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Monthly Archives: August 2011
Your GPS Working for the Government
Can the government track your every move without a valid Search warrant? Does putting a covert GPS monitoring device on your vehicle violate your right to privacy? Do you have an expectation of privacy as you drive around in public? … Continue reading
Posted in General Legal Interest
Tagged government intervention, gps, invasion of privacy, tracking device, vehicle tracking
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DUI on Motorized Beer Cooler
An Australian man caught driving a motorized cooler box through a beachside resort town appeared in court charged with drunk driving, The Courier Mail reported Monday. Christopher Petrie, 23, faces charges of driving under the influence and driving without a license after police … Continue reading
Maybe Not Man’s /Best/ Friend
Is a police K-9 just a dog, or is it an officer? What about a part of a police officer? These are some of the existential questions that could be facing a police K-9 in a North Carolina city this … Continue reading
Posted in Criminal Law, General Legal Interest
Tagged arrest, flee to elude arrest, k9, police, running from police
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Pickup Truck Stop
Former U.S. Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill once said that all politics are local. But what about laws? Laws seem to work the opposite way, especially when considering vehicular and highway regulation. Sometimes, though, local rules- such as city … Continue reading
Posted in Criminal Law, General Legal Interest
Tagged get pulled over, pickup trucks, riding in bed of truck, trucks
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Ask an Attorney: Can I get a DWI based on a prescription drug showing up in my system?
Most likely, yes. If all other factors justify you being stopped, the fact that the chemicals in your system are from a prescribed medication will not make the DWI automatically dismissed. The fact that they are a prescribed medication may … Continue reading
Posted in DWI
Tagged driving under the influence, drugs, dui, DWI, prescription drugs, prescriptions
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What Not to Wear, Idaho
Idaho residents have decided to expand the role of their police force. Now, police in Idaho Falls are also using their police force as fashion police. An officer recently had to tell a resident to stop wearing his black bunny … Continue reading
Posted in General Legal Interest
Tagged bunny suit, neighbor issues, police involvement
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Pro Se What?
In the recent case of Warren Jeffs, the defendant exercised his right to Pro Se counsel, which is to be his own defense attorney. While this is a basic right, it seems to fly directly against another basic right- the … Continue reading
A Horse of a Different Color
It seems that the United States did not have quite enough litigation currently crawling through the court systems. No; the time had come to start filing really interesting lawsuits. Lawsuits that could mean the difference between life and death for … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Law, General Legal Interest
Tagged intellectual property, virtual business, virtual reality
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“I’ll Know It When I see it” – Obscenity in South Carolina?
Truck Nutz – the classy trailer hitch device commonly seen in some parts of the South has landed a 65 year old lady in hot water. Her charged violation is having a bumper sticker or device that concerns “sexual acts, … Continue reading
