You're in the Mexican government. A lot of your citizens are leaving and going to the US. So what's your plan to replenish your po...

When people from Fox and Townhall.com are saying that a murder conviction smells very, very bad perhaps we should all take a look . Also pre...

In Virginia if a prosecutor chooses not to go forward on a case he usually makes a motion for nolle prosequi - usually referred to as a mot...

I was just looking up something and I stumbled across this gem - In Virginia, if you are convicted you have to pay for the prosecutor's ...

1) Criminal Defense in Massachusetts: " It isn't news that prosecutors and big-firm lawyers are the people who become judges, but ...

Okay, I admit it, my precognitive abilities are terrible. I finally got the Order the Virginia Court of Appeals entered into my Client'...

After several years of practice without a single petition for an appeal being accepted by the Virginia Court of Appeals, I had my third peti...

1) Trying to smuggle cocaine into jail by hiding it in Bibles . Because we've all wanted to be able to stand in front of St. Peter and...

I added a number of new additions to the blogroll yesterday and thought I'd mention a few: Mr. District Attorney is back - always one o...

If you've been around for a while you've seen my comments on police interrogation . Well, Alan Hirsch has put together an entire si...

Yeah, I did a Harry Potter post on Saturday. I think it was a side effect of having read the first four books last week. Sunday I changed t...

Harry Potter Quiz: Which Hogwarts Professor Are You? Minerva McGonagall, Transfigurations. Take this quiz ! Quizilla | Join | M...

So, you're a British hacker and you succeeded in a truly massive attack on the US government's computers. You don't want to tak...

1) The Church is pushing the Philippines to abolish the death penalty . 2) Amnesty International is urging the EU to push Japan to abolis...

"A NOTORIOUS criminal was shot dead by police during an encounter near a hotel in Cantonment area on Thursday. An accomplice of the sla...

Okay, now that ya'll have had a day to see what I could remember of my actual argument, I thought I'd talk about some of the periphe...

Yesterday was my first argument in the Virginia Court of Appeals. While I was sitting in the office waiting for appointments to show this a...

For shame, Orin! Deriding a valid trial by combat motion . After all, Montana has adopted the English common law and I can't find a ...

1) Police are going to popular online communities to see if people are dumb enough to post evidence online. And, Y'know what? They ar...

He is Risen Everyone have a great Easter. I'll probably be gone until Wednesday because, on top of Easter, I have my very first oral ar...

Virginia has a concealed weapons law - no shock there. The problem has been that some amazingly bad case law has sprung up around this sta...

The power company in British Columbia is being required to turn over unusually high usage numbers to municipalities. However, it's not ...

1 ton 2,000 pounds 3 pounds (and 500 mature mushroom plants) 29 pounds of marijuana, three pounds of hash oil and one kilo of kief "An ...

1) Alameda County to issue medical pot ID 2) New medical marijuana dispensaries were temporarily banned in unincorporated parts of Contra Co...

I really don't have a huge problem with a mandatory two years in jail for a third conviction within ten years (Pennsylvania) - although...

Remember once-upon-a-time when Richmond had the questionable sheriff? Well, it appears that things like that might happen in other States a...

A DUI charge against an officer was dismissed because the procedures were not properly followed.

I found this in the sheriff's handout leaflet bin on the wall of the courthouse yesterday. Am I supposed to take it home and put it on ...

Many of us can harken back to the days of yore when we were taking physics or chemistry courses and learned the Heisenberg Uncertainty Princ...

Is Tom McKenna "actually David Feige in disguise?" Enquiring minds want to know!