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Obama Press Conference on Boston Bombing Suspect
President Obama is speaking now. There are unanswered questions. Why did these men resort to violence? How did they plan it? Did they receive help? Public safety is at risk and we will investigate. We...
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MT - Gallatin County officials react to new sex offender law
Original Article04/18/2013By JODI HAUSEN A new law may have some convicted sexual offenders undergoing renewed scrutiny. Gov. Steve Bullock signed House Bill 335 (PDF) into law this week, allowing...
View ArticleBringing Out The Worst In Us
<font style="FONT-SIZE: 12px" face="Arial">These are the times that test us. Will we prove ourselves worthy?<br> <br> No one can dismiss that efforts of law enforcement in...
View ArticleFreispruch nach angeblicher Vergewaltigung im Rahmen eines Trinkgelages
Fünf russische Männer und zwei russische Frauen sollen mit großen Mengen Wodka in St. Mauritz gefeiert haben. Vor dem Landgericht Münster behauptete eine dieser Frauen nun, dass sie an diesem Abend...
View ArticleChairing last meeting as Illinois State Bar Association's Chair of Standing...
This morning, I will chair the Illinois State Bar Association's Standing Committee on Continuing Legal Education's spring meeting. For two years, it has been my pleasure to serve in this position....
View ArticleHouse-to-House Searches and the Fourth Amendment
Volokh Conspiracy: House-to-House Searches and the Fourth Amendment by Orin Kerr: Current events in Boston raise the question of whether the Fourth Amendment allows the government to conduct...
View ArticleW.D.N.Y.: Questioning about drugs beyond the traffic infraction “d[id]...
Questioning about drugs beyond the traffic infraction “d[id] not measurably extend the stop's duration” under Arizona v. Johnson. United States v. Wiggins, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 55151 (W.D. N.Y. April...
View ArticleS.D.Fla.: 2255 so bad maybe USAO should consider perjury charges
Defendant would lose the search issue in his IAC claim on the merits of the search, as he should on all issues in it. As to the 2255 petition as a whole, it is rife with false statements, omissions,...
View ArticleLaw.com: Judge, Counsel Tempers Flare at Stop-and-Frisk Trial
Law.com: Judge, Counsel Tempers Flare at Stop-and-Frisk Trial by Mark Hamblett, New York Law Journal: [...] Read more!
View ArticleD.Mass.: 72 hour psych ward hold didn't show defendant couldn't consent
The mere fact defendant was in a psychiatric ward on a 72 hour hold did not show that he couldn’t consent. Based on the totality of the circumstances, the court credits the FBI agent that defendant...
View ArticleTX: Defendant had standing in aunt's back yard where he kept his dogs
Defendant had standing to challenge the police entry into his aunt’s backyard. He used to live with her, but he moved out, and she let him keep his dogs in her back yard, and he came everyday with her...
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Chicago Physician Facing Federal Charges For Illegally Prescribing...
A Chicago physician Dr. Kenneth S. Nave associated with Sacred Heart Hospital on the city’s west side was arrested on April 17, 2013 and is facing federal charges for allegedly illegally prescribing...
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Joe Guford Attorney Receives 19th Circuit Pro Bono Award
Joe Gufford, a Family Law Attorney in Martin Couny, received the 19th Judicial Circuit Pro Bono Service Award. Pictured are Joe Gufford and Chief Circuit Judge Steven J. Levin
View ArticleA FEW WORDS ABOUT DZOKHAR TSARNAEV AND MIRANDA
A few words about Dzokhar Tsarnaev and Miranda. Last night, literally within minutes of the announcement that Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzokhar Tsarneav had been arrested, certain news outlets...
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New Florida DUI Manslaughter Trial for Polo Mogul?
A columnist with the Sun-Sentinel recently penned an article he claimed pained him. In it, he wrote that as much as he hated to say it, the wealthy businessman convicted of DUI manslaughter in the 2010...
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The CFAA on trial - the latest from the Nosal case on remand
Vanessa Blum from The Recorder has been covering the Nosal trial almost in its entirety. Her coverage has been fantastic, and can be found further below. We have also written extensively on the case...
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D.C. Drug Sentence Minimums Fought by Mom of Convicted Twins
Back in the spring of 1998, two young brothers, twins, were gearing up for graduation with political science degrees. They had plans to attend law school together, and from their go into practice with...
View ArticleLevin: 'Look Askance Before You Enhance'
The headline to this post is the title of a two-page policy brief from Marc Levin at the Texas Public Policy Foundation giving legislators guidance when considering new criminal penalty enhancements....
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Concerned Citizen can Be Basis for a Traffic (and DUI) Stop in Florida
Most traffic stops, whether it is just a traffic ticket situation or one that leads to criminal charges like DUI or possession of drugs, result from a police officer claiming to observe a person...
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