Self Defense – The Blade Runner‘s Burden
Apr 09, 2014
The trial of Oscar Pistorius moves into its third week in Pretoria, South Africa and the case continues to receive international headlines because of his former Olympian’s notoriety. Pistorius, aka “T...
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The Company You Keep: Common Authority Consent
Apr 09, 2014
While law enforcement needs consent, a search warrant or exigent circumstances they can sometimes obtain that consent from an individual who possesses “common authority” over the property that they wa...
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She Doesn’t Like Me: Judicial Recusal
Mar 17, 2014
Judges in a criminal or civil proceeding are constitutionally bound to act impartially to all parties involved in a legal dispute. This concept is memorialized in the United States Constitution, throu...
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Daisey Kates Hearing & Probation Violations
Feb 13, 2014
The basic objective of probation is to provide a vehicle for the rehabilitation without incarceration. While on probation an individual is subject to drug testing, regular appointments with their pro...
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You’re Rights at a Grand Jury Hearing
Feb 03, 2014
When many people think of the word jury they think of a group of individuals tasked with determining a person’s guilt or innocence following a trial. While this is correct a grand jury is convened in ...
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Creating Reasonable Doubt
Jan 24, 2014
Clients often ask us what the term “reasonable doubt” actually means to an individual faced with criminal charges. In the field of criminal law the term is used frequently but many find it difficult ...
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Understanding Juvenile Decertification Hearings
Jan 24, 2014
While many of these young clients and their parents believe that the juvenile criminal system will adjudicate these matters, we frequently must advise them that a juvenile disposition is not an automa...
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Prosecutorial Suppression of Witness Bias and Favorable Evidence
Jan 23, 2014
A critical aspect of a criminal defense is the credibility of prosecution witnesses. Our State Constitution through Article 1, Section 9 as well as the 6th Amendment to the United States Constitution ...
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Blood Evidence and Retrograde Extrapolation – The 2 Hour Rule
Jan 23, 2014
A blood sample is often a key piece of evidence in a DUI prosecution and therefore an important point in the preparation of a DUI defense case. Overview While an individual may refuse to supply a blo...
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THE 3 CATEGORIES OF POLICE STOPS
Nov 21, 2013
While each of us may have a different interpretation of what constitutes a police stop the law places interactions with police into three general categories: mere encounters, investigative detentions, ...
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