Category Archives: Appeals
8 FAQs about Federal Criminal Appeals
A criminal trial is undertaken. Errors are made by the prosecution and the court. Objections are lodged by the defense attorney. Conviction is obtained…
Police Misconduct, Louisiana Style, Demands Retrial of Murder Conviction
Let us start by stating that most police officers are decent, hardworking people who make good faith efforts to fulfill their sworn duty to…
Supreme Court Says Not a Crime to Refuse Consent To DWI Blood Draw
It was indeed a rare occasion. Seven out of the eight U.S. Supreme Court justices agreed on June 23, 2016 on the same legal…
DWI Defendant Stripped of New Trial Because Defense Failed to Obtain Ruling, Preserve Error
Acriminal trial can sometimes be a confusing process in which important issues can be left unattended when procedural arguments become convoluted. This was recently…
Police Practice of Unlawfully Stopping Individuals to Check for Warrants Under Scrutiny by Supreme Court
The nation’s police seem to feel uncomfortable with the fact that they are now under constant scrutiny. The scrutiny they are under is not…
Appeal Court Says Rejects Mandatory Polygraph Exam for Sex Offender Treatment Program
There are more than 10,000 registered sex offenders in the State of Colorado. In 1992, lawmakers in Colorado created the Sex Offender Management Board…
U.S. Supreme Court Poised To Give A New Definition To Political Corruption
Corruption came into being the moment mankind learned that a few men could hold sway over most other men. It became known as power—the…
Supreme Court Fails to Hear Case, Stop Georgia Execution Amid Documented Racism
U.S. Supreme Court decisions are often perplexing; sometimes impossible to understand, much less rationalize. That was the case when the Court on April 12,…
Supreme Court Reverses Conviction for Failure to Register as Sex Offender
For many sex offenders, the prospect of registration for life is actually worse than imprisonment. Many offenders complain they can never pay their debt to society…
SCOTUS Adding Stun Guns to 2nd Amendment Precedent?
A stun gun is more commonly known as a Taser. It is a device or weapon from which an electrical current may be fired…
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