Tag Archives: Legal Representation

Woman Going to Prison After Shooting Up McDonalds Drive-through From all the bacon Christmas ornaments, bacon-flavored candy, bacon-print dresses and humorous bacon lover’s slogans on T-shirts, it is safe to assume that people love bacon. There are even online bacon loyalty clubs like the Royal Bacon Society and Farmland, which offer everything bacon-related from recipes […]

How to Choose the Right Michigan Defense Attorney When You Need One  Do you need an attorney? If you got a speeding ticket, or lost control of your car on an icy road and bumped into a street sign, but didn’t stick around or call the police to report the accident, you will likely be […]

Do we really need so many Michigan lawyers? And what does this mean for those searching for legal representation? Common sense will tell you that our state is just loaded with lawyers. Looking around city streets, you will see billboards and bus stops just teeming with advertisements for different law firms. Even watching daytime television […]

Last year, in a divisive battle that caused a considerable amount of uproar, the Supreme Court ruled that law enforcement officers were entitled to take DNA samples from individuals who were arrested for serious crimes.

Jury Duty Scam Targets Elderly Recently, the elderly of Warren have been targeted for a scam related to jury duty. A caller pretending to be a police officer demanded money from senior citizens for missing jury duty. The consequence for ignoring the request and not paying the fine would be an arrest. The Macomb county […]

Court of Appeals Reverses Lower Court In People v. Dunbar, during a police traffic stop, some contraband was found. In turn, the defendant moved to suppress the evidence on the basis that the stop violated his Fourth Amendment rights. The trial court denied the motion. However, the Court of Appeals granted the defendant’s application for […]

Report Criticizes State Law A recent report on juveniles in prison criticizes the state of Michigan for “funneling children into Michigan’s adult prison system due to a series of harsh ‘tough on crime’ laws…” From 2003 through 2013, the Michigan Council on Crime and Delinquency studied incarcerated youth who had been tried as adults; gathering […]

No Charges Filed Against Student The 17-year-old Fowlerville student accused of poisoning his math teacher’s coffee with visine, will not be facing criminal charges. The decision was made following an investigation conducted by the Fowlerville police department and the Livingston County prosecutor’s office. Mary Aldecoa, the victim of the teacher poisoning, believes that she was […]

Trial Scheduled in Washtenaw County The two young men charged with the killing of Eastern Michigan University football player, Demarius Reed, are scheduled to stand trial in the Washtenaw County Trial Court in Ann Arbor. Reed was found shot to death in the early morning hours of October 18th 2013, in the stairwell of an […]

Andy Brown Trial Continues The trial continues for Andy Brown, the 37-year-old from Portage, MI, who is facing first degree murder charges for the death of his boss, David Locey. In his opening statements to the jury last Thursday, St. Joseph County Prosecutor John McDonough spoke of Locey’s long-term commitment to Brown’s success, and Brown’s […]