Blog Posts in May, 2011
Posted on May 27, 2011 By Stephan J. Siegel
We all know that in order to stop and search (or seize for that matter) a person or alleged perpetrator, the law enforcement official must have "probable cause." Probable cause is like what ...
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Posted on May 19, 2011 By Stephan J. Siegel
Late last year, in a case forever formally memorialized as Graham v. State of Florida , 130 Supreme Court Reports 2011, the United States Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional for non-homicide ...
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Posted on May 12, 2011 By Stephan J. Siegel
Yes, the police and prosecutors do commit misconduct much more than you can imagine but it still can send you do jail. Edward Isaacson learned that the hard way as chronicled by the New york state ...
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Posted on May 2, 2011 By Stephan J. Siegel
One of the basic rights of criminal defendants is the right of confrontation. Implicit in our system of justice is that each criminal defendant has an absolute right to cross examine the witnesses ...
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