Mathen on Polygamy
Carissima Mathen (University of Ottawa - Faculty of Law (Common Law)) has posted Reflecting Culture: Polygamy and the Charter (Supreme Court Law Review, 57, 2012) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The...
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Rhode Island State Rep. pushes new sex offender bill (SORNA)
2-25-2013 Rhode Island: PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) -- A state Representative has introduced a bill that would create a much more rigid sex offender registry in Rhode Island. State Rep. Peter G.......
View ArticleInterstate 84 blocked 59-90
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View ArticleRollover Crash Blocks Interstate 15 near Blackfoot
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View ArticleStaatsanwaltschaft hat Ermittlungen gegen ZDF-Fernsehrat aufgenommen
Die Berliner Staatsanwaltschaft ermittelt gegen ein Mitglied des ZDF-Fernsehrates. Dieses soll Sozialbeiträge nicht ordnungsgemäß abgeführt haben. Der Beschuldigte ist Vorsitzender der Vereinigung der...
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HOME SWEET HOME
The Richard E. Gerstein Justice Building. For years, until the death of the former State Attorney, it was just known as The Metro Justice Building- MJB.Some love it. Others, like film maker Billy...
View ArticleSUPREME COURT RULES PLAIN ERROR MAY OCCUR AT TIME OF APPEAL
The general rule is that an appellate court does not consider an issue unless an objection was made in the trial court. The one exception to the rule is where there is plain error. Plain error is...
View ArticleBecause It's Only "Unreasonable" Searches and Seizures
<font style="FONT-SIZE: 12px" face="arial">While not the only amendment in the bill of rights of importance to criminal defendants, it's certainly the one the generates the most litigation by a...
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View ArticleWhat Sam Ponder Said
<blockquote><font style="FONT-SIZE: 12px" face="Arial">You've got African-Americans, you've got Hispanics, you've got a bag full of money. Does that tell you — a light bulb doesn't go off...
View ArticleKS: Drug tax is likely subject to the exclusionary rule
On summary judgment, assessment of a drug tax is likely subject to the exclusionary rule, too, for the illegal search of claimant’s vehicle. In re Tax Appeal of Burch, 2013 Kan. LEXIS 81 (February 22,...
View ArticleU.S Supreme Court Declines to Extend Officer’s Detention Authority...
In Michigan v. Summers, 452 U.S. 692 (1981), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld an officer’s authority under the Fourth Amendment to detain—without reasonable suspicion or probable cause—people at a...
View ArticleCommittees begin to hear criminal justice bills
Texas legislative committees are finally beginning to consider bills, with the first criminal-justice related legislation up for hearings today and tomorrow.This morning at 8:30 a.m., the House...
View ArticleThe Dog DID Bark!
The other day in Stafford General District Court, I overheard a dog barking case that caught my attention. The defendant in the case was charged with allowing her dog to bark too much in violation of...
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SEC and FBI Try to Ketchup to Heinz Insider Traders
In the latest development in an SEC lawsuit filed Friday, February 15, U.S. District Judge Rakoff extended a freeze on a Swiss Goldman Sachs account linked to possible insider trading in H.J. Heinz...
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34-year-old Comstock Park Man Faces Multiple Charges Following Crash While...
On Saturday February 23, a Comstock Park man crashed his vehicle into a tree on South Nevins Road in Sidney Township; the 34-year-old man was allegedly driving with his son, who is four years old, on...
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Florida Supreme Court Upholds Denial of Postconviction DNA Testing – Zeigler...
The advent of DNA testing has revealed that a surprisingly large number of people convicted of serious crimes were wrongly convicted. This most often takes place in cases that were finished before the...
View ArticleN.D.Ind.: Defendant's alleged attempt at withdrawal from conspiracy before...
The DEA had probable cause to arrest defendant for attempt to commit drug possession. The fact he didn’t show up for the last piece of the transaction as an alleged attempt to withdraw didn’t nullify...
View ArticleAnother big SCOTUS criminal justice day on tap
As reported in this prior post, yesterday proved a notable SCOTUS day for fans of intricate federal criminal procedure (though likely for few others). But today is one I had long noted on my calendar...
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