Aggressive Criminal Defense Blog

The year was 2015. The place: the village of Saranac in Ionia County, Michigan. Anthony Owen was barreling along on a country road at 43 mph when the dreaded red and blue flashers filled his rear view mirror. He pulled over and was joined by a sheriff’s deputy who informed him he’d been doing 43 […]

When you think about the perfect crime, do you think of Danny Ocean’s crew pulling off the greatest casino heists in history in the Ocean’s Eleven movies? Or did you think about a novel you’ve read where the bad guy gets away with it because his crime was so perfect no one even knew a […]

If you remember, it was hardly a week ago that we discussed the issue of having people’s weed-related convictions wiped out or expunged, after the legalization of marijuana in certain states. The state of Illinois recently made national headlines by signing their new Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act (which takes effect in 2020) into law, […]

This has been one of the hardest truths for people to swallow here in Michigan – the fact that despite the legalization of recreational marijuana, there are still people languishing in jails all over the state of Michigan for marijuana drug crimes that aren’t crimes anymore. “Why can’t they go free? Why should they serve […]

Every time a new technology is developed and made available, there are questions about it’s efficacy. Concerns about it’s safety. Fears about its misuse. In many cases, those concerns have proved to have some grounds in reality, although that’s rarely enough to cause major alarm. Just look at the recent realization that Alexa records a […]

Welcome back and thanks for joining us for this continuing discussion on covering up crimes in Michigan. And no – this isn’t a how to manual on getting away with criminal activities, that’s not remotely what we’re talking about here. We’re actually providing our readers with a rough breakdown of the different ways people try […]

Everyone already knows – breaking the law can get you into a lot of trouble with the cops. But stop and think about it for a minute… what do people usually do when they commit a crime? They cover it up, so no one knows it happened. Or at least, so that no one knows […]

Welcome back and thanks for joining us again. In the previous article on having your criminal record expunged in Michigan, we talked about why the process can be challenging, and how some crimes simply aren’t eligible for expungement. However, Michigan isn’t at the forefront of the race to erase criminal records and better people’s lives. […]

Having a criminal record can affect almost every part of your daily life. From your ability to find housing in a safe neighborhood, getting a good job, to enrolling in school, prior convictions make life hard. So what’s the solution? Well, the simple answer would be to have that record expunged so it doesn’t continue […]

No one is above the law. It doesn’t matter how wealthy you are, how powerful, or high up in the ranks, if you break the law in Michigan (or even just get accused of breaking the law), you’re going to be held accountable. Which is why the Michigan Supreme Court made the unanimous decision to […]