Nearly 300 drivers arrested for DUI in King County during 3 week strech
I read an article this afternoon from the Seattle Times discussing the success of the "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" campaign. Slowly but surely it sounds like it is working, although not at a rate...
View ArticleEast Valley "Safe and Sober" Campaign Nets 1,513 DUI Arrests
Stakes are high for DUI, and Underage Drinking; Consequences extend beyond criminal charges. Starting August 15, 2013 nine agencies joined to form a "Safe and sober" campaign task force. The Campaign...
View ArticleNFL Players and Marijuana
The NFL punishes players who use marijuana. Marijuana Policy Project has purchased a billboard ad calling on the NFL to stop the punishments. The billboard is in front of Sports Authority Field at Mile...
View Article"Can the Police Go to the Front Door of a Home Marked With “No...
Orin Kerr has this post at The Volokh Conspiracy, commenting on a recent lower court case: [W]hether No Trespassing signs might revoke the implied license raises a difficult issue about the nature of...
View ArticleProposed 72 Hour Hold for Maine Prisoners is Withdrawn
In Maine, prisoners are generally entitled to a court hearing within 48 hours of arrest. In some areas, staff and funding shortages have made if difficult to comply with the mandate. The proposal to...
View Article3 vehicle crash near Twin Falls
On September 5, 2013 Idaho State Police Investigated a crash involving 3 vehicles, southbound US 93 near milepost 65 in Jerome County. A large utility truck in the northbound lane driven by Orion...
View ArticleRisk assessment tools plagued by 'authorship bias,' study finds
Original Article 09/04/2013 By Karen Franklin, Ph.D. Reported predictive validity higher in studies by an instrument's designers than by independent researchers The use of actuarial risk assessment...
View ArticleThe court did not find the need to explore the other challenges to the...
Defendant is charged with two crimes of asking for and receiving payments of money in in consideration for acts relating to the performance of his office while Commissioner of Public Safety (Penal Law,...
View ArticleThe Show Cause Order was filed within four months
In this proceeding, the claimant seeks an order pursuant to § 160.50 of the Criminal Procedure Law ("CPL") directing that certain records in respondents' possession be sealed. The respondents oppose...
View Article"Drug Sniffing Dogs and Marijuana Decriminalization"
Orin Kerr has this post at The Volokh Conspiracy: Is use of a drug-sniffing dog a “search” if the dog is trained to alert to marijuana but the state has decriminalized marijuana? Granted, even if the...
View ArticlePetitioner's competence as a nursing home operator does not preclude the...
In this criminal action, a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 was filed to review a determination of the Board of Examiners of Nursing Home Administrators which suspended petitioner's license as a...
View ArticleUS v. Earl, No. 12-10169 (9-5-13)(Carr, Sr. D.J., with Reinhardt and M. Smith). Home may be where the heart is, but if assigned to home confinement by BOP, it isn't where SR starts. The defendant did...
View ArticleDow v. Virga, No. 11-17678 (9-5-13) (Reinhardt with M. Smith and Carr, Sr. D.J.) In this second degree robbery habeas challenge, the 9th reverses the denial of the petition. It held that (1) the state...
View ArticleFamily Court's order of disposition
In this criminal case, respondent is alleged to have committed acts which, were he an adult, would constitute the crimes of Escape in the First Degree, Escape in the Second Degree, and Escape in the...
View ArticleBell v. Uribe, No. 11-5676, and DeMola, No. 11-56771 (9-5-13) (Tallman with Clifton and Callahan). The petitioners were on trial for murder. At the state trial, there was one holdout for acquittal. The...
View ArticleThe issue in this case is whether the court erred in convicting the defendant
This is an appeal from the judgments of the Supreme Court, Bronx County, rendered March 26, 1992, convicting each defendant of two counts of robbery in the first degree, and one count each of assault...
View ArticleAmmon Man Sentenced for Selling Meth in Blackfoot
POCATELLO – Jesus Manuel Avila, 46, of Ammon, Idaho, was sentenced Tuesday in United States District Court to 12 months in prison, followed by 12 months of home detention with electronic monitoring,...
View ArticlePocatello Man Sentenced to 70 Months in Prison for Selling Meth
POCATELLO – Loyal Dean Williams, 38, of Pocatello, Idaho, was sentenced yesterday in United States District Court to 70 months in prison for distributing methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson...
View ArticleAlleged Ponzi Schemer Faces New Loan-Sharking Charges
A Massachusetts man already accused of orchestrating a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme with his wife faced new charges of loan-sharking after he was arrested at a gas station with thousands of...
View ArticleJeremy Jones of Loxahatchee, Florida Arrested for Cruelty Towards Animals
Jeremy Jones of Loxahatchee, Florida was arrested Tuesday after he was accused of neglecting two three-month old Catahoula puppies, news sources report. Jones, 39, was booked into the Broward County...
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