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- Poor Court Funding for Defense Lawyers
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- The Adversary Process
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- Exclusionary Rule
- Criminal Defense Pre-Trial Proceedings
- Simple Assault
- When you are Arrested
- Drug Tests
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- DUI – Preventing a Police Stop(2)
- DUI – Preventing a Police Stop
- Robbery
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- Driver’s License Sanction
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- Suppressing Field Sobriety Tests
- Factors Influencing Test Results
- Murder
- Refusing Field Sobriety Tests
- DUI – Hand Writing
- Non-standardized Field Sobriety Tests
- DUI – Passenger Rights
- DUI – Driver Rights
- DUI – Vehicle Impoundments
- Inventory Search
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- Preliminary Crimes – Conspiracy
- Crimes
- Factors Affecting BAC Levels
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Poor Court Funding for Defense Lawyers
The Supreme Court requires state and federal governments to provide services to those they accuse of crimes, and governments pay private lawyers to fulfill those obligations. But hiring private lawyers costs money and courts do not set budgets. It is … Continue reading
The Adversary Process
Once the jury is chosen, the trial begins. The adversary process is a process in which the adversaries attempt to achieve their different objectives through the rules of law and professional ethics. The prosecutor’s job is to obtain a conviction … Continue reading
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Criminal Acts Involve Voluntary Decisions
Every criminal offense requires both a criminal act and an accompanying state of mind. An act is simply a movement of a part of the body and the criminality refers to the harm that ensues from the act. The state … Continue reading
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Exclusionary Rule
Although this rule is controversial, the exclusionary rule states that the courts must exclude evidence that was obtained as the result of an unreasonable search or seizure. This rule was created to control police behavior and has had exceptions in … Continue reading
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When you are Arrested
When you are arrested lawfully, you can be searched without your consent. If you are arrested but not taken into custody, the police can search you for weapons and to prevent you from destroying any evidence. Should you be taken … Continue reading
Inventory Searches
Despite the subtle nuances of privacy interests and constitutional guarantees, most individual rights are nullified by legal technicalities. If the police are able to initiate an arrest, which is allowed for any offense – even traffic tickets – then the … Continue reading
Rape
Rape – “unlawful carnal knowledge” – is sexual intercourse with a woman without her consent. As far as the law in most states is concerned, a man cannot be “raped,” although he can be sodomized. The rapist does not have … Continue reading
Assault
There are several definitions of a criminal assault. In some states, an assault is defined as attempted battery, plus the ability to actually carry out that battery. Other states define assault as a deliberate threat to commit battery, even though … Continue reading
Drug Crimes
Although there are numerous types of drug charges most include possessing, or being under the influence, of some type of illegal substance. The potential consequences include, but are not limited to, license suspension, registration as a narcotic offender, confinment in … Continue reading
Preliminary Crimes – Conspiracy
A “conspiracy” is an agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime. A married man and his mistress, for example, may plot to kill his wife and collect the insurance money. But in order for the crime to … Continue reading