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01/29/2026

https://www.thegazette.com/crime-courts/grieving-mother-gives-fifth-victim-statement-in-16-year-old-sons-fatal-shooting/

Kianna McCune, mother of 16 year-old Michael McCune, who was ambushed and fatally shot in 2023, asked Wednesday -- for the fifth time -- for for justice during a sentencing for the fourth teen convicted in her son's murder.

07/21/2025

A very thorough article on one of my cases currently pending at the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals.

The contrast between the two cases illustrates the haphazard impact of an arbitrary, constitutionally dubious gun law.

04/24/2025

03/03/2025

The automobile exception to requiring a search warrant is 100 today. (Posted on March 2, 2025 by Hall.)
The automobile exception is 100 today: Carroll v. United States, 267 U.S. 132 (1925).
The offense date: December 15, 1921. The place: Pike 16, 16 miles east of Grand Rapids, Michigan, which I surmise is now the route of I-96 from Detroit, based on a 1920s highway map. Bootleggers got their stuff in Detroit from Canada and brought it west. So, driving west four hours from Detroit was reasonable suspicion or probable cause in 1921? Not today, it’s not.
The car: an Oldsmobile Roadster.
Carroll came at a time when there was almost no SCOTUS (US Supreme Court) discussion of what the Fourth Amendment meant. Once there, it’s not going anywhere. Judge made law.* Fourth Amendment “reasonableness” means whatever one wants it to mean at the time. Read Carroll if you have time. It’s quaint, and a little scary, by today’s standards. They just made it up as they were going along.

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*As was the exclusionary rule in Mapp v. Ohio. See Treatise § 7.04 (the exclusionary rule wasn’t even briefed by the parties).

12/11/2024

For anyone wondering what they should get the kids for Christmas:

11/13/2024

Proud to receive this award based on what matters - Client Google Reviews.

08/30/2024

Cop Racially Profiles and Interrogates Black Man in his Own Yard then Accuses the Man of Being Disrespectul to Him (Video)

In an alarming incident involving police misconduct, a video has surfaced showcasing an encounter between two police officers and an innocent Black man in San Antonio, Texas. The video, which has garnered significant attention, highlights a disturbing case of racial profiling and violation of civil....

06/04/2024

I found this on NewsBreak: To preserve our justice system, we need to accept outcomes we dislike

Most people go through life never stepping foot inside a courtroom. Most people, that is, except for attorneys, judges, journalists, the few of us chosen to be jurors, and an even more select group, those who are accused of crimes. If I were talking now with my dear parents, may they rest in peace,....

03/29/2024

Dictation to your legal secretary.