There's a disturbance in the Force - it feels as though an entire ship of Vulcans have died - an ill wind is blowing through the Shire W...

54 F.R.D. 282 ------ UNITED STATES ex rel. Gerald MAYO v. SATAN AND HIS STAFF ------ Misc. No. 5357 United States District Court Western Dis...

Professor Kerr has put out an exposition in which he tries to explain the Supreme Court's jurisprudence in the area of the 4th Amendment...

As you go thru the web you find all sorts of strange sites having to do with criminal behavior. I thought I'd list a few of them: StopSn...

Chris Henry has gotten himself in trouble yet again . He's a good receiver but you gotta wonder how much longer the Bengals are going t...

It has been moved that I become the new Attorney General of the United States . Any seconds? Remember, I have experience on both sides of th...

So, my jury trial yesterday was lost because of a case which was decided recently by the Virginia Supreme Court. Okay, that sort of thing ha...

Yet again another jury day. So, my review of the Riches will have to wait until tomorrow.

Ask a Ninja I've been putting some thought into what Mascot the Appalachian School of Law should have. It's an interesting problem s...

Looking all dapper as he sallys forth to argue in the national moot court competition, helping his ASL team to beat Wake Forrest, Florida St...

Flowers v. Commonwealth , No. 2158-05-3 , Opinion: Judge Humphreys, Trial Judge: Malfourd Trumbo Evidence is sufficient to establish reckles...

Our new judges. On the left is Circuit Court Judge Carico and the right is General District Court Judge Dotson. I had planned to put up vide...

Just had to take a picture of this when I ran across it in the parking lot.

In jury trial . . . More Later.

1) Yet again, people start to think that the difference in punishment between crack and powder cocaine (in the federal system) might be equa...

The Supreme Court long ago decided that the death penalty could only be applied to those who had killed someone else, but several States don...

On the left we have the always popular Lego Hearsay Song. On the right we have the newby Law Student Rap. We present, you deride.

Every prosecutor's office does plea agreements a little different. I've been to a jurisdiction where all 20 prosecutors use the same...

New Blogger just ate every single last one of my links. I was forced to shift over to this (I tried to do something one day and it started t...

Cats. They seem to cause all sorts of acrimony between people. Since I've been a prosecutor, I've talked to a number of citizens who...

Every time I look at the search terms people look at to get here to CrimLaw I see some interesting things. Today is no exception. an english...

Bryan Station won its first round in the 11th regional playoffs yesterday 65-50 and moves on to face the winner of the Tates Creek / Madiso...

1) If you can afford $75 a day , maybe you can buy the best jail cell available too. 2) Stealing hair from combs ( in people's luggage )...

Today my high school (Bryan Station) plays its first game in the 11th regional playoffs. Kentucky has 16 regions and the winner of each reg...

As usual, I will not discuss sufficiency of the evidence arguments or arguments which the courts throw out on objection technicalities unles...

1) The receptionist tells me there's someone who wants to talk to a Commonwealth. I come out and there's a really nice older lady an...

As usual, I will not discuss sufficiency of the evidence arguments or arguments which the courts throw out on objection technicalities unles...

Monday afternoon: The Virginia Court of Appeals October thru December 2006 Tuesday afternoon: The Virginia Supreme Court October thru Decem...

Police cannot find witnesses they need to prosecute a case (including the victim). They then listen to tapes of the defendant talking to his...

You can go to Spot Runner and use their premade ads (search for criminal law). Personally, I think the Wildebeast ad is the best.