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'Occupy Nashville' Appeal Seems an Easy Case for the 6th Cir.
By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on
As the Second Circuit wraps up its Occupy Wall Street case, the Sixth Circuit is just getting started with its own Occupy issues.On Monday, the court heard...
2 Step Miranda Technique Undoes Sentence for Felon with Firearms
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
After Leslie Ashmore, a convicted felon, was found in possession of firearms, he was tried for violating federal law and sentenced to 20 years in prison. On...
Sentence Upheld in Full for Drug Dealing Memphis Doctor
By Casey C. Sullivan, Esq. | Last updated on
Michael Patterson ran a small psychiatric practice in Memphis, Tennessee, with a fairly large side business in selling prescriptions for Percocet, Vicodin, and...
6th Cir: Ky. 300-Foot Polling Place Buffer Zone Unconstitutional
By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on
Kentucky law prohibits electioneering signs within 300 feet of a polling place -- or, at least, it did until October, when a federal judge held the law...
6th Cir. Upholds Former Sheriff's Witness Tampering Conviction
By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on
Witness tampering? That's old and busted, run-of-the-mill, hardly worthy of news. How about when the person doing the tampering is a police officer? Yeah,...
Mich. City's Ban on Outdoor Donation Bins Unconstitutional
By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on
The city of St. Johns, Michigan passed an ordinance banning unattended outdoor charitable donation bins. Planet Aid is a nonprofit organization that promotes...
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