Two (More) Reasons Not to Bring Drugs to Court
1. You Are There for a Probation Hearing on Drug Charges This is not the first time someone has put drugs in the little box they give you at the X-ray machine, but it's the first time I'm aware of…
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BREAKING: MAPLE SYRUP FOUND
Multiple sources (e.g., Montreal Gazette) are reporting that at least some of the maple syrup that disappeared from a warehouse last month has been located. See "Who Stole the Global Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve? And How?" Lowering the Bar (Sept. 14, 2012)….
State’s Chemist Admits “Testing” Drug Samples by Looking at Them [Updated]
"I intentionally turned a negative [test result] into a positive a few times," said the woman at the center of a state drug lab scandal in Massachusetts. The actual number is probably somewhere between "a few" and 34,000, which is…
GOOD IDEA: Test Police Response Time by Walking Around With an RPG
This person was not intended to look like, as one 911 caller put it, a guy "wearing a dress with a torpedo on his shoulder," but even people who did finish high school had some concerns when they saw him…
No RUI Charge for Florida Drunkard
As I mentioned in this followup to the Kentucky case last week, whether or not it is illegal to ride a horse while under the influence depends on state law, and there are other things the rider could be charged…
Further Analysis Regarding RUI (Riding Under the Influence)
Readers have raised some interesting questions about the RUI allegations in Kentucky, described in this earlier post. Mark T. asks, "I wonder if the Kentucky definition of 'vehicle' ["all agencies for the transportation of persons or property over or upon…
Mullet Guilty in Beard Case
Samuel Mullet, leader of what has been variously described as a "sect," a "cult," and an "Amish beard-cutting mob," was convicted on Thursday along with his children and 11 other family members and followers. The Mullet Mob was charged with federal hate…
Don’t Ride Drunk in Kentucky
Because, by statute, a horse is “a vehicle not a motor vehicle” in that state.
CHICAGO: Candidate Indicted for Bribery Is Leading by 40 Points
The seat representing the 10th House District in the Illinois General Assembly seems to be a pretty safe one for the Democrats. I infer this from the fact that a recent poll showed that the current Democratic candidate for that…
Other Judge Dissents Partly Because Defense Lawyer “Drank a Quart of Vodka Every Night”
It seemed worth a second post on Holsey v. Warden (first one here) to mention the dissent's view that the Georgia Supreme Court was wrong to hold that the defendant was not prejudiced by ineffective assistance of counsel at trial. She…