Featured Paper: DNA Profiles, Computer Searches, and the Fourth Amendment
I found this interesting note, published recently in the Duke Law Journal on the use of the government's DNA database for certain convicted felons. The note, DNA Profiles, Computer Searches, and the...
View ArticleBut For Video™: Cop in Shorts
<font style="FONT-SIZE: 12px" face="arial">San Diego Police Officer M. Reinhold, likely feeling vulnerable and angry that he was forced to go out in public wearing shorts rather than more...
View ArticleSpeed Defense Myth: If the Officer Can’t Pick You Out, You Win
Wrong. The officer has to be able to testify that he got the right person. That’s correct. He has to be able to identify the driver of the vehicle that he pulled over and make sure it was the person...
View ArticleD.C. Prostitution Ring Results in Federal Conviction, Possible Deportation
A Maryland man recently pleaded guilty to federal charges stemming from an interstate prostitution ring that reportedly involved some 100 women who were transported to work in D.C., Maryland, Virginia...
View ArticleFRAMINGHAM TEEN IS ARRESTED FOR MASSACHUSETTS AGGREVATED RAPE AND KIDNAPPING...
Nathan P. Williams, a 19-year-old Framingham man (hereinafter, the “Defendant”) is in a great deal of trouble. Tomorrow, he is scheduled to return to court for a Massachusetts Dangerousness Hearing....
View ArticleDraft Bulletin on Probation Violations
I recently completed a draft of a bulletin on probation violations. It is working its way through our internal review process. In the meantime, I thought I would post it on the blog and open it up for...
View ArticleFRAMINGHAM TEEN FACES MASSACHUSETTS DANGEROUSNESS HEARING FOR KIDNAPPING AND...
As we left off, Attorney Sam’s Take was discussing the matter of Nathan P. Williams, a 19-year-old Framingham man (hereinafter, the “Defendant”), who is poised to have a Massachusetts Dangerousness...
View ArticleElectronic privacy roundup
Here are several national electronic privacy stories that relate to presently pending Texas legislation.Selling not-so-anonymous location tracking dataMany user agreements one signs online indicate the...
View ArticleOn The Crucible of Cross Examination
It happens perhaps most often in domestic violence cases that the complainant fails to show up on the morning of trial. The government would have you believe this is because the complainant fears for...
View ArticleJubilación: AFP vs ONP (III parte)
Como estaba previsto el día de ayer, 10 de abril de 2013, me acerqué a la cita programada por AFP Prima para firmar la Sección II en mi proceso de jubilación y solicitar "Pensión Preliminar". NO...
View ArticleLansing Man Agrees to Plea Bargain in 2012 Birthday Party Shooting Death
In April of 2012, then 19-year-old Rodney Scott was accused of murdering Ignacio Rebolloso at a birthday party both of the men were attending in Lansing. On Wednesday, April 10, Scott agreed to a plea...
View ArticleEcorse Man Charged with First-Degree CSC in Alleged July 2012 Rape
An Ecorse man, 30-year-old Aaron Tyrell Qualls, was arraigned on Thursday April 4 on a charge of first-degree criminal sexual conduct after he allegedly raped a woman in July of 2012. Qualls was...
View ArticleMy Take on the Atlanta Public School Cheating Scandal
I would imagine that most of you are aware that, in the past week, a total of 35 Atlanta area public school teachers and school officials have been arrested in connection with the law enforcement probe...
View ArticleMN - Sex-offender program changes reviewed by Minnesota House committee
Venus FlytrapOriginal Article04/10/2013By Megan Boldt A bill that would rehab a program for Minnesota's most dangerous sex offenders got its first hearing Wednesday, April 10, in the Minnesota House....
View ArticleMonmouth DWI-DUI Police Blotter: Numerous Middleton, NJ, Alcohol- and...
As drunken driving defense attorneys representing motorists accused of DWI and drug DUI here in the Garden State, I and my large staff of skilled trial lawyers have more than 100 years of collective...
View ArticleCrime in South Bay Increases
A review of the overall crime in the South Bay and Harbor Area of Los Angeles County shows that crime has increased by one percent in the year 2012. According to an assessment of the California Crime...
View ArticleCA11: "The Dukes of Hazzard" makes it to the Eleventh Circuit
“This appeal presents the question whether three officials in a rural county of Georgia are entitled to a summary judgment against a complaint that they violated the civil rights of a father and son...
View ArticleIs Usana Running an Illegal Pyramid Scheme?
All good multi-level marketing companies have one thing in common: They fail to disclose enough information to allow consumers and regulators to determine if they are in the business of recruiting or...
View ArticleMICHIGAN LICENSE "SUSPENSION" OR "REVOCATION" AND THE RELIEF AVAILABLE FOR BOTH
Depending on whether your license has been "suspended" or "revoked" will dictate what type of relief is available to you. The distinction is often overlooked by the layperson but the difference is...
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