The Defense Never Rests
Despite the dangers of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, many people fail to take this offense seriously. While a first offense is normally a misdemeanor charge, many DUI offenses carry stiffer penalties, especially if you have previous convictions. Felony...
If you face criminal charges, an officer will read you your Miranda Rights and remind you that they will use what you say in court. That applies to what you say and do outside official buildings. Everything you say until the trial is potential evidence, which also...
The effects of a criminal conviction can persist even after you have paid your fine or served your sentence. If you are facing criminal charges, you might have questions about how a conviction could affect you, not only in the immediate future but for the rest of your...
When law enforcement authorities place you under arrest for suspected criminal activity, it goes without saying that the potential consequences can alter your life. If an arrest occurs at your place of work, however, you might understandably have concerns regarding...
Here’s why knowledgeable and aggressive DUI defense representation is merited in the wake of a police encounter resulting in an arrest and criminal charge: You could actually be the victim. In fact, and as noted in a recent media report, you could be slapped in...
Even though the notion of “reasonableness” regarding citizens’ treatment by law enforcement officials is a long-tenured and well-entrenched principle in the criminal law realm, most people don’t have to know that to appreciate the need for reasoned behavior to be...
Charging children as adults is a way to make sure they don’t get lenient sentences for dramatic crimes. However, it ignores one crucial – and very simple – point: Kids aren’t adults. Trying them as adults could open them up to more problems than it solves. Below are a few reasons that some experts believe courts shouldn’t charge them as adults:…
It’s not as though most men and women in Indiana or anywhere else can imbibe more than an alcoholic beverage or two and safely assume that they are firmly under the drunk-driving threshold posited by the 0.08 blood-alcohol content standard operative across the United...
Do we need a sort of standardized play book with recommended suggestions on how a motorist detained in a traffic stop — and, correspondingly, a police officer who has initiated that stop — should behave when interacting under that scenario? There certainly seems to be...
Although a criminal defendant in Indiana or elsewhere in the United States is deprived of many rights and liberties, those restrictions are balanced under our criminal justice system by countervailing protections based upon fundamental fairness and so-called due...
