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MO - UNITED STATES v. LUNSFORD, No. 12-3616
Original Article Diigo Post Excerpt: Because Lunsford sustained convictions for sexual abuse in 1990 and 1993, SORNA required him to register as a sex offender. In February 2011, Lunsford lived and was...
View ArticleGreen on Vice Crimes and Preventive Justice
Stuart P. Green (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - School of Law-Newark) has posted Vice Crimes and Preventive Justice (Criminal Law and Philosophy, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the...
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TWO NEW ENGLAND MEN MURDER LOVED ONES IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MATTERS THIS PAST...
They are cases involving one of the issues that make the criminal justice system, and related law enforcement, tremble. After all, part of the job of police, prosecutors and judges is to protect the...
View ArticleUS District Judge tells Michigan that all its mandatory juve LWOP sentences...
As reported in this local piece, headlined "Judge upholds ban on life, no parole for juveniles in Michigan," a federal district judge in the state up north has issued a new little opinion with...
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MT - Montana woman (Robin Renee Morgan) charged after pointing gun at man she...
Robin Renee Morgan Original Article Just another psycho nut-job out threatening people with guns, like the Florida vigilante Valerie Parkhurst. 08/13/2013 By S.H. Blannelberry [name withheld] of Great...
View ArticleDue process mandates that the State must bear the burden of proof
Sometime in August 1998, the defendant was released from state prison after serving a three year sentence following his conviction on October 25, 1995 to sexual abuse in the first degree. The...
View ArticleShouldn't AG Holder's speech impact federal judges at sentencing ... such as...
In this post late yesterday, I provided a lot of lengthy excerpts from Attorney General Eric Holder's remarks to the ABA calling for significant sentencing reforms. Today I have been thinking about an...
View ArticleState v Melendrez Utah Court of Appeals Decision
In State v Melendrez, the Utah Court of Appeals determines whether or not a trial court erred in giving the defendant, Victor Melendrez, consecutive sentences. State v Melendrez Melendrez was sentenced...
View ArticleLas Vegas Moon Landing Hoax?
Did Vegas play a Part in a Moon Landing Hoax? The 44th anniversary of the moon landing has just passed; however, many people still believe it to be a hoax. There are many theories as to how this hoax...
View Article"Two Powerful Signals of a Major Shift on Crime"
From the New York Times: Critics have long contended that draconian mandatory minimum sentence laws for low-level drug offenses, as well as stop-and-frisk police policies that target higher-crime and...
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Police Arrest Two Suspects In Snowball Stand Break-In
Howard County Police have arrested two suspects in a pair of recent burglary at a local snowball stand. The two young men were charged for two incidents occurring during the last week of July. One on...
View ArticleWhat are the Miranda Warnings?
Anyone who watches television shows about police and the law has heard the Miranda rights read to a suspect. The arresting officer will say something similar to, “You have the right to remain silent....
View ArticleDenver football player arrested for traffic violation warrant
Being pulled over by police can be an intimidating and embarassing experience. Sometimes people who are pulled over and receive a ticket don't undertstand the brief period that they have to dispute the...
View ArticleCriminal Procedures Begin With Booking
Criminal procedure involves a set of rules through which a government enforces criminal laws. In the United States, the federal government, states, and municipalities each have respective criminal...
View ArticleChild Pornography Sentences in Federal Court, a Massachusetts Criminal Lawyer...
Any Criminal Lawyer in Massachusetts will tell you that you don't want your case to be prosecuted in the Federal Court. There is a litany of reasons why. Federal prosecutors have a limited ability to...
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There was no evidence that any police officer believed that he was in danger
A Suffolk Criminal Lawyer said that, this is an appeal by defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, rendered December 8, 1983, convicting him of criminal possession of marijuana...
View ArticleLots of (mostly positive) reactions to AG Holder's big sentencing speech
In the last 48 hours, I have seen lots and lots of notable reactions and commentary in the wake of Attorney General Eric Holder's remarks to the ABA calling for significant sentencing reforms. Nearly...
View ArticleThe Court has inadvertently abrogated to the parties a function that is...
In this Sex abuse case, Defendant pled guilty before the Court in violating Penal Law Section 130.60, Sexual Abuse in the Second Degree, a class "A" misdemeanor, with a promised sentence of one-year...
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How Government Violates the Fourth Amendment Rights of Renters
8-14-2013 New York: A case of constitutional abuse from Rochester, New York In Rochester, New York, renting rather than buying a home is enough cause for a search warrant. Florine and Walter......
View ArticleSwapping Seats Leads To Double DUI Charges
A recent story out of Pennsylvania made headlines when police revealed that a couple from aptly named Freedom, PA were both arrested for driving drunk in the same car, at the same time, on the same...
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