D.Ariz.: Same rental car with drugs twice before seen again; reasonable...
Defendant was in a rental 4Runner than the police had found large quantities of marijuana in before, rented from a rental agency that seemed to cater to drug traffickers. The movements of the vehicle...
View ArticleStaatsanwaltschaft ermittelt wegen möglichem Betrug mit Bio-Eiern
Die Staatsanwaltschaft Oldenburg ermittelt gegen hunderte Landwirtschaftsbetriebe wegendes Verdachts des Betrugs. Die Bio-Höfe sollen mehr Hühner in ihren Ställen gehalten haben, als es nach den...
View ArticleRolling the Crazy Dice
<font style="FONT-SIZE: 12px" face="Arial">When James Holmes <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Aurora_shooting" target="">shot up a theater full of people</a> at the...
View ArticleThe Lowest Comment Denominator
<font style="FONT-SIZE: 12px" face="Arial">This is a shameful navel gazing post about blawging and its love/hate relationship with other forms of social media. If it's not of interest, don't...
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DONATE TO ZUKERBERG’S CAMPAIGN TO REFORM DC MARIJUANA LAWS
Marijuana law reform is coming to DC – if you can help. A special election for DC Council is set for April 23, 2013. Paul Zukerberg needs your support to bring marijuana law reform to our nation’s...
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PLEASE HELP PAUL BRING MARIJUANA LAW REFORM TO OUR NATION’S CAPITAL
Paul Zukerberg is running for DC Council in an April 23, 2013 special election. He needs your support to bring marijuana law reform to DC, and later Maryland and Virginia too. Please show your support...
View ArticleCal.4: Exclusionary rule does not apply in sexually violent predator proceedings
The exclusionary rule does not apply in SVP proceedings. Here, the DA acquired boxes of information about the defendant years after the conviction and even proceeded in court for authority to open the...
View ArticleAustin Post interviews Grits
For anyone interested, the Austin Post published an interview with me last week about the blog. Check it out.
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D.C. Motion to Suppress Proves Valuable in Murder Case Ending in Mistrial
A mistrial has been declared in the case of a Prince George County defendant charged with double murder. Our D.C. criminal defense attorneys understand that, as is so often the case with mistrials, a...
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Federal Judges Consider Alternative Sentencing in Drug Cases
Some thought it would never happen. Others thought it was inevitable. Regardless, the time is upon us. Federal judges are turning to drug courts and deferred prosecutions in drug cases, a policy...
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Florida Trafficking in Hydrocodone Case Gets Reversed Due to Prescription...
In a recent trafficking in Hydrocodone case near Jacksonville, Florida, the police executed a search warrant at the defendant's home and found a pill bottle with pain pills beside his bed. The pill...
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Corrections Corporation of America's legal settlements are subject to TN Open...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Court of Appeals has ruled that Corrections Corporation of America's legal settlements are subject to the state Open Records law (opinion).In a ruling filed on...
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Case o' The Week: The Fruits of One's Labor - Davis, Resitution, and Forfeiture
Take a bunch of apples from a farmer, then take the same number of oranges, and you’ve doubled the size of your fruit basket. But, “[m]oney levied as a punitive fine does not ‘double’ the money...
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NY - What is the real agenda?
Original Article03/03/2013 Why was my family used to try to make a legal precedent? The reason why is that their hasn’t been a case yet were any class of people, because of there mere presence was...
View Article"Should defendants’ age, health issues be sentencing factors?"
The question in the title of this post is the sub-heading of this notable article appearing in my own local Columbus Dispatch, which carries the main headline "Seniors argue for less time in prison."...
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Sequester Cuts: Payments to Medicare Doctors
Due to the sequester, doctors face a 2% cut in Medicare reimbursements: The bottom line is that doctors who treat Medicare beneficiaries will only be reimbursed 98 cents on every dollar for a... [[...
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RI DUI Attorney Matthew Marin Announces a NOT GUILTY VERDICT on Behalf of a...
Attorney Matthew T. Marin announces a NOT GUILTY verdict for a client facing the charge of refusal to submit to a chemical breath test. If you need assistance or are facing Rhode Island Drunk Driving...
View ArticleCook County jail overcrowding: inmate population almost at maximum capacity
10,136. That’s the maximum number of inmates the Cook County jail can hold. And according to Sheriff Tom Dart, the jail has almost reached that limit. Jail administrators are concerned because the...
View ArticleDrug courts come to federal system (and New York Times' front page)
Regular readers know about the drug courts movement and its (varied but still very important) success as an alternative means to process certain drug offenders through the modern criminal justice...
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Sunday Open Thread
I'm spending today getting acquainted with my new iMac. Since syncing has always been a problem for me -- I always end up erasing something I want to save or with outdated versions of my contacts... [[...
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