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Autistic Man's Child Porn Sentence OK by 8th Circuit
By Tanya Roth, Esq. | Last updated on
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed in part a lower court's decision regarding the sentencing and release conditions of an autistic man, Stephen Morais,...
Driving Without License Plate Establishes Reasonable Suspicion
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
In Nebraska, the fuzz can stop a vehicle for tooling about town without license plates. Even if the vehicle has a Nebraska In Transit sticker, the cops can...
No Need to Prove Underlying Offense for Sentence Enhancement
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
When a defendant decides to skip town instead of appearing at a change of plea hearing, he might not want to later plead guilty to failure to appear. It's a...
Mean Boys: Court Rules Against Brothers After Blog Disrupts School
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Lee's Summit North High School suspended twin brothers Sean and Steven Wilson for 180 days after a website they created to discuss, satirize, and "vent" about...
When Must Cops Provide Interpreters for Deaf Arrestees?
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Douglas Duane Bahl sued the City of St. Paul under the anti-discrimination provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, §504 of the Rehabilitation Act,...
Res Judicata Can Be Raised in Motion to Dismiss
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals offered two important lessons for contract disputes this week. First, choice of venue clauses are sometimes mere...
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