by sitewild | Oct 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
Yet another post-conviction petition for this weeks Case Blog. This week we are looking at Roby v. State. In this case, Mr. Roby was convicted of first degree murder. He originally appealed his case, but lost the appeal. Over two...
by sitewild | Oct 6, 2010 | Uncategorized
Consider this: You’re an average couch potato, you spend your days surfing the web and playing online. *Ok, sounds about right.* You’ve got your Facebook, StumbleUpon, Google Reader, and Hulu accounts up and running all the time. You...
by sitewild | Oct 6, 2010 | Uncategorized
“The very premise of our adversary system of criminal justice is that partisan advocacy on both sides of a case will best promote the ultimate objective that the guilty be convicted and the innocent go free.” —Herring v. New York, 422 U.S. 853, 862...
by sitewild | Oct 4, 2010 | Uncategorized
Clarifies detention placement options for extended jurisdiction juveniles pending revocation hearings. Provides that the offender may be detained in a secure juvenile detention facility. If there is no secure juvenile detention facility or existing acceptable...
by sitewild | Oct 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
“We, as criminal defense lawyers, are forced to deal with some of the lowest people on earth, people who have no sense of right and wrong, people who will lie in court to get what they want, people who do not care who gets hurt in the process. It is our job–our...