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Both girls were charged Monday with first-degree attempted homicide, face up to 60 years in prison if convicted of the attack in a Waukesha, Wisconsic, park according to prosecutors. Bail was set for each in the amount of $500,000, Waukesha County District Attorney Brad Schimel said. According to the criminal complaint, one of the two… Read More

  We would like to thank our friends Joaquin & Duncan, L.L.C for sharing this information with us! S e n t e n c i n g P a r t n e r sMay 2014 Criminal History (Chapter 4) United States v. Stokes 2014 WL 1673132 (8th Cir. 2014) Relying on erroneous conclusion… Read More

  We would like to thank our friends Joaquin & Duncan, L.L.C for sharing this information with us! S e n t e n c i n g P a r t n e r sMay 2014 Robers v. United States 134 S. Ct. 1854 (2014) Restitution Decision The defendant was convicted of conspiracy to… Read More

Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay was charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated and possession of a controlled substance during the Memorial Day weekend, just over two months after his arrest, a prosecutor said. The misdemeanor charges filed Friday are pending in Hamilton County, Indiana, Superior Court, Prosecuting Attorney D. Lee Buckingham’s office said in a… Read More

While Memorial Day Weekend has been traditionally been known for having barbecues and opening swimming pools, it is also becoming synonymous with law enforcement cracking down on DUI. Memorial Day DUI Checkpoints will begin Friday, May 23 and run through Monday, May 26. In additon to the holiday weekend extra CHP officers will be patrolling… Read More

If you’re pulled over for a traffic violation, can the police search your car? Based on the mobility of cars and the potential risks of traffic stops both for police officers and citizens, judges are reluctant to second-guess an officer’s decision to pull a driver over and search the driver and passengers. Police officers who… Read More

An 87-year-old Georgia Woman, was found dead in Lake Oconee 10 days after the discovery of her husband’s headless body last week. Shirley Dermond did not drown, but rather died from a “blunt impact injury to the head,” Putnam County Gary McElhenney said Saturday. The Cornoner’s finding came a day after authorities pulled Dermond’s body from… Read More

The Morales Law Firm would like to share this article: Scorn, icy stares follow terror suspects’ lawyers published by the San Francisco Chronicle. NEW YORK (AP) — People in the courthouse sometimes shun them. Friends, and even family, sometimes question their principles. For the small band of lawyers who defend the most despised terrorism suspects — the ones accused… Read More

The Morales Law Firm would like to share this article: Busting Insider Trading: As Pointless as Prohibition published by the Wall Street Journal. By: HENRY G. MANNE much-hyped modern insider-trading prosecutions and their results are reminiscent of nothing so much as Prohibition-era government attacks on bootleggers. There is about as much chance of stopping trading on undisclosed financial… Read More

Everyone is asking themselves who killed and decapitated an 88-year old Georgia Man, and where is his 87-year old wife? Howard Sills, the Putnam County sheriff, said friends of the couple discovered the body of Russell Dermond, 88, at their waterfront home in suburban Atlanta. He said Dermond’s headless body was found in the garage…. Read More