Category Archives: News on Crime

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.

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, […]

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.

To solve difficult crimes, the Michigan State Police have been using devices that allow them to download the entire contents of almost any cellular phone, including the call log, text messages, photos and web history. Although the Cellebrite UFED is intended to assist in solving crimes, the ACLU (and every top criminal lawyer in Michigan) fears that the personal security of Michigan citizens could be compromised as a result.

One does not need to be a top criminal lawyer in Michigan to know that the state’s economy has been on a downward spiral for the last few years. Finding a job for educated, law-abiding citizens is incredibly difficult, and many Michigan residents have found themselves going into debt or foreclosure while trying to find […]

According to the rights we enjoy as Americans, those accused of criminal charges are entitled to legal defense by top criminal attorneys. If the defendant is unable to afford one, then a court-appointed attorney will be provided. While having some representation rather than none is clearly a better option, top criminal attorneys know that the […]

Every drug defense lawyer was happy to hear about the U.S. District Judge who tossed a marijuana case against a couple who was arrested after an officer “smelled” the drug coming from their home. Using the testimony of a smell expert, the defense successfully argued that there was no way Officer Kyle Young could have smelled the drugs.