Guides published by Mark A. Broughton

California Restaurant Owners Charged With Workers Compensation Insurance Fraud

Mar 05, 2013

Two owners of a restaurant inSan Marcos, California, have been charged with workers compensation insurance fraud. John Fletcher Johnson and Annette Lucille Thomas, owners of Rhythm City Grill, were eac...

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Fake Social Media Posts About Connecticut School Massacre Could Lead to Federal Criminal Charges

Dec 22, 2012

In the wake of the recent massacre at the elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, which took the lives of 20 children and 6 adults, law enforcement officials have warned that thespreading of false i...

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Citizens Can Record Police: U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Appeal of Seventh Circuit Decision

Nov 29, 2012

In May we discussed a decision by the Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals which ruled that an Illinois law prohibiting citizens from recording police violated the First Amendments free-speech provisi...

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On Ballot Tomorrow: California Proposition 34 to Repeal Death Penalty

Nov 10, 2012

Voters in California tomorrow will vote on Proposition 34, an initiative to repeal the states death penalty and replace it with life in prison without possibility of parole. The California Department o...

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U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Two Dog Sniffing Cases With Privacy Rights Implications

Oct 27, 2012

On October 31 the U.S. Supreme Court will hear two dog-sniffing cases with important privacy rights implications, reports ABA Journal. In a post we wrote on this blog in April titled Do Alerts By Certi...

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Federal Authorities Charge Former California Assemblyman With Bank Fraud

Sep 30, 2012

Federal authorities recently arrested and charged former California assemblyman Carl Washington with bank fraud. Washington, 47, who represented areas of Los Angeles in the state Assembly ten years ago...

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Fresno Murder Defendant’s Attorney Says Client Not Guilty, Victims’ Son Committed The Crime

Sep 18, 2012

The defense attorney for a Fresno man accused of planning the murder of a couple from Kerman in2009 says that it was the couples son who committed the crime and not his client. Tim Pori, attorney for N...

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Jared Loughner Pleads Guilty To Arizona Mass Shooting

Aug 25, 2012

Arizona mass shooting suspect Jared Lee Loughner recently pleaded guilty to 19 counts related to the 2011 shootingwhich killed six people and injured thirteen, including former Arizona congresswoman Ga...

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Fresno County Man Awarded $425,000 For False Arrest And Wrongful Jailing

Aug 25, 2012

A federal jury recently awarded $425,000 to a Fresno County man who claimed he was falsely arrestedand wrongfully jailed by Fresno County authorities. The man, James L. Quinn of Clovis, also said he wa...

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Washington Appeals Court: Police Can Use Suspects’ Seized Cellphones To Lure Contacts

Jul 27, 2012

Last year the California Supreme Court ruled that police may search the contents of an arrested suspects cellphone without a warrant. Now, in a similar ruling, a Washington state appeals court recently...

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Mark A. Broughton's Legal Guides (35)

California Restaurant Owners Charged With Workers Compensation Insurance Fraud

Fake Social Media Posts About Connecticut School Massacre Could Lead to Federal Criminal Charges

Citizens Can Record Police: U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Hear Appeal of Seventh Circuit Decision

On Ballot Tomorrow: California Proposition 34 to Repeal Death Penalty

U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Two Dog Sniffing Cases With Privacy Rights Implications

Federal Authorities Charge Former California Assemblyman With Bank Fraud

Fresno Murder Defendant’s Attorney Says Client Not Guilty, Victims’ Son Committed The Crime

Jared Loughner Pleads Guilty To Arizona Mass Shooting

Fresno County Man Awarded $425,000 For False Arrest And Wrongful Jailing

Washington Appeals Court: Police Can Use Suspects’ Seized Cellphones To Lure Contacts