and fresh starts, but on criminal justice and...
View ArticleNew York Times column spotlights extreme application of ACCA in US v. Young
A few weeks ago in this post, titled "A few shotgun shells landed a man 15 years in federal prison," I reported on a remarkable federal sentencing story out of Tennessee involving an extreme...
View ArticleTop-Ten Recent SSRN Downloads
in criminal law and procedure ejournals are here. The usual disclaimers apply. RankDownloadsPaper Title 1 858 Privacy Protests: Surveillance Evasion and Fourth Amendment Suspicion Elizabeth E. Joh,...
View ArticleCase o' The Week: No Appetite in Ninth for Underwood -- Probable Cause and...
The devil’s in the details (or lack thereof), when law enforcement cuts and pastes facts into search warrant affidavits. United States v. Underwood, 2013 WL 3988675 (9thCir. Aug. 6, 2013), decision...
View ArticleWaPo: In New York, stop, frisk and think
WaPo: In New York, stop, frisk and think by Editorial Board: PERHAPS THE most puzzling aspect of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s staunch opposition to any criticism of the New York Police...
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