Aggressive Criminal Defense Blog

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 […]

Marvin Robinson is a Safety on the University of Michigan football team. He has been accused of entering someone’s dorm room at the University of Michigan and stealing an Xbox video game system. He was charged with Second Degree Home Invasion. His arraignment was held on November 8, 2011 and he will soon face a […]

Are Genesee County Narcotic Checkpoints Constitutional? Sobriety checkpoints on the road have been ruled to be unconstitutional in Michigan. That hasn’t stopped Genesee County Sheriff Robert Pickell from warning motorists in the last few weeks that there is a “sheriff’s narcotic checkpoint” ahead. It is suspected that any such narcotics checkpoints do not actually exist, […]

This year, Livingston and Washtenaw Narcotics Enforcement Team officers raided Marshall Alternatives, a medical marijuana dispensary near Fowlerville, Michigan. The owners of the dispensary and an employee were charged with delivery of marijuana after selling marijuana to an undercover police officer who had a medical marijuana card with no listed caregiver. The defendants recently waived […]