Aggressive Criminal Defense Blog

A teenager from Jackson, and his girlfriend, are facing felony arson charges for setting fire to an occupied house, a crime that happens more often than people realize. According to Michigan State Police records, 18-year-old Damion Hopkins and his 14-year-old girlfriend apparently set fire to her parent’s home located in the 4000 block of Dancer […]

Lying to the police is a bad idea. But lying to make yourself look like the victim in a situation when in reality, you are anything but, will almost always turn out poorly for you. Much like it did for a man in Mt. Morris Township, who was founded bloodied and beaten in the street, […]

A Livingston County detective, Mark Klein, testified last week at a preliminary exam that a former murder suspect told him Sean Anthony Duke posted a suspicious comment on Facebook. The posting said, “What to do?? … 30K I have to spend.”

Court of Appeals says You can Still Draw Unemployment The Michigan Court of Appeals recently ruled that any employee fired for the legal use of medical marijuana would still be eligible to receive unemployment benefits. For those in favor of legally using marijuana, this would be considered another win in the ongoing legal battle between […]

Bevan Wilson, a 39-year-old man from Pittsfield Township, was recently found guilty by a jury of his peers in the Washtenaw County Trial Court for having fired a pistol at a snowplow driver last winter. But how did that come about, you may wonder? No one ever said being a snowplow driver was a dream […]

What began as a missing persons report has ended up as a murder investigation, with the person who initially alerted police arrested and charged as the number one suspect. 50-year-old Ernest Carr Jr. of Mt. Morris Township, contacted police on October 28th to report that his father was missing. Police conducted a brief search, which […]

In the words of Deputy U.S. Marshal Justin Efthemiou, “History has plenty of Bonnie & Clydes.” And he’s right. But, as he is quick to point out, “…most of them don’t end so gloriously.” What he is referring to, of course, is Michigan’s most recent addition to the list – a couple in love and […]

Last month, the Michigan Supreme Court denied a motion to review its mandatory juvenile life sentencing ruling handed down this past summer. This ruling affected those serving mandatory life sentences for offenses committed as minors. In 2012, the United States Supreme Court ruled that juvenile life imprisonment sentences that failed to take into account elements […]

It seems the Detroit Police have had a change of heart with regard to the recent tragic dog mauling that took place on the east side. Steve Constantine, the victim who was viciously attacked by 12 pit bulls and badly mauled, recently had one of his arms amputated as a result. His injuries were so […]

Everyone has been issued a wise word or two during their lifetime, and benefited from it.  Things like, “treat others the way you want to be treated”, “wash your hands after using the bathroom” and “never pick your nose in public” may be well used and seemingly worn out by now, but they are valuable […]