Las Vegas Criminal Defense Blog

Sex Offense Laws Can Have Serious Consequences for Offenders

Anyone accused of sexual contact with someone who is underage can expect serious consequences if convicted of a criminal offense. In many cases, this is true even if the young people are relatively close in age and even if the minor lied.

Another Reversal in the Supreme Court

In Flores-Figueroa v. United States, No 08-108, in a rare 9-0 shutout, Justice Breyer writing for the Supreme Court addressed and resolved the aggravated identity theft statute as follows: The question [presented by 18 U. S. C. §1028A(a)(1)] is whether the statute requires.

Roy Black on the Castroneves Trial

Following his recent victory in the Helio Castroneves tax evasion trial, Roy Black, famed trial attorney from Miami spent some time with us reflecting on that trial: Q: Thanks for your time and congratulations on the not guilty verdicts in the Helio.

George Will Versus Reality

Pete at Drug WarRant and Scott at Drug War Chronicle have each fired off very sharp critiques of George Will's fairly awful column from Sunday's Washington Post, which seems to be an attempt to out-do James Wilson in its celebration of American incarceration rates. The main point.

Law Reform Efforts: Rape and sexual assault in United States of America

A Brief Overview of Law Reforms for Rape and Sexual Assault The feminist movement in the United States has brought about significant reforms to the manner in which rape is defined and prosecuted in the United States. States vary upon the specifics.

Perjury and Obstruction Trial Against Former San Francisco Giant Barry Bonds Commences in San Francisco; Trial to Begin With Hearing on Bonds’ Former Weight Trainer–Possible Contempt

The trial of former San Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds on four counts of perjury and one count of obstruction of justice commenced yesterday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California according to the San Francisco Chronicle. The.

“Chewbacca Defense” Continues to Go Unmentioned By Courts 14 Years On

To date, no reported decisions mention the employment of the "Chewbacca Defense" at trial, despite the passage of almost 14 years from the late Johnnie L. Cochran’s demonstration in 1998 of the novel and innovative defense on the 14th episode of the.

Clearing Your Browser History Can Lead to a 20 Year Prison Sentence

After the Enron scandal, Congress aimed to pass a law prohibiting the destruction of evidence and preventing similar scams from occurring. The result was Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), an unwieldy law that prosecutors have increasingly been applying to a very broad range of different.

Vortex of Fraud Results in 12 Years in Federal Prison

In March of 2010, a bank called Park Avenue Bank failed. The former bank president subsequently became the first person in the United States who was convicted of stealing funds provided to bail out banks as part of the Troubled Asset Relief.

Las Vegas home to roughly 20,000 street gang members

Over 300 street gangs are situated in the Las Vegas Valley. Police say that number is growing because members are breaking ties and creating new factions. About 20,000 members (which equates to 6/1000 residents in Nevada) are in this area, based on.