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A site for non-lawyers (especially students) where issues in law are discussed. Focus on Criminal and Family law. Has a libertarian bent.

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Just When You Thought It Was Safe

Posted on November 08, 2008
So I was on this blogging roll getting a post out on a somewhat regular basis, and what happens? My laptop gets stolen out of my luggage on a trip to Tampa. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) my ass!! All that garbage at the gates of our airport is Bull hockey...

Are You In Or Out Of The "LOOP?": A Product Review

Posted on October 24, 2008
Hello everyone from rainy Florida, my stay in the sunshine state has so far been pretty cloudy. It's been raining and some baggage handler stole my computer, which really sux. Anyone who knows me knows that my computer is an extension of my arm. Fortunately my friend Catrina has offered to help me out and is taking this post down for me...

Libertarianism Defined: Not Safe for the Kids

Posted on October 23, 2008
Stripper blogger Renegade Evolution has a rather vulgar but very accurate description of why a younger generation is turning away from the Republican Party that chooses Sarah Palin as one of it's standard bearers. RenEv as she calls herself, is not kidding in her reasons or the strength of her belief in liberty...

Trial Techniques: Exposing Police Testilying

Posted on October 20, 2008
I am representing a nice kid charged with Burglary 2d degree in Queens County. I am trying this case with a good friend John Scarpa who is a former Queens County Assistant District Attorney and a really talented trial Defense Criminal Trial Lawyer.The case is crazy...

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Victory for That Lawyer Dude's Client in Queens NY: Jury Acquits Clients of All Charges! They Too Believe NYPD Lied

Posted on October 20, 2008
I am very proud of our jury in Queens today. They were presented with a case where police lied and they stayed with the case till the very end, didn't form any opinions and watched as police officer and detectives lies unraveled before their very eyes...

Of Heroes and Goats: Hero- Andy Law, Goat-Robert B. Ryan President ? Beacon Woods Civic Association, Inc.

Posted on October 14, 2008
The "Bored" of the Beacon Woods Civic Association... one pompous un-neighborly group of geriatric curmudgeons. Today's old Goats...Yesterday, I blogged about a 66 year old guy who could barely put bread on his table, who went to jail because his CIVIC ASSOCIATION tried to force him to fix up his Lawn...

Catching Up: A Week of My Favorite Posts... by Others!

Posted on October 12, 2008
Ok, just because I am in trial, (in Queens County NY) doesn't mean I am not keeping up with my reading. It is my writing that goes to pot.Anyway, I want to get this post up, so no more small talk:1.Over at Sentencing Law and Policy Blog, Prof. Berman had three interesting posts that make my list this week:A...

The First Monday in October: SCOTUS OPENS ITS NEW TERM

Posted on October 06, 2008
I have mentioned this before, but I love the First Monday in October. I used to love going to the Supreme Court of the United States as a student at Tufts. Catch the train or drive at an un-Godly hour; sleep as much as possible; walk from Union Station in the October air; stand in line to get in, and watch the 9 most important men (it was all men then) in law take their seats and begin to work...

An "Interesting" Observation On My Jury Selection: Do Naturalized Americans Care More About Jury Service?

Posted on October 06, 2008
I am trying a Burglary case in Queens Supreme Court in Kew Gardens NY. The trial is moving along well. We have 11 jurors after one day of jury selection. Interesting thing is that I have been picking juries in Queens County NY for about 15 years and every time, I get more and more naturalized Americans on the jury venre...

Sex in the News: A quick look at Cyber Crimes and Prostitution in the Newspapers.

Posted on October 05, 2008
A sizable portion of my law practice deals with representing people accused of sex crimes on Long Island (Nassau & Suffolk Counties) and in New York City (especially in the boroughs of Manhattan and Queens. Since I have found the Tweetdeck, I can do a lot of research as to what is happening around the country (and world)in practice areas that I focus on...

Craig's List is a Hotbed of Online Prostitution: So Who Knew??

Posted on October 05, 2008
This must be the week for Prostitution on blogs. Instapundit sites this article about the (sewer/treasure trove{?}) that Craig's List Erotic Service Section has become in the search for "sex on the run." I think the comments below the article are interesting however...

In The News: What People In Law Are Talking About

Posted on October 03, 2008
Ok everybody is talking about the Biden/Palin Debate...so that doesn't make it "legalcentric".Here is what my friends and I have been talking about in court, on Twitter and over the Internet:1. Computer Crimes:A young hacker got busted in Canada, made bail and was met at the prison door by the USA FBI...

Judges Have to Give Brady Teeth: Sen. Stevens Judge Emmet Sullivan Blows the Chance to Fix Brady Violations Forever.

Posted on October 03, 2008
The Brady Doctrine (for those of you unfamiliar it is a doctrine that holds that the Prosecution must turn over to the Defense, all material that could probably have an effect on the verdict in a case)is a very strong rule that gutless courts have watered down to the point that it has almost no meaning...

BREAKING NEWS: HEATHER LOCKLEAR MAY HAVE BEEN SET UP! PROSECTUTION IN DISARRAY

Posted on October 01, 2008
The celebrity gossip website TMZ is reporting that Actress Heather Locklear was set up by an out of work gossip reporter Jill Ishkanian illegally obtained information about Heathers whereabouts by hacking into her former employers website, followed her, called in a false tip and then sold information to a paparazzi that Heather was about to be arrested...

Avvo.com Legal Guides: A Few Quick Articles to Help You Navigate the Legal System

Posted on September 29, 2008
I have been publishing legal guides at www.Avvo.com. I thought I would give you a way to link to my Publications there and also link you to some good articles by others on AVVO.com.Avvo.com offers two types of Legal Guides. The easiest to publish is the How to Guide...

BREAKING NEWS: BUSH AND CONGRESS WORK OUT THE BAILOUT

Posted on September 28, 2008
This just in from our friends at Yahoo News,President George W. Bush and Congressional leaders including Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid agreed early this morning to a bailout of the nation's banks hit hard buy the downturn in the real estate market and the misuse of Subprime mortgage loans...

Heather Locklear Arrested for DUI: Understanding Addiction

Posted on September 28, 2008
I was sorry to get the Twitter post earlier this afternoon that the beautiful Heather Locklear, was arrested in Hollywood for Driving Under the Influence of a Narcotic. Earlier this year (June 2008) Heather checked herself into the Sierra Tucson Rehab facility...

A Couple of Cartoons Explain the Tough Stuff: Understanding the SubPrime Mess and the Immigration issue.

Posted on September 26, 2008
Try explaining why asking an alien to wait in line back home is bad for business and bad for America is well illustrated in this cartoon using a flow chart to show that a path to citizenship is nearly impossible for most people even if they have relatives here...

"I Am Shocked, Shocked! There are Teens Texting While Driving in Casablanca!!

Posted on September 25, 2008
I love that movie... and that line.Anyway, no big surprise here, but I am following up with the post I had a few days ago on Suffolk County NY's decision to ban Texting while Driving or as we Criminal Defense Lawyers like to call it TWI. Nassau County is about to go along and I think that we will see a NYS VTL Law to this effect shortly...

Lex Ridculum: Spilling Soda , Passing Gas can get you arrested, and G-d Forbid You Have Your Way With a Goat...

Posted on September 24, 2008
There is so much important stuff going on in the world. We have the collapse of the world's stock marketsWe have the Bush buyout plan to "save the markets" Which Jay Leno put just about right, "You screw up your investments... You Pay!, They screw up their investments YOU PAY!!!" right on Jay...

That Lawyer Dude is Tweeting Over At Twitter.com

Posted on September 23, 2008
Ok so for the longest time I have been trying to figure out how in the heck I should use this MicroBlog spot named Twitter. I couldn't figure out how I could use this little son of a gun to help my practice. I have found a way.Here is the deal. Twitter allows you to send out a "tweet" which is a short message, (like a text message) to everyone who "follows" you...

The House That Ruth Built Closes With a Great Big NY Goodbye

Posted on September 21, 2008
It was really a fine farewell. I am an old foggie and I don't handle change well, but I must admit, if they had to close Yankee Stadium this was the way to go. The night started off with a tribute to the first Yankee team to take the field in 1923. The First team was announced and introduced each player represented by an actor...

Texting While Driving: A Law That Makes Sense, A Statement I May Come to Regret.

Posted on September 17, 2008
If you text and drive in Suffolk County NY (and soon in Nassau County too) you will get stopped by police and given a very expensive ticket. One Hundred Fifty Dollars to be exact. Unlike the cell phone ban while driving which I am basically against, this bill makes sense...

From the Headlines on Long Island

Posted on September 17, 2008
Busy day in the courts on Long Island. Newsday reports that former NY Giant receiver and Superbowl hero Mark Ingram was sentenced to 7 years 8 months for trying to launder money for people he thought were drug dealers. They were in fact FBI undercover agents...

Helen Mirren Catches Flack on Her Opinion on Prosecuting Date Rape.

Posted on September 16, 2008
Fellow crime blogger Corey Rayburn Yung of the blog Sex Crimes is blogging about the comments British actress Helen Mirren made concerning her victimization as a young actress on what used to be called "the Casting Couch". In fact she was the victim of a number of Date Rapes...

My 9-11-01 Remembrance.

Posted on September 14, 2008
I did not post this, for a couple of days because I always have a hard time expressing what I feel about 9-11-01. I wasn't sure how much of this I wanted to share. I have decided to share it all. A month before 9-11-01, I had decided to stop practicing law...

Around the Blawgosphere: The week of July 14 2008

Posted on July 20, 2008
Don't forget about 8:30PM tonight, I begin blogging once a week at Long Island (Criminal)Trial Law. Tonights topic: Voir Dire of the Prosecutions Expert.Ok so what did I find interesting last week?1.This article from CrimProf Blog about how Facebook can help prosecutors and defense attorney's destroy the character of young witnesses...

Long Island Criminal Trial Law Is Back:

Posted on July 19, 2008
I have decided to start posting on Long Island Criminal Trial Law Blog again.I know, you may be saying that I barely post here, how will I find time to post to both blogs?Well, I don't know. But here is the thing. I have a few things to say, that will appeal to people interested in the academia of the law and won't appeal to the regular reader of this blog...

Wow What a Summer, (And It Is Not Even Half Over)

Posted on July 17, 2008
When I last left you, I was sad that Debra Jean Paltrow decided to end her life. I think it was a permanent solution to what was a temporary problem. I also thought her prosecution (not to mention her conviction) was a monumental waste of taxpayers time and money not to mention personnel resources...

Why Caps on Attorney Fees Hurt Citizens: Fed Prosecutors say Cook County Jail (Chicago Il.) Systemically Violates Prisoners CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS

Posted on July 17, 2008
Russian novelist and philosopher Fyodor Dostoevsky once wrote that "The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons." If that is the case, then the jails of Cook County Illinois (Chicago) and I think those of Nassau County NY present an utter lack of civilization on their citizen's part...

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