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Clio and the Clouds
I’m writing this as I wait for the California Attorneys for Criminal Justice Legal Technology Seminar in South San Francisco to start. (So, if you’re here, wave to me.) Anyone who knows me knows that I...
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Evergreen Update
In a previous post, “Dispensing (With) Law: Strict Constructionism & Medical Marijuana,” I predicted that the California Supreme Court would take the case of City of Lake Forest v. Evergreen...
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It’s Not Me
Conrad Black talks about prosecutorial misconduct in an article titled “Prosecutors Gone Wild: How Many Wrongful Convictions Will the Public Stand for?” Even casual samplers of the media now come...
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Hijack This Thread
One of the things about having a blog in America is that you get to post pretty much whatever you want, whenever you want. If you are wise, and care enough to do so, you will engage in a little bit of...
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Arbitrary Power
John Adams, one of the founders of the United States, who also served as the second President of the United States, had a thing about arbitrary power. One of the ideas he pushed the hardest was this:...
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A Shot in the Dark
The past week, two shootings — one of which has everyone talking and the other, for reasons that escape me, appears almost nowhere in mainstream media — have caused me to come back to the keyboard. The...
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A Proper “Medical Marijuana” Defense
I don’t often mention my cases online. I figure my clients deserve as much anonymity as I can give them, regardless of whether I win or lose. So you won’t find very many of my blog articles where I...
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People v. Monsters
One of the things that differentiates criminal defense lawyers from others is our ability to see people where others see only monsters. It is an ability I wish more people had. Every person — even...
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The Charioteer
Plato had a theory of the soul where he identified it as having three parts. In trying to find a way to explain my concerns with our society’s divergence from freedom and justice — the latter concept...
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The Gangs with Badges
In a recent post, Scott Greenfield notes that: While the analogy is often used, and used poorly, to compare the police to the mob, it seems unavoidable this time. I’m not sure what is meant by the...
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Tokin’ Appreciation: Medical Marijuana & “Profit”
A cop walks into a bar…. Wait, that’s a joke, and what I want to write about today is no joke. This article is about a profound misunderstanding of the laws of the State of California, specifically...
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Bargaining on Death: Proposition 34
Jeff Gamso, over at Gamso for the Defense, wrote an article last month about California’s Proposition 34. Prop 34 is an initiative to end the death penalty in California. It’s not really on the ballot...
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The Marker
If you’ve read this blog for awhile, you know I don’t usually write about my own cases. This is particularly true when the case involves a juvenile. I take it on faith that the reasons probably don’t...
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People v. Jackson: The Judge Was High — The Judges Still Are
I actually meant to blog about the San Diego case of People v. Jackson a couple weeks ago, when I obtained a copy of the Appellant’s Opening Brief in the case. Being busy working up some new medical...
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Political Lies & Propositions 34/36
It’s pretty close to the day that we vote on a number of propositions for this year’s ballot. About a week ago, I wrote a post on Proposition 34, the initiative which will hopefully bring an end to the...
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To Serve & To Protect
Once upon a time, Americans actually valued life. Hell, we even valued liberty. And the purfoot of happyness. Legally, that’s still true; in practice, not so much. The law of the land of the free and...
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Time…for Poopy Fingers?
There was a time when the United States of America was known as the land of the free. Home of the brave. And some very inventive people. Early Americans invented things like passenger ships powered by...
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Where in the World is Client Sandiego?
Yesterday, a potential client did not show up for the free consultation they had scheduled. Today, one person did not show up for the free consultation that had been scheduled. Another potential client...
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Imagine If There Were A Law…
Imagine if there were a law that made it illegal to possess Vicodin. Well, actually, as it turns out, there is a law that makes it illegal to possess Vicodin… …without a prescription.1 Now imagine that...
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Blinded By Anguish
Yesterday, a terrible tragedy was brought upon Newtown, Connecticut, by a mentally-unstable individual. His targets were primarily very young children. His weapons of choice were guns. Almost...
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