Criminal Defense

In this post, we want to continue our discussion of sentencing guidelines and how an experienced attorney can help advocate for a defendant with respect to guidelines, whether at the state or federal level. We’ll wrap up this discussion by speaking briefly about...

The discussion in our last couple posts has been concerned with mandatory minimum sentencing, particularly the public debate concerning the fairness and effectiveness of mandatory minimum sentencing for drug crimes and why it is important for criminal defendants to...

In our last post, we spoke briefly about the public debate that is currently going on with respect to drug crime policy, specifically the effectiveness and fairness of mandatory minimum sentencing. As more changes continue happening at the state and federal level, the...

Have you ever watched a television crime drama? You have probably sat through at least one scene where a police officer is vigorously interrogating a suspect. The officer fires questions at a rapid pace, lies about the evidence, suggests alternative motives or fills...

We’ve been discussing the issue of asset forfeiture in our last couple posts, mentioning changes that could be coming at the state level and a recent change in forfeiture rules at the federal level. In this post, we’d like to offer a few comments about how an attorney...

In our last post, we began discussing a bill currently under consideration in the House of Representatives which would shift the burden of proof in asset forfeiture cases from the property owner to the state. Other changes the bill would bring about are that seized...

When an individual is suspected of criminal activity, police immediately set out to gather as much evidence as they can to obtain probable cause for searches, seizures and arrests, and to maximize the criminal charges they are able to pursue. Police are not, however,...

In our last post, we began speaking about the issue of police misconduct and the importance of criminal defendants scrutinizing police investigations in building a strong criminal defense case. The importance of this scrutiny lies not only in catching any evidentiary...

Police misconduct has been an issue of growing national importance in recent months due in large part to high profile cases involving the use of deadly force against unarmed men. Baltimore police, it turns out, are familiar with the issue of police misconduct....

Criminal defense cases sometimes follow a winding road rather than a straight one. That certainly seems to be true of a Baltimore criminal case against a man accused of murdering a North Carolina teenager back in 2010. The man’s connection to the teen was reportedly...