Blog Posts in 2012
Posted on Nov 6, 2012 By Phoenix Criminal Defense Attorney
Whether you are charged with state or federal crimes, the scariest thing about your case is often the mandatory minimum sentence. And often, the applicability of the mandatory minimum sentence depends ...
Continue reading "Extending the Sentencing Revolution" »
Posted on Nov 4, 2012 By Phoenix Criminal Defense Attorney
The prosecution of drug crimes often begins with a drug dog sniff. This week, the Supreme Court heard oral argument on 2 cases out of Florida involving drug sniffs. One had to do with bringing a drug ...
Continue reading "Gone to the Dogs" »
Posted on Oct 25, 2012 By Phoenix Criminal Defense Attorney
Child pornography cases are often prosecuted as federal crimes. Whether prosecuted in federal or state court, the cases often hinge on search and seizure issues, i.e. can the evidence be suppressed ...
Continue reading "Child Pornography and Computer Searches" »
Posted on Oct 18, 2012 By The Wallin Law Firm
The Wallin Law Firm recently represented a 50-year-old man who had been charged with aggravated assault against a minor. Our client had pointed a gun at his teenage nephew, and he had no real defense ...
Continue reading "Man Facing 2.5 Years in Prison for Pointing Gun at Nephew Gets Probation" »
Posted on Feb 2, 2012 By Phoenix Criminal Defense Attorney
In U.S. v. Jones, the Supreme Court unanimously agreed with a lower court decision; the lower court had said that the Constitution was violated when the police put a GPS tracking device on a vehicle, ...
Continue reading "The Jones GPS Case: Digging a Little Deeper" »
Posted on Feb 1, 2012 By Phoenix Criminal Defense Attorney
I've posted before about the issue of GPS tracking and tracking devices. Well, the Supreme Court has now handed down its long awaiting decision in U.S. v. Jones. But a divided Court left the law ...
Continue reading "GPS: The Supreme Court's Decision in Jones" »
Posted on Jan 30, 2012 By Phoenix Criminal Defense Attorney
If you are a driver involved in an accident where there is damage to a vehicle, injury or death, you are required by law to stop your vehicle at the scene of the accident, or as close as possible and ...
Continue reading "Hit and Run" »
Posted on Jan 29, 2012 By Phoenix Criminal Defense Attorney
When is it OK for a prosecutor to intentionally deceive and mislead a jury, and then lie to the judge about it. Never, you would think. Think again. In prosecutions for federal crimes in the 9th ...
Continue reading "Liar, Liar" »
Posted on Jan 21, 2012 By Phoenix Criminal Defense Attorney
Some judges think they can require the defendant to pay some or all of the jury fees (the money the county has to pay jurors to compensate them for their service), particularly as a condition of ...
Continue reading "Assessing Jury Fees" »