Pennsylvania Advisory Committee on Wrongful Convictions Calls for Safeguards To Protect Innocent Defendants The Report of the Advisory Committee on Wrongful Convictions was finally published this week after years of research. Its findings and conclusions were based on several key principles. The first was that in order for citizens to have confidence in the justice […]
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How to show respect for the Court
Many criminal defendants ask me how they should act in Court. I found a short succinct video that teaches everything you need to know about how to handle yourself in court: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-vEZL0Q_dI
You Have the Right to…Speak up? U.S. Supreme Court Dials Back Miranda Rights
You Have the Right to…Speak up? U.S. Supreme Court dials back on Miranda Rights Miranda rights are warnings that are required to be given by police to criminal suspects in police custody before they are interrogated, informing them of their Constitutional rights. Then again, you probably already know this as the Miranda rights have become […]
Lab technician who tested blood must testify in DUI trial
The United States Supreme Court today held that the lab technician who actually tested the blood in a DUI case must testify in the trial or an objection based upon the Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause should be sustained. Today’s decision, Bullcoming v. New Mexico, relied upon the principle espoused by the Court in the 2009 […]
DUI checkpoint locator apps under attack
Apple Announces Last Call for DUI Checkpoint Applications DUI Checkpoint locator? Yes, there’s an app for that. But not for long. Under mounting pressure from Congress, Apple has followed RIM in banning DUI checkpoint apps from its proverbial app store. These controversial apps let iPhone and iPad users track when and where local authorities are […]
