Aggressive Criminal Defense Blog

In December, we wrote about Scott G. Millard, an Ottawa County attorney who was held in criminal contempt at the 58th District Court in Hudsonville, Michigan by Judge Kenneth Post. The judge took issue with the attorney’s statement that the client need not answer questions about prior drug use in order for the judge to determine […]

All nine Justices on the United States Supreme Court recently ruled that the police must obtain a search warrant before attaching a GPS device to a suspect’s vehicle. In the case, called United States v. Jones, a Washington, D.C. nightclub owner named Antoine Jones was suspected of Cocaine drug trafficking. Police attached a GPS to […]

Juan Smith was found guilty of five murders in a New Orleans trial court. At his trial, the government presented the testimony of a witness who said Smith was the first gunman to come through the door during a robbery. However, prosecutors held back the fact that that same witness had previously told a detective […]

There are few issues in the law that get people riled up like the legalization of marijuana. Supporters of legalizing pot feel too many government resources are spent on prosecuting people for marijuana drug crimes when marijuana is not as dangerous as other substances that are already legal in Michigan. People who oppose legalization fear […]

The Michigan Court of Appeals recently decided the case of People vs. Minch. In the case, the Fruitport Police Department seized over 80 firearms from the home of Kurtis Minch. The police never instituted a civil forfeiture action to keep the firearms, so Minch filed a motion to order the release of the firearms. Because […]

According to a study recent article in the medical journal Pediatrics, approximately one out of every three 23 year-olds have been arrested or taken into police custody at least once for a non-traffic offense. Researchers analyzed data from the years 1997 to 2008 and determined that between 25% and 41% of 23 year-olds have had […]

At The Kronzek Firm, we hear from many people who have been charged with drug crimes. Common charges include Marijuana possession and Marijuana manufacture and delivery. However, a new trend in Michigan is synthetic cannabis. This is a chemical similar to the high-inducing chemical in weed. Fake pot used to be legal, but Michigan and […]

A criminal defense attorney from Stanton, Michigan was recently jailed for contempt of court in Ottawa County. He was at the 58th District Court in Hudsonville representing a client who was charged with Minor in Possession. The judge asked the client whether the client had previously used controlled substances, and the attorney instructed the client […]

A few months ago, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled in the case of People v. Fackelman that the defendant was denied his Constitutional right of confrontation. In this case, the jury heard in-court testimony from both a doctor hired by the defense and a doctor hired by the prosecution about whether the defendant was legally […]

Justin Beebe Jr. was found guilty this summer by a jury in Van Buren County, Michigan in the murder of Tonya Howarth and Amy Henslee. Beebe was accused of killing both women on January 24, 2011. The bodies of the women were found in a shallow grave approximately two feet from Beebe’s trailer. Each of […]