Thursday, May 30, 2013

Sixth Circuit Discusses Requirements For Probable Cause

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An anonymous informant notified police about the presence of cocaine in Sidney Brown’s house and a search warrant was subsequently issued. W...
Sunday, May 26, 2013

Sixth Circuit Allows Crack Cocaine Defendants To Be Resentenced In Light Of Fair Sentencing Act

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In an important recent decision, U.S. v. Blewett , the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals found that the Fair Sentencing Act should apply retroa...
Monday, May 20, 2013

Sixth Circuit Tackles Electronic Filing Typos

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Everyone who does enough paperwork has surely made a mistake at some point. The wrong key was entered or the wrong box was checked. Thankful...
Friday, May 17, 2013

NTSB Pushes States To Lower Legal Alcohol Limit

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The National Transportation Safety Board took a surprising step earlier this week when it recommended that the all states, including Tenness...
Saturday, May 4, 2013

Sixth Circuit Discusses Validity Of Search Warrant That Lacked An Address

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This case began in 2008 when the Cincinnati Police were tipped off that a man named Kenneth Rose had sexually abused three minors. The polic...
Thursday, May 2, 2013

Interesting Sixth Circuit Opinion regarding Miranda Rights And Public Safety Exception

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An interesting opinion, especially in light of the recent Boston Marathon bombing and subsequent arrest, is the Sixth Circuit case of U.S. v...
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...