DOJ to Defer Challenge to New State Marijuana Laws
The Department of Justice has officially spoken about state marijuana laws. It has advised the Governors of Colorado and Washington that provided it enacts robust regulations that do not not interfere...
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View ArticleFEDERAL PROSECUTORS TOLD TO NO LONGER ENFORCE MARIJUANA LAWS IN STATES WHERE...
Your favorite Clearwater criminal defense attorney just obtained a memorandum sent today to each federal prosecutor working in every United States Attorney's office. The memorandum outlines the factors...
View ArticleRace and the Juvenile Justice System: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the...
This post is courtesy of Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Jocelyn Samuels The Civil Rights Division is acutely aware of the impact that the criminal justice system has...
View ArticleUnder Age DUI Zero Tolerance Policy
In California, you can be charged with driving under the influence of alcohol if your blood or breath results are .08 or higher. However, if you are under 21 and you drive with any measurable amount of...
View ArticleMaryland’s De Novo System
What is Maryland’s de novo system? It is a system that allows review of decisions rendered in courts of limited jurisdiction by a trial court of general jurisdiction. A defendant who is convicted in a...
View ArticleMD - Baltimore Officer (Frederick Allen) Charged With 2 Counts Of Child Sex...
Original Article 08/29/2013 BALTIMORE (WJZ) - A grand jury has indicted a Baltimore City police officer for child sex abuse. Frederick Allen is being charged with two counts of sexual child abuse of a...
View ArticleCA - Judge orders prison diagnostic for ex-deputy (Earl William Klapperich)...
Earl William Klapperich Original Article 08/29/2013 OROVILLE - Sentencing was delayed Wednesday for a former Butte County sheriff's deputy convicted of soliciting a minor for sex. The Butte County...
View ArticleVandervort on HIV, Fraud, Non-Disclosure, and Consent
Lucinda Vandervort (University of Saskatchewan) has posted HIV, Fraud, Non-Disclosure, Consent and a Stark Choice: Mabior or Sexual Autonomy? (Criminal Law Quarterly, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the...
View ArticleArizona Expungement under ARS 13-4051 and Set Aside of Convictions under ARS...
One question that I get frequently is “expunging” a criminal conviction. Unfortunately, Arizona does not expunge criminal convictions. If someone has been convicted of a crime, the best one can do is...
View Article2013 Labor Day DUI Task Force
David Cantor explains what to do if pulled over for DUI this Labor Day Weekend: “What to do if pulled over for DUI this Labor Day Weekend?” Labor Day is coming up this Monday September 2nd 2013 and...
View ArticleIs "Stop and Frisk" On The Way Out?
In the wake of a recent decision by a federal district court judge in New York holding that the state's "stop and frisk" policy violates the United States Constitution, the country is abuzz with...
View ArticleDavid Oshinsky Reviews A Wild Justice
"Stay of Execution," is the title of David Oshinsky's review in the Sunday New York Times Book Review. More onEvan Mandery's A Wild Justice: The Death and Resurrection of Capital Punishment in America,...
View ArticleI was framed
Hi my name is Lydia and I was framed i use to work @ a doctors office and one of the doctors patient stolded a prescrition book and started to write scrips and was caught,he blamed me and told all the...
View ArticleCalifornia to Release 10,000 Prisoners
Controversy continues over California prison overcrowding. The criminal defense attorneys at Wallin & Klarich explain the impact of a recent court order to release 10,000 prison inmates.
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View ArticleBorchert, Pinguelo & Thaw on the Stored Communications Act and Social Media
Christopher J. Borchert , Fernando M. Pinguelo and David Thaw (University of Connecticut - School of Law , SCARINCI HOLLENBECK, LLC and University of Connecticut School of Law) have posted Reasonable...
View ArticleHow does the sex offender registry make us safer?
8-30-2013 Florida: An investigation by the Sun Sentinel found numerous failures in Florida's implementation of the Jimmy Ryce law, which evaluates sex offenders before they're released... [[This,an...
View ArticleCan Police Paralyze Me and Probe my Ass for Drugs? 6th Circuit Says No
I'm sure many of you have asked this same question. Up until Monday, the answer, at least in the Sixth Circuit, was "yeah." But in what can only described a victory for those who oppose non-consensual...
View ArticleCourt must consider the nature of the prior forum
Intervenor moves pursuant to CPLR § 3212 for summary judgment dismissing Plaintiff's complaint seeking foreclosure of a mortgage against her home which was fraudulently given by movant's son,...
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