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Here is my public service announcement for you all today.  Shoplifting is bad. We know this, right?  When you were a kid and walked out of the store with a kit kat or some marbles (or whatever dumb thing you had in your hand as you wandered out) your mom...

I did an interview (twiterview?) on twitter - I know, I know, it sounds really strange but it was actually kind of fun. Anyway, I did this interview with attorney Lance Godard from the Godard Group and one of the questions was what advice do you have for under or...

Well, it's good we've finally acknowledged that we are 100,000% unable to think for ourselves  Clearly, our reading comprehension is so staggeringly poor that when the surgeon general puts on our cigarettes "You will Die if you smoke this" we dismiss it as mere...

If you haven't been following the trial of Steven Hayes, good for you.  This is the stuff nightmares are made of.  This is a plot line from Criminal Minds. It is the stuff that even we criminal defense lawyers say is such a rare case that we really shouldn't...

I'm not a public defender.  I'm a private lawyer that accepts appointments through the Criminal Justice Act panel in Maryland.  I don't do any state court assigned work, the pay is crap and the cases are usually terrible.  The cases aren't great in...

I've been mulling around a few post ideas for several weeks.  I know it's been slow over here at notguilty, but I'm working on some stuff and things that are very client-centric right now - motions and discovery and general lawyer like business.  I have been...

Do we all have a story of a friend who came out to us? I have several, but the one I remember most is a very good friend of mine in college, Tony. We hung out all the time, talking and eating and drinking and just doing what college freshman do. I knew he was...

My friend and fellow criminal defense lawyer, Kathy Manley, had this poster in her office back in Albany. I can't remember what the graphic was, but the words were written in Hebrew and in English - "Justice, Justice Shall You Pursue" I am not a biblical scholar, and...

In the wake of Tyler Clementi’s suicide there has been a lot of talk in the media (both commercial and social) about the role of webcams, the lack of civility among today’s youth, bullying, and all kinds of other issues that might have been to blame.  Some have...

The Baltimore Sun reported yesterday that the case against motorcyclist Anthony Graber has been dismissed.  Mr. Graber was speeding down the highway, popping wheelies, when an unmarked car pulled in front of him.  The driver of the car pulled out a gun...

It's come to my attention that the last paragraph of my last post caused some confusion.  So, I wanted to take some time on this rainy Sunday morning to clear it up.  First, you all need to know I only can speak from my own experience.  Every criminal...

I am in the throes of trial prep.  It's been a little while since I've had to get out the three hole punch and make a trial notebook, but as I'd hoped, it is very much like riding a bike.  I haven't completely forgotten how to do this dance.  I've got...