http://www.zerostaronline.com Fri, 04 Jun 2010 15:19:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We’ve all done it.  Every single one of us has handled a criminal case for a non-citizen.  The case has been worked up, investigated, prepared for trial, negotiated with the State.  You have investigated all defenses and together you and your client decide, “Let’s take the deal.” Just before the plea ... http://www.zerostaronline.com/2010/06/padilla-v-kentucky-why-defense-lawyers-need-to-learn-immigration-law/ Judge Clayton’s office has asked me to help disseminate this order.  Click here for the Order Source: Rob Leonard http://www.zerostaronline.com/2010/05/judge-clayton%e2%80%99s-calendar-call-june-24-2010/ Click here for the document.common-closing-argument-objections.pdf Source: Rob Leonard http://www.zerostaronline.com/2010/04/common-objections-to-prosecutors-closing-argument/ For Lawyers on this calendar.  The Judge has me to help her distribute this Order.    Pre-trial order Source: Rob Leonard http://www.zerostaronline.com/2010/04/judge-clayton%e2%80%99s-calendar-call-april-29/ Today in an per curiam decision, the United States Supreme Court reversed the Virginia Supreme Court and remanded the case to Virginia in light of Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts.  This is good news for the lawyers and defendants everywhere that wish to challenge scientific evidence in their trials.  It means that the ... http://www.zerostaronline.com/2010/01/scotus-briscoe-v-virginia/ Arizona v. Gant - Click here to read the full opinion.Today the U.S. Supreme Court limited the circumstances under which officers may search the passenger compartment of a vehicle after it’s driver had been arrested. The Court ruled that an officer can only search a vehicle if it is ... http://www.zerostaronline.com/2009/04/arizona-v-gant-limitation-of-search-incident-to-arrest/ ATLANTA - A man who says he desperately needed to use an airplane bathroom after eating something bad in Honduras faces a federal charge after being accused of twisting a flight attendant’s arm to get to the lavatory, the FBI said Wednesday.  Joao Correa, 43, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution he had ... http://www.zerostaronline.com/2009/04/airplane-bathroom-emergency-lands-man-in-jail-and-with-federal-criminal-charges/ After a 7 week trial, Helio Castroneves was acquitted of the federal tax evasion charges he was facing.  The two time Indy 500 winner and Dancing with the Stars Champion had this to say after the trial: It’s been a long seven weeks. I’m a foreign person and I’ve been judged ... http://www.zerostaronline.com/2009/04/helio-castroneves-acquitted-on-tax-evasion-charges/ http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2009/01/15/tesler_conviction_overturned.html?cxntlid=homepage_tab_newstab Source: Rob Leonard http://www.zerostaronline.com/2009/01/police-officer%e2%80%99s-conviction-overturned-in-the-kathryn-johnston-case/ Today the U.S. Supreme Court decided  Herring v US The Court basically extended the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule to cases where the police make negligent decisions that violate the Fourth Amendment. Source: Rob Leonard http://www.zerostaronline.com/2009/01/the-whittling-away-of-the-exclusionary-rule/