Monday, April 22, 2013

What does it take to prove a defendant's possession of drugs in his co-defendant's house?

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By Stevie Phillips     In State v. Robinson, police had staked out the co-defendant's house after receiving a tip from a confidential ...
Thursday, April 18, 2013

Supreme Court agrees that warrantless DUI blood draw illegal, but still unanswered questions.

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The Supreme Court has released its opinion in  Missouri v. McNeely . This is a case  about a Missouri officer's decision to conduct ...
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Sixth Circuit Permits Warrantless Search In Tennessee Case

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The case,  U.S. v. Kevin Patrick Daws ,  involves sheriff’s deputies in Henderson County, Tennessee who conducted a warrantless search o...
Tuesday, April 9, 2013

NY Times Publishes Interesting Article on Death Penalty Statistics

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The NY Times, on April 5th, published an article focusing on the death penalty and its enforcement in the 32 states that still observe it...
Friday, April 5, 2013

Sixth Circuit Says Girlfriend’s Spotty Information Reliable Enough To Support Search Warrant

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The Sixth Circuit recently released a ruling in a case,  U.S. v. Charles Arthur Kinison ,  involved a man, Mr. Kinison, who began to aff...
Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Tennessee Supreme Court Says Community Caretaking Not An Excuse For Police Searches Lacking Probable Cause

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The Tennessee Supreme Court recently issued an important opinion,  State of Tennessee v. James David Moats ,  which upheld a ruling out ...
Friday, March 29, 2013

Sixth Circuit Vacates Sentencing Enhancement Based On Defendant False Identification

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This recent Sixth Circuit case has it roots in a 1999 conviction of Kwame Williams , a Trinidadian who was arrested in New York on a gun cha...
Sunday, March 24, 2013

Tennessee Supreme Court Excuses Prisoner's Failure to Meet Post-Conviction Deadline

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By Stevie Phillips In 2003, prisoner Artis Whitehead tried to rob BB King's Blues Club on Beale Street in downtown Memphis.  He ...
Friday, March 22, 2013

Sixth Circuit Hears Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Appeal From Lillelid Murderer

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The recently decided Sixth Circuit case of Howell v. Hodge began in 1997 when Karen Howell and five of her friends set off from Pikeville, ...
Monday, March 18, 2013

Trial Begins in NYC as Plaintiffs Attack Police Stop-and-Frisk Practices

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 By Jay Perry             The trial of a class action suit challenging the “stop and frisk” procedures of the New York Police Department ...