Thursday, February 28, 2013

Supreme Court Justices Grapple With Critical DNA Testing Case

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Adam Liptak at the New York Times recently discussed a crucial case currently before the U.S. Supreme Court and how the impact of the d...
Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Supreme Court Declines To Hear Case Regarding Legality of Non-Unanimous Jury Verdicts

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The Supreme Court decided earlier this week that it would not hear a case about whether the Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial includ...
Monday, February 25, 2013

Supreme Court Decides Case Testing Limits Of Detention During Searches

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A recent ruling released by the U.S. Supreme Court last week, Bailey v. United States ,  dealt with the authority of police officers to de...
Friday, February 22, 2013

Supreme Court Addresses Whether Drug Dog Sniffs Are Up To Snuff

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The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday in  Florida v. Harris  that prosecutors are not required to present evidence detailing the stell...
Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Sixth Circuit Hears TN Case About 13-Year-Old Child Labeled Child Abuser by DCS

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The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals recently decided a case out of Tennessee involving a 13-year-old labeled a child abuser DCS but this labe...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Sixth Circuit Discusses What Makes A Jail Escape A “Crime of Violence”

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The case of   U.S. v. Benji Antonio Stout , involved one man’s escape from prison and how that escape should be classified with regard t...
Friday, February 15, 2013

Sixth Circuit Hears Criminal Trade Secrets Case Concerning Giant Tires

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You might not think a case about giant tires would have much to do with criminal law, but a recent case before the Sixth Circuit Court of Ap...
Thursday, February 14, 2013

Sixth Circuit Says Information Must Be Exculpatory For Brady Violation To Have Occurred

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U.S. v. Rodrigo Macias-Farias Late last week the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals released a ruling in the Rodrigo Macias-Farias case . The i...
Saturday, February 9, 2013

Haslam Appoints Frierson to Tennessee Court of Appeals

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Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today appointed Thomas R. “Skip” Frierson, II as a judge for the Tennessee Court of Appeals, Eastern Section. Fri...

Amish Sentencing Complete

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Trip Gabriel reports in today's NYT Excerpt: "The leader of a dissident Amish sect was sentenced on Friday to 15 years in prison fo...