When is a Dog Sniff a Search Under the Fourth? Dog sniffs raise interesting 4th Amendment legal analysis. Regular human senses don't automatically violate the Fourth Amendment. Additionally, the Court ...
The Ottawa County Bar Association and Criminal Defense Attorneys of Michigan and The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan joined forces today, urging a Michigan Court to dismiss contempt charges ...
What is jury nullification? It's when the jury acquits the defendant for reasons of their own. It's when the jury pretty much disregards the jury instructions and considers what they think should ...
As a criminal defense lawyer, I get extremely frustrated when the prosecutor asks the witness on the stand, "Are you able to identify the person who did this? Please do so." Miraculously, the witness ...
Rima Fakih, who was the first Arab American woman to win a Miss USA pageant, was arrested for drunk driving last Saturday. Her defense lawyer, Doraid Elder said that Fakih's record "has not a single ...
In Bloomington, Illinois, forty-seven year old Willian Dietrich, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for DUI. Apparently, Dietrich has been arrested 11 times in the past for driving under the ...