Aggressive Criminal Defense Blog

A squatter is defined as: “a person who settles on land or occupies property without title, right, or payment of rent.” In a case that was recently decided by the Michigan Court of Appeals, a Detroit area man met that definition. He owned a home, but he was thrown out of the home after Hamtramck, […]

Last Saturday, several Michigan residents gathered in support of sexual assault victim awareness. Participants were encouraging others to stop blaming rape victims based on the way they dress.

All top criminal attorneys applaud the recent ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court, reaffirming a defendant’s right to confront accusers in person during a criminal trial.

If you watch cop shows or lawyer shows on TV, you’ve heard the phrase, “You have the right to remain silent.” This warning is part of the Miranda warnings that police officers must give to someone who: (1) is in custody, and (2) is being interrogated.  It is based on a suspect’s Fifth Amendment Constitutional […]

Recently, a federal appeals court judge jokingly called The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 “The Not Quite as Fair as it could be Sentencing Act of 2010.” This is because, although the act lessened the gap between penalties for crimes involving crack and powder cocaine, the act only applies to offenses committed after the law […]

“Restitution” is when a defendant has to pay money to an individual to compensate the individual’s economic losses. In Michigan, restitution is mandatory in a criminal case when the victim has suffered an economic loss. For example, the criminal defendant who commits a theft of the victim’s property will have to pay the victim money […]

Dr. Kevorkian is well-known in Michigan and in the rest of the United States for spearheading the movement towards assisted suicide. Kevorkian, also known as “Dr. Death,” claims to have helped around 130 people end their lives. Before Kevorkian’s death, he had been hospitalized for kidney and heart problems at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, […]

Former Presidential candidate John Edwards was indicted on Friday, June 3, 2011 on federal campaign finance charges. He had been in plea negotiations with the United States Justice Department, but no agreement could be reached. The indictment stems from Edwards supposed giving of money from political donors to his former campaign aide and to his […]

8 Defendants Charged with Selling Marijuana to Undercover Police Officers Last August, the Oakland County Narcotics Enforcement Team raided Clinical Relief, a medical marijuana clinic in Ferndale, Michigan. The officers arrested nine people who had ties to the clinic. The 43rd District Judge Joseph Longo recently ruled that there is probable cause that eight of […]

Every top criminal lawyer in Michigan applauds the ruling of a Bay County Circuit Court judge, the Michigan law banning the possession of stun guns and tasers to be unconstitutional, and a violation of the Second Amendment.