Developments in Oregon criminal defense law
You open your favorite weather app. Oh no — the National Weather Service just issued a Flash Flood Emergency for your neighborhood. A wall of water 10 to 15 feet deep is expected to surge through your neighborhood within the next 30 minutes. Do you grab your cats and run for higher ground? Most of… Read More
Less than a year ago, in a Walmart parking lot near Albany, New York, a man stepped out of his car into a nightmare. A group of men from the vigilante group Dads Against Predators ambushed him, accusing him of soliciting a minor online. “You thought you were meeting a kid, you sick freak!” one… Read More
Pennsylvania judge rules that SORNA is unconstitutional Read More
How do prosecutors prove that a driver was under the influence of marijuana? TO PROVE A DRIVER WAS DRUNK, PROSECUTORS CAN USE EVIDENCE OF A HIGH BAC If police suspect that a driver they just pulled over is impaired by alcohol, we all know, from watching movies and TV, what happens next. They ask the… Read More Read More
Earlier today, in Shinn v. Ramirez, the justice of the Supreme Court shared their thoughts about the 6th Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel. “Not really that big of deal,” wrote Thomas. “It’s like the biblical prohibition against eating owls,” added Alito, in an apparent reference to Leviticus 11:13-17, pausing to take a bite… Read More