Criminal Law Blogs (369) Expanded View List View

Blogs 1 - 90 of 369
Sorted by Popularity | Sort by Name | Sort by Last Post Date
Today | This Week | This Month | All Time

TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime

TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime

Provides liberal coverage of crime-related political and injustice
news.

http://www.talkleft.com/
  • Feb 08

    Villagers Want Progressives To Pu ...

    Villagers Want Progressives To Push For
    Senate Health Bill
    It takes some chutzpah for a Village blogger like Jon Cohn to insist
    that progressives clamor for the Senate health bill. Cohn writes: I
    should probably reiterate what I've said before. Nobody--not the
    president and not the members of Congress--are going to move if
    progressives don't push for [the health bill]. That's where the real
    shove has to start. Progressives have been marginalized and insulted
    throughout the process. Many, if not most, do not care for the Senate
    health bill. And now one of the people Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 11:50 am
  • Feb 08

    GOP Health Insurance Voucher Plan ...

    GOP Health Insurance Voucher Plan Is Like The
    Excise Tax
    Matt Yglesias writes: I was on the radio yesterday, for example, with
    a woman who said that the GOP’s Medicare privatization plan would
    save money by giving people vouchers to buy private insurance. [. . .]
    [W]hat Ryan’s plan actually does is first privatize/vouchers
    Medicare, and then “save money” by arbitrarily mandating that the
    cost of the vouchers have to grow slower than the cost of health care.
    In other words, with every passing year Ryancare vouchers get smaller
    and smaller relative to the cost of Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 11:50 am
  • Feb 08

    ACLU: Stop the Criminialization o ...

    ACLU: Stop the Criminialization of the
    Undocumented
    The ACLU has released an issues brief arguing against the
    criminalizing of the undocumented. It's both unlawful and harmful to
    public policy. The use by states and localities of criminal laws to go
    after undocumented immigrants simply for being undocumented is
    generally unlawful, because the federal government has sole power to
    regulate immigration. [More...] ...More important, the federal
    government's decision to prosecute more immigration violations
    criminally has diverted resources from prosecution of Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 11:50 am
Rank This Ths Week: 3

Sex Offender Issues

Sex Offender Issues

Covers sex offender laws and cases.

http://sexoffenderissues.blogspot.com/
  • Feb 09

    NH - Bills split on residency rul ...

    NH - Bills split on residency rules for sex
    offenders
    Original Article 02/07/2010 By AARON SANBORN A hearing on a proposed
    law that would ban sex offender residency restrictions like those the
    city of Dover once had is slated for Wednesday in the state House of
    Representatives. Meanwhile, a bill proposing the opposite - to create
    statewide residency restrictions - also is coming before lawmakers
    Wednesday. House Bill 1484 would prohibit any political subdivision of
    the state from adopting an ordinance or bylaw that restricts the
    residence of a sex offender or Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 8:50 am
  • Feb 09

    OFF TOPIC - TX - Texas illegally ...

    OFF TOPIC - TX - Texas illegally Collecting
    and Storing Newborn DNA. Using it for Private
    Research
    Video Link "The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it
    strictly." - Abraham Lincoln Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 8:50 am
  • Feb 09

    UK - 7 Children Rescued From Chil ...

    UK - 7 Children Rescued From Child
    Pornography Ring
    Video Link "The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it
    strictly." - Abraham Lincoln Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 8:50 am
Rank This Ths Week: 9

Sentencing Law and Policy

Sentencing Law and Policy

By Moritz College of Law Professor Douglas A. Berman.

http://sentencing.typepad.com/sentencing_law_and_policy/
Rank This Ths Week: 11

New York Supreme Court Criminal Term

New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library
Blog

News and information gateway to web based services provided by the New
York State Supreme Court Criminal Term Library in New York County.

http://www.bloglines.com/blog/PLL
  • Feb 08

    New York Legislature: Activity Re ...

    New York Legislature: Activity Report for
    Week Ending February 7, 2010: Corrections Law
    Source: New York Legistiative Retrieval System (LRS), Search run
    February 7, 2010. NO CHAPTER LAWS REPORTED AS SIGNED DURING THIS
    REPORTING PERIOD To retrieve the text of any of the New York bills
    listed below, go to http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menuf.cgi
    CORRECTIONS LAW: Bill No. A6941A Ortiz (MS) -- Enacts the "child
    sexual abuse and exploitation prevention act"; repealer Same as S
    2205-A Last Act: 01/29/10 amend and recommit to codes 01/29/10 print
    number 6941a Last Action Date: 02/01/10(Results Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 6:22 pm
  • Feb 08

    New York Legislature: Activity Re ...

    New York Legislature: Activity Report for
    Week Ending February 7, 2010 - Criminal
    Procedure Law
    Source: New York Legislative Retrieval System (LRS), Search run
    February 7, 2010. NO CHAPTER LAWS REPORTED AS SIGNED DURING WEEK
    ENDING FEBRUARY 7, 2010" To retrieve the text of any of the New York
    bills listed below, go to http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menuf.cgi
    CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW: Bill No. A6941A Ortiz (MS) -- Enacts the
    "child sexual abuse and exploitation prevention act"; repealer Same as
    S 2205-A BLURB : CP L. chld sxl abse & expltn pvtn Last Act:
    01/29/10 amend and recommit to codes Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 6:22 pm
  • Feb 08

    New York Legislature: Activity Re ...

    New York Legislature: Activity Report for
    Week Ending February 7, 2010 - Judiciary Law
    Source: New York Legislative Retrieval System (LRS), Search run
    February 7, 2010. NO CHAPTER LAWS REPORTED AS SIGNED DURING WEEK
    ENDING FEBRUARY 7, 2010. To retrieve the text of any of the New York
    bills listed below, go to http://public.leginfo.state.ny.us/menuf.cgi
    Bill No. A9544 Silver (MS) -- Creates an executive ethics and
    compliance commission and the NY state commission on lobbying ethics
    and compliance; repealer Same as Uni. S 6457 Last Act: 02/01/10 vetoed
    memo.1 02/03/10 tabled Last Action Date: Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 6:22 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 14

StandDown Texas Project

StandDown Texas Project

Covers best practices in the criminal justice system. By Steve Hall.

http://standdown.typepad.com/weblog/
  • Feb 08

    Reviews of Autobiography of an Ex ...

    Reviews of Autobiography of an Execution
    Journalist Steve Weinberg writes a review of David Dow's Autobiography
    of an Execution for today's Christian Science Monitor, "A death
    penalty attorney writes with candor about the painful burdens of his
    job." Dow is not the first anti-death penalty advocate to criticize
    the criminal justice system in print, and he probably will not be the
    last. But his book is especially worthy, whatever a reader's opinion
    about the morality of the death penalty. Dow's candor seems so
    absolute that readers on both sides of Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 5:25 pm
  • Feb 08

    The Cost Issue in Pennsylvania

    The Cost Issue in Pennsylvania
    "State could save by ending death penalty," is the title of Jeanette
    Krebs' column in the Harrisburg Patriot-News. Krebs is the paper's
    editorial page editor. As Gov. Ed Rendell unveils what is expected to
    be a tough budget this week, here is a money-saving idea: Abolish the
    death penalty. If Pennsylvania did, it would not be alone. More states
    are looking at a ban, many as they face tough economic realities. New
    Mexico's Gov. Bill Richardson, who was a long-time death penalty
    supporter, signed legislation Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 5:25 pm
  • Feb 08

    Eighth Circuit Upholds Arkansas' ...

    Eighth Circuit Upholds Arkansas' LI Protocol
    The ruling is here. The Arkansas News Bureau has, "Court Upholds
    Lethal Injection Protocol." A federal appeals court has upheld
    Arkansas' lethal injection procedure, finding it is designed "to avoid
    the needless infliction of pain, not to cause it." The 8th U.S.
    Circuit Court of Appeals at St. Louis upheld the dismissal of a
    lawsuit filed by three death-row inmates, including two who are
    scheduled to die over the next nine weeks. Terrick Nooner, Don
    Williams and Jack Jones Jr. challenged the Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 5:25 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 16

FourthAmendment.com

FourthAmendment.com

Online supplement to Search and Seizure book. By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

http://fourthamendment.com/blog/index.php?blog=1
  • Feb 08

    E.D.Tenn.: Drug dog's failure to ...

    E.D.Tenn.: Drug dog's failure to alert does
    not nullify PC that already exists
    Defense counsel was not ineffective for not moving to suppress the
    search of the car defendant was riding in because there was probable
    cause for the search. While drug dog was called in and did not alert,
    this does not nullify PC that already exists. Holt v. United States,
    2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9300 (E.D. Tenn. February 3, 2010): Holt also
    argues that Trooper Osborne had no right to walk his drug sniffing
    canine around the Holt vehicle on March 29. Holt offers no legal
    support for his contention and none Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 9:36 am
  • Feb 08

    DE: Showing for nighttime search ...

    DE: Showing for nighttime search warrant
    failed; degradation of evidence in abstract
    not enough
    Nighttime search warrant failed because of failure to show any
    specifics of why there was exigency for the nighttime entry. The mere
    chance of "degradation of evidence" is not enough. State v. White,
    2010 Del. Super. LEXIS 27 (February 2, 2010): Here, the only facts
    contained in the affidavit that suggest exigent circumstances are the
    location to be searched, a motel room, and the affiant's cursory
    statement that he is aware of the "possibility of degradation of
    evidence, particularly blood and biological Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 9:36 am
  • Feb 08

    D.C.Cir.: Officer's subjective in ...

    D.C.Cir.: Officer's subjective intent for
    stop was irrelevant because there was an
    objective basis
    Defendant's car frisk was based on objective observations, and the
    officer's supposed subjective belief did not matter. He had a knife,
    overtinted windows, and a "thin blue line" sticker when he had nothing
    to do with law enforcement. United States v. Vinton, 2010 U.S. App.
    LEXIS 2450 (D.C. Cir. February 5, 2010)*: Finally, Vinton's argument
    that Officer Alton did not subjectively believe Vinton was dangerous
    may easily be rejected. Because "[t]he Fourth Amendment test is
    objective," an officer's "actual Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 9:36 am
Rank This Ths Week: 28

Grits for Breakfast

Grits for Breakfast

Covers the political, economic and social consequences of crime,
punishment and justice in the Lone Star State. By Scott Henson.

http://gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/
  • Feb 08

    Odds and Ends

    Odds and Ends
    Here are a few recent tidbits that deserve Grits readers' attention:
    Dallas constables' ongoing fiasco At the Dallas News, Ed Timms and
    Kevin Krause have the story of a deputy constable with a checkered
    past accused of committing several felony crimes, including
    "unauthorized use of two motor vehicles, tampering with government
    records and coercing two women into performing sexual acts instead of
    arresting them on outstanding warrants." (UPDATE 2/8: See a followup
    story.) Meanwhile his blustering boss Jaime Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 10:53 pm
  • Feb 08

    Index theft categories to inflation

    Index theft categories to inflation
    In 1993, Texas set the current threshold for felony theft at $1,500
    for a state jail felony - below that, theft receives misdemeanor
    charges that don't involve state prison time. The jump to the next
    offense category is quite significant - someone must steal more than
    $20,000 to be charged with a third degree felony. However, adjusting
    for inflation, $1,500 in 1993 amounts to $2,208 in 2008 dollars.
    Indeed, "if you were to buy exactly the same products in 2008 and
    1993, they would cost you $1500 and Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 10:53 pm
  • Feb 08

    AZ court suppresses evidence from ...

    AZ court suppresses evidence from search of
    TX polygamist ranch
    I said from the get-go that the search warrant used to get on the YFZ
    Ranch property in Eldorado back in 2008 was overbroad, based on lies,
    and that evidence derived from the Great Eldorado Polygamist Roundup
    should be suppressed in criminal court. Now an Arizona judge has
    concluded the same thing after prosecutors there tried agreed not to
    introduce evidence against polygamist "prophet" Warren Jeffs
    discovered as a result of information seized during the raid. In
    Arizona, at least, such evidence will be Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 10:53 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 29

Sex Offender Research by A Voice of

Sex Offender Research by A Voice of Reason

Covers research, studies, and court cases related to sex offender
issues.

http://sexoffenderresearch.blogspot.com/
  • Feb 09

    What can be done to stop predators?

    What can be done to stop predators?
    2-7-2010 National:'Some can be easily treated, some can't... and
    you've got the whole group in between,' says Fred Berlin, a professor
    of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins UniversityChris Hansen spoke to Dr.
    Fred Berlin, a professor of psychiatry at Johns Hopkins School of
    Medicine. Berlin has over 25 years of experience working with sexual
    offenders.Hansen asks Dr. Berlin, whether or not pedophilia Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 9:16 am
  • Feb 09

    Man Dies After Being Tasered by P ...

    Man Dies After Being Tasered by Police
    2-7-2010 Virginia:ARLINGTON, Va. - There are new questions after a man
    died during a struggle with police at a busy Metro stop. Officers used
    a Taser on the man after he wouldn't cooperate at Pentagon City.
    Arlington police are investigating their first-ever police-involved
    death involving a Taser.The man, identified as 36-year-old William
    Bumbrey, a District resident, was struck with a Taser Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 9:16 am
  • Feb 09

    McGinty: Prostitution bill would ...

    McGinty: Prostitution bill would help young
    victims
    2-7-2010 Georgia:Imagine the worst.Imagine your 12-year-old daughter
    has been kidnapped and, when she's finally found, she's been forced
    into a child prostitution ring. Imagine that she's kept in a
    drug-induced haze and raped repeatedly. Imagine the horror, grief and
    shock that would overwhelm you and your family as you dealt with that
    situation, and the work you'd be eager to do to heal your Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 9:16 am
Rank This Ths Week: 32

White Collar Crime Prof Blog

White Collar Crime Prof Blog

By Stetson University Law Professor Ellen S. Podgor.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/whitecollarcrime_blog/
  • Feb 08

    In the News & Around the Blog ...

    In the News & Around the Blogosphere
    DOJ Press Release, Two New Jersey Executives Each Sentenced to 27
    Months in Jail for Roles in Nationwide Scheme to Defraud the Federal
    E-Rate Program Celestine Bohlen, Bloomberg, German Bounty Tears Veil
    Off Swiss Secrecy: Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant,... Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 10:50 am
  • Feb 03

    In the News & Around the Blog ...

    In the News & Around the Blogosphere
    Amanda Bronstad, NLJ, law.com, Judge Tosses Remaining Broadcom
    Charges, Finds 'Serious Problems' in SEC Complaint John Pacenti, Daily
    Business Review, Law.com, Rothstein Pleads Guilty to All Counts in
    $1.2 Billion Ponzi Scheme; Paul Brinkmann & Susan R. Miller, South
    Florida... Posted on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 6:55 am
  • Feb 03

    Vrdolyak Sentencing Decision - Re ...

    Vrdolyak Sentencing Decision - Reversed &
    Remanded
    Judge Posner (7th Circuit) offers a stinging opinion for Former
    Chicago Alderman Eddie Vrdolyak. (see decision here) Vrdolyak plead
    guilty to conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and received a
    sentence of five years probation.(see here) The government appealed... Posted on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 6:55 am
Rank This Ths Week: 35

CrimProf Blog

CrimProf Blog

Criminal law issues and commentary. Edited by University of Cincinnati
Professor College of Law Mark A. Godsey and Michele Berry.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blog/
  • Feb 08

    Reinert on Public Interests and F ...

    Reinert on Public Interests and Fourth
    Amendment Enforcement
    Alex Reinert (Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law -- Yeshiva University)
    has posted Public Interest(s) and Fourth Amendment Enforcement
    (University of Illinois Law Review, Forthcoming) on SSRN. Here is the
    abstract: Fourth Amendment events - the recent arrest of Harvard... Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 7:43 am
  • Feb 08

    "AG Defends Handling of Christmas ...

    "AG Defends Handling of Christmas Day Bomber"
    ACSblog has this post laying out the administration's response to
    criticism of its handling of the case, including efforts to block a
    domestic trial. Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 7:43 am
  • Feb 08

    "Assassinating Americans, Killing ...

    "Assassinating Americans, Killing the
    Constitution?"
    Tobin Harshaw canvasses the chatter on this topic--essentially, one
    example of the question of the limits of the criminal model--at
    Opinionator. Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 7:43 am
Rank This Ths Week: 38

Lethal Injection

Lethal Injection

Covers lethal injection in the United States.

http://lethal-injection-florida.blogspot.com/
  • Jan 22

    Death penalty repeal stalls

    Death penalty repeal stalls
    BY TIM CARPENTER Created March 16, 2009 at 1:48pm Updated March 16,
    2009 at 10:15pm Bill sent back to committee after three-hour Senate
    debate A bill repealing the death penalty in Kansas was shoved back
    into a Senate committee Monday after a three-hour debate that left
    proponents and opponents of capital punishment unsatisfied. The drama
    pulled Kansans traumatized by a family murder into rival lobbying
    campaigns for the first substantial legislative effort to drop the
    death penalty since reimposition of Posted on Friday, January 22, 2010 at 11:58 pm
  • Jan 22

    Legislative panel to review Kansa ...

    Legislative panel to review Kansas death
    penalty
    The Associated Press TOPEKA Legislators have scheduled hearings this
    week to review the cost and effectiveness of Kansas' death penalty
    law. The Senate Judiciary Committee begins its work Tuesday. A bill
    was debated last year that would have prevented new death sentences
    after July 1, 2009, but the bill was sent back to committee for more
    work. Kansas enacted its death penalty law in 1994, but there have
    been no executions since it took effect. Many legislators say there
    appears to be little chance that the Posted on Friday, January 22, 2010 at 11:58 pm
  • Jan 22

    High Court Sends Back Abu-Jamal D ...

    High Court Sends Back Abu-Jamal Death Penalty
    Case
    The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a court ruling that invalidated
    a former Black Panther's death sentence for killing a Philadelphia
    police officer in 1981, one of two rulings it issued that reversed
    actions by lower courts. The first move was the latest twist in Mumia
    Abu-Jamal's racially tinged case that has drawn international
    attention. The justices ordered the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
    in Philadelphia to take another look at Abu-Jamal's claim that the
    jury weighing his punishment was given Posted on Friday, January 22, 2010 at 11:58 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 73

Mortgage Fraud Blog

Mortgage Fraud Blog

Covers mortgage fraud information, fraud schemes and indictments. By
Rachel Dollar.

http://www.mortgagefraudblog.com
  • Feb 09

    First Fidelity Mortgage, Inc. Pre ...

    First Fidelity Mortgage, Inc. President
    Sentenced for Bank Fraud
    William Everett Nichols, 56, Alexandria, Louisiana, president and sole
    shareholder of First Fidelity Mortgage, Inc., was sentenced to six
    years in federal prison and ordered to pay $3,903,071.00 in
    restitution for bank fraud. As previously reported on Mortgage Fraud,
    Nichols pled guilty to bank fraud in November 2009. The FBI
    investigation of Nichols and First Fidelity Mortgage, Inc., doing
    business as Southern Funding, … Read More... Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 5:21 am
  • Feb 09

    Foreclosure Rescue Companies Sued ...

    Foreclosure Rescue Companies Sued in Separate
    Actions
    1) Sean Alan Rutledge, a California attorney, and United Law Group,
    Inc. (ULG), a California law firm he founded, have been charged in a
    lawsuit for bilking Ohioans who faced foreclosure out of thousands of
    dollars. The lawsuit alleges that the law firm promised foreclosure
    rescue and legal services to save homes and collected upfront fees but
    failed to deliver. In at least one instance a consumer was … Read
    More... Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 5:21 am
  • Feb 09

    Probation Given for Participation ...

    Probation Given for Participation in Mortgage
    Fraud Scheme
    John Boumenot, 63, has been sentenced to 5 years probation for his
    participation in a mortgage fraud scheme. Boumenot is also required to
    make regular restitution payments. As taken from to court documents,
    John Boumenot operated a business buying, renting, and selling real
    estate properties. Boumenot, played a limited role in a scheme related
    to the sale of three properties he owned in Read More... Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 5:21 am
Rank This Ths Week: 76

The FRAUDfiles Blog

The FRAUDfiles Blog

Covers fraud and forensic accounting, including tax fraud and the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act. By Tracy Coenen.

http://www.sequenceinc.com/fraudfiles
  • Feb 03

    Compliance Week article: Koss Fra ...

    Compliance Week article: Koss Fraud
    Spotlights Small Filers' Internal Control
    Issues
    An article in today's Compliance Week, Koss Fraud Spotlights Small
    Filers' Internal Control Issues (subscription required), quotes me on
    internal controls and the auditors as it relates to the huge fraud
    committed by VP of Finance Sue Sachdeva at Koss Corp (NASDAQ:KOSS).
    I'm no fan of Sarbanes-Oxley because I believe it was ridiculously
    expensive, and hasn't really produced any meaningful results. Fraud is
    just as rampant as before SOX became law, and the only thing companies
    have to show for it is a huge Posted on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 1:24 pm
  • Jan 31

    Marketing Fraud: Why multi-level ...

    Marketing Fraud: Why multi-level marketing
    pyramids and financial ponzis are ignored by
    law enforcement
    Dear Colleagues, Consumers and Pyramid Scheme Alert Supporters, A new
    essay recently posted on the False Profits Blog addresses a question
    many of you have raised. Why are multi-level marketing pyramids and
    financial ponzis able to ensnare so many people today? What is the
    power behind this Main Street epidemic? This question goes beyond the
    lack of law enforcement, the failure of the FTC and SEC, or the
    difficulty of grasping "exponential expansion." The False Profit Blog
    ventures an answer: It is that Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 10:08 am
  • Jan 28

    Sachdeva and Koss Corp.: The indi ...

    Sachdeva and Koss Corp.: The indictment, the
    clothes, and the auditors
    The case of the alleged theft of at least $31 million by Sue Sachdeva
    from Koss Corp. (NASDAQ:KOSS) carries on. Last week, Sachdeva was
    charged with 6 counts of wire fraud. Experts are saying this
    indictment came much faster than usual, as the Feds usually spend much
    more time thoroughly investigating cases. They're speculating that a
    guilty plea is going to come quickly, and the indictment was the first
    step toward that. The indictment is interesting. Not only did she use
    company funds to pay her American Posted on Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 6:56 am
Rank This Ths Week: 84

Simple Justice

Simple Justice

A New York Criminal Defense Blog. Published by Scott H. Greenfield,
Esq.

http://blog.simplejustice.us
  • Feb 07

    Breaking Even

    Breaking Even
    Via Above The Law and, cleaned up some, Volokh Conspiracy,
    Northwestern Law School Dean David Van Zandt,at the PLI Law Firm
    Leadership and Management Institute, offered his thoughts on the
    future of legal education. Included in his speech was this: One of his
    most interesting tidbits was the starting salary that would constitute
    a "break-even point" for going to law school. In other words, what
    salary would you have to earn upon graduation in order to make going
    to law school an economically rational Posted on Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 8:49 am
  • Feb 07

    A Warm Welcome To New Blawgers: T ...

    A Warm Welcome To New Blawgers: They Lied To
    You
    It's now happened a few times in the past few weeks, where I question
    a post from some newcomer to the blawgosphere and they get upset about
    it. The problem is that my reaction to their post is less than
    adoring. From their position, less than adoring means I have cruelly
    maligned their intellect and family. I've hurt their feelings and they
    let me know it. I feel badly about hurting their feelings. I really
    do. Not so badly that I would take back my post, but badly that they
    fail to see it as part of the Posted on Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 8:49 am
  • Feb 07

    250 And Counting

    250 And Counting
    This press release was received yesterday from the Innocence Project.
    In 250th DNA Exoneration Nationwide, New York Man Is Proven Innocent
    33 Years After Wrongful Conviction for Rape Innocence Project releases
    report detailing all 250 exoneration cases and outlining causes of
    wrongful convictions (NEW YORK, NY; Thursday, February 4, 2010) - A
    Rochester, New York, man who was wrongfully convicted of rape 33 years
    ago is being exonerated with DNA testing today, in what the Innocence
    Project said is the 250th Posted on Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 8:49 am
Rank This Ths Week: 120

Justice Building Blog

Justice Building Blog

Features discussions between judges and lawyers in the Richard E.
Gerstein Justice Building.

http://justicebuilding.blogspot.com/
  • Feb 08

    SUPER SUNDAY

    SUPER SUNDAY
    UPDATE: If you had Warren Sapp in your arrest pool, you win! Booking
    Info here. The Ex-Hurricane and Tampa Bay Buc (and Oakland Raider) was
    arrested Saturday night in a domestic dispute. Who's going to use his
    SB Ticket? Do they get to watch the whole game at TGK or is it lights
    out before it ends? SUPER BOWL SUNDAY IN MIAMI. Doesn't get any better
    than this. While you're enjoying "chamber of commerce weather" we
    managed to squeak out of DC and get out here to Nevada. Who will win
    the Super Bowl? Forget Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 10:46 pm
  • Feb 08

    NOT TO BRAG BUT

    NOT TO BRAG BUT
    WE WON EVERY SUPER BOWL PREDICTION WE MADE! We won our guaranteed
    super bowl coin toss lock. We picked the first team to score and how
    (Colts, fg). We picked the under. And most importantly we told you to
    take the Saints, forget the points and take the odds because the
    Saints as underdogs would win outright. We swept the board. We said
    the final score would be 28-17 and the final score was 31-17. Not bad
    at all. And while we're bragging, we cleaned up at this neat little
    resort outside of Vegas that had Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 10:46 pm
  • Feb 08

    COUNTY COURT IN DISARRAY!!

    COUNTY COURT IN DISARRAY!!
    The Colonel of County Court reports: Alright, remain seated and listen
    up. We continued our reconnoiter of the Monday County Court situation
    and things are not looking good. This experiment of no soundings is
    headed towards failure. The simple reason is that courts don't work if
    people cannot get into court. And the standing room only crowds of
    clients, witnesses, lawyers, and officers spilled into the hallway
    several people deep outside of the courtrooms of Judges Bloom, Newman,
    Miranda, Ortiz, Seff, Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 10:46 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 125

Criminal Law Library Blog

Criminal Law Library Blog

This blog covers legal topics such as commentary and opinion, criminal
law and justice, information technology, library organization and
planning, news from organizations, publication announcement and
reviews. By New York Law Librarian, David Badertscher

http://www.criminallawlibraryblog.com/
  • Feb 04

    CLLB Information Security Newsletter

    CLLB Information Security Newsletter
    Volume3 Number 1 January 2010 From the Desk of David Badertscher As we
    begin the new year, it's an opportune time to assess the cyber
    security landscape and prepare for what new challenges may lie ahead,
    as well as what current threats may continue. What Are the Cyber
    Trends for 2010? · Malware, worms, and Trojan horses: These will
    continue to spread by email, instant messaging, malicious websites,
    and infected non-malicious websites. Some websites will automatically
    download the malware without the user's Posted on Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 7:14 pm
  • Feb 04

    Position: Senior Level Digital Li ...

    Position: Senior Level Digital Library
    Programming Analyst
    SigInt Technologies, LLC seeks a Senior Level Digital Library
    Programmer Analyst to support a US Government Agency. Salary range:
    $125,000.00 - $135,000.00 We are growing our hardcopy-centric
    collection to include a substantial amount of digital content. You
    will have the opportunity to chart the course as we incorporate a
    variety of electronic data sources into the collection and make them
    available to our users. You will have the freedom to select the tools
    you deem best and implement them as you see fit. Posted on Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 7:14 pm
  • Feb 04

    2011 Budget of the U.S. Governmen ...

    2011 Budget of the U.S. Government- Fact
    Sheets
    As almost everyone knows, the 2011 U.S. Budget was submitted on
    February 1. Since this is such a huge budget, in terms of both bulk
    and scope, we have decided to limit this posting largely to links to
    some " Budget Fact Sheets" prepared by the Office of Management and
    Budget. Each separately linked fact sheet focuses on a particular
    priority or group of priorities related to this budget request, thus
    enabling you to quickly "pick and choose" those areas that interest
    and concern you without devoting Posted on Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 7:14 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 134

Underdog Blog

Underdog Blog

Covers constitutional law, criminal law, DUI, drugs, First Amendment
and immigration. By Marks & Katz.

http://katzjustice.com/underdog/
  • Feb 08

    Super Bowl: $$ meet Exxon meets d ...

    Super Bowl: $$ meet Exxon meets drug testing
    meets gender segregation meets metal
    detectors meet excellence in athletics.
    Another Super Bowl comes today that I will not watch. I think I last
    watched around 1992. Of course, by my not watching, I miss
    television's efforts to avoid a repeat of nipple-gate and to be more
    lenient in running controversial commercials; and miss any further
    explanation of the roots of "Who Dat", including whether the phrase is
    or is not racially demeaning. The problem about Soviet Olympic sports
    was that the Soviet government apparently poured so much money into
    its athletes as to make them hardly Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 4:03 pm
  • Feb 08

    Dr. Phil exposes the unreliabilit ...

    Dr. Phil exposes the unreliability of
    eyewitness testimony.
    Dr. Phil exposes the unreliability of eyewitness testimony here. Just
    click the video link listed below the headline EYEWITNESS EXPERIMENT,
    and read in this link how, after seeing a video of a "suspect", "40
    percent of [Dr. Phil's] audience chose suspect number 3. Dr. Phil
    inform[ed] his audience that anyone who voted chose an innocent man
    because the real perpetrator was not in the lineup." And there I was
    assuming that Dr. Phil's show was just about fluff. That is what
    happens when I make assumptions Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 4:03 pm
  • Feb 06

    Meeting macaca-gate's central ant ...

    Meeting macaca-gate's central anti-Allen
    catalyst.
    S.R. Sidarth and Jon Katz (Copyright Jon Katz.) I kept my composure
    when encountering such excellent and accomplished people as Lou Jacobi
    (through a storefront window), Geoffrey Holder (on a SoHo street), and
    Madeline Kahn (in the audience of Aunt Dan and Lemon). A rare group of
    people leave me awestruck. Tears welled in my eyes when I met McCoy
    Tyner, who made musical and cultural history with John Coltrane. When
    with Jun Yasuda, I try my best to restrain myself from doing a full
    questionography of her Posted on Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 6:03 am
Rank This Ths Week: 135

Durham-in-Wonderland

Durham-in-Wonderland

Features comments and analysis about the Duke/Nifong case. By
Professor KC Johnson.

http://durhamwonderland.blogspot.com/
  • Jan 11

    Case Updates

    Case Updates
    A few updates in the civil suit. First, and most significant, an
    out-of-court settlement was reached in the Pottawatamie case, a civil
    suit that resulted from massive prosecutorial misconduct, and about
    which I had blogged previously. As Radley Balko has argued, the
    Pottawattamie side of the case contended "that prosecutorial immunity
    gives government officials the right to coerce witnesses to lie,
    withhold evidence pointing to a suspect's innocence, and work with
    police to manufacture false evidence of Posted on Monday, January 11, 2010 at 12:08 am
  • Dec 02

    "Alleged"

    "Alleged"
    The media generally does not withhold information as a matter of
    official policy. But, to my knowledge, every major newspaper in the
    country has an official policy of not reporting the names of accusers
    in rape or sexual assault cases. (I'm not aware of any paper that has
    a policy of refusing to report the name of suspects in sexual assault
    cases.) Though this practice stems from good intentions (a belief that
    the reporting of accusers' names will make some real victims unlikely
    to report the crime), the Posted on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 9:30 am
  • Dec 02

    From the Court

    From the Court
    Last week featured the latest Craven filing from the Mike Nifong camp.
    Nifong attorney Jim Craven filed a four-page brief (which included a
    grand total of 14 lines in his own words) regarding the Pottawatomie
    case, which I have previously discussed. Craven's conclusion? "We
    suggest that if the Supreme Court rules in favor of the Iowa
    prosecutors/petitioners on the immunity case, such a ruling would
    likely apply to the defendant Michael B. Nifong in this case."
    Craven's argument in support of that Posted on Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 9:30 am
Rank This Ths Week: 152

Crime & Federalism

Crime & Federalism

Covers civil rights, criminal law, federalism, and Section 1983. By
Norman Pattis and Michael Cernovich.

http://www.crimeandfederalism.com/
  • Feb 08

    You Are Who You Choose

    You Are Who You Choose
    Over the past decade, Buddhism, Taoism, and Greek and Roman wisdom are
    all being scientifically validated. Probably there is little reason to
    read past Marcus Aurelius' Meditations. In general: You are who you
    choose to be. You become your actions. Epictetus said: "If you want to
    be a writer...write." How banal? Is it? How many people say, "I want
    to be a writer," but don't write? Certainly many more than who
    actually write. I want to be a good parent. Then parent. This means
    turning off the television or Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 4:59 pm
  • Feb 06

    Move Objects With Your Mind?

    Move Objects With Your Mind?
    Posted on Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 7:04 am
  • Feb 03

    California Court of Appeal Carves ...

    California Court of Appeal Carves Out "Low
    Value" Exception to First Amendment
    (Catsouras v. State of California Highway
    Patrol)
    Catsouras v. State of California Highway Patrol (opinion here; case
    discussion here), a newly-issued California Court of Appeal Opinion,
    raises important First Amendment issues. In Catsouras, two California
    Highway Patrol officers forwarded crime-scene photos of an 18-year old
    who died after crashing her father's stolen Porsche into a guide rail.
    The surviving family members sued the CHP officers, alleging invasion
    of privacy. Siding with the family, the Court of Appeals departed from
    decades of California Posted on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 6:59 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 156

The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog

The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog

Covers civil liberties, disenfranchisement, immigratino, sentencing,
and war on drugs.

http://realcostofprisons.org/blog/
  • Feb 09

    MA: R.I.P. Ray Gauthier August 31 ...

    MA: R.I.P. Ray Gauthier August 31, 1948 -
    January 22, 2010
    R.I.P. Ray Gauthier August 31, 1948 - January 22, 2010 (On January 22
    our friend Ray died on 8 North, the Department of Correction's
    hospital unit at the Lemuel Shattuck Hospital in Jamaica Plain. The
    Shattuck is a Department of... Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 3:59 am
  • Feb 06

    Speaking to L.A. lawyers, Justice ...

    Speaking to L.A. lawyers, Justice Kennedy
    blasts the prison guard union calling its
    influence in passing three strikes "sick"
    Justice Kennedy laments the state of prisons in California, U.S.
    Speaking to L.A. lawyers, the Supreme Court jurist blasts the prison
    guard union's influence, calling it 'sick' but sidesteps questions
    about the ruling he wrote last month on campaign spending.... Posted on Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 6:14 pm
  • Feb 06

    Warning: tranquilizers necessary ...

    Warning: tranquilizers necessary before
    reading. Penn State receives 1.27 million
    grant to study end of life care for
    prisoners.
    Posted on February 3, 2010 4:56 AM Penn State researchers receive
    money for new prison study By Laura Nichols Email Penn State Collegian
    Staff Writer Penn State researchers making end-of-life care for prison
    inmates are the focus of a $1.27... Posted on Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 6:14 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 165

Ninth Circuit Blog

Ninth Circuit Blog

Provides case summaries and commentary. By Federal Defenders of the
Ninth Circuit.

http://circuit9.blogspot.com/
  • Feb 09

    Case o' The Week: A Sentencing Se ...

    Case o' The Week: A Sentencing Septimana
    Infaustus: Terrell-ible Decision on ACCA
    Residual Clause
    Is a prior burglary of a vending machine a "crime of violence" that
    triggers the draconian mandatory-minimum and guidelines of the Armed
    Career Criminal Act? It can be in the Ninth, thanks to a very
    disappointing decision in United States v. Terrell, 2010 WL 347914
    (9th Cir. Feb. 2, 2010), decision available here. Players: Decision by
    Judge Bybee, joined by Judges Tashima and Graber. Facts: Terrell was
    convicted of being a felon in possession of a gun. Id. at *1. The
    indictment alleged he had previously Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 1:46 am
  • Feb 04

    U.S.

    U.S.
    U.S. v. Ressam, No. 09-30000 (2-2-10). In a decision that smacks of
    disagreement with the sentence, the 9th vacates a 22-year sentence of
    a convicted terrorist because the district court, in sentencing,
    supposedly committed procedural error in failing to specifically
    address the government's Guideline and 3553 arguments. The 9th
    (Alarcon joined by Clifton) remanded to a different judge for
    resentencing. Dissenting, Fernandez argues that the majority simply
    disagreed with the sentence, arrived at by a Posted on Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 1:25 am
  • Feb 01

    U.S.

    U.S.
    U.S. v. Treadwell et al, No. 08-50562 (1-28-10). Defendants ran a
    Ponzi scheme that resulted in a $40 million loss. Defendants entinced
    investers to "loan" money to companies that were doing humanitarian
    projects, salvaging wrecks in the Caribbean, and other good deeds.
    Charged and convicted of wire fraud and conspiracy, co-defendants
    argued that the jury instructions failed to define "intent to deceive"
    adequately, and that the element required intent to do harm. The 9th
    rejected this argument, joining the Posted on Monday, February 1, 2010 at 12:02 am
Rank This Ths Week: 173

Sex Crimes

Sex Crimes

Devoted to the criminal laws regulating and punishing sex offenders.
By Corey Rayburn Yung.

http://sexcrimes.typepad.com/sex_crimes/
  • Jan 23

    Why Comstock Matters

    Why Comstock Matters
    While the facts in Comstock are about at least one very bad person who
    will be diverted to a civil commitment facility, the importance of the
    case extends well beyond the fate of Graydon Earl Comstock, Jr. Among
    the constituencies and issues that might be affected, there are at
    least five potentially important results that could come out of the
    SCOTUS opinion. First, as the first post-Raich case that might concern
    Commerce Clause doctrine, Comstock is obviously notable. If the Court
    retreats from the Posted on Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 12:00 am
  • Jan 23

    Ohio Supreme Court Hears Four Cas ...

    Ohio Supreme Court Hears Four Cases On AWA
    Implementation
    Speaking of the Adam Walsh Act, the Ohio Supreme Court recently heard
    four separate cases concerning the implementation of the Walsh Act.
    The Columbus Dispatch has more. You may view video of all four oral
    arguments and the online docket using the links below. State v.
    Bodyke, Case No. 2008-2052 (online docket) Chojanki v. Ohio Attorney
    General, Case No. 2009-0091 (online docket) In Re Adrian R., Case No.
    2009-0189 (online docket) In the matter of Darian J. Smith, Case No.
    2008-1624 (online docket) Posted on Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 12:00 am
  • Jan 23

    Early Comstock coverage

    Early Comstock coverage
    SCOTUSBlog has a very good preview of the oral argument in Comstock.
    How Appealing has a roundup of some media coverage. And Sentencing Law
    & Policy has Berman's initial thoughts in anticipation of the
    argument transcript being issued later today. I'm most curious to see
    if the Justices frame the jurisdictional issues as involving the
    Commerce Clause (like the district court and 4th Circuit did) or if
    the Justices see things in terms of the Necessary and Proper Clause
    (like the government continues to Posted on Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 12:00 am
Rank This Ths Week: 183

Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog

Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog

Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog covers topics such as felonies, violent
crime, assault and battery, drug offenses, as well as wrongful
convictions. Published by Altman & Altman.

http://www.bostoncriminallawyerblog.com/
  • Feb 09

    Massachusetts Student Needs Exper ...

    Massachusetts Student Needs Experienced
    Lawyer In Assault Of Wall Case
    Last week, the Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog discussed cases involving
    assaults of various natures. Some involved drugs. Some involved the
    ultimate assault... homicide. This week, we begin with assault of a
    different kind. Here, no person was assaulted. It was a wall. No, it
    was not a drunk driving case, where an inebriated driver believed that
    the traffic laws allowed "Straight On Red"...even if straight ahead
    was a stone wall. This was just a regular corridor wall. Inside, not
    outside. Eric B., 18, of Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 7:57 am
  • Feb 09

    Michael Jackson's Doctor Pleads N ...

    Michael Jackson's Doctor Pleads Not Guilty to
    Involuntary Manslaughter in Singer's Death
    Conrad Murray, the personal physician of Michael Jackson, pleaded not
    guilty to a single felony charge of involuntary manslaughter in the
    death of the famous performer. Bail was set at $75,000-three times
    more than the amount faced by most people who are charged with
    involuntary manslaughter. Prosecutors had wanted bail set at $300,000.
    Michael Jackson's parents, Katherine and Joe, and his brothers Randy,
    Tito Jackie, and Jermaine, and his sister La Toya were at Murray's
    arraignment. Upon Murray's release Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 7:57 am
  • Feb 06

    Attorney Sam's Take: Does Michael ...

    Attorney Sam's Take: Does Michael Jackson
    Homicide Doc Read The Boston Criminal Lawyer
    Blog?
    The Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog has regularly suggested how an
    experienced defense attorney can help you if there is an outstanding
    warrant for your arrest. It may be that Dr. Conrad Murray,(
    hereinafter, the "Defendant") the doctor who administered the fatal
    dose of Propofol to Michael Jackson and now is to face homicide
    charges is a reader! Well, if not, at least he is being similarly
    advised. According to law enforcement, his attorneys have been in
    contact with the L.A. County District Attorney's Office Posted on Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 10:21 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 197

Jailhouselawyer's Blog

Jailhouselawyer's Blog

Covers prisoners' rights and criminal justice in the United Kingdom.
By former prisoner John Hirst Hull.

http://prisonersvoice.blogspot.com/
  • Jun 30

    Prisoners Votes Case aired on the ...

    Prisoners Votes Case aired on the radio on
    Iain Dale's radio show
    Prisoners Votes Case aired on the radio on Iain Dale's radio show.
    Listen here. John Hirst, Jailhouselawyer, appears twice within the
    first hour. Posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 4:13 am
  • Jun 22

    Association of Prisoners Constitution

    Association of Prisoners Constitution
    Association of Prisoners Constitution img img_0001 img_0002 img_0003
    img_0004 img_0005 img_0006 IMG_0007 img_0008 Posted on Monday, June 22, 2009 at 4:44 pm
  • Jun 16

    ConVerse response

    ConVerse response
    ConVerse response By Ben Gunn (Click on image to enlarge) Posted on Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 1:30 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 239

Arbitrary and Capricious

Arbitrary and Capricious

Covers criminal law.

http://skellywright.blogspot.com/
  • Jul 31

    Hiatus

    Hiatus
    The blog is five years old now. It's had a few good years, and a few
    years of gentle steady decline. It's given me a place to post about
    representation, depression, transitions, and a few odd obsessions (and
    post about the kid, dogs and cats). It's made me some excellent new
    friends and brought me into contact with some quite remarkable
    lawyers, investigators, law professors and others (if I skipped a
    link, look for yourself in the blogroll). And now it's time,
    arbitrarily, capriciously, to give the blog a Posted on Friday, July 31, 2009 at 4:59 pm
  • Jul 28

    "From Time Out to Hard Time"

    "From Time Out to Hard Time"
    From the New York Times: 12 and in Prison The editorial was prompted
    by the release of "From Time Out to Hard Time: Young Children in the
    Adult Criminal Justice System" by Michele Deitch of the LBJ School at
    the University of Texas (homeland of Grits for Breakfast). The whole
    report is here (pdf file). If you care about what can happen to
    children 12 and younger in the system, it's highly recommended. Posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at 3:25 pm
  • Jul 28

    UT: cost cutters 1, indigent defe ...

    UT: cost cutters 1, indigent defense 0
    From the Ogden Standard-Examiner: No more Weber attorney group for
    indigent After four decades defending the indigent, the Weber County
    Public Defenders Association will be dismantled. The Weber County
    Commission is moving in another direction by the end of the year in
    providing legal services to defendants who can't afford an attorney.
    The hope is to save about $100,000... Posted on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at 2:25 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 243

Kansas Defenders

Kansas Defenders

Forum for discussion about issues and appellate decisions of interest
to Kansas defenders.

http://kansasdefenders.blogspot.com/
  • Feb 08

    Petitions for Review granted Janu ...

    Petitions for Review granted January 2010
    On January 7, 2010, the KSC granted defendants' petitions for review
    in the following criminal cases: Albright v. State, No. 102,454 (Kan.
    App. June 25, 2009)(unpublished) Issue presented: Improper dismissal
    of appeal State v. Huerta, No. 101,438 (Kan. App. May 21,
    2009)(unpublished) Issue presented: Improper dismissal of appeal State
    v. Freeman, No. 100,792 (Kan. App. April 24, 2009)(unpublished) Issue
    presented: Improper denial of motion to withdraw plea Holmes v. State,
    No. 100,666 (Kan. App. Aug. 14, Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 5:56 pm
  • Feb 08

    Petitions for Review granted Febr ...

    Petitions for Review granted February 2010
    On February 4, 2010, the KSC granted defendants' petitions for review
    in the following cases: State v. Bennington, No. 98,656 (Kan. App.
    April 10, 2009)(unpublished) Issues presented: Whether improper
    admission of deceased victim's testimony was harmless. Whether written
    statement by victim to bank was testimonial. Prosecutorial misconduct.
    State v. O'Rear, No. 99,487 (Kan. App. April 24, 2009)(unpublished)
    Issues presented: Insufficient evidence to support agg battery
    conviction. Prosecutorial misconduct. Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 5:56 pm
  • Feb 06

    March 2010 KSC docket

    March 2010 KSC docket
    Here are the criminal cases on the KSC docket for March 8-12, 2010.
    These summaries are based on the issues listed in the briefs filed and
    may not very accurately or fully describe the actual issues in the
    cases. I recommend you review the briefs yourself if you would like
    more details. Don't forget, arguments are streamed live over the
    internet at the appellate court website (here) if you would like to
    listen in to any of these arguments. March 8--Monday--a.m. State v.
    Scott Dukes, No. 96,563 (Sedgwick) Posted on Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 8:11 am
Rank This Ths Week: 244

CYB3RCRIM3

CYB3RCRIM3

Features observations on technology, law and lawlessness. By
University of Dayton Susan Brenner.

http://cyb3rcrim3.blogspot.com/
  • Feb 08

    Kidnapping and Ransomware

    Kidnapping and Ransomware
    /* /*]]>*/ This post is about an old phenomenon that's been back in
    the news lately: ransomware. Wikipedia defines ransomware as "malware
    which holds a computer system, or the data it contains, hostage
    against its user by demanding a ransom for its restoration." And it
    says "the first known ransomware was the 1989 PC Cyborg Trojan," which
    encrypted filenames. Over the last month or so, I've seen a number of
    news stories about evolved varieties of ransomware. According to an
    MSNBC story, there's been "an Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 11:57 am
  • Feb 06

    Plagiarism, Copyright and Compute ...

    Plagiarism, Copyright and Computer Crime
    /* /*]]>*/ This post is about a decision from the U.S. Court of
    Appeals for the Fourth Circuit that was issued in the civil case of
    A.V. ex rel. Vanderhye v. iParadigms, LLC, 562 F.3d 630 (2009) [A.V.
    v. iParadigms]. Before we get to the facts of the case, I want to note
    the causes of action that were at issue in it. The plaintiffs brought
    a copyright infringement action against iParadigms "based on its use
    of essays and other papers written by plaintiffs for submission to
    their high school teachers Posted on Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 1:52 am
  • Feb 03

    Extortion?

    Extortion?
    /* /*]]>*/ As I explained in an earlier post, extortion is a type
    of theft; but instead of simply taking someone else's property away
    from them, the extortionist uses threats to force the owner of the
    property to hand it over to him/her. As I noted in that earlier post,
    the Model Penal Code - a template of model criminal laws drafted by
    the American Law Institute - defines extortion as "purposely
    obtain[ing] property of another by threatening to inflict bodily
    injury on anyone". Model Penal Code § Posted on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 12:02 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 282

Southern California Defense Blog

Southern California Defense Blog

Covers criminal defense law issues and topics. Published by Southern
California criminal defense law corporation, Wallin & Klarich.

http://www.southerncaliforniadefenseblog.com/
  • Feb 09

    Lesser Included Offenses: How An ...

    Lesser Included Offenses: How An Experienced
    Criminal Defense Attorney Could Save you From
    a Felony Conviction
    Most felonies could be charged as lesser offenses. In other words, the
    lesser offenses are a part of the felony because they include the same
    elements. Typically, the jury must be instructed on the lesser
    included offense. For example, the crime of felony assault includes
    the lesser offense of simple assault. Simple assault requires that the
    prosecution prove the following elements: The defendant willfully
    attempted to inflict injury upon another, or the defendant willfully
    attempted to threaten to inflict Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 4:43 am
  • Feb 09

    California Court of Appeal Clarif ...

    California Court of Appeal Clarifies "Force"
    Requirement of False Imprisonment - PC
    Section 236-237
    In the recent case of People v. Santos Dominguez (2010) 2010 WL 60237
    (hereafter Dominguez), the California Court of Appeal held that the
    amount of force required for false imprisonment of an unresisting
    infant or child is the amount of physical force required to take and
    carry the child away a substantial distance for an illegal purpose or
    with an illegal intent. The court also clarified what constitutes
    "violence, menace, fraud or deceit" for felony false imprisonment. In
    Dominguez, the defendant lived in Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 4:43 am
  • Feb 09

    I am Accused of Criminal Battery ...

    I am Accused of Criminal Battery - What
    Should I Do Next? - California Penal Code
    Section 242
    Anyone who has been charged with battery, under California Penal Code
    section 242, should be prepared to retain an experienced criminal
    defense law firm to represent him or her in court. An experienced
    criminal defense attorney will know how to examine all the
    circumstances surrounding a criminal battery case to secure the most
    favorable disposition of this criminal matter for the client. Battery
    is commonly defined as willful use of force or violence directed at
    another person. Any physical touching can be Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 4:43 am
Rank This Ths Week: 293

Death Penalty

Death Penalty

Get the latest news on the death penalty in the United States and
worldwide, and learn how you can work with Amnesty International USA
to abolish capital punishment.

http://blog.amnestyusa.org
  • Feb 08

    In Solidarity with the People of Iran

    In Solidarity with the People of Iran
    The first charter on human rights was authored by Cyrus the Great over
    2500 years ago. As Iranians we are heirs to a proud tradition of human
    rights and tolerance. Sadly, the Iranian authorities have not lived up
    to this legacy, as can be seen by the mock trials, false
    imprisonments, torture, child executions, and lack of equality for
    women in Iran today. For the past 30 years the Iranian government has
    barred Amnesty International from entering the country, affording us
    no transparency in regards to its Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 7:40 am
  • Feb 05

    The Road Not Taken

    The Road Not Taken
    More disappointing news emerged on Monday for those who believe that
    US law and professional ethics should actually mean something. The
    long awaited Justice Department Office of Professional Responsibility
    report into the quality and probity of the work produced on coercive
    interrogation by John Yoo and Jay Bybee while working in the Office of
    General Counsel has reportedly undergone internal revisions neutering
    its findings. David Margolis, a career civil servant who served in the
    Justice Department Posted on Friday, February 5, 2010 at 9:23 pm
  • Feb 05

    Protection for women a top foreig ...

    Protection for women a top foreign policy
    priority
    Originally posted on Politico.com By Sen. John F. Kerry, Rep. Bill
    Delahunt, Kerry Kennedy & Larry Cox Rita Mahato, a mother of
    three, works as a health adviser for the Women's Rehabilitation Centre
    (WOREC) in Nepal, counseling rape victims and registering cases of
    domestic violence routinely dismissed by the local police. In June
    2007, a mob of more than 60 men surrounded her offices, threatening to
    rape and kill Rita and her colleagues - demanding that they end their
    work. Three years later, Rita and Posted on Friday, February 5, 2010 at 9:23 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 297

Public Defender Stuff

Public Defender Stuff

By the Public Defender Investigator Network.

http://pdstuff.blogspot.com/index.html
  • Jun 01

    'Ipse Dixit: 1; Prosecution: 0"

    'Ipse Dixit: 1; Prosecution: 0"
    From public defender blogger Ipse Dixit: Closed my first trial today.
    The jury had the case for 25 minutes... and returned a NOT GUILTY
    VERDICT!!!!! Wooohoooo!! I am so exhausted at the moment I cannot
    write anymore. I will try and post something more interesting soon.
    ... Posted on Friday, June 1, 2007 at 4:13 am
  • Jun 01

    New PD Blog Posts

    New PD Blog Posts
    New posts on public defender blogs since Thursday morning: Arbitrary
    and Capricious audacity Capital Defense Weekly Cook County Public
    Defenders Do Not Pass Geaux Hammers and Scales Infinity Ranch
    Injustice Anywhereââ'¬Â¦ Ipse Dixit Jay Of a Public Defender's
    Life a public defender A Public Defender's Journal A Public Defender's
    Life in Alaska The Rural Bus Route Swan Lake Samba Girl Woman of the
    Law Ninth Circuit Federal Defender Blog ... Posted on Friday, June 1, 2007 at 3:56 am
  • May 31

    Adios Y Gracias Por Todos Los Pes ...

    Adios Y Gracias Por Todos Los Pescados*
    * So Long And Thanks For All The Fish After more than 8 years as an
    investigator for the Colorado Public Defender, the time has come to
    move on. So here's my first announcement: I'm moving to Moscow, Idaho,
    where I will be an investigator at the Capital Habeas Unit of Federal
    Defender Services of Idaho. I am very excited by this opportunity, and
    I'm really looking forward to working with such an incredible and
    dedicated group of people. But what to do about PD Stuff? At the very
    least PD Stuff would have to Posted on Thursday, May 31, 2007 at 8:01 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 310

Harmful Error

Harmful Error

Discusses the Nevada Supreme Court and criminal law in Nevada. By
JoNell Thomas.

http://www.harmfulerror.com/
  • Oct 08

    District court judge debate video ...

    District court judge debate videos available
    Fact to Face with Jon Ralston has posted videos of district court
    judge candidate debates: Deborah Schumacher and Kris Pickering Linda
    Bell v. Robert Spretnak Michael Villani v. Bruce Gale Doug Smith and
    Josh Kunis Elissa Cadish and Ben Childs Posted on Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at 4:52 pm
  • Oct 08

    Oral argument mp3's available

    Oral argument mp3's available
    The Nevada Supreme Court has made available oral argument recordings
    for arguments heard on October 6: Sheriff v. Bucham Landreth v. Malik
    In re: William M. and Marques B. Posted on Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at 4:43 pm
  • Oct 08

    Oral Argument Calendar: Wed. Oct. 15

    Oral Argument Calendar: Wed. Oct. 15
    The Nevada Supreme Court has posted its oral argument calendar for
    Wednesday October 15th, 2008: 10:00 AM -- D'NAL2 VS. HARBORS, LLC
    (48519) 10:30 AM -- OUANBENGBOUNE (VANNASONE) VS. STATE (44763) The
    defendant was convicted of first-degree murder and robbery in a trial
    before Judge Glass. He was sentenced to life without the possibility
    of parole. I do not know the issues presented. The Las Vegas Sun
    provides this article about the verdict and this article about the
    sentencing hearing. 11:30 AM -- BERRY Posted on Wednesday, October 8, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 329

Representing Foreign Nationals

Representing Foreign Nationals

Covers extradition and foreign evidence cases for criminal defense
attorneys. By Linda Friedman Ramirez.

http://obtainingforeignevidence.blogspot.com/
  • Feb 09

    Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: US ...

    Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: US Ramps Up
    Prosecutions
    Washington Post, February 8, 2010. "Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
    investigations are one of the FBI's highest priorities in the criminal
    program," said Kevin Perkins, FBI assistant director for criminal
    investigations. "Work done in this arena helps ensure stability in
    business dealings internationally, placing all players on a level
    playing field." "Over the past three years, federal prosecutors have
    more than doubled the number of criminal cases focused on FCPA
    violations, according to Justice Department Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 11:11 am
  • Feb 09

    Americans Abroad Accused of Crime ...

    Americans Abroad Accused of Crime: Attorney
    for 10 Resigns
    Editor's Note: Is there any jurisdiction in US Courts for the alleged
    kidnapping offenses? How relevant is the mental state of Ms. Silsby,
    who may have believed that she was trying to help the children? Did
    the other nine individuals have reason to believe their conduct might
    be illegal? See thoughtful opinion piece in St. Petersburg Times
    regarding the UN Convention on Children. CNN.com February 8, 2010."
    Some of the detained Americans have said they thought they were
    helping orphans, but their Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 11:11 am
  • Feb 09

    Evidence Gathering in the US for ...

    Evidence Gathering in the US for Foreign
    Authorities: New Rule to Allow for Sharing
    Bank Information
    See also http://www.fincen.gov/news_room/ Reuters, February 8, 2010.
    U.S. rule directs banks to share data abroad. " A U.S. financial crime
    agency has adopted a rule allowing local, state and foreign police
    agencies to seek information from American banks, despite opposition
    from industry groups.The rule broadens one adopted by the Financial
    Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a division of the U.S. Treasury
    Department, after the September 11 attacks. " Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 11:11 am
Rank This Ths Week: 343

The Briefcase

The Briefcase

Comments on Ohio law with an emphasis on criminal law. By Russ
Bensing.

http://briefcase8.com
  • Feb 07

    Friday Roundup

    Friday Roundup
    Mo' money, mo' money. The US Supreme Court's decision a couple of
    weeks back in Citizens United v. FEC, which allowed corporations (and
    unions) to make unlimited expenditures on behalf of candidates, got
    approval this week from an unlikely quarter: Ohio Supreme Court Chief
    Justice Tom Moyer. "There is a silver lining to the decision," [says
    Moyer]. "For those of us who have been trying to impress upon the
    public the deleterious effects of money in these elections, it helps
    us make the point that we need to Posted on Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 1:53 pm
  • Feb 05

    What does Williams mean?

    What does Williams mean?
    On Thursday I wrote about the Supreme Court's decision last week in
    State v. Williams, bemoaning the fact that while the court had agreed
    that felonious assault and attempted murder were allied offenses, it
    bought into the idea that Williams could be convicted of two separate
    counts of attempted murder because he'd fired two shots at the victim.
    Several people have suggested I'm wrong, so I took another look at the
    decision. There are three arguments against my position. First, the
    opinion never says that Posted on Friday, February 5, 2010 at 3:06 am
  • Feb 05

    A new look at 12(B)(6)?

    A new look at 12(B)(6)?
    One of the major differences between criminal and civil cases is that
    the latter afford several opportunities for trial avoidance. No matter
    how overwhelming the defendant's guilt, or how weak the state's
    evidence, the only way to determine the result is to put twelve people
    in the box and let them sort it all out. Not so in the civil arena.
    There are several weapons in the litigants' arsenal which allow a
    judge, not a jury, to decide the case. To be sure, they're not easily
    available. One, a motion to Posted on Friday, February 5, 2010 at 3:06 am
Rank This Ths Week: 367

DUI Blog

DUI Blog

Covers bad drunk driving laws, false evidence and Constitutional
rights. By Lawrence Taylor.

http://www.duiblog.com
  • Feb 09

    Latest Breathalyzer Proves No Mor ...

    Latest Breathalyzer Proves No More Reliable
    Than Others
    As readers of this blog are aware, one of my pet peeves is the
    public's blind trust in the little metal boxes that analyze a DUI
    suspect's breath and spit out a number that supposedly represents the
    amount of alcohol in his blood. The simple, scientifically proven fact
    is that all the various models of these so-called "breathalyzers" are
    both inaccurate and unreliable. See, for example, How Breathalyzers
    Work (and Why They Don't). Ask yourself: If these machines are so
    trustworthy, why do all the Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 4:27 am
  • Feb 05

    More False Blood-Alcohol Tests

    More False Blood-Alcohol Tests
    I wrote a couple of months ago about a growing number of false
    blood-alcohol tests that had been discovered in the Colorado Springs
    Metro Crime Lab. At the time, about 1,000 tests were suspect, of which
    82 had been confirmed as being falsely high. See Hundreds in Denver
    Possibly Convicted with Falsely High Blood Tests. The number of those
    falsely convicted continues to grow, with no end in sight…. Audit :
    Number of Inflated DUI Tests Has Doubled Colorado Springs, CO. Jan. 30
    - The number of flawed blood Posted on Friday, February 5, 2010 at 1:12 pm
  • Feb 02

    Guarding the Guardians

    Guarding the Guardians
    In the "Who will guard the guardians?" department… Activists want
    penalties for cops who protect colleagues who drive drunk Tuckahoe,
    NJ. Jan. 20 - Reacting to a Journal News report in which 10 local
    police officers admitted anonymously that cops often give other cops a
    break when they are found driving drunk, (Tuckahoe Police Chief)
    Costanzo and others said no slack should be granted in DWI cases.
    Carol Sears, president of the Westchester chapter of Mothers Against
    Drunk Driving, called the report "very Posted on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 8:57 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 369

Georgia Criminal Defense Blog

Georgia Criminal Defense Blog

Georgia Criminal Defense Blog covers DUI defense, domestic violence,
drug defense, sex crime defense, theft crimes, weapons charges, and
wrongfully accused topics. By Georgia attorneys Conaway &
Strickler.

http://www.georgiacriminaldefenseblog.com/
  • Feb 04

    Clayton Teacher Fired for Alleged ...

    Clayton Teacher Fired for Allegedly Putting
    "Hit" on Student
    The Clayton County school board voted to fire a teacher accused of
    ordering a "hit" on a student, officials said. In a unanimous vote,
    the nine-member board decided to uphold the recommendation made in
    December by a tribunal to terminate the Mundy Mill High School
    teacher. The teacher was arrested and charged in October with making
    terroristic threats against an 11th grade student in one of his
    classes. Authorities allege that the teacher asked whether the student
    was gay, then offered $50 to a classmate to Posted on Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 1:23 pm
  • Jan 29

    Bond Denied for Suspect in Cobb S ...

    Bond Denied for Suspect in Cobb Shooting
    Spree
    A Cobb County judge ordered the suspect in a shooting spree at a
    Kennesaw truck rental company to be held without bond. An official of
    the company, Penske Truck Rental and Leasing, said that four of the
    five shooting victims were employees, and one was a customer. He said
    the victims were apparently chosen at random. Police say the suspect
    opened fire at the truck rental company on January 12, killing two men
    and critically wounding three others. The suspect faces two counts of
    murder and five counts of Posted on Friday, January 29, 2010 at 8:38 am
  • Jan 26

    Juror in Stalker Case Believes Ac ...

    Juror in Stalker Case Believes Accused to Be
    Delusional
    Recently, deliberations of R&B singer, Ashanti, and her alleged
    stalker began in New York City. The man claims that he was just "sex
    texting" as a joke when he sent more than 30 messages with photos of
    male genitalia to the singer's mother. The singer's manager testified
    that the mother pulled Ashanti out of a rehearsal after receiving a
    text indicating that the sender had seen Ashanti's car arrive at the
    theater. The man is being charged with stalking and harassment. One
    juror said yesterday that the Posted on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 5:50 am
Rank This Ths Week: 403

The Saile Law Blog

The Saile Law Blog

Covers New Jersey and Pennsylvania personal injury, criminal and
traffic offenses legal developments. By Michael L. Saile, Jr.

http://www.sailelaw.com/blog
  • Feb 04

    Pennsylvania Association for Just ...

    Pennsylvania Association for Justice Honors
    MADD
    Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is an organization which has
    helped thousands of Pennsylvanians and their families recover from the
    often tragic loss caused by drunk driving accidents. MADD is here
    because "after the crash… there's the impact." It is because of this
    service that the Pennsylvania Association for Justice has awarded MADD
    with this year's Community Service Award. MADD's efforts to combat the
    effects of driving under the influence (DUI) in Pennsylvania are
    significant. MADD provides Posted on Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 12:51 pm
  • Jan 29

    Legal news you can use - January 2010

    Legal news you can use - January 2010
    If you are not on Saile & Saile LLP's mailing list, read your copy
    of our newsletter here: Saile & Saile LLPs January 2010
    Newsletter.pdf If you would like to be on our mailing list and receive
    our bi-monthly legal newsletter at your home or office, submit a case
    submission form and provide us with your name, mailing address, and
    e-mail address. January's Saile & Saile LLP newsletter includes
    articles covering: Elder abuse in America. An Alzheimer's disease
    assistance program. Winter weather Posted on Friday, January 29, 2010 at 8:08 am
  • Jan 08

    Very peculiar New Jersey Turnpike ...

    Very peculiar New Jersey Turnpike accident
    involving Alzheimer's…
    Last month, 67-year old Ellen Liedtka of Hamilton Township, NJ was
    reported missing by her family. The following day Mrs. Liedtka was
    discovered in her car on the New Jersey Turnpike. Unfortunately, she
    had been involved in a very serious accident with a truck on the NJ
    Turnpike. Mrs. Liedtka, driving in the left lane on the New Jersey
    Turnpike, was traveling south near Interchange 5 early in the morning
    on December 2, 2009 when she reportedly came to an unexpected near
    stop. Her vehicle was hit by the SUV Posted on Friday, January 8, 2010 at 2:32 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 404

Defending People: The Art and

Defending People: The Art and Science of
Criminal Defense Trial Lawyering

Covers criminal defense law. By Mark Bennett.

http://bennettandbennett.com/blog
  • Feb 09

    If Halle Smith Had Been White, Wo ...

    If Halle Smith Had Been White, Would She Be
    Alive Today?
    I had a client recently-call him Sam-who got in the law's bad graces
    for some conduct involving alcohol and the brandishing of a firearm in
    his garage while his young daughter slept upstairs. The
    daughter-well-fed, well-loved, well-adjusted and well-cared-for-was
    never in any danger and never even knew what had happened. Only a
    total idiot would think it was a good idea to take that child out of
    that home, but CPS was all over Sam's case, questioning his daughter
    at school, filing suit against him, Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 5:23 am
  • Feb 09

    Accidental DIVERT Coercion

    Accidental DIVERT Coercion
    Houston criminal defense lawyers Herman Martinez and Dane Johnson
    report separately on the state of the Harris County DA's DWI DIVERT
    program. Here's Herman: This week the HCDAO decided that a defendant
    needs to decide if they want to be considered for the DIVERT program
    by their second court setting. This is patently unfair and lends
    itself to the biggest complaint against the program, that is coercive.
    And Dane: The new policy mandates that a person arrested for a Harris
    County DWI must make a decision Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 5:23 am
  • Feb 06

    Even If or Especially Since

    Even If or Especially Since
    After Rosa Villegas-Vatres ran a red light and hit and killed Steve
    Morrison, she was arrested and charged with criminally negligent
    homicide (John Nova Lomax, Houston Press; easier to read
    all-on-one-page print version). Villegas-Vatres wanted to plead guilty
    to misdemeanor deadly conduct. The prosecutor, Brent Mayr told Steve
    Morrison's family that, and warned them that it was a difficult case
    and that the chance of a guilty verdict was not very high. The
    Morrisons were undaunted. After discussing the Posted on Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 7:35 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 418

A Public Defender

A Public Defender

Covers federal and Connecticut criminal laws, constitutional rights,
euthanasian, abortion, Megan's Law and the death penalty.

http://apublicdefender.com
  • Feb 04

    Bysiewicz as AG: I hate to say it

    Bysiewicz as AG: I hate to say it
    but I told you so. Leaving aside the "does she have 10 years' active
    practice" kerfuffle for a moment, I just want to give you all this
    moment to recognize that, well, I was right (or at the very least that
    the current AG agrees with me). The long-awaited "formal opinion" from
    our soon to be Senator Blumenthal was issued today at 1pm. You can
    read it here or view the pdf here. The opinion hits all the usual
    points in construing the constitutionality of a statute:
    "[l]egislation is presumed to be Posted on Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 5:46 am
  • Feb 04

    To have the Assistance of Counsel ...

    To have the Assistance of Counsel for his
    defence
    Clarence Earl Gideon, we salute you. On the first go around, sans
    counsel: and after the landmark decision: HT: Tannebaum Posted on Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 5:46 am
  • Feb 01

    The Constitution is a wet blanket

    The Constitution is a wet blanket
    The Constitution was intended to be many things: a guide, a charter,
    founding principles and at the very least a set of instructions for
    those that sought to build a just and fair country from the ashes of
    rebellion. What it was never intended to be was a blanket, and a wet
    one at that. Unfortunately, state Sen. Tim Burchett, R-Knoxville, TN
    (hey! stop rolling your eyes) didn't get that particular memo. So, in
    his Tennesseean way, he has introduced a bill making it a felony for
    criminal defense lawyers to Posted on Monday, February 1, 2010 at 5:15 am
Rank This Ths Week: 423

California Criminal Lawyer Blog

California Criminal Lawyer Blog

The California Criminal Lawyer Blog covers topics such as DUI Defense,
Judicial Misconduct, Police Misconduct, Search & Seizure, and
Probation cases. Written by San Diego, California Criminal Defense
Lawyer, Mary Frances Prevost.

http://www.californiacriminallawyerblog.com/
  • Feb 04

    MURDER DEFENSE - IMPERFECT SELF D ...

    MURDER DEFENSE - IMPERFECT SELF DEFENSE
    Imperfect self defense (which only applies if there is actual but
    unreasonable belief in the need for self defense) reduces a murder to
    a manslaughter. (Flannel, 25 C3d 668.) But what, exactly has to be
    unreasonable? The CALCRIM on imperfect self defense for an actual
    killing (571) says that imperfect self defense applies if EITHER the
    defendant unreasonably believed that he was in imminent danger of
    death or great bodily injury, OR the defendant unreasonably believed
    that the immediate use of deadly force Posted on Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 3:44 pm
  • Feb 04

    CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL LAW: USING A ...

    CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL LAW: USING A NICKNAME
    FROM A HORROR MOVIE CAN GET YOU IN TROUBLE
    In this recent case, the deputy district attorney was permitted to
    elicit the defendant's nickname, "Chucky," - the doll from the horror
    movie who comes to life and slashes people - and then to argue all
    about the horror movie. No problem, says this California Court of
    Appeal. The defendant intended the nickname to be used to scare
    people. But they do reject a kill zone argument. The single shot here
    could have hit either of two people, but the third person couldn't
    have been shot given the angles. The DA Posted on Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 3:44 pm
  • Jan 29

    CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE: U.S. ...

    CALIFORNIA CRIMINAL DEFENSE: U.S. SUPREME
    COURT REVERSES VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT ON
    MELENDEZ-TYPE CONFRONTATION CASE
    BRISCOE V. VIRGINIA Decided: 1/25/10 No. 07-11191 Full Text:
    http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/09pdf/07-11191.pdf
    CONFRONTATION CLAUSE (Signed certificates prepared by forensic
    analysts are testimonial for purposes of the Confrontation Clause) The
    United States Supreme Court issued a per curiam decision vacating the
    judgment of the Supreme Court of Virginia and remanding the case for
    further proceedings consistent with its recent opinion in
    Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts. Briscoe was arrested for Posted on Friday, January 29, 2010 at 12:04 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 424

Puerto Rico Association of Criminal

Puerto Rico Association of Criminal Defense
Lawyers

Covers appellate practice, Apprendi, bifurcation, capital cases, civil
rights, confrontation clause, evidence, and more.

http://pracdl.typepad.com/pracdl/
  • Dec 23

    PRACDL Annual Assembly, Elections ...

    PRACDL Annual Assembly, Elections and Dinner
    Please remember that tonight, starting at 6:00 p.m., PRACDL will host
    its annual assembly, elections and dinner. This will be at Castellanos
    Rest. on Domenech, near corner of Muñoz Rivera Ave. If you have not
    yet confirmed your attendance, please do so via email to
    pracdl@gmail.com, and remember to take your annual dues payment if you
    have not yet paid. Only persons whose dues have been paid will be
    allowed to vote. Dinner is on PRACDL and drinks are on you. Look
    forward to seeing you there. Posted on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at 3:31 am
  • Oct 18

    PRACDL & Federal Public Defen ...

    PRACDL & Federal Public Defenders Office
    Seminars on October 23, 2009
    This coming Friday, October 23, 2009, Puerto Rico Association of
    Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Federal Public Defenders Office will
    be sponsoring seminars on the Fourth Amendment and Deconstructing the
    Federal Sentencing Guidelines. Where: Casa Olímpica (Old YMCA), Old
    San Juan The Morning Session is sponsored by Puerto Rico Association
    of Criminal Defense Lawyers (PRACDL), and the afternoon session is
    sponsored by the Federal Public Defender's Office. You must register
    separately for each one, per Posted on Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 1:32 am
  • Sep 29

    Looking for a Few Good Men and Women

    Looking for a Few Good Men and Women
    Yes, the PRACDL blog is in need of a few members who want to dedicate
    a little of their time to blogging. I'll give you the basic training,
    although it is all pretty intuitive. Send me an email. You've got my
    address. Tom Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T Posted on Tuesday, September 29, 2009 at 1:33 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 425

Florida Criminal Defense Attorney

Florida Criminal Defense Attorney Blog

Covers criminal law news and events. Published By Florida based
lawyers, Finebloom & Haenel, P.A.

http://www.floridacriminaldefenseattorneyblog.com/
  • Feb 05

    Former Hillsborough County Princi ...

    Former Hillsborough County Principal On
    Probation For Drug Crime Back In Jail In
    Pinellas
    TampaBay.com is reporting that Anthony Giancola has been arrested for
    violating his probation, prowling and loitering in St. Petersburg.
    Giancola was on probation after he attempted to buy crack cocaine from
    an undercover cop in his Hillsborough County middle school office
    while a principal at Van Buren Middle School. He has been on probation
    since June of 2007. The latest arrest for the former Tampa teacher
    came at 3:00 a.m. Saturday morning when Giancola was discovered in a
    parked car waiting for a man Posted on Friday, February 5, 2010 at 8:34 am
  • Feb 05

    Charlotte County Sheriff's Office ...

    Charlotte County Sheriff's Office Get's Its
    Man In Las Vegas For 2008 Hit-And-Run
    Charlotte County Sheriff's spent nearly two years investigating the
    hit and run death of Alex Teehee. Now they believe that they have
    their man. Ralph Loosman, Jr. was arrested in Las Vegas and will face
    charges of vehicular homicide in the hit and run that took place July
    13, 2008. According to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune Loosman was
    arrested in a Las Vegas hotel by U.S. Marshals and is expected to be
    extradited back to Florida to face the charges. Marshals had
    originally went to Arizona to track down Posted on Friday, February 5, 2010 at 8:34 am
  • Feb 02

    DUI Manslaughter Charges Dismisse ...

    DUI Manslaughter Charges Dismissed Against
    Man With Cocaine In His System Due To Lack Of
    Impairment
    A July 9 car accident that left Richard Klose dead, ended in a DUI
    arrest when the driver tested positive for cocaine. Nearly seven
    months later the charges against David Lanier have been dropped. The
    Orange-Osceola State Attorney's Office dropped the case saying there
    was no evidence of impairment. Assistant State Attorney Robert Eagan
    wrote "Cocaine in one's system does not constitute impairment".
    According to a story in the Orlando Sentinel, St. Cloud police crash
    investigators determined the fatal DUI Posted on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 2:40 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 429

South Carolina Criminal Defense Blog

South Carolina Criminal Defense Blog

Covers appellate opinions, DUI and DWI issues, ethics, police
misconduct cases, and wrongful convictions. By Myrtle Beach, South
Carolina criminal and DUI defense lawyer, Bobby G. Frederick.

http://www.southcarolinacriminaldefenseblog.com/
  • Feb 07

    State v. Elders - double jeopardy ...

    State v. Elders - double jeopardy does not
    bar prosecutions for carjacking and
    kidnapping
    In State v. Elders, decided January 28, the S.C. Court of Appeals held
    that, when a defendant has pled guilty to carjacking, the double
    jeopardy clause does not bar a subsequent prosecution and punishment
    for kidnapping based on the same facts. Elders was convicted of armed
    robbery, assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature, and two
    counts of kidnapping following trial, but before the trial began he
    pled guilty to carjacking. I'm wondering: 1) why would he plead guilty
    to carjacking, which carries Posted on Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 5:03 am
  • Feb 07

    Another attorney death

    Another attorney death
    It is a sad week, as another South Carolina attorney was murdered at
    his home in York County last night. Melvin Roberts was a powerful
    advocate and well respected attorney. Recently he made the news along
    with Jack Swerling for obtaining a not guilty in the state's first
    gang-related murder prosecution from the state grand jury. Melvin has
    my respect for the work that he did fighting for the quality of
    indigent representation in our state: In 1992, Roberts sued York
    County, the state of South Carolina and Posted on Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 5:03 am
  • Feb 07

    Juvenile court waiver

    Juvenile court waiver
    Yesterday I had the dubious pleasure of sitting through a hearing in
    the Horry County juvenile court in Conway, where the prosecutor sought
    to waive the child up to general sessions court for prosecution as an
    adult. Not my client, but it was related to one of my cases. In
    general, I have a hard time with juvenile court proceedings - although
    the professed standard in these cases is "the best interests of the
    child," almost without fail the child loses. There is no right to a
    jury trial for juveniles in Posted on Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 5:03 am
Rank This Ths Week: 431

New York Criminal Lawyer Blog

New York Criminal Lawyer Blog

Covers New York criminal law topics such as criminal procedure, DWI
and traffic offenses, drugs and narcotics, fraud related offenses, and
violent crimes. By New York criminal defense attorney, Jeremy Saland.

http://www.newyorkcriminallawyerblog.com/
  • Feb 04

    Two Men Enter - One Man Leaves: Q ...

    Two Men Enter - One Man Leaves: Queens
    Teacher Arrested in Alleged Pee-Wee
    Thunderdome
    Joseph Gullotta, a Queens fourth grade elementary school teacher, and
    Abraham Fox, a teachers assistant, were arrested and arraigned in
    Queens County Criminal Court after it was alleged that the two adults
    encouraged and permitted a nine year old and ten year old to engage in
    a physical confrontation. Both men are charged with two counts of New
    York Penal Law 260.10(1), Endangering the Welfare of a Child.
    According to the Queens County District Attorney Richard Brown: "When
    two fourth graders became Posted on Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 6:49 pm
  • Feb 04

    Man Allegedly Pummels Yorkie & ...

    Man Allegedly Pummels Yorkie & Charged
    with Aggravated Animal Cruelty: Dog Sustains
    Six Fractured Ribs and Loss of Left Eye
    According to reports, Joseph Graves, the boyfriend of Broadway actress
    Ashley Yeater, allegedly beat his girlfriend's yorkshire terrier with
    a belt buckle. It is further alleged that Mr. Graves admitted to
    striking the dog when investigators confronted him. Although the case
    has not been presented to a New York County (Manhattan) Grand Jury,
    Mr. Graves was arrested and charged with the "E" felony of Aggravated
    Animal Cruelty pursuant to Agriculture and Markets Law section 353
    (AML 353). If convicted, Mr. Posted on Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 6:49 pm
  • Feb 04

    New York Jail Chaplin Arrested Af ...

    New York Jail Chaplin Arrested After
    Allegedly Trying to Bring More Than His
    Prayers & Well Wishes to Prisoners
    Imam Zul-Qarnain Shahid, a New York City Jails Chaplin, was arrested
    yesterday after x-rays allegedly revealed he had three razors and a
    pair of scissors on his person when he attempted to enter a New York
    City Department of Corrections jail in lower Manhattan. Upon setting
    off an alarm, corrections officers allegedly recovered the razors and
    scissors from a bag held by Imam Sahid. There is no public information
    at this time whether or not he was scheduled to see a particular
    prisoner or prisoners. As a Posted on Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 6:49 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 445

South Florida Criminal Defense

South Florida Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog

Covers Florida criminal law news concerning domestic violence, gun
offenses, sex offenses and immigration status. By Ralph Behr.

http://www.southfloridacriminaldefenselawyerblog.com/
  • Feb 07

    What Is A Federal Criminal Attorney?

    What Is A Federal Criminal Attorney?
    Federal criminal lawyers must be current with the explosive increase
    of Federal criminal laws, federal criminal procedures, federal
    criminal evidence and the inscrutable PACER Federal online document
    filing system. It is almost impossible to be an effective and
    competent lawyer in federal court unless the attorney devotes
    significant ongoing time keeping current with federal criminal law.
    Federal court is hobbled by arcane procedural rules, almost Byzantine
    local rules that overlay the federal criminal Posted on Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 6:34 am
  • Feb 07

    What To Ask When Hiring a Federal ...

    What To Ask When Hiring a Federal Criminal
    Lawyer
    Here are a few questions to ask when you are interviewing to hire a
    federal criminal lawyer: 1. Does he/she have a PACER CM/ECF number? If
    the answer is "what's a PACER CM/ECF number? Hang up the phone and
    call the next lawyer on your list. 2. Does he/she have a subscription
    to the publication 'Florida Law Weekly Federal', it's expensive and
    most lawyers won't pay the $500.00 yearly cost, but if he/she doesn't
    read it weekly then he/she is definitely NOT on top the law and
    federal criminal law IS CONSTANTLY Posted on Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 6:34 am
  • Feb 04

    Read My Book and Be a "real" Out- ...

    Read My Book and Be a "real" Out-Of-Jail
    'Jailhouse lawyer'
    Published first in 2008 by BookMasters, my book is the book you need
    to own, I know because I wrote it for you, not for me or my vanity
    (?). CAN THE POLICE LIE TO ME? is 218 pages of pure information on
    criminal law, prosecutors and police. The book has one paragraph
    definitions of the fifty most-charged crimes in Florida: from A to Z.
    Distilled into plain English it is direct, concise and easy to read.
    The book then goes into a question and answer format. I have assembled
    the 100 questions I hear from my Posted on Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 7:07 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 455

Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog

Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog

Covers criminal law, DUI and traffic laws. By Baker Associates.

http://www.tennesseecriminallawyerblog.com/
  • Feb 06

    Man Calls Police after Son Threat ...

    Man Calls Police after Son Threatens Him with
    Spoon
    Parents often talk about how hard it is to see a child through their
    teen years, and a father from Niceville, Florida would probably agree
    with that assessment after he had to call the police on his fifteen
    year-old son after a family dispute became (kind of) dangerous. The
    two were reportedly arguing about the son being grounded when the
    father demanded the son hand over his iPod. The kid refused and
    reportedly grabbed a spoon "in a knife-like hold" with which to
    threaten his dad. Fearing for his life, the Posted on Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 4:35 am
  • Feb 06

    Belief in "Faith Healing" Results ...

    Belief in "Faith Healing" Results in Criminal
    Conviction for Oregon Couple
    An Oregon couple was convicted of criminally negligent homicide on
    Tuesday after a jury decided that prayer and anointing oils were not
    sufficient treatment for the couple's son, who died from a congenital
    urinary tract blockage. The couple belongs to a church known as
    Followers of the Church of Christ and as such adheres to the view that
    doctors are to be eschewed in favor of faith healing. Stories where
    parents forego medical treatment in favor of faith healing practices
    have become increasingly common, Posted on Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 4:35 am
  • Feb 03

    Self-Defense in Tennessee

    Self-Defense in Tennessee
    Self-defense is a theory of defense that is generally available in
    Tennessee to those who are charged with or accused of crimes involving
    the use of force against another individual. The basic premise behind
    the defense is that one person has the right to use a reasonable
    amount of force against another to prevent the suffering of death or
    bodily harm. This defense is recognized by statute in Tennessee, which
    effectively limits its applicability to situations where the elements
    are met. In other words, for Posted on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 3:40 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 467

Court TVs Informer

Court TVs Informer

Criminal, odd and celebrity law news from CourtTV.

http://blog.courttv.com/informer/
  • Dec 25

    Sugar-Coated Squalor

    Sugar-Coated Squalor
    While eating cold leftover stuffing for breakfast, I came across a
    site so wonderful, I wondered if I was still dreaming. Namely,
    GingerbreadGhetto.com -- which promises, and delivers, the dark side
    of gingerbread houses. With licorice bars, unforgiving Pez bricks in
    the yard, and inmates working the marshmallow dead weights, our
    favorite is the Gingerbread Prison: However the Gingerbread Serial
    Killer House is a close second. Thanks to Tom Nardone for making the
    site, and making my Boxing Day so much more Posted on Tuesday, December 25, 2007 at 12:40 pm
  • Dec 20

    Apologies to Clement Clarke Moore

    Apologies to Clement Clarke Moore
    Last year, to celebrate a very special Christmas Day "Cops" marathon
    on Court TV, our own Ritch Duncan penned a wonderful parody of "The
    Night Before Christmas." We'll only broadcast two hours of "Cops" this
    December 25th (7-9pm E/P), but Ritch's poem is so hilarious that we
    wanted to post it once again.--Danny 'Twas the night before Christmas,
    when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a
    mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that
    St. Nicholas soon would be Posted on Thursday, December 20, 2007 at 5:40 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 475

Criminal Defense Lawyer | DUI Lawyer

Criminal Defense Lawyer | DUI Lawyer | Los
Angeles | Orange County

Covers criminal laws and cases. By Gabriel Dorman.

http://www.criminaldefenseduilawyer.com
  • Feb 07

    Los Angeles DUI Driver Hits Polic ...

    Los Angeles DUI Driver Hits Police Car
    A suspected Los Angeles DUI driver was arrested after crashing his van
    into an police patrol car on Friday. The suspected South Los Angeles
    DUI driver was also arrested for hit-and-run after immediately fleeing
    the scene after the crash. Just before midnight, the CHP received a
    report that a possible DUI driver had crashed his vehicle [...] Posted on Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 11:32 pm
  • Feb 05

    DA Says Driver Ignored the Danger ...

    DA Says Driver Ignored the Dangers of DUI
    partner marketing Brittany Schuetz knew of but ignored the dangers of
    DUI. That is what the prosecutor told jurors today during opening
    statements in the DUI murder trial of suspected DUI driver Brittany
    Schuetz. Orange County District Attorney Susan Price told jurors that
    21-year-old Brittany Schuetz knew of the dangers of DUI and ignored
    all the warnings and [...] Posted on Friday, February 5, 2010 at 1:03 pm
  • Feb 02

    Man Robbed, Stabbed in Oxnard Park

    Man Robbed, Stabbed in Oxnard Park
    guidelinesinformation partner A man was robbed and stabbed in an
    Oxnard Park on Thursday night. The Oxnard park robbery and stabbing
    occurred as the man was walking through Durley Park located in the 800
    block of Cedar Court. According to Oxnard police, the 40-year-old man
    was walking southbound through Durley Park when he was confronted by
    the Oxnard [...] Posted on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 8:44 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 490

Orange County Criminal Lawyer Blog

Orange County Criminal Lawyer Blog

Covers the criminal defense of white collar crimes, theft crimes and
DUI. By The Law Offices of Michael L. Guisti.

http://www.orangecountycriminallawyerblog.com/
  • Feb 08

    Costa Mesa Dispensary Staff Charg ...

    Costa Mesa Dispensary Staff Charged with Drug
    Pocession and Selling Marijuana
    Costa Mesa, Orange County - The Orange County Register reports that
    Costa Mesa Police have served search warrants at the West Coast
    Wellness Center medical marijuana dispensary. The dispensary is
    located on the 1200 block of Logan Avenue . Three employees, ranging
    in age from 23 to 49 were booked on charges of illegally selling
    marijuana. A female customer was also cited for drug possession.
    California voters approved Proposition 215 in 1996, allowing qualified
    patients to use marijuana for its medicinal Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 1:21 am
  • Feb 08

    Newport Beach Woman convicted of ...

    Newport Beach Woman convicted of Felony Grand
    Theft and Embezzlement
    NEWPORT BEACH, Orange County - A Newport Beach woman, Bethany Jane
    Brady, who was working as an account for a Newport Beach salon for13
    years, was charged with grand theft and embezzlement for stealing more
    than $250,000 from the employer. Brady had been using funds from the
    salon's account for her personal use for the past three years. Brady
    was convicted of grand theft, embezzlement and identity theft. Brady
    was sentenced to two years in state prison for felony theft crime of
    embezzling more than $250,000 Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 1:21 am
  • Feb 05

    Woman Accused a Man sexually Assa ...

    Woman Accused a Man sexually Assaulted her in
    Anheim Disneyland
    Anaheim, Orange County - Ms. Christina Esquival alleges that a man
    groped her breast while at California's Disney Adventure Park. The
    alleged incident occurred on the Tower of Terror ride with her
    daughter when the lights went out, as they always do just before the
    ride makes an adrenaline-pumping, 13-story drop. After the ride, Ms.
    Esquival took her own photograph of the suspect on the souvenir photo
    screen and is asking for help in identifying him. Under California
    Law, sex crimes are extremely serious Posted on Friday, February 5, 2010 at 2:57 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 504

Total DUI

Total DUI

Covers arrest procedures, DUI news and DUI questions. By Total DUI.

http://www.totaldui.com/blog
  • Feb 08

    Experts Testify on BAC Level in F ...

    Experts Testify on BAC Level in Fatal DUI
    Trial in New Jersey
    Experts believe that the man charged in a fatal DUI from 2006 may have
    had a BAC four times the legal limit, NJ.com is reporting. On April
    20, 2006, a car hit two teenage girls as they walked down the side of
    a New Jersey road coming back from a movie theater. They were killed,
    and now the driver of that car faces trial in Morristown, New Jersey.
    Medical experts recently testified about the state of the driver in
    the case, which moved into its fourth day at the time of the
    testimony. Their determination was Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 10:52 am
  • Feb 06

    Woman Charged with DUI while Taki ...

    Woman Charged with DUI while Taking her Child
    to School
    A Florida woman's decision to drink and drive is once again
    highlighting the unexpected consequences a DUI can have. Tampa Bay
    Online reports a that a 39-year-old woman is accused of driving an
    11-year-old child to school while under the influence of illegal
    drugs. According to police, she crashed her car into another car, and
    into a fence. The child was in the passenger seat of the car when the
    incident occurred. She was not injured, though she was too upset to go
    to school and went home with her father. Posted on Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 12:50 am
  • Feb 03

    New Hampshire Woman Gets 3 DUI Ar ...

    New Hampshire Woman Gets 3 DUI Arrests in 1
    Week
    The penalties for a DUI conviction can dramatically increase with
    multiple convictions. But one woman in New Hampshire pushed these laws
    to their limits recently. The Associated Press recently reported that
    a woman in Concord, N. H. was arrested three times in one week for
    allegedly driving under the influence. Patricia Mondro now faces a
    $50,000 cash only bail on three separate charges of a driving under
    the influence issued within just days of one another. On January 16,
    Mondro was arrested in a parking Posted on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 10:50 am
Rank This Ths Week: 511

Criminal Jurisdiction

Criminal Jurisdiction

Covers Texas criminal law topics, including drug crimes, sexual
assault, and the death penalty. By John Floyd and Mr. Billy Sinclair.

http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog
  • Feb 07

    WHO IS AAFIA SIDDIQUI - TERRORIST ...

    WHO IS AAFIA SIDDIQUI - TERRORIST OR
    GOVERNMENT PAWN?
    The Tragic Case of the "The Gray Lady of Bagram" By: Houston Criminal
    Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair The U.S. Government
    contends Aafia Siddiqui's alleged links to terrorism began in June
    2001-some three months before the 9/11 terror attacks on New York
    City's Twin Towers. According to government sources, Siddiqui made a
    trip from Quetta, Pakistan to Monrovia, Liberia, where she was met by
    a car and driven to the Hotel Boulevard, a known al Qaeda safe house.
    A week later Siddiqui allegedly Posted on Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 5:20 pm
  • Jan 30

    MORE EVIDENCE OF BAD EVIDENCE - AGAIN

    MORE EVIDENCE OF BAD EVIDENCE - AGAIN
    Criminal Defense Attorneys Must Question Findings, Conclusions of
    Forensic Experts By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and
    Paralegal Billy Sinclair We have posted a number of blogs about the
    "junk science" associated with forensic evidence-a science popularized
    by network television with drams like "CSI" and its spin-offs. It
    would indeed by an ideal world if all the evidence-gathering and
    analysis reflected in these TV programs reflected the real world of
    crime and criminal prosecutions. The reality Posted on Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 3:09 am
  • Jan 26

    VIOLENCE IS A NATURAL GROWTH INDUSTRY

    VIOLENCE IS A NATURAL GROWTH INDUSTRY
    Prison Systems Breed Future Violence By: Houston Criminal Attorney
    John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair The Wall Street Journal (Jan.
    8, 2010) carried a report about the decreasing violent crime rate
    across the country. The report, based on FBI statistics, said all
    major violent crimes-homicide, forcible rape, robbery [...] Posted on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 11:53 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 513

Think Outside the Cage

Think Outside the Cage

Covers criminal law. By the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform
Coalition.

http://thinkoutsidethecage2.blogspot.com/
  • Feb 09

    Pot-dispensary boom has affiliate ...

    Pot-dispensary boom has affiliated businesses
    buzzing - The Denver Post
    Pot-dispensary boom has affiliated businesses buzzing - The Denver
    PostUntil a few months ago, J.B. Woods was your standard-issue
    insurance agent. Auto, home, life. Would you like flood coverage with
    that? Then, in the middle of 2009, his phone rang: "I need insurance
    for my medical-marijuana dispensary," the caller said. And since that
    moment, few of the policies Woods has set up for clients Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 4:05 am
  • Feb 09

    Repeat DUI offenders must get jai ...

    Repeat DUI offenders must get jail terms,
    panel says - The Denver Post
    Repeat DUI offenders must get jail terms, panel says - The Denver
    PostA state criminal-justice commission agreed Friday that repeat DUI
    offenders in Colorado must go to jail. The commission endorsed a
    legislative proposal that would mandate a jail term of 10 days to a
    year for a second drunken-driving offense and 60 days to a year for
    third or subsequent offenses. In addition, repeat offenders Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 4:05 am
  • Feb 09

    Which way on medical pot? - The D ...

    Which way on medical pot? - The Denver Post
    Which way on medical pot? - The Denver PostIt doesn't take much
    reading between the lines of the latest medical marijuana legislation
    to see that its sponsors aren't interested in the dispensary model. So
    why are they bothering to create a new bureaucracy that would oversee
    a regulatory system so complex as to be unworkable? The bill sponsored
    by Rep. Tom Massey, R-Poncha Springs, and Sen. Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 4:05 am
Rank This Ths Week: 521

Massachusetts Criminal Defense

Massachusetts Criminal Defense Attorney Blog

Covers drug crimes, DUI, sex crimes, theft and violent crimes. By
Stephen Neyman, P.C.

http://www.massachusettscriminaldefenseattorneyblog.com/
  • Feb 05

    Woman Living In Framingham Charge ...

    Woman Living In Framingham Charged With
    Prostitution After Cop Responds To
    Advertisement For Massage Services
    On Saturday Min Deng was arrested and charged with Prostitution after
    Framingham, Massachusetts police responded to an advertisement on
    "craigslist" for "adult services". A Framingham police sergeant who
    was searching the website found a listing for the services. He
    responded and met with Deng at her apartment. Deng offered Sex for a
    Fee after which she was arrested. Deng's arraignment is set for
    February 17, 2010 in the Framingham District Court. Read Article:
    Prostitution Charges For Woman Offering Posted on Friday, February 5, 2010 at 12:57 am
  • Feb 05

    Lynn Man Charged With Trafficking ...

    Lynn Man Charged With Trafficking Cocaine,
    Receiving Stolen Motor Vehicle Held On Bail
    Jamald Harrold is facing charges in the Essex County Superior Court in
    Salem, Massachusetts for Assault With a Dangerous Weapon, Trafficking
    Cocaine, Receiving a Stolen Motor Vehicle and a School Zone Violation.
    The case stems from a December 22, 2009 incident where Harrold got
    into a confrontation with his former girlfriend's brother. It is
    alleged that Harrold pulled a knife on the man who in turn armed
    himself with a baseball bat. Police were called. When they arrived
    they observed the defendant in a Posted on Friday, February 5, 2010 at 12:57 am
  • Feb 02

    DNA Evidence Leads Police To Susp ...

    DNA Evidence Leads Police To Suspect In
    Unsolved Breaking And Entering Cases
    About a year and a half ago police in Pepperel were called for a
    report of a Motor Vehicle Break-In. The 911 caller gave police a
    descrption of the subject who fled prior to the police arrival. While
    investigating the report the police noticed a cigarette butt in the
    driveway. They kept it as evidence and had it tested for DNA. Around
    this time there were about a dozen or so reported car breaking in this
    area. A credit card was stolen from one of the cars. It was determined
    that Derek Delosh used the credit Posted on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 5:11 am
Rank This Ths Week: 524

Changing the Court

Changing the Court

A chronicle of how a group of planners and practitioners are
attempting to change the Bronx court system's approach to low-level
criminal offending. From the Center for Court Innovation.

http://changingthecourt.blogspot.com/
  • Feb 08

    Bronx Community Solutions and Bro ...

    Bronx Community Solutions and Brooklyn
    Treatment Court Square Off
    Postgame photo: Coach Leroy-West Spicer and the Renaissance are on the
    left, while Coach Willie Bernardez and the Bombers are on the right.
    From Case Manager Daren Mills On Tuesday, January 26th, two problem
    solving court projects came together as part of the Bronx Community
    Solutions Basketball League, with the Bombers of Bronx Community
    Solutions taking on the Renaissance of Brooklyn Treatment Court. The
    Bombers jumped out to an early 13-0 lead before coach Leroy
    West-Spicer (Case Manager at Brooklyn Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 11:36 pm
  • Feb 04

    Misdemeanants Who Can't Afford Ba ...

    Misdemeanants Who Can't Afford Bail Have Few
    Options
    In a recent article that appeared on npr.org, the plight of low-level
    offenders who can't afford bail was given an in-depth look. Also
    examined was the amount of money the taxpayers spend to house these
    offenders. From arrest, to incarceration at Rikers Island (pictured
    above), to their eventual trial/release, life for these individuals
    often becomes a nightmare. For offenders who believe they're innocent
    (such as 25 year old Shadu Green, who is profiled in the article at
    npr.com), their refusal to plead Posted on Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 2:15 am
  • Feb 04

    2009 - Year in Review

    2009 - Year in Review
    From Coordinator of Court Operations Elizabeth Swan As we enter the
    project's 5th year, it's safe to say that Bronx Community Solutions
    has made an undeniable impact within and beyond the walls of the Bronx
    Criminal Courthouse. Some of the many achievements that have been made
    since the project's inception include how Bronx Community Solutions
    has changed sentencing practices by: Reducing the use of jail at
    arraignments by a third. Increasing the sentencing options that are
    offered to judges. Improving Posted on Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 2:15 am
Rank This Ths Week: 531

California Attorneys Representing

California Attorneys Representing Licensed,
Regulated And Other Professionals

Addresses issues faced by license professionals and regulated
businesses in civil, business, administrative and criminal matters
with an emphasis on health care. By Green & Associates.

http://greenandassociates.blogspot.com/
  • Feb 07

    Husband & Wife Owners of Los ...

    Husband & Wife Owners of Los Angeles-Area
    Medical Equipment Company Sentenced to Prison
    for Medicare Fraud
    On February 1, 2010, two married owners and operators of CHH Medical
    Supply, a Los Angeles-area durable medical equipment (DME) company,
    were sentenced to prison today in connection with billing fraud
    relating to "power wheelchairs." This sentence came after they were
    convicted in a federal court jury trial in July 2009. In Los Angeles,
    there are numerous current investigations relating to DME fraud and
    many more indictments and prosecutions are predicted. Gevork
    Kartashyan and Eliza Shubaralyan, husband Posted on Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 8:04 pm
  • Feb 05

    California Medical Board Admits A ...

    California Medical Board Admits Allowing
    Doctor With Discipline History To Monitor
    Another - L.A. Times article
    The L.A. Times' articles about the Medical Board never look at the
    real issues behind the Board but focus on the sensational. This seems
    to be much ado about nothing - but it does violate their internal
    guidelines. California Medical Board admits allowing troubled doctor
    to monitor another - latimes.com The reality is that the Board is
    getting so tough on physicians that a much higher percentage of them
    will have disciplinary problems in their career . . . Of course we
    want physicians with real problems Posted on Friday, February 5, 2010 at 9:22 am
  • Feb 02

    Doctor & Office Manager Charg ...

    Doctor & Office Manager Charged With
    Health Care Fraud: Case Involves 2nd Office,
    Pre-Signed Prescription Pads & Billing
    For Services Not Provided
    On January 20, 2010, a doctor and his office manager were arrested and
    charged with billing government health care insurance programs for
    physician services, including office visits and tests, that were not
    provided as billed. They are also charged with prescribing medicine
    without a legitimate medical purpose. On January 12, 2010, a federal
    grand jury in Columbus indicted Dr. Charles C. Njoku and his office
    manager or clinical supervisor, Veronica Scott-Guiler. The indictment
    was unsealed at the time of Posted on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 3:43 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 532

Judging Crimes

Judging Crimes

Covers criminal law, violent crime and the judiciary. By Joel
Jacobsen.

http://www.joeljacobsen.com/journal/
  • Feb 05

    425. Yadkinville

    425. Yadkinville
    There are certain subtle advantages to living in a city best known to
    the outside world for the way Bugs Bunny pronounces it. Once is that
    you learn not to make fun of other cities' names. Such as Yadkinville.
    Even though Booger Swamp Road meets up with Main Street just west of
    town. Instead, you make fun of other cities' judges. Or I would, if
    they didn't do it for me: E-mails between Yadkin County officials and
    a judge who was prodding them to build a new jail show that county
    officials had repeatedly Posted on Friday, February 5, 2010 at 11:32 pm
  • Feb 03

    424. Hissy fitting?

    424. Hissy fitting?
    ABC's Jake Tapper, who almost certainly dislikes the Elvis Costello
    song "Brilliant Mistake," has a blog entry with a prediction from
    University of Texas professor Lucas Powe. Unfortunately, the quotation
    doesn't answer the mystery of why he didn't drop the final "e" from
    his surname, like Al Green. Wouldn't Lucas Pow be a great name? As
    good as Morris Zapp. Maybe the professor does pronounce it "pow." I'd
    advise him to, if he ever goes to spend a year as a guest scholar at a
    German university. Anyway, Posted on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 9:12 am
  • Jan 31

    423. So who's scarier?

    423. So who's scarier?
    The San Francisco Chronicle recently reported: The Assembly approved
    legislation Wednesday that would make it a crime to not report violent
    attacks... Assemblyman Pedro Nava, D-Santa Barbara, the measure's
    author, said the bill closes a loophole in state law, which previously
    required people to report a violent crime only if it is being
    committed against a child younger than 14. If the Senate passes Nava's
    measure, witnesses would have to report any rape, murder or violent
    crime they see, regardless of the Posted on Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 6:32 am
Rank This Ths Week: 536

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals blog

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals blog

Covers the court of last resort on Texas criminal matters. By R. J.
MacReady.

http://www.txccablog.com/
  • Feb 05

    Opinion Summary - Ex parte Oscar ...

    Opinion Summary - Ex parte Oscar Roy Doster
    The State indicted Oscar Roy Doster for capital murder in Freestone
    County, Texas on May 30, 2007. At the time of the indictment, Doster
    was in an Alabama prison (no Midnight Special for him). His presence
    was obtained in Texas by a Governor's Warrant on January 28, 2008. At
    the arraignment, the trial court suggested a date of May 5, 2008. The
    prosecutor had a conflict and suggested June 2nd, and defense counsel
    responded that he did not think he would be ready to go to trial by
    June 2nd with all the Posted on Friday, February 5, 2010 at 5:30 am
  • Feb 05

    Today's Opinions - 2/3/10

    Today's Opinions - 2/3/10
    Okay, it was yesterday, but I had a deadline to meet. On February 3,
    2010, the CCA handed down a number of orders including one published
    opinion in the following case: PD-0504-09, Ex parte Oscar Roy Doster:
    A unanimous CCA held that a pre-trial habeas corpus proceeding
    followed by an interlocutory appeal is not the appropriate vehicle to
    raise a claim that a prosecution should be dismissed because the State
    failed to bring the defendant to trial within the time limit
    proscribed by the Interstate Agreement Posted on Friday, February 5, 2010 at 5:30 am
  • Jan 30

    Today's Opinions - 1/27/10

    Today's Opinions - 1/27/10
    Today, the CCA handed down a few unpublished opinions and a few
    published ones in the following cases: PD-0197-09, Sam Wesley Dudley
    v. State: The CCA remanded this case for reconsideration in light of
    Murray v. State and Evans v. State. The State had tried the defendant
    for aggravated sexual assault, but ended up requesting a
    lesser-included of indecency with a child to which Dudley plead no
    contest. The two cases held that the Hall test for lesser-included
    offense instructions applies, but that indecency Posted on Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 7:44 am
Rank This Ths Week: 547

Transnational Crimes Blog

Transnational Crimes Blog

By McNabb Associates.

http://www.transnationalcrimesblog.com
  • Jun 06

    Australian Police Official Charge ...

    Australian Police Official Charged in $115
    Million Drug Smuggling Ring
    A senior Australian police officer was arrested earlier this week in
    Sydney, charged with conspiracy for allegedly coordinating a plan to
    smuggle precursor chemicals into the country in an attempt to
    synthesize over $115 million worth of methamphetamine. Mark Standen,
    51, who served as Assistant Director of the New South Wales Crime
    Commission, was arrested in his office Monday, following a Posted on Friday, June 6, 2008 at 10:14 am
  • May 28

    Dozens Indicted for Connections t ...

    Dozens Indicted for Connections to
    International Fraud Ring
    Early last week, 38 persons from Romania and the United States, some
    with alleged connections to organized crime, were indicted in US
    federal court for computer and credit card fraud. The scam reportedly
    involved "phishing," soliciting personal information via email for
    illegal use, and "smishing," soliciting personal information via text
    messages for illegal use.[1] Deputy Attorney General Posted on Wednesday, May 28, 2008 at 12:41 am
  • May 11

    Viktor Bout Indicted by US Author ...

    Viktor Bout Indicted by US Authorities
    Alleged international arms dealer Viktor Bout, arrested in March in
    Thailand during a joint operation involving agents from the Drug
    Enforcement Administration, was indicted by a federal grand jury this
    week on charges of conspiracy and supporting terrorism.[1] As
    previously reported in this blog, Bout had been accused of trafficking
    arms to various blacklisted rebel groups and governments, Posted on Sunday, May 11, 2008 at 9:32 am
Rank This Ths Week: 556

Federal Criminal Defense Blog

Federal Criminal Defense Blog

Covers federal criminal law topics such as identity theft, capital
punishment, drug enforcement, environmental crimes, immigration, and
military law. By Tom Withers.

http://www.federalcriminaldefenseblog.com/
  • Feb 07

    Blagojevich Re-Indicted to Protec ...

    Blagojevich Re-Indicted to Protect Against
    Losing Honest Services Counts
    As previously predicted here, we believe that the Supreme Court will
    declare the honest services statute unconstitutional. Apparently, the
    U.S. Attorney's Office in the Northern District of Illinois thinks
    likewise. In an apparent effort to head off any problems caused by the
    loss of the honest services mail fraud counts, the government has
    returned a Second Superseding Indictment against former Illinois
    Governor Rod Blagojevich. In a filing yesterday, the U.S. Attorney's
    Office in the Northern District of Posted on Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 5:57 am
  • Feb 07

    Macon Lawyer Mark Treadwell Nomin ...

    Macon Lawyer Mark Treadwell Nominated for
    MDGA Federal Judgeship
    Macon attorney Mark Treadwell has been nominated by President Obama to
    fill a District Court vacancy in the Middle District of Georgia
    created by Judge Hugh Lawson's taking of senior status. The Macon
    Telegraph reports that Mr. Treadwell was informed yesterday of his
    nomination. Mr. Treadwell, a 1981 graduate of Mercer University School
    of Law, is a partner in the firm of Adams, Jordan & Treadwell,
    P.C. After graduation Mr. Treadwell worked for a large Atlanta firm
    before returning to Macon in 1985, Posted on Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 5:57 am
  • Feb 07

    Justice Kennedy Comments On Our P ...

    Justice Kennedy Comments On Our Prison Nation
    As reported by the LA Times, Supreme Court Justice Kennedy, in a
    speech to the Los Angeles legal community at Pepperdine University,
    derided the state of our nation's prison mentality. In what was
    described as an "otherwise courtly and humorous address," Justice
    Kennedy remarked that "California now has 185,000 people in prison at
    $32,500 a year." Justice Kennedy noted that U.S. prison sentences are
    eight times longer than those issued by the European court system. We
    have previously commented about the Posted on Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 5:57 am
Rank This Ths Week: 565

New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney

New Jersey Criminal Defense Attorney Blog

Covers New Jersey juvenile, DWI, drug, and theft crimes. By Law Office
of Anthony J. Vecchio, LLC.

http://www.newjerseycriminaldefenseattorneyblog.com/
  • Feb 08

    Jackson Township Municipal Court

    Jackson Township Municipal Court
    Jackson Township Municipal Court Location: 102 Jackson Dr. Jackson, NJ
    08527 Phone: (732) 928-1205 Fax: (732) 928-4377 The judge is the
    Honorable Daniel Sahin, J.M.C. The prosecutor is Joseph Coronato, Esq.
    The court administrator is Erin Decristina. Jackson police write up a
    heavy amount of summons for speeding, reckless driving and DWI. Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 6:12 am
  • Feb 08

    Millstone Township Municipal Court

    Millstone Township Municipal Court
    Millstone Township Municipal Court Location: 215 Millstone Road
    Millstone Twp., NJ 08510 Phone: (732) 446-6219 Fax: (732) 446-4853 The
    judge in Millstone Courts is the Honorable Francis F.X. Foley, J.M.C.
    The prosecutor is Richard Kelly, Esq. The Court Administrator is Diane
    Canzanella, CMCA. Millstone Township does not have its own police
    department. The New Jersey State Police have jurisdiction over the
    area and issue a large amount of speeding and other traffic tickets.
    Also a fair amount of minor drug Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 6:12 am
  • Feb 08

    Howell Township Municipal Court

    Howell Township Municipal Court
    Howell Township Municipal Court Location: 300 Old Tavern Rd. Howell
    Township, NJ 07731 Mailing Address: Howell Township Court P.O. Box 580
    Howell, NJ 07731 Phone: (732) 938-4848 Fax: (732) 938-7054 The Judge
    is the Honorable Allen S. Kaplan, J.M.C. The prosecutor is John
    Rihacek, Esq. and Sean Keane, Esq. The court administrator is
    Elizabeth McGee. Howell has become one of the busiest municipal courts
    in Monmouth County. Night sessions at the court can be overwhelming,
    with a multi-hour waiting line to Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 6:12 am
Rank This Ths Week: 574

Marchman Act Blog

Marchman Act Blog

News about the Florida Marchman Act. By Addiction Recovery Legal
Services LLC.

http://www.marchmanactblog.com/
  • Feb 08

    Obama Proposes Increased Funding ...

    Obama Proposes Increased Funding for
    Treatment and Prevention, but 'Balance'
    Proves Elusive Goal
    The Obama administration's first stab at crafting its own national
    drug-control budget priorities adds new funding for addiction
    treatment and prevention but does little to close the huge gap between
    spending on drug supply- and demand-reduction efforts despite promises
    of a "balanced" strategy. Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 7:53 pm
  • Feb 08

    Medical Marijuana - High in the Sky

    Medical Marijuana - High in the Sky
    View more news videos at: http://www.nbcsandiego.com/video. A San
    Francisco man, accused of forcing a flight to divert because he was
    high on medical marijuana, picked the wrong flight attendant to freak
    out on. 51-year-old Lorin Gorman of Chula Vista is a fourth-degree
    black belt in Tae Kwon Do. Those skills may have averted a serious
    situation in the air. US-Air flight 1447 was on its way from
    Philadelphia to San Francisco. Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 7:53 pm
  • Feb 08

    Michael Jackson doctor charged wi ...

    Michael Jackson doctor charged with
    manslaughter
    LOS ANGELES (AP) - Michael Jackson's doctor has been charged with
    involuntary manslaughter in the pop singer's death. Prosecutors
    announced the charge Monday against Dr. Conrad Murray, a Houston
    cardiologist who was with Jackson when he died June 25. He faces up to
    four years in prison if convicted. Murray's attorney Ed Chernoff says
    Murray will plead not guilty. Jackson hired Murray to be his personal
    physician as he prepared for a strenuous series of comeback
    performances in London. Posted on Monday, February 8, 2010 at 7:53 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 580

Chicago DUI Law Blog

Chicago DUI Law Blog

Covers Chicago criminal and DUI laws. By Ava George Stewart.

http://chicagoduilaw.blogspot.com/
  • Feb 07

    Chicago DUI lawyer says driver's ...

    Chicago DUI lawyer says driver's license
    suspensions continue to increase because of
    delinquent child support payments
    //var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ?
    "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript
    src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js'
    type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); //]]> //try {var
    pageTracker =
    _gat._getTracker("UA-7726306-2");pageTracker._trackPageview();}
    catch(err) {} //]]> This Chicago DUI lawyer has posted here and
    here about child support and driver's license suspensions. Today I had
    two people call within a half hour of each other. Each Posted on Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 8:15 pm
  • Feb 07

    Chicago DUI lawyer discusses the ...

    Chicago DUI lawyer discusses the difference
    between the eligible date and the termination
    date for a driver's license
    suspension/revocation
    //var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ?
    "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript
    src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js'
    type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); //]]> //try {var
    pageTracker =
    _gat._getTracker("UA-7726306-2");pageTracker._trackPageview();}
    catch(err) {} //]]> This Chicago DUI lawyer has discussed driver's
    license suspensions/revocations here, here, and here. So what's the
    difference between a license suspension and a license Posted on Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 8:15 pm
  • Feb 07

    Chicago DUI lawyer comments on th ...

    Chicago DUI lawyer comments on the Super Bowl
    and DUI roadblocks
    //var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ?
    "https://ssl." : "http://www.");document.write(unescape("%3Cscript
    src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js'
    type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); //]]> //try {var
    pageTracker =
    _gat._getTracker("UA-7726306-2");pageTracker._trackPageview();}
    catch(err) {} //]]> This Chicago DUI lawyer has posted on
    roadblocks here, here, and here. She's a bit surprised that there is
    no press release for a roadblock in the city tonight. Posted on Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 8:15 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 581

Gamso - For the Defense

Gamso - For the Defense

Provides commentary on criminal law, civil liberties and
jurisprudence. By Jeffrey Gamso.

http://gamso-forthedefense.blogspot.com/
  • Feb 05

    Deuteronomy Trumps the Sixth Amen ...

    Deuteronomy Trumps the Sixth Amendment
    I'd do exhaustive research, write a powerful legal argument, and then
    watch no one pay it any heed. The problem with this lawyerly approach
    is that nobody cares about rules or principles when they're dealing
    with a murderer. The lawyer says that the Constitution was violated
    every which way, and the judge says, Yeah, but your client killed
    somebody, right? For all our so-called progress, the tribal
    vengefulness that we think of as limited to backward African countries
    is still how our legal system works. Posted on Friday, February 5, 2010 at 11:25 am
  • Feb 02

    I've Looked at Trials from Both S ...

    I've Looked at Trials from Both Sides Now
    /* /*]]>*/ /* /*]]>*/ /* /*]]>*/ In a college philosophy
    course, I once wrote a paper called something like "The Categorical
    Imperative meets the Teleological Suspension of the Ethical." The idea
    is that sometimes absolutes conflict. My resolution, as I recall (this
    was decades ago) was built around Coleridge's recognition that some
    literature requires and evokes a "willing suspension of disbelief."*
    All of this is by way of introduction to a knotty problem in
    Constitutional Law working its way Posted on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 6:39 pm
  • Feb 02

    Dissing the First Amendment

    Dissing the First Amendment
    I was going to write about Tennessee State Senator Tim Burchett (R.
    Knoxville) and his plan to make it a felony for a criminal defense
    lawyer to dis a crime victim.* As reported by Cara Kumari of WSM-TV in
    Nashville, While lawyers have called this bill unconstitutional,
    Burchett said it is the right thing to do. "If I was member of the
    legal community, I would quit wrapping myself up in the Constitution
    and start thinking about what's right," said Burchett. There goes that
    pesky Constitution thing again. Posted on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 6:39 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 585

Florida DUI Lawyer Blog

Florida DUI Lawyer Blog

Florida DUI Lawyer Blog covers various aspects of DUI law in Florida.
Published by Florida Defense Lawyer, William Ryan Moore.

http://www.floridaduilawyerblog.com/
  • Feb 04

    Lawyer advertising & represen ...

    Lawyer advertising & representations as
    to skill
    I recently met with a friend of mine who had visited an attorney for a
    routine legal matter. She explained how both the law partner and an
    associate each claimed to be the best lawyers in Broward County.
    Naturally, we both rolled our eyes at such a bold statement. The fact
    is that South Florida has such a bountiful supply of highly skilled
    attorneys seemed to make any such statement… well… bold. What is
    troubling however is that statements such as these are regulated by
    the Florida Bar. This is especially Posted on Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 9:59 pm
  • Jan 20

    The First Implied Consent Laws

    The First Implied Consent Laws
    New York was the first state to adopt what has commonly become known
    as the "implied consent law" in 1953. This law was designed to force
    possible drunk drivers to submit to a blood, breath or urine test
    after the driver had been stopped by an officer and the officer then
    had a reasonable belief that the driver was impaired. The theory
    behind the practice of implementing implied consent laws (also known
    as informed consent) is that any driver who used the roads and
    highways implicitly consented to giving Posted on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 4:38 pm
  • Dec 24

    Broward County DUI Defense Attorn ...

    Broward County DUI Defense Attorneys: HGN
    Tests (Pen Light)
    Broward County DUI defense attorneys routinely see DUI investigators
    conducting the pen light exercise when conducting an investigation.
    The proper name for this test is Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus and it is
    designed to detect impairment based on a jerking of the eye at certain
    angles. HGN exercises are unique in that of all standard field
    sobriety exercises, HGN is a medical test requiring certain training
    an experience before being admissible in a defendants Broward County
    DUI trial. Broward County DUI Posted on Thursday, December 24, 2009 at 8:44 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 588

Abolish the Death Penalty

Abolish the Death Penalty

Covers capital punishment.

http://deathpenaltyusa.blogspot.com/
  • Oct 09

    World Day Against the Death Penalty

    World Day Against the Death Penalty
    "Shouting from the Rooftops" on World Day Against the Death Penalty
    October 8, 2009 October 10th marks the sixth anniversary of World Day
    Against the Death Penalty, an event begun by the World Coalition
    Against the Death Penalty to urge countries around the world that
    still implement capital punishment to abolish it. We hope you can join
    us in observing World Day Against the Death Penalty this year by
    joining our "Shouting from the Rooftops" campaign. Read the article
    about Cameron Todd Willingham and share Posted on Friday, October 9, 2009 at 8:37 am
  • Sep 22

    Shouting from the Rooftops!

    Shouting from the Rooftops!
    Posted on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at 6:52 pm
  • Mar 31

    Cesar E. Chavez... The Path to No ...

    Cesar E. Chavez... The Path to Nonviolence
    /* /*]]>*/ On what would have been his 82nd Birthday, NCADP
    presents this guest commentary about Cesar E. Chavez, by Magdaleno
    Leno Rose-Avila, NCADP's Death Penalty Abolitionist of the Year, 1994.
    Cesar E. Chavez A Clear Voice Against Violence As a community and farm
    worker organizer early in his career, Cesar E. Chavez studied Gandhi,
    King and others, building a solid foundation for his nonviolent
    political/moral position. When I first met Cesar I was not impressed
    by either his speaking style or his Posted on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 1:30 am
Rank This Ths Week: 592

Total Criminal Defense Blog

Total Criminal Defense Blog

Covers celebrity arrests and criminal defense law.

http://www.totalcriminaldefense.com/blog
  • Feb 01

    Obama 'Hope' Poster Designer Faci ...

    Obama 'Hope' Poster Designer Facing Criminal
    Charges
    Instead of "Hope," Shepard Fairey might consider the word "Truth" as
    inspiration. The Los Angeles-based street artist, who rose to fame
    during President Obama's campaign when he designed the iconic "Hope"
    image, will face criminal charges as part of an ongoing legal dispute
    between him and the Associated Press. According to theLos Angeles
    Times, a federal judge based in New York City announced during a
    hearing with both Fairey's and the AP's lawyers present that the
    artist would face a criminal Posted on Monday, February 1, 2010 at 10:15 am
  • Jan 26

    Michael Jackson's Doc Resumes Pra ...

    Michael Jackson's Doc Resumes Practice Amidst
    Legal Strife
    The doctor serving as Michael Jackson's personal physician when he
    died recently hired a criminal defense attorney, according to ABC
    News. Dr. Conrad Murray has not officially been charged in Jackson's
    death from an overdose, but a legal team has been assembled for Dr.
    Murray, who could face a possible involuntary manslaughter charge in
    connection to Jackson's death on June 25, 2009. Glendale,
    California-based criminal defense attorney Michael Flanagan is the new
    addition to Murray's legal team, the Posted on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 1:22 am
  • Jan 23

    Dad Arrested for Prank Kidnapping ...

    Dad Arrested for Prank Kidnapping His
    Daughter
    In Covington, La., a dad gagged and tied up his daughter in the
    passenger seat of his pickup truck and drove down the highway.
    Obviously he got caught - which is apparently what the pair was going
    for, alleging that the whole thing was a stunt - merely a practical
    joke, according to an Associated Press report. Tim Williams, 45, bound
    and gagged his 12-year-old daughter with duct tape and drove down a
    Louisiana interstate, where other drivers were stunned by the sight
    and surrounded Williams' car until a Posted on Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 12:45 am
Rank This Ths Week: 632

Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer

Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer

Covers DWI, drugs and other criminal offenses. By Jamie Spencer.

http://blog.austindefense.com/
  • Feb 09

    Sign Of The Times: iCop, iLawyer, ...

    Sign Of The Times: iCop, iLawyer, iJudge
    From a recent PC affidavit: …The tin contained four marijuana
    roaches and 6 small round pills with 2530 on one side and the letter v
    on the other. [Jamie's client] said that the pills were Klonopin. I
    asked [Jamie's client] if she had a prescription for Klonopin and she
    said she did not. The pills were identified as Clonazepam via the
    Epocrates iPhone Pill Identification Application. So the police are
    now using iPhone apps to check their homework. They don't have to wait
    to get back to the station to check Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 3:26 am
  • Jan 28

    Both Missing And Getting The Poin ...

    Both Missing And Getting The Point: The
    Gateway Theory
    A recent comment led me to one of my first ever posts, one about the
    Gateway Theory of drug use. For those unaware of the fallacy, it goes
    like this: many/most/almost all hard drug users started with softer
    drugs like marijuana, therefore marijuana causes harder drug use. It
    is the gateway to cocaine, heroin, methamphetamines, etc. My post
    concluded with: Let's ignore for now the refutation that a higher
    percentage of cocaine and heroin addicts consumed alcohol than
    marijuana, and we all "know" that alcohol Posted on Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 4:54 pm
  • Jan 28

    So What?

    So What?
    As usual, I'm missing something. In today's front page story, "Photo
    From Death Row A Sign Of Inmates Online": A condemned San Antonio law
    enforcement killer sent a photo of himself out of Texas' death row two
    years ago using a smuggled cell phone, officials said Tuesday. The
    case confirms what prison officials have long suspected, that convicts
    - even those on death row, which is supposed to be the most secure
    part of Texas' massive prison system - have had Internet access with
    smuggled cell phones. As Posted on Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 4:54 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 657

Houston Criminal Law Journal

Houston Criminal Law Journal

Covers Texas criminal law. By Madrid, Martinez & Associates.

http://www.houstoncriminallawjournal.com/
  • Feb 07

    Houston DWI DIVERT Changes Again!

    Houston DWI DIVERT Changes Again!
    I understand that the Houston DWI DIVERT program is a novel concept
    for Harris County, Texas. I further recognize that with a new program
    tweaks will be made to make improvements. However, it seems that the
    Harris County District Attorney's Office (HCDAO) is continually making
    changes to this program. This causes confusion to all the parties
    involved. Whether you are misdemeanor judge, a misdemeanor prosecutor,
    a DWI attorney, or an accused changing the rules weekly leaves
    everyone uncertain as to how to Posted on Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 5:31 pm
  • Feb 07

    Drink and Get A Ride

    Drink and Get A Ride
    Houston has a lot of great qualities but public transportation
    wouldn't make the top ten list of good things about Houston. If you
    plan on going anywhere in Houston you are probably going to have to
    drive. It seems recently that we have had an uptick of clients who
    have hired us after having been arrested for DWI on Washington Avenue.
    If you've even had one drink, I wouldn't suggest going near Washington
    Avenue if you are driving. Either choose a designated driver or call a
    cab. Another alternative would be Posted on Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 5:31 pm
  • Feb 07

    The Big Game An American Traditio ...

    The Big Game An American Tradition Of Alcohol
    Related Crime
    Today is Super Bowl Sunday. The Indianapolis Colts and Peyton Manning
    take on Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints. The day has become an
    American holiday except no one gets the day off on Monday. I'd like to
    propose the movement to make the day after the Super Bowl an official
    holiday. Everyone really enjoys themselves on Sunday and needs a day
    of recovery. Lets be honest, their isn't a whole lot of workforce
    production the day after the Super Bowl. Who would really be opposed
    to making it a holiday? Posted on Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 5:31 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 659

New York Federal Criminal Practice

New York Federal Criminal Practice

Covers court decisions, news and developments affecting federal
criminal practice in New York. By JaneAnne Murray.

http://www.nyfederalcriminalpractice.com/
  • Dec 11

    Two SDNY Judges Reject Guideline ...

    Two SDNY Judges Reject Guideline Enhancements
    Based on Prior Convictions
    Guest contributor Eric Creizman writes: Every defense lawyer knows
    that even though the mandatory Sentencing Guidelines regime is a thing
    of the past, the calculation of a defendant's advisory Guidelines
    range remains a very meaningful component of sentencing. Although they
    are not bound by a defendant's Guidelines range, courts nonetheless
    are instructed to "begin all sentencing proceedings by correctly
    calculating the applicable Guidelines range." United States v. Savage,
    542 F.3d 959, 963-64 (2d Cir. Posted on Friday, December 11, 2009 at 8:00 am
  • Dec 11

    Two Courts Decline to Limit the R ...

    Two Courts Decline to Limit the Reach of the
    Honest Services Theory of Fraud in Cases
    Involving Public Officials
    Guest contributor Justin Sher writes: In two recent cases involving
    former public officials - Joseph Bruno, the former majority leader of
    the New York State Senate, and Bernard Kerik, the former police
    commissioner of New York City - federal courts in New York declined to
    narrow the scope of the "honest services" theory of fraud. In United
    States v. Bruno, the court reaffirmed the principle that a state
    official may commit the federal crime of honest services fraud even if
    his conduct is legal under state Posted on Friday, December 11, 2009 at 8:00 am
  • Dec 11

    EDNY Judge Declines to Give "Self ...

    EDNY Judge Declines to Give "Self-Dealing"
    Jury Instruction in Honest Services Fraud
    Prosecution
    Guest contributor Marshall Mintz writes: Fraud based on the
    "deprivation of honest services" is a controversial charge likely to
    elicit some notable rulings from the Supreme Court this term, as noted
    here. In particular, the cases of Jeffrey Skilling and Conrad Black
    may produce decisions that reign in the reach of honest services fraud
    in the context of private businesses, two varieties of which have been
    identified by the Second Circuit in United States v. Rybicki: cases
    involving bribes or kickbacks, and Posted on Friday, December 11, 2009 at 8:00 am
Rank This Ths Week: 672

Terrorism Crimes Blog

Terrorism Crimes Blog

By McNabb Associates.

http://www.terrorismcrimesblog.com
  • Jun 10

    GITMO Interrogators Instructed to ...

    GITMO Interrogators Instructed to Destroy
    Notes
    Lieutenant Commander Bill Kuebler, who is serving as defense counsel
    for accused terror suspect Omar Khadr, released a statement over the
    weekend indicating that US interrogators had been instructed by the
    Department of Defense to destroy any handwritten notes that may have
    shown they had used harsh or illegal techniques on detainees at
    Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Kuebler further added that he considered the
    notes to be pivotal to the defense of Khadr during his impending trial
    for murder, to be held in front of Posted on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at 7:51 pm
  • May 30

    British Guantanamo Detainee to Fa ...

    British Guantanamo Detainee to Face Military
    Court
    A British television news program has reported that Binyam Mohamed,
    the only remaining British resident being held at Guantanamo Bay, has
    been charged with terrorism-related offenses and will be tried before
    a military court. Reports indicate that Mohamed has been accused of
    aiding Jose Padilla in a plot to detonate a "dirty bomb" on United
    States soil. Similar charges against Padilla were eventually dropped,
    as federal prosecutors were unable to prove the allegations.[1]
    Mohamed claims to have been Posted on Friday, May 30, 2008 at 7:46 pm
  • May 25

    Rice Defends Harsh Interrogations

    Rice Defends Harsh Interrogations
    During a speech delivered at the headquarters of internet giant Google
    on Thursday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice defended harsh
    interrogation techniques used on terrorism suspects and approved by
    the Bush administration. Rice stated that the tough interrogations
    were necessary to prevent new attacks targeting Americans, and
    complied with US law and treaty obligations.[1] Rice did admit that
    the US was "a different place" following 9/11, and that the Bush
    administration's top priority had been aimed Posted on Sunday, May 25, 2008 at 10:30 am
Rank This Ths Week: 703

Georgia Criminal Lawyers Blog

Georgia Criminal Lawyers Blog

Georgia Criminal Lawyers Blog covers topics such as Federal Criminal
Law, Georgia Criminal Law, Criminal Law in the News, and Sex Crimes.
Published by Georgia Criminal Defense Lawyers, Pate & Brody.

http://www.georgia-criminal-lawyers.com/
  • Feb 07

    Athens police seek more arrests i ...

    Athens police seek more arrests in Fantasy
    World prostitution sting
    Athens-Clarke County police raided Fantasy World, an adult
    entertainment club on Baxter Street, after receiving complaints of
    prostitution and drug use. The raid resulted in the arrests of two
    employees, and police expect more arrests to follow. The Athens
    Banner-Herald has the story. Police conducted the raid on Wednesday
    after investigating the club for months. During the investigation,
    undercover officers posed as club customers and allege that the club
    was in fact engaged in prostitution. The club's Posted on Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 3:34 am
  • Feb 01

    Georgia criminal lawyer wins acqu ...

    Georgia criminal lawyer wins acquittal on
    reckless conduct charge in after-prom party
    death in Barrow County
    Barrow County High School student Leland Martin, 18, died of
    suffocation in 2007 after passing out during a prom party. Authorities
    say alcohol contributed to the death. On Thursday, a Barrow County
    jury acquitted Anthony Perry, who was 19 at the time, of playing a
    role in Martin's death. The Athens Banner-Herald has the story. The
    Barrow County District Attorney's Office had charged Perry with
    reckless conduct, since the party at which Martin died occurred in
    Perry's home. At trial, it was revealed that Posted on Monday, February 1, 2010 at 3:43 pm
  • Jan 29

    Page Pate helps get charges dismi ...

    Page Pate helps get charges dismissed in
    Savannah drug conspiracy case
    Our firm was hired last year to represent a Savannah man accused of
    being a co-conspirator in a major drug trafficking case. The alleged
    drug conspiracy involved 10 kilograms of cocaine that was being
    transported by van from Atlanta to Savannah. After we successfully
    suppressed an illegal wiretap and our client's statements, prosecutors
    agreed to drop all charges against our client. The dismissal was filed
    in open court yesterday. The case began a couple of years ago when the
    Chatham Counter Narcotics Team Posted on Friday, January 29, 2010 at 12:30 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 711

Terry Lenamon on the Death Penalty

Terry Lenamon on the Death Penalty

Focuses on capital punishment in America.

http://www.deathpenaltyblog.com/
  • Feb 04

    Anatomy of an Execution -- a Must ...

    Anatomy of an Execution -- a Must Read Memoir
    for all Death Penalty Opponents
    You have to read this book. That's all I really need to write here,
    but it's impossible to stop typing about how David Dow's memoir is so
    important for anyone connected with capital punishment to read -- and
    why this is so. First, he provides a clear and unique perspective.
    David Dow is not only a professor at the University of Houston Law
    Center, he's also the head of litigation at the Texas Defender
    Service. Professor Dow has been in the trenches of death penalty
    defense for years, and knows of what he Posted on Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 2:15 pm
  • Feb 04

    Will Kansas be the Next State to ...

    Will Kansas be the Next State to Kill the
    Death Penalty?
    Before he was governor of the Great State of Kansas, Mark Parkinson
    worked in the state senate as a legislator, helping to draft the
    current law approving of capital punishment in that state. Kansas'
    death penalty statute was passed into law back in 1994. However, it's
    a new day and last Friday, another piece of legislation started making
    its way through the Kansas legislature -- a law that would repeal the
    death penalty, and replace it with a crime of capital murder with
    aggravation, punishable by life Posted on Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 2:15 pm
  • Feb 01

    As These Words Are Being Typed, O ...

    As These Words Are Being Typed, Ohio Is
    Killing Ken Biros in an Unvetted Execution
    Method, Unless You Count Euthanasia of Dogs
    as Vetting
    All this morning, there have been almost minute by minute updates on
    the web regarding whether or not the appellate attorneys feverishly
    fighting to stop this morning's execution of Kenneth Biros by the
    State of Ohio will be successful. Biros' attorneys are literally
    banging on the doors of the United States Supreme Court, asking that
    the highest court in the land act immediately to stay the execution of
    Ken Biros -- who is set to die this morning (the execution is
    scheduled for 11 am) unless something BIG Posted on Monday, February 1, 2010 at 4:46 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 718

Idaho State Police News and

Idaho State Police News and Information Blog

Covers news releases and other items of interest. By the Idaho State
Police.

http://idahostatepolice.blogspot.com/
  • Feb 09

    Palin’s radical speech

    Palin’s radical speech
    The National Tea Party Convention ended with a Palin for President
    rally. This was always slated to be the weekend�s main event, with a
    $100,000 prize purse. But the organizers still hadn�t seen a copy of
    the speech as the crowd streamed into the banquet ballroom. What they
    got was less a Tea Party manifesto than Sarah Palin�s State of the
    Union speech�an address to a domestic spending i8u76y9io0p Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 12:09 am
  • Feb 09

    DAZ Studio 3 Advanced for MAC

    DAZ Studio 3 Advanced for MAC
    Adobe Acrobat 7 Professional for MAC $79.96 Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro for
    MAC $99.95 Adobe Acrobat Pro 8 for MAC $89.95 Adobe After Effects CS4
    for MAC $119.95 AnyToISO 2.5 for MAC $14.95 Art Text for MAC $19.95
    Audio Hijack Pro 2.9 for MAC $19.95 Autopano Giga for MAC $69.95 Bento
    2 for MAC $29.95 Bento 3 for MAC $29.95 Blue Crab 4.9 for MAC $19.95
    Business Card Composer for MAC $19.95 Cha-Ching 1.2 for MAC $9.95
    CoverScout 3 for MAC $19.95 Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium for
    MAC $229.95 Adobe Creative Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 12:09 am
  • Feb 09

    Apple iWork '08 for MAC

    Apple iWork '08 for MAC
    Adobe Acrobat 7 Professional for MAC $79.96 Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro for
    MAC $99.95 Adobe Acrobat Pro 8 for MAC $89.95 Adobe After Effects CS4
    for MAC $119.95 AnyToISO 2.5 for MAC $14.95 Art Text for MAC $19.95
    Audio Hijack Pro 2.9 for MAC $19.95 Autopano Giga for MAC $69.95 Bento
    2 for MAC $29.95 Bento 3 for MAC $29.95 Blue Crab 4.9 for MAC $19.95
    Business Card Composer for MAC $19.95 Cha-Ching 1.2 for MAC $9.95
    CoverScout 3 for MAC $19.95 Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium for
    MAC $229.95 Adobe Creative Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 12:09 am
Rank This Ths Week: 721

San Diego DUI Lawyer Blog

San Diego DUI Lawyer Blog

Covers drunk driving, DUI and DWI. By Victor A. Orsatti.

http://www.sandiegoduilawyerblog.com/
  • Feb 05

    San Diego Drunken Driving Suspect ...

    San Diego Drunken Driving Suspect Hits 3
    People Then Tries To Flee
    A suspected San Diego drunk driver crashes into a parked car and while
    trying to flee the scene he hits three pedestrians when he puts his
    car in reverse, according to the San Diego Police Department. Three
    pedestrians that were standing outside The Silver Fox Lounge in
    Pacific Beach at 1833 Garnet Avenue were struck by a man suspected of
    driving under the influence about 2:00 a.m. on Friday. The San Diego
    DUI driver who had just smashed into a parked car had put his car in
    reverse while trying to escape Posted on Friday, February 5, 2010 at 2:39 am
  • Feb 05

    San Diego DUI Fatality Suspect Pl ...

    San Diego DUI Fatality Suspect Pleads Not
    Guilty
    A 17 year old involved in a San Diego DUI fatality that took the life
    of a Santee Woman pleaded not guilty to charges of gross vehicular
    manslaughter on Monday. In Juvenile Court on Monday the girl whose
    name has not been identified was ordered to house arrest by Judge
    Dwayne K. Moring. The alleged San Diego drunk driver was driving on
    State Route 125 on September 20 around 6:30am when she broadsided the
    victims Ford Explorer while exiting at Mission Gorge Road. Pamela
    Marabeas was stopped waiting to make a Posted on Friday, February 5, 2010 at 2:39 am
  • Jan 30

    San Diego Man Faces 16 Years in P ...

    San Diego Man Faces 16 Years in Prison for
    Fatal DUI Crash
    A San Diego man who was convicted in September of two counts of gross
    vehicular manslaughter, DUI causing injury and driving with a blood-
    alcohol level of .08 percent or higher was sentenced to 16 years in
    prison. Shannon Shrimp of El Cajon was driving under the influence of
    alcohol and methamphetamine when he crashed his pickup truck into a
    Lexus after losing control when he tried to pass other cars on state
    Route 78 on July 22 around 6:00 p.m. killing 52 year-old Joseph
    Edwards a passenger in his car. Posted on Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 2:03 am
Rank This Ths Week: 731

San Diego Criminal Defense Lawyer

San Diego Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog

Covers DUIs, felonies and probation. By Victor A. Orsatti.

http://www.sandiegocriminaldefenselawyerblog.com/
  • Feb 05

    San Diego County Jails Release Ov ...

    San Diego County Jails Release Over 250
    Inmates
    In San Diego County there were approximately 260 inmates convicted of
    nonviolent crimes that were released from jails around the San Diego
    County now that a new state law that is in effect. A bill that was
    signed to reduce the state prison population as part of last year's
    budget which will decrease an inmate's amount of time served by about
    half. This new rule will be retroactive and the inmate will be
    credited for time already served. Jail inmates convicted of San Diego
    violent crimes or crimes relating Posted on Friday, February 5, 2010 at 1:29 am
  • Jan 30

    San Diego "Backroom Bandit" Sente ...

    San Diego "Backroom Bandit" Sentenced to 14
    Years in State Prison
    A man charged with 20 counts of robbery known as the "Backroom
    Bandit," was sentenced to 14 years in state prison for robbing
    businesses across San Diego County. Dragon Jones, 41, came across the
    border to look for work to support his family after his restaurant in
    Tijuana failed, but was not successful which resulted in him turning
    to San Diego crime. "Things got very difficult for him financially,"
    according to Jones' criminal defense attorney who argued for an eight
    year prison sentence, but was Posted on Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 12:49 am
  • Jan 30

    San Diego Burglary Spree in Sante ...

    San Diego Burglary Spree in Santee Nets 8
    Arrests
    In Santee there were eight people arrested on Thursday on suspicion of
    burglary in connection with a 20 home crime spree, according to a San
    Diego County sheriff's sergeant. The young adults who were 21 and
    under were taken into custody on charges of suspicion of burglary,
    possession of stolen property, conspiracy, possession of drug
    paraphernalia and possession of controlled substances for sale. All of
    the suspected San Diego criminals live in or near the area where the
    burglaries took place. Since June Posted on Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 12:49 am
Rank This Ths Week: 733

Florida Criminal Lawyer Blog

Florida Criminal Lawyer Blog

Criminal_Law Florida

http://www.floridacriminallawyerblog.com/
  • Jan 23

    Broward County Criminal Defense L ...

    Broward County Criminal Defense Lawyer - What
    Ever Happened to Miranda?
    Ernesto Miranda, the defendant who took an appeal all the way to the
    United States Supreme Court after his arrest was ultimately convicted
    of the same crime at his second trial. Furthermore he was ultimately
    murdered at a bar following his release from prison. When advised of
    his right to remain silent, his killer exercised his right to refrain
    from incriminating himself thanks to the very protections that his
    victim was responsible for establishing. To see a photo of Miranda
    himself check out Ernesto Posted on Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 2:38 pm
  • Jan 23

    Broward County Arrest Warrants

    Broward County Arrest Warrants
    Broward County Arrest Warrants - Requirements When issued, the arrest
    warrant must (1) be directed to a law enforcement official, (2) name
    the accused or set forth a description by which the accused can be
    identified with reasonable certainty, (3) describe the offense
    charged, (4) command that the accused be arrested and brought before a
    court of appropriate jurisdiction in the city, county, or town in
    which the alleged offense was committed, and (5) be signed by the
    issuing officer. Posted on Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 2:38 pm
  • Jan 20

    Assault

    Assault
    An "assault,"or "simple assault," is an intentional, unlawful threat
    by word or act to do violence to the person of another, coupled with
    an apparent ability to do so, and doing some act which creates a
    well-founded fear in such other person that such violence is imminent.
    Thus, the statute requires proof of three elements: (1) an
    intentional, unlawful threat; (2) an apparent ability to carry it out;
    and (3) creation of a well-founded fear that the violence is imminent.
    Caution: An assault is not committed Posted on Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 9:38 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 736

Second Circuit Blog

Second Circuit Blog

Feature case summaries and commentary by the Federal Defenders office
in New York City.

http://circuit2.blogspot.com/
  • Feb 01

    Summary Summary

    Summary Summary
    Here are two recent summary orders of interest: In United States v.
    Prescott, No. 08-2886-cr (2d Cir. January 12, 2010), the government
    waived its objection to the defendant's untimely notice of appeal, and
    the court considered the appeal as if the notice were timely. In
    United States v. Oliveras, No. 08-4884-cr (2d Cir. January 8, 2010),
    the court vacated the sentence, finding that the district court made
    multiple errors in the defendant's favor. Among other things, the
    trial court disregarded a mandatory Posted on Monday, February 1, 2010 at 12:22 am
  • Feb 01

    PC World

    PC World
    The court's latest Per Curiam opinion, United States v. Rossi, No.
    08-6108 (Kearse, Cabranes, Straub, CJJ) (2d Cir. January 28, 2010)
    (per curiam), holds that the district court had jurisdiction under the
    pre-1996 restitution statute, 18 U.S.C. § 3663, to amend a
    restitution order after the defendant had completed her sentence and
    her term of supervised release. The circuit had previously remanded
    the case for reconsideration of the restitution order, and this remand
    restored jurisdiction to the district Posted on Monday, February 1, 2010 at 12:22 am
  • Jan 08

    Circuit to Probation: Three's a Crowd

    Circuit to Probation: Three's a Crowd
    United States v. Reeves, No. 08-2966-cr (2d Cir. January 7, 2010)
    (Leval, Pooler, Parker, CJJ) Lamont Reeves pled guilty to possessing
    child pornography. As a condition of his supervised release the
    district court required that he "notify the Probation Department when
    he establishes a significant romantic relationship and ... inform the
    other party of his prior criminal history concerning his sex
    offenses." It also required that Reeves provide his probation officer
    with his "significant other's" contact Posted on Friday, January 8, 2010 at 11:49 am
Rank This Ths Week: 748

Capital Defense Weekly

Capital Defense Weekly

Covers news and case law for those interested in capital litigation.
By Karl Keys.

http://www.capitaldefenseweekly.com/blog
  • Feb 09

    A closer look at an upcoming exec ...

    A closer look at an upcoming execution date:
    Hank Skinner
    Where DNA evidence exists in a capital case common sense suggests it
    should be tested. Texas, in Hank Skinner's case, says no. In a little
    over two weeks Texas is scheduled to kill Hank Skinner despite large
    quantities of potentially exculpatory DNA evidence readily available
    for testing. The State at trial had a heavily circumstantial case
    against Mr. Skinner. Adding to an otherwise mediocre case was the
    allegation by ex-girlfriend, Andrea Joyce Reed, that Mr. Skinner
    confessed to her the murder of his Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 10:41 am
  • Feb 09

    quick look at this week's new cas ...

    quick look at this week's new case law
    So far we've spotted only a handful of decisions of note for the next
    email edition, all of which are after the jump Robert W. Jackson, III
    v. Danberg, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 2100 (3rd Cir 2/1/2010) Panel upholds
    Delaware letha l injection protocols but takes it to task for its
    "blitheness." James Phillip Barnes v. State, 2010 Fla. LEXIS 172 (FL
    2/4/2010) Mr. Barnes waived counsel, entered a plea of guilty, and
    presnented no mitigation at trial. On appeal, no error is found, save
    for the failure to allow Mr. Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 10:41 am
  • Feb 09

    this week's edition.

    this week's edition.
    Leading off this edition: No new opinions of note are had this
    edition. In the news, NPR's Fresh Air has an exceptional piece
    interviewing David Dow discussing his Autobiography of an Execution.
    In a sign of the times, Gabriel Gonzales returned to the same Bexar
    County courtroom Monday where, 13 years earlier, a jury had condemned
    him to die for killing a pawnshop owner during a robbery, this time .
    Gonzales received life. In Maryland, key changes to the public
    defender service appear to be working their Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 10:41 am
Rank This Ths Week: 758

Florida DUI Traffic Ticket Lawyer

Florida DUI Traffic Ticket Lawyer Blog

Covers dui, drunk driving, and trafic tickets. By Finebloom &
Haenel, P.A.

http://www.floridaduitrafficticketlawyerblog.com/
  • Jan 29

    Florida Cop Facing Felony Charges ...

    Florida Cop Facing Felony Charges For Writing
    Unwarranted Traffic Tickets And Making
    Illegal Traffic Stops
    A 21-year veteran of the Melbourne, Florida Police Department is
    facing five felony charges of official misconduct and four misdemeanor
    charges for falsifying records according to a story on Florida Today
    and FDLE reports. Officer Frank Carter is accused of writing
    unwarranted traffic tickets due to video that was reviewed from his
    in-car dashboard camera. Carter's attorney claims the traffic stops
    were warranted due to drug dealing in some Melbourne neighborhoods.
    Some of the traffic citations handed out Posted on Friday, January 29, 2010 at 4:21 pm
  • Jan 29

    Driver Pulled Over In Pasco Count ...

    Driver Pulled Over In Pasco County For DUI
    Proclaims His Innocence Right Before Puking
    On His Car
    One of the best ways to land in jail on drunk driving charges is to
    stumble out of your car after the police stop you and then puke during
    the DUI investigation. Apparently that is what happened during a Pasco
    County DUI stop this week. According to a story on TampaBay.com, a
    36-year-old Zephyrhills man was weaving on I-275. After he was stopped
    he claimed that he doesn't drink or do drugs. The Florida Highway
    Patrol reports that following his proclamation the man threw-up on his
    car. Reports state the Posted on Friday, January 29, 2010 at 4:21 pm
  • Jan 26

    Department Of Transportation Take ...

    Department Of Transportation Takes First Step
    In Nation-Wide Ban On Texting And Driving
    According to an Associated Press story, the Department of
    Transportation has instituted a ban on truck and bus drivers from
    texting and driving while operating a commercial vehicle. The ban is
    effective immediately. The punishment for this traffic ticket could be
    up to $2,750 in criminal and civil penalties according to a D.O.T.
    statement. The ban on texting and driving applies to drivers of
    interstate buses and trucks over 10,000 pounds. Both major industries
    support the ban according to the story as both Posted on Tuesday, January 26, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 762

Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog

Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog

Discusses topics related to DWI, criminal defense, traffic tickets,
CDL defense, open records, Texas laws, and the War on Drugs. By
Dallas, TX criminal defense attorney, Robert Guest.

http://www.dallascriminaldefenselawyerblog.com/
  • Feb 04

    Applied Ethics- How to lose two c ...

    Applied Ethics- How to lose two clients in 30
    minutes
    This is a tough economy and many clients need until the last minute to
    come up with legal fees. No one plans on needing a criminal defense
    lawyer and even career criminals don't keep a defense lawyer fund
    handy. Ergo, it is not uncommon for a client to retain my services the
    morning of their court appearance. In Kaufman, I have often met
    clients the morning of an announcement at my office, signed them up as
    a client, and then passed their case and requested discovery. This
    scenario is convenient for the Posted on Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 6:36 pm
  • Feb 01

    Penn and Teller, Austin Police Ch ...

    Penn and Teller, Austin Police Chief, Netroot
    Nation, Inter Alia
    Well my trial ended so now I've got some time to blog. Here is roundup
    of sorts I was working on last week. Want to be on Penn and Teller
    Bullshit? I got a call from a producer with Penn and Teller looking
    for an interview on sexting. I wrote a general post on the laws in
    Texas but BS is looking for an attorney or defendant who have been
    involved in a sexting case. Particulary for defendants who have had
    their lives ruined by overzealous puritanical prosecutors. BS will be
    in Dallas in February to film. Posted on Monday, February 1, 2010 at 9:55 pm
  • Feb 01

    Trial Stress

    Trial Stress
    I had a DWI jury trial for most of last week. I don't blog about
    trials or cases in detail, and I'm not going to start here. But I
    would like to talk about the experience of trial stress and what it's
    like to represent a defendant in front of a jury of her peers. I
    usually start feeling trial anxiety the weekend before. That is when
    my thought process becomes dominated by visions of voir dire and
    opening statements. If my mind isn't occupied with other matters I'm
    making arguments in my mind to imaginary Posted on Monday, February 1, 2010 at 9:55 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 784

Federal Crimes Blog

Federal Crimes Blog

By McNabb Associates.

http://www.federalcrimesblog.com
  • May 23

    D.C. Police Officer Convicted on ...

    D.C. Police Officer Convicted on Tax Evasion
    Charges
    Authorities have recently announced that Michael C. Irving, a homicide
    detective and 18-year veteran of the Metropolitan Police Department
    (MPD), was recently convicted of two counts of felony tax evasion.[1]
    The jury was unable to reach a verdict on four counts of tax evasion,
    resulting in the court declaring a mistrial on those counts. The jury
    acquitted Irving of three counts of filing false claims.[2] According
    to evidence submitted during trial, Irving fraudulently arranged for
    the MPD to stop Posted on Friday, May 23, 2008 at 1:42 am
  • May 20

    D.C. Police Officer Convicted on ...

    D.C. Police Officer Convicted on Tax Evasion
    Charges
    Authorities have recently announced that Michael C. Irving, a homicide
    detective and 18-year veteran of the Metropolitan Police Department
    (MPD), was recently convicted of two counts of felony tax evasion.[1]
    The jury was unable to reach a verdict on four counts of tax evasion,
    resulting in the court declaring a mistrial on those counts. The jury
    acquitted Irving of three counts of filing false claims.[2] According
    to evidence submitted during trial, Irving fraudulently arranged for
    the MPD to stop Posted on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 2:54 am
  • May 20

    D.C. Police Officer Convicted on ...

    D.C. Police Officer Convicted on Tax Evasion
    Charges
    Authorities have recently announced that Michael C. Irving, a homicide
    detective and 18-year veteran of the Metropolitan Police Department
    (MPD), was recently convicted of two counts of felony tax evasion.[1]
    The jury was unable to reach a verdict on four counts of tax evasion,
    resulting in the court declaring a mistrial on those counts. The jury
    acquitted Irving of three counts of filing false claims.[2] According
    to evidence submitted during trial, Irving fraudulently arranged for
    the MPD to stop Posted on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 at 2:24 am
Rank This Ths Week: 791

California Criminal Defense Lawyer

California Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog

Covers constitutional rights, criminal law, and DUI topics. Published
by Orange County crime defense attorney, William Weinberg

http://www.californiacriminaldefenselawyerblog.com/
  • Feb 05

    Anaheim Disney Sex Groper Sought ...

    Anaheim Disney Sex Groper Sought by Police
    An Orange County woman is waging a one-woman campaign to identify the
    man she says groped her while riding the Tower of Terror ride at
    Disneyland's California Adventure. It seems the Anaheim Police aren't
    working quickly enough for this person. She bought a keepsake photo of
    herself on the ride and has tried to implicate a man seated next to
    her on the ride. The police don't say whether they have identified
    this person or whether he's given a statement. The alleged groping
    took place in the dark. Groping is Posted on Friday, February 5, 2010 at 2:25 am
  • Jan 23

    Orange County "Special Officer" S ...

    Orange County "Special Officer" Shoots At Car
    Driving Away
    I am always impressed when the laws of physics are turned on their
    ear. But when it's combined with a lot of verbal hoohah, I am doubly
    so. Consider this story out of Santa Ana, California. A "special
    officer" with the Orange County Sheriff's Department got into an
    altercationwith another motorist. As the other car was driving away,
    the "special officer" pulled out his gun and fired at the fleeing
    vehicle. Where are we? Pecos, Texas? Come on! So......the Sheriff's
    department mouthpiece had the cojones to Posted on Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 8:11 pm
  • Jan 21

    Santa Ana California Gang Member ...

    Santa Ana California Gang Member Claims
    Illegal Alien Status to Avoid Arrest
    You can't say he wasn't creative. Adolfo Aparicio, a documented Santa
    Ana gang member misidentified himself as an illegal alien so that he
    could avoid capture for an attempted murder charge for which he was
    being sought. Turns out Aparicio got into a domestic dispute with his
    wife and mother in law. When the cops came, he took off but soon
    returned and took some shots at his wife, who fortunately, wasn't
    hurt. Aparicio fled the area again and was arrested in Arizona, where
    he gave a fake name. But his Posted on Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 2:26 am
Rank This Ths Week: 794

SBS Blog

SBS Blog

Covers the shaken baby syndrome. By Robert D. Bennett.

http://blog.sbslawyer.com/Business%20Law
  • Feb 09

    Internet Business Law

    Internet Business Law
    story links: Internet Business Law Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 2:21 am
  • Feb 09

    Business Law Tax

    Business Law Tax
    story links: Business Law Tax Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 2:21 am
  • Feb 09

    Online Business Law

    Online Business Law
    story links: Online Business Law Posted on Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 2:21 am
Rank This Ths Week: 798

White Collar Crime News

White Collar Crime News

Covers white collar crime news. By Jef Henninger.

http://whitecollarcrimenews.com
  • Feb 05

    Two men charged in alleged used-c ...

    Two men charged in alleged used-car sales
    fraud
    Authorities allege that Brett Golkin and Peter Schladebeck, 46, both
    from Colts Neck, sold 32 vehicles at their dealership, Freedom Auto
    Center in East Brunswick, but used the proceeds to pay personal
    expenses. They were charged with theft by deception and theft by
    failure to make the required disposition of cash received for the
    vehicles. Manuel Sameiro, assistant Middlesex County prosecutor, said
    Golkin and Schladebeck sold the cars at the dealership's two locations
    on Route 18 on consignment for Posted on Friday, February 5, 2010 at 6:36 pm
  • Feb 03

    Wisconsin Man Charged with Child ...

    Wisconsin Man Charged with Child Pornography
    Offenses
    Robin S. Bone of Madison, has been charged with distribution and
    possession of child pornography. The Government alleges that on April
    17, 2005, Bone e-mailed sexually explicit images of minors to another
    individual. On August 22, 2005, Bone also possessed a CD ROM
    containing visual depictions of minors engaging in sexually explicit
    conduct. The charges against Bone are the result of an investigation
    conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Madison Police
    Department, and U.S. Immigration and Posted on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 3:16 am
  • Feb 03

    Louisiana Man Charged with Conspi ...

    Louisiana Man Charged with Conspiracy to
    Solicit and Give Bribes Involving a Public
    Official
    RAY ANTHONY DAVEZAC, of Destrehan, Louisiana, was charged today in a
    one-count Bill of Information with Conspiracy to Solicit and Give
    Bribes Involving a Public Official. DAVEZAC owned and operated Davezac
    Consulting Engineers, LLC. The Government alleges that the President
    of St. John the Baptist Parish, William Hubbard, solicited a bribe
    from DAVEZAC. DAVEZAC paid a $5,000 bribe made payable to a local
    automobile dealership for the benefit of Hubbard. DAVEZAC received a
    contract from St. John Parish at a Posted on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 3:16 am
Rank This Ths Week: 812

DUI/OVI Blog

DUI/OVI Blog

Covers news and information related to criminal law and life. By
Charles M. Rowland II.

http://blog.charlesrowland.com/blog
  • Feb 02

    Damn Your Drunk Tests Are Hard

    Damn Your Drunk Tests Are Hard
    Posted on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 11:56 am
  • Feb 02

    The DUI Exception to the Constitution

    The DUI Exception to the Constitution
    /* /*]]>*/ If you ever question why an attorney would fight so hard
    for the accused drunk driver look no further than the decision
    (recently affirmed at Middleburg Hts. v. Henniger, 2006-Ohio-3715)
    setting forth the US Supreme Court DUI exception to the Fifth
    Amendment. The United States Supreme Court has held that the admission
    of evidence at trial of a defendant's refusal to take a chemical test
    does not violate the defendant's Fifth Amendment privilege against
    self-incrimination or the Fourteenth Posted on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 11:56 am
  • Jan 30

    INVALID SAMPLE (an AVVO published ...

    INVALID SAMPLE (an AVVO published Article by
    C. Rowland)
    INVALID SAMPLE" WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT IS NOT Written by: Charles
    Melville Rowland II // Fairborn, OH | Avvo Rating: 10.0 | Client
    Reviews (2) // Add to list Print Send to a friend // Share this Add to
    list Print Send to a friend // Share this What does the "INVALID
    SAMPLE" message on a BAC DataMaster breath test machine mean? This
    article explores what it does (and does not) mean. While this article
    is specific to Ohio, you may find it of wide applicability. The
    Problem "I was standing by the machine. It Posted on Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 8:54 am
Rank This Ths Week: 815

Maryland Lawyer Blog

Maryland Lawyer Blog

Covers criminal and personal injury topics such as auto accidents,
criminal law, medical malpractice, practicing law, and products
liability. By Ronald V. Miller of the Law Offices of Miller &
Zois.

http://www.marylandlawyerblog.com/
  • Feb 04

    Scalia and Ginsburg

    Scalia and Ginsburg
    From the Wall Street Journal Law Blog: The night of Bush v. Gore,
    Scalia called to see if Ginsburg was alright. She wasn't. But the fact
    that he cared enough to call her demonstrates unseen inner workings of
    those who make up the highest court. If a case goes to the Supreme
    Court, you can assume that reasonable minds can differ on what the
    outcome should be. In this case, if you want to predict how I would
    vote, pick however you think Justice Scalia would vote. And then put
    me down for the opposite. But Posted on Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 1:16 pm
  • Feb 01

    MICPEL

    MICPEL
    The Maryland Daily Record reports that MICPEL - long a leader in
    Maryland legal education - would cease operations at the end of
    February due to financial troubles. John Cord writes about this on the
    Daily Record's Generation J.D. Blog. Posted on Monday, February 1, 2010 at 3:32 pm
  • Jan 29

    Silverman Slutkin v. SuperMedia

    Silverman Slutkin v. SuperMedia
    The Maryland Daily Record has an article on a battle between
    Silverman|Slutkin|Thompson|White and SuperMedia, formerly Idearc,
    which was formerly Verizon, which was formerly [fill in joke here]. (I
    had a great joke but decided it was a little over-the-top.) Most
    certainly, lawsuits are a common mating ritual between lawyers and
    yellow page advertisers. Anyway, the battle is over the back page of
    the Yellow Book. Silverman Slutkin sued SuperMedia claiming they
    welshed on the deal to give them the back cover Posted on Friday, January 29, 2010 at 12:11 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 838

New Jersey DWI Lawyer Blog

New Jersey DWI Lawyer Blog

Covers New Jersey DWI news, updates and commentary. Published By The
Law Offices of Jonathan F. Marshall.

http://www.newjerseydwilawyerblog.com/
  • Feb 07

    New Jersey Drunk Driving News: Fo ...

    New Jersey Drunk Driving News: Former NJ Nets
    Player Must Wear Alcohol Monitor following
    DWI Accident
    When it comes to arrests for drunken driving the law does not
    discriminate between well-known and famous personalities and the
    everyday man or woman. In New Jersey, whether you live in Bergen,
    Union, Monmouth or Atlantic counties, an arrest for driving under the
    influence of alcohol can have a negative impact on a person's life and
    livelihood. A drunk driving conviction can haunt someone for years, if
    not for the rest of your life. As a New Jersey DWI defense lawyer, I
    have represented a range of persons Posted on Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 10:20 pm
  • Feb 05

    Off-duty NJ State Police Sergeant ...

    Off-duty NJ State Police Sergeant Charged
    with DWI, Breath Test Refusal after Warren
    County Crash
    Having worked both sides of the aisle as a former New Jersey municipal
    prosecutor and now as a drunken driving defense lawyer, I am always
    appalled whenever I hear of a law enforcement officer being arrested
    for any alleged crime. Not long ago, an off-duty sergeant of the New
    Jersey State Police was charged with DWI as well as refusal to submit
    to a breath test following a traffic accident in Warren County, NJ.
    Over the years, I have worked closely with the police all across New
    Jersey, so I understand how Posted on Friday, February 5, 2010 at 11:48 am
  • Feb 05

    New Jersey DWI Police Blotter: Mo ...

    New Jersey DWI Police Blotter: Montclair, NJ,
    Drunk Driving Arrests
    Traffic stops for drunk driving occur every day in New Jersey. The
    state police and local law enforcement agencies have no tolerance for
    motorists caught operating a motor vehicle under the influence of
    alcohol, or prescription drugs for that matter. As an experienced DWI
    defense attorney, I know the requirements expected of police officers
    when it comes to drunk driving arrests. I also have a detailed
    knowledge of the methods and strategies used by prosecutors in their
    pursuit of a conviction for driving Posted on Friday, February 5, 2010 at 11:48 am
Rank This Ths Week: 845

Koehler Law

Koehler Law

Uses topical issues to examine different crimes in Washington, D.C.
Discusses individual crimes and defense strategies. Ruminates on the
challenges of law practice and being a solo practitioner. By Jamison
Koehler.

http://koehlerlaw.net
  • Feb 06

    On Legal Marketing and Blogging: ...

    On Legal Marketing and Blogging: A Newbie
    Offers His Perspective
    When I moved down from Philadephia to D.C. and opened my own criminal
    defense law practice, I decided to find out what some of the criminal
    defense lawyers I respected in Philadelphia did with respect to
    marketing. So I went on-line to check out the websites of such
    Philadelphia lawyers as Brian McMonagle, Daniel Paul Alva, and Barnaby
    Wittels - guys I wanted to emulate - only to find that not a single
    one of them even had a website. The same seems to be true for at least
    some of the most established Posted on Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 10:04 am
  • Feb 06

    Prosecutorial Discretion and DUI/ ...

    Prosecutorial Discretion and DUI/DWI
    Diversion
    Bad luck. My client is middle-aged. He has children and runs his own
    business. He is a respected member of our community. And he has never
    been arrested before. He is pulled over for speeding at two am on New
    Year's morning and charged with drinking-and-driving. Two hours
    earlier, he would have been eligible for a D.C. diversion program. A
    fine. A payment to the crime compensation fund. A class or two. No new
    arrests. And six months later, he could have gotten out of it,
    chastened, without a conviction on Posted on Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 10:04 am
  • Feb 03

    On Ghostblogging, West Berlin, an ...

    On Ghostblogging, West Berlin, and the
    Internet
    As a college student in the 1970s, I visited East Berlin with some
    friends. One night, after returning back into West Berlin through
    Checkpoint Charlie, we were at a pizza parlor when we witnessed a
    fist-fight outside a nightclub next door. I had never seen anything
    like that before, and was shocked by the brutality of the fight. I
    kept wondering when the police would arrive but they never did.
    Instead, the two guys eventually tired of the fight and, dusting
    themselves off and checking their wounds, each Posted on Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 10:14 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 846

Miami Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog

Miami Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog

Covers Florida DUI, drug offenses and sex offenses. By Donet, McMillan
& Trontz, P.A.

http://www.miamicriminaldefenselawyerblog.com/
  • Feb 05

    Ten People Charged in Multi-Milli ...

    Ten People Charged in Multi-Million Dollar
    Miami Mortgage Fraud Scheme
    Ten Miami-Dade residents were formally charged in a massive Miami
    mortgage fraud scheme. The defendants are alleged to have defrauded
    various lenders to the tune of $24 million. The hardest hit bank was
    Washington Mutual, suffering $7 million in losses as a result of the
    fraudulent real estate transactions. The ten defendants allegedly
    worked in concert using a mortgage brokerage company called Miami Dade
    Mortgage Professionals to perpetuate the fraud. The charges are being
    brought in federal court in the Posted on Friday, February 5, 2010 at 4:15 pm
  • Feb 05

    Miami Man Sentenced to Prison for ...

    Miami Man Sentenced to Prison for Internet
    Fraud
    A man who used to reside in Sunny Isles appeared in federal court with
    his Miami criminal lawyer for his sentencing hearing before a United
    States district judge. Nilton Rossoni received a 5 ½ year prison
    sentence and was ordered to repay approximately $717,000 in
    restitution. Late last year, Rossoni entered a guilty plea to charges
    including mail fraud, wire fraud and conspiracy to commit both crimes.
    Rossoni's son was indicted along with his father, but federal
    investigators have been unable to locate Posted on Friday, February 5, 2010 at 4:15 pm
  • Feb 05

    Alleged Head of Cocaine Trafficki ...

    Alleged Head of Cocaine Trafficking Ring Held
    Without Bail
    The leader of a Columbian cocaine trafficking cartel appeared in a
    federal court in New Jersey and entered a not guilty plea with the
    assistance of his Miami criminal lawyer. At the arraignment, Salomon
    Mora was formally charged with cocaine trafficking and money
    laundering. Along with his arraignment, the formal reading of the
    charges, a pre-trial detention hearing was also presented in court.
    Federal prosecutors argued that Mora was a flight risk and a danger to
    the community. After hearing from both Posted on Friday, February 5, 2010 at 4:15 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 857

Sex Crime Defender Blog

Sex Crime Defender Blog

Discusses sex crime defense, including laws, regulations, court
opinions, important individual cases. By Smith Law Offices.

http://www.sexcrimedefender.com/
  • Feb 07

    WAYS TO GET OFF THE SEX OFFENDER ...

    WAYS TO GET OFF THE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY
    There have been two recent developments which potentially relieve an
    individual from a duty to register under Maine's Sex Offender
    Registration Law, 34-A M.R.S.A § 11201 et seq. "SORNA"). On September
    11, 2009, new legislation went into effect which allows certain
    individuals to apply to be deregistered. On December 22, 2009 Maine's
    Law Court issued an opinion in the case of State v. Letalien, 2009 ME
    130 which expanded the category of those not required to register. I.
    LEGISLATIVE CHANGES On September 11, Posted on Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 5:10 am
  • Jan 05

    New scanners break child porn laws

    New scanners break child porn laws
    No doubt everyone has seen this via Drudge but an intersesting
    accident at the intersection of security and civil liberties
    nonetheless: The rapid introduction of full body scanners at British
    airports threatens to breach child protection laws which ban the
    creation of indecent images of children, the Guardian has learned.
    Privacy campaigners claim the images created by the machines are so
    graphic they amount to "virtual strip-searching" and have called for
    safeguards to protect the privacy of passengers Posted on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 at 11:45 am
  • Dec 21

    Useful U.S. Sentencing Commision ...

    Useful U.S. Sentencing Commision Training
    The U.S. Sentencing Commission has put out a powerpoint presentation
    that hits a bunch of current topics related to child pornography
    sentencing and related isses like proper probation conditions,
    restrictions on internet usage and other sundry details that often
    arise. I commend it to you here. The cites to circuit caselaw are
    particularly useful. Posted on Monday, December 21, 2009 at 9:53 am
Rank This Ths Week: 861

Asia Death Penalty

Asia Death Penalty

Provides information about the death penalty in Asia.

http://asiadeathpenalty.blogspot.com/
  • Feb 01

    Indonesia: Legal doubts delay exe ...

    Indonesia: Legal doubts delay executions
    Indonesian Executions Stalled as Judicial-Review Question Languishes
    UnansweredFrom The Jakarta Globe, 31 January, 2010 By Heru Andriyanto
    The absence of executions in 2009 was the result not of an intentional
    moratorium but because the Supreme Court has failed to provide a
    specific timeframe within which death row inmates are allowed to
    request a judicial review, the Attorney General's Office said. The AGO
    last year proposed that the top court issue a ruling to limit the
    period, to prevent inmates from Posted on Monday, February 1, 2010 at 6:25 am
  • Jan 22

    Australia: Alabama seeks death fo ...

    Australia: Alabama seeks death for dive death
    Alabama A-G: death penalty 'still on table' MARISSA CALLIGEROS From:
    The Brisbane Times, 14 January 2010 The Attorney General of Alabama
    has refused to back down from a possible capital murder charge against
    honeymoon dive killer Gabe Watson, despite knowing Australia will not
    extradite a person if they may face the death penalty. Gabe Watson,
    32, was convicted this year of manslaughter after leaving his wife of
    just 11 days, Christine 'Tina' Watson, to drown on the floor of the
    Great Barrier Reef in 2003 Posted on Friday, January 22, 2010 at 5:44 pm
  • Jan 22

    Mongolia: Activists welcome morat ...

    Mongolia: Activists welcome moratorium on
    executions
    Mongolia announces moratorium on executions Statement from Amnesty
    International 14 January 2010 Amnesty International has welcomed the
    announcement made by the government of Mongolia on Thursday declaring
    an official moratorium on executions in the country. The organization
    said it believes President Tsakhia Elbegdorj has taken a bold move for
    the protection of human rights in Mongolia and welcomed this important
    development as a key step toward full abolition of the death penalty.
    "The government of Posted on Friday, January 22, 2010 at 5:44 pm
Rank This Ths Week: 865