Category Archives: Criminal Defense Articles

  Entering the Curtilage of a Person’s Home without a Warrant, Exigency, or Consent for the Purpose of Conducting a Search, Violates the Fourth Amendment…Even if the Officer in Doing So Follows the Path that a Visitor would Normally Take. … Continue reading →

A man whose videotaped arrest in west Philadelphia prompted an internal police investigation has been acquitted of assault charges. WCAU-TV (http://bit.ly/UEMAsK ) says jurors deliberated for less than an hour Tuesday before acquitting 31-year-old Askia Sabur on all counts. Police said … Continue reading →

Measuring the Effect of Defense Counsel on Homicide Case Outcomes Award Number 2009-IJ-CX-0013 James M. Anderson & Paul Heaton* December 2012 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY * James M. Anderson, JD (janderso@rand.org) is a Behavioral and Social Scientist and Paul Heaton, PhD (pheaton@rand.org) … Continue reading →

The Three Investigative tools used by Law-Enforcement vs. Your Criminal Defense Investigator   Written By: Licensed Certified Criminal Defense Investigator:  Paris London To find more information on Criminal Defense Investigation log onto: www.parislondonpi.com or www.defenseinvestigators.com  1. The first tool is a common law-enforcement technique, the … Continue reading →

Police enlist young offenders as confidential informants. But the work is high-risk, largely unregulated, and sometimes fatal. On the evening of May 7, 2008, a twenty-three-year-old woman named Rachel Hoffman got into her silver Volvo sedan, put on calming jam-band … Continue reading →