We’ve been talking in our last couple posts about sobriety checkpoints, offering some comments on their effectiveness, or lack thereof, depending on the statistics you are looking at and your point of view. Turning to the issue of legality, it is a fact that sobriety...
Addressing the problem of drunken driving is obviously an important aspect of improving roadway safety, and there are a variety of tools employed by the criminal justice system in this effort. These tools include not only fines and potential incarceration, but also...
Drunken driving fatalities occur all the time, but it is always tragic when they do. Back in April, a young Maryland woman was killed in a drunken driving accident in Charles County. The accident reportedly occurred when the intoxicated driver crashed head-on into the...
We’ve been looking at mail and wire fraud charges in our last couple posts, particularly the elements prosecutors must prove to obtain a conviction on these charges.We’ve already mentioned the foreseeable furtherance and materiality requirements. Another very...
In our last post, we mentioned that federal prosecutors are currently considering the possibility of charging General Motors under federal mail and wire fraud statutes for misleading consumers concerning a product defect. As we noted, mail and wire fraud statutes do...
Readers have probably all heard about the trouble General Motors Co. is currently going through in connection with product defect issues, specifically ignition switch failures in some of its models. The defect has been connected to over 100 fatalities. While the...
In our last couple posts, we spoke about two important factors regarding admissibility of evidence at trial that must be considered when building a strong criminal defense case. These factors, as we noted, are relevance and reliability. As important as these factors...
In our last post, we began speaking about the issue of admissibility of evidence in criminal defense cases. As we noted, looking at this issue from a defense perspective requires scrutinizing whether any given piece of evidence is both relevant and reliable, the...
Scrutinizing the quality of evidence presented by prosecutors is an important aspect of building a strong criminal defense case. In considering the quality of evidence its appropriateness for admission at trial, there are several factors to consider. If there are...
In our last couple posts, we’ve been looking at recent news related to investigations against Bill Cosby, particularly the possibility that he could be facing charges, possibly for perjury, and perhaps even for sexual assault. As we pointed out, any such charges will...
