Criminal Law

Warrantless Searches: Searches Incident to a Lawful Arrest
In a case styled State v. Richards, the Tennessee Supreme Court recently dealt with the issue of warrantless searches. After receiving an anonymous tip that three individuals at a particular location were involved in drug trafficking, the officers traveled to that location, found four individuals gathered around a table and saw them engage in suspicious behavior...

Probable Cause to Arrest Does Not Necessarily Ensure a Conviction
What an Experienced Criminal Defense Attorney Can Do For You There are numerous widely accepted sources of probable cause to arrest. Some of those include: Crime in the Officer's Presence: an officer can always arrest a person for a crime committed in the officer's presence, no matter how minor the crime...

Did the Cops Have Probable Cause to Arrest Sebastian Bach for Possession of Marijuana
For the second time in 6 months, former Skid Row front-man Sebastian Bach was arrested for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. This week?s arrest took place after Bach was pulled over for ?failing to keep right? on a highway in New Jersey about 3:30am Tuesday morning...

A Felony Arrest Will Be Deemed Unconstitutional in Violation of the Fourth Amendment if the Arrest is Not Supported by Probable Cause
Insight from a Criminal Defense Lawyer An officer can generally arrest without a warrant for a felony in California not committed in the officer's presence. However, there must also be probable cause to believe that the felony was committed and that the suspect committed it, and the arrest must be in a public place...

Kyron Horman Update: Probable Cause to Arrest Stepmom Right Now
Former Sheriff's Official Says Detectives Have Probable Cause to Arrest Stepmother on Murder for Hire Plot, Possibly Disappearance

Davies on the Probable Cause Standard & Founding-Era Law
Thomas Y. Davies (University of Tennessee College of Law) has posted How the Post-Framing Adoption of the Bare-Probable-Cause Standard Drastically Expanded Government Arrest and Search Power (Law and Contemporary Problems, Vol...

Criminal Procedure
Your rights when and after being arrested

Bail and Bail Bonds
How you get out of jail

Wrongful Death
alleging death was caused by the conduct of negligent defendant.

Strip Search Class Action Settled for $900,000
Strip Search Class Action Settled for $900,000

Strip-Search Lawsuit Settled for $1.1 Million
Strip-Search Lawsuit Settled for $1.1 Million

New York, NY and the NYPD
alleging false arrest for violating an unconstitutional anti-loitering law.

Canadian Government
seeks new law enabling them to search your laptop

Two Kentucky Counties
settle strip search class action lawsuits