criminal law attorneys

Alabama Sentencing Guidelines

July 12, 2013

For many years, criminal attorneys studied Alabama’s habitual offender laws to determine what their client would face in the event they were convicted of a felony crime.  This habitual offender law was a sort of “three strikes your out” law, providing increasingly harsh punishment for multiple felonies, making a felony that was once punishable by […]

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Grandmother Convicted of Seventh DUI

June 7, 2013

Jeannie Jenkins, 53, was convicted of her seventh DUI after drinking alcohol prior to driving to pick up her 1-year-old grandchild from a day care center.  A Rolling Meadows jury deliberated for about two hours before finding Jenkins guilty following a three day trial before Judge Kay Hanlon. Jenkins was arrested in April of last […]

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Chiropractic Clinic Owner Convicted of Insurance Fraud

May 2, 2013

Marion Young, co-owner of Private Chiropractic Care, has pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to defraud various automobile insurance companies out of millions of dollars.  The scheme resulted in the submission of more than $3 million in false billing claims.  The insurance companies involved paid at least $1.2 million in false claims during a […]

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Illegal Passing Leads to DUI Arrest in Connecticut

May 2, 2013

On Sunday evening, police officers pulled over a Shelton man and arrested him for drunken driving around 5:30 p.m.  Police saw the 2002 Acura MDX of Joseph Reis passing a vehicle on the left as another driver waited at a stop sign.  The incident took place at the intersection of Elm and Church streets in […]

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Idaho Inmate Indicted for Prison Mail Fraud

April 11, 2013

Mark Anthony Brown, who is serving time on a burglary conviction in the Idaho Department of Corrections, was indicted on twelve felony counts of federal mail fraud on March 13, 2013 in United States District Court. Federal prosecutors say that Brown netted at least $64,000 from various ongoing class-action suits and bankruptcies by running a […]

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DUI “SCARLET LETTER”

March 7, 2013

The State of Texas has taken on a new type of punishment for some DUI offenders.  This type of punishment is called “shock probation”.  An example of this punishment can be observed in the case involving Michael Glacona. Glacona pled guilty to driving under the influence after he was involved in an automobile accident resulting […]

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They didn’t read me my Miranda rights, do they have to dismiss my case?

February 28, 2013

While the general public understands they have Miranda rights when dealing with law enforcement, as criminal attorneys, we see there is real confusion as to what those rights are and what they mean.  On a fairly regular basis, we get calls from potential clients claiming their case must be dismissed because the police never read […]

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