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Defendant Charged with Animal Cruelty Denied Pretrial Diversion
By Stevie PhillipsOn January 23, Justice Lee authored a unanimous Tennessee Supreme Court opinion in Stanton v. State of Tennessee. In sum, Stanton, a farmer in Warren County, was indicted under...
View ArticleDUI Impairment Chart From Utah Highway Patrol
Blood Alcohol Concentration The BAC tables are based on averages and are only guides and not for legal use. BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION (BAC) .00% Only Safe Level! .01-.03% Impairment begins .04-.07%...
View ArticleOn the Media: "Facebook's New Social Search"
On the Media: Facebook's New Social Search: Facebook has introduced a new search tool called social graph search, which lets users search across the Facebook database by users' interests. Privacy...
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Conviction for misapplying federal funds reversed
Jimenez was convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. § 666 for misapplying funds from a federally funded program. He challenged the factual sufficiency of his conviction to the 11th Circuit arguing that he...
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Case o' The Week: Crazy Talk (or Silence?) - Dreyer, Competency, and...
“In attempting to comply with this misguided decision, district courts are left to navigate the shoals of Scylla and Charybdis.” United States v. Dreyer, 2013 65430 (9thCir. Jan. 7, 2013) (ord....
View ArticleHow To Find A Criminal Defense Firm In Cleveland, Ohio.
As former prosecutors my partners and I can tell you how important it is to hire the best possible defense team that you can afford. Not all attorneys are equipped to be defense attorneys, not...
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A defendant who pleads guilty to Rape in the Third Degree
A defendant who pleads guilty to Rape in the Third Degree by way of an Alford-Serrano plea, notwithstanding his claims of innocence, is convicted of a felony. Accordingly, he is subject to the...
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AR - Arkansas Legislature: Senate OKs Spending Bill; Sex Offender Bills Advance
Original Article01/23/2013By John Lyon and Rob MoritzExcerpt: The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday endorsed a measure that would ban some sex offenders from swimming areas and children’s...
View ArticleWhat is the State Patrol's jurisdiction?
The Washington State Patrol's (WSP) Jurisdiction is the entire State. This is a common question I get when troopers seem to be hanging out all over the City. Lately, I have been getting lots of cases...
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Anonymous "Operation Last Resort" Takes Down U.S. Sentencing Site
Anonymous has hacked the website of the U.S. Sentencing Commission in retaliation for the suicide of Aaron Swartz and in protest of the overly harsh federal sentencing guidelines and policies of the......
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Calling it Quits
Yes, another criminal defense blog is biting the dust. As our law firm grows and the demands on our time increase, the blog continues to get moved to the back burner. I hate feeling like I have...
View ArticleNew Device Aims to Use Infrared Light to Monitor Drivers for Alcohol
As anyone who follows the news likely realizes, law enforcement agencies not only across Minnesota, but across the rest of the country, place a tremendous emphasis on cracking down on drunk drivers....
View ArticleNew Device Aims to Use Infrared Light to Monitor Drivers for Alcohol
As anyone who follows the news likely realizes, law enforcement agencies not only across Minnesota, but across the rest of the country, place a tremendous emphasis on cracking down on drunk drivers....
View Articlevan Ours & Vollaard on Strengthening Victim Precaution
Jan C. van Ours and Ben Vollaard (Tilburg University - Department of Economics and TILEC, Tilburg University) have posted The Engine Immobilizer: A Non-Starter for Car Thieves on SSRN. Here is the...
View ArticleLos Angeles Times: "Pregnant woman hogtied by officers gets $250,000 settlement"
Los Angeles Times: Pregnant woman hogtied by officers gets $250,000 settlement by Richard Winton: Tamara Gaglione was pulled over for talking on her cellphone while driving on the freeway. A video...
View ArticleCA4: Orders entered under § 2703(d) are not subject to a public right of...
An § 2703(d) order to Twitter to disclose information in the Bradley Manning case to disclose information is not subject to a public right of access and public filing the same as search warrants. The...
View ArticleMD: Landlord's ability to enter premises doesn't extend to consenting to...
Apparently abandoned rental property was subject to landlord and police entry. If viewed merely as a consent, the landlord could not consent to the police entering, too, because the landlord’s...
View ArticleD.Guam: NCIS doesn't violate Posse Comitatus Act by investigating sailors'...
NCIS was investigating potential criminal activity of Navy personnel in civilian areas of Guam, and that was a proper investigative function. Therefore, the Posse Comitatus Act wasn’t violated, and...
View ArticleInvitation to the January 29 D.C. Contemplative Law Group gathering.
By Fairfax County/Northern Virginia/Maryland/Beltway criminal defense lawyer Jon Katz. Defending DWI/ DUI/ Drunk Driving, drugs, marijuana/medical marijuana/cultivation, sex cases, felonies and...
View ArticleMutmaßlicher Anlagebetrüger gesteht vor Gericht
Vor dem Landgericht Mannheim wird einem Mann vorgeworfen, das er rund 1300 Anleger um ihr Geld betrogen haben soll. Nun gestand der Angeklagte seine Taten (Anlagebetrug) und erklärte dem Gericht sein...
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