Driver's License Appeals - Problems with the Substance Abuse Evaluation - Part 2
In Part 1 of this article, we began our examination of the things that can go wrong with the Substance Abuse Evaluation form that must be filed to begin a License Appeal, and how some of these errors...
View ArticleINLAND EMPIRE NEWS: Family Angered that Suspected Riverside DUI Driver Still...
COLTON, Calif. (KABC) -- A grieving father is demanding answers after his daughter, her best friend and the woman driving the two girls were killed by a suspected drunken driver who has not been...
View ArticleCRIMINAL DEFENSE NEWS: Innocent Man Released After 23 years has Heart Attack
By GILLIAN MOHNEY March 23, 2013 Click HERE for ABC news story, and video. David Ranta has suffered a massive heart attack just two days after being exonerated of murder and leaving prison for the...
View ArticleConsent for Police to Search in Florida is Limited in Scope
In Florida, many drug cases arise after a suspect has given the police consent to search. We have a hard time understanding why people give police consent to search when they know they are in...
View ArticleWI - Lost signals, disconnected lives: Offenders raise concerns over...
Original Article03/23/2013By Mario Koran[name withheld #1] and [name withheld #2] were convicted of violent sex crimes and served many years in prison. Now they are on parole, living in Madison...
View ArticleTop-Ten Recent SSRN Downloads
in criminal law and procedure ejournals are here. The usual disclaimers apply. RankDownloadsPaper Title 1 15037 Ham Sandwich Nation: Due Process When Everything is a Crime Glenn Harlan Reynolds,...
View ArticleNotable headlines provides signs of the marijuana times
Though I remain on the road (for both work and play), Google news helps me make sure I do not miss too many notable news stories. And this trio of marijuana headlines caught my eye in the last fews...
View ArticleAlleged Conspirators Indicted for Straw Buyer Scam
John Leadbeater, 54, Kearny, New Jersey, and Daniel Cardillo, 49, Wildwood, New Jersey, have been indicted and charged as alleged conspirators in a $13 million mortgage fraud scam that used phony...
View ArticleDo I have to tell my employer about my DUI Arrest?
A question that comes up frequently in a Maryland DUI Arrest is whether or not a defendant should tell their employer about the fact that they have been arrested and charged for a DUI or DWI. The fact...
View ArticleNew Jersery Man Receives 12-Year Sentence for $7.5 Million Mortgage Fraud...
A new Jersey man was sentenced to a 12-year term in state prison for a mortgage refinance Ponzi scheme that duped more than 40 victims out of more than $7 million. Frederick Tropeano, 47, received the...
View ArticleDeuschlel on Guidelines Variance Calculations
Nicholas Deuschle has posted Fun with Numbers: Gall's Mixed Message Regarding Variance Calculations (University of Chicago Law Review 2013, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Comment...
View ArticleSocial Security disability rules for Lupus
How to win my disability case for a lupus diagnosis? Systemic lupus erythematosus, or simply lupus, is evaluated in the immune system section of the Disability Evaluation Under Social Security...
View ArticleFederal Court Upholds Controversial Maryland Gun Law
A little over a year ago, Federal District Court Judge Benson Everett Legg ruled that the "good and substantial" provision of the Maryland concealed carry gun law was unconstitutional. This provision...
View ArticleSohoni on Notice and the New Deal
Mila Sohoni (New York University School of Law) has posted Notice and the New Deal (Duke Law Journal, Vol. 62, p. 1169, 2013) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: The New Deal Supreme Court revised a...
View ArticleShould sex offender have to pay an annual fee for their monitoring?
The question in the title of this post is prompted by this new article from Michigan, headlined "ACLU, other groups object to Michigan bill pushing annual sex offender fee." Here is how it starts: A...
View ArticleSunday Night Open Thread
Is anyone watching the Phil Spector movie on HBO? It's very strange. It's like they are all playing caricatures of caricatures. I'm switching to the Good Wife. I've been working on TalkLeft's premium...
View ArticleBellin on eHearsay
Jeffrey Bellin (William & Mary Law School) has posted eHearsay (Minnesota Law Review, Vol. 98, 2013) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Article proposes a new “eHearsay” rule of evidence that will...
View ArticleMississippi DUI - Do's and Don'ts
For over thirty years attorneys at Coxwell & Associates, PLLC have been providing advice to clients when it comes to DUI cases in the Jackson metropolitan area and all over the state of...
View ArticleNot a Good Adventure for Bonaventura: Constable Charged With DUI…...
As someone who was recently arrested and charged with driving under the influence in Los Angeles, you’re feeling pretty sheepish and scared and regretful. You wish you had use more common sense --...
View ArticleRidiculous Los Angeles Petty Theft News: Lemur Theft Played Out “Like a Bad...
In all likelihood, your Los Angeles petty theft charges are pretty dry and mundane. Maybe you shoplifted some clothes or jewelry from an open market shop in Venice Beach or the Promenade; or maybe you...
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