The Dorner Reward: Let's Get Technical
<font style="FONT-SIZE: 12px" face="arial">The reward eventually reached $1.2 million, a very large sum given that there wasn't any real need for an incentive to push people over the edge from...
View ArticleTürsteher vom Vorwurf der Vergewaltigung freigesprochen
Vor dem Schöffengericht in Siegen musste sich ein 31-jähriger Türsteher wegen des Verdachts der Vergewaltigung verantworten. Der Angeklagte und die spätere Anzeigeerstatterin trafen in einer Disco...
View ArticleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court addresses whether gun owner properly...
Massachusetts requires all firearms to be secured in a locked container when not in possession of the lawful owner. As a Boston criminal defense attorney, many are often confused on what is required to...
View ArticleSaved: 1; Lost: Everyone Else
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Per Se Weapons & Fourth Degree New York Weapon Crimes: Defining Bludgeon...
There are countless means in which a non-weapon, if used in a particular way, becomes a weapon in the eyes of the law. In New York, a tree branch, spoon, pair of shoes or just about anything else, if...
View ArticleOn the importance of visual aids: Location tracking edition
Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman has a nice feature in today's paper on the push to require a warrant for police to access historical personal cell phone tracking information ("Should police require a...
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Virginia's Roanoke Times: Point and Counterpoint Editorial, on the sex...
Mary Devoy, of Mechanicsville, has been a volunteer advocate for data-driven reform of Virginia’s sex offender registry and laws since 2008. Senator Bill Stanley, of Franklin County,... [[This,an...
View ArticleEvan Ebel was part of Colorado parole system under strain
The Denver Post By Christopher N. OsherThe Denver Post Evan Ebel stepped from years of solitary confinement into a parole system straining under high caseloads, complicated new policies and an...
View ArticleS.D.Ohio: While Ohio law requires PC to search a parolee, the Fourth...
While Ohio law requires PC to search a parolee, the Fourth Amendment doesn’t in federal court. United States v. Hill, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 45754 (S.D. Ohio March 29, 2013): [...] Read more!
View ArticleS.D.Ind.: IU RAs can enter dorm rooms for announced “health and safety...
Indiana University Resident Advisors in the dormitories conducted a quarterly announced “health and safety inspection” of dorm rooms, and a small quantity of marijuana was seen in plaintiff’s room. The...
View ArticleCA5: Two day warrantless search of tractor-trailer with PC was reasonable
There was probable cause for the stop and search of defendant’s tractor-trailer. The fact contraband wasn’t found in the first three hours didn’t cause the PC to dissipate. The truck was moved and...
View ArticleD.Ariz.: Using a co-conspirators’ code word at the door to get defendant to...
Using a co-conspirators’ code word at the door to get defendant to open it was not unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment. It was also not consent obtained by deception. United States v. Poom-Medina,...
View ArticleNew Scholarship - "Should Competition Policy Promote Happiness?"
Maurice E. Stucke (University of Tennessee) authored an article titled, "Should Competition Policy Promote Happiness?" The SSRN abstract states: What, if anything, are the implications of the happiness...
View ArticleD.S.D.: Cell phone properly seized incident to juvenile prostitution arrest
Defendant was accused of transporting a juvenile for prostitution. An undercover officer saw the screen of his Blackberry and saw a reference to “bring[ing] condoms.” There was probable cause to seize...
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Shoplifting in Atlanta? You are not alone.
Who shoplifts? That is really a rhetorical question. It doesn't have a specific answer. The shoplifter is profile-proof. There are certainly career criminals out there, those who are simply seeking a...
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March Madness, Elite 8 Day 2, Open Thread
The investments: Louisville -3½ over Duke (4 units), Michigan +2½ over Florida. Go Gators! Yesterday, 0-2 ATS, -7 units (29-23, +18 units for MM.) Happy Easter! Open Thread. [[ This is a content...
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New Jersey DWI Police Blotter: Multiple South Brunswick Arrests for DWI, CDS...
Do not think for a moment that a drunken driving arrest or drug DUI summons will automatically result in a conviction, fines or jail time. As New Jersey trial lawyers skilled in drunken driving...
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DA Seeks Death Penalty for James Holmes
Arapahoe County District Attorney, recently elected George Brauchler, has advised the Court his office will seek the death penalty against James Holmes, charged with the Aurora theater killings. Chief...
View ArticleMN Statute Outlawing Pranks is Unconstitutional
Although the law is relatively unknown to the general public, MN Statute 609.913 actually makes the execution of April Fools Day pranks (as well as pranks practiced during the rest of the year) illegal...
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Georgia Bulldog Breaks Into House to Check Facebook and Pee on Couch
A University of Georgia student is alleged to have broken into an Athens, Georgia woman's home in order to check her Facebook account. Not only did she go where she wasn't wanted, she literally "went"...
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