Generally, social honor code violations, involve behavior that harms or threatens the physical, emotional or social well being of any member or guest of the college community. This type of behavior would be a social violation of the honor code. For purposes of the...
Month: August 2015
Former NFL cheerleader could face Maryland charges after Delaware sentence
Baltimore readers have likely all heard of Molly Shattuck, the former Ravens cheerleader and fitness author who was convicted of fourth-degree rape in Delaware in connection with an incident of sexual assault that occurred last summer in Bethany Beach. In that case,...
Dealing with duplicative and unsupported charges in criminal defense
In our last post, we began speaking about a case involving a Maryland woman was charged with multiple criminal offenses in connection with a prescription drug fraud scheme. Earlier this year, according to sources, the woman pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement,...
Woman facing multiple drug charges for prescription fraud
Maryland readers are likely aware of the problem of prescription drug abuse, which is an issue across the United States. Pain pill abuse and addiction is a big enough problem that there has been sharp criticism of the Food and Drug Administration’s decision to approve...
What is probable cause and why does it matter in criminal defense? P.3
We’ve been speaking about probable cause in our last couple posts, particularly what it generally is and why it is important to explore the issue when building a criminal defense case. As we mentioned, it is important to be aware that police can make mistakes in...
What is probable cause and why does it matter in criminal defense? P.2
In our previous post, we began speaking about issue of probable cause and generally what it means in criminal investigation. Probable cause is an important issue to explore not only when building a criminal defense case, but even when one ends up not facing criminal...
What is probable cause and why does it matter in criminal defense? P.1
In recent posts, we’ve been speaking about the Fourth Amendment and privacy rights, particularly as these issues can come up in criminal defense work. As we’ve noted, every criminal suspect has certain privacy rights, and law enforcement officers are required to...
DNA evidence and privacy rights: looking at a recent court decision, P.2
In our last post, we mentioned that the Maryland Supreme Court recently ruled in a case that raised the issue of whether DNA evidence collected as part of a routine booking procedure could be stored in a database and used for investigation of unrelated crimes. The...
DNA evidence and privacy rights: looking at a recent court decision, P.1
In our last post, we spoke very generally about privacy rights in criminal cases and the importance of working with an experienced attorney to scrutinize police work for possible Fourth Amendment violations. As we noted, privacy rights can come up in a number of ways...
The Fourth Amendment and privacy rights in criminal cases
When building a solid criminal defense, it is important to screen a case for the possibility of Fourth Amendment violations. As readers may know, the Fourth Amendment is supposed to provide protection from unreasonable searches and seizures and requires that all...