August 2010

Arizona Criminal Law: A Review Of What Happened To SB 1070

On July 28, 2010 the federal district court issued an injunction to part of the highly publicized and talked about immigration bill in Arizona, known through-out the country as SB 1070. Practically speaking, this means that part of the bill is not enforceable until the appellate courts determine its constitutionality. Judge Susan Bolton had to read the bill piece by piece and line by line using the appropriate legal standards, statutes, and case law, to determine which provisions of the

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Best In Criminal Defense: July 2010

Here is a round up of the best criminal defense blog posts for July, 2010.  I always look for posts that provide either strong opinion, insight or novel information.  While July had a great selection to choose from, here are the top five: The Hatred of Being In Trial – published by Brian Tannebaum a Miami criminal defense attorney.  He provides his view of doing trial work and being a criminal defense attorney. Blagojevich Recap (Part II) – published by

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