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Enticing a Minor to Engage in Sexual Activity Qualifies as Violence

In United States v. Thomas Patrick Keelan, No. 13– 11878, the 11th Circuit Court upheld an appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The defendant was convicted of enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b). The district court ordered restitution paid […]

Study Shows Burglary Is Rarely a Violent Crime; Is it Time to Change the Statutes?

After reviewing nine years of national data, the authors of this federally funded study conclude that there is significant inconsistency in almost every aspect of burglary – except that the burglars most often seek to avoid confrontation with the property owners. For statistical purposes, it is classified as a property crime, but for sentencing purposes […]

Reverse Sting Operations—The American Hustle: The Unethical Use of Reverse Sting Operations and the Creation of Crime

Article By: Michael Levine, Author, Trial Consultant, Police Instructor, and Expert Witness “Relying on data taken from 45 years of professional experience as a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) supervisory agent, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) expert on undercover and informant handling procedures, trial consultant, expert witness, and police instructor, the author details the evolution of […]

Supreme Court Allows Warrantless Search of House if at Least One Occupant Consents

The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that police can now search a home without a warrant so long as one occupant gives permission, even if another occupant refuses to give permission. Justice Alito delivered the opinion of the court, which voted 6-3 to approve the decision. The decision in Walter Fernandez v. California, No. 12–7822, […]

The Impact of False Testimony

Criminal cases are largely built upon the testimony of people. People testify in thousands of courtrooms across the country everyday and their testimony serves as the basis for putting people in prison. The job of a jury is to determine whether these people are telling the truth or are giving false testimony. Based upon conviction […]

Jailhouse Snitches

On countless occasions we have been told by inmates in jail that they were talking to another inmate about their case and that other inmate told them x, y and z about what they should do.  They consider these other inmates “their friends” or “people they can trust,” rather than jailhouse snitches. This is true of […]

Lie Detector Tests – Are They Useful?

The current state of the law regarding lie detector tests is that they can be admissible in a trial at the federal level, and at the state level they can be admissible if both parties agree.  But the reality is that they are rarely ever used during trials.  The reason is that in order for […]

Facebook Posts as Evidence in Criminal Cases

In today’s technologically savvy world, smartphones are as common now as computers were 10 years ago and typewriters were 50 years ago. People use their smartphones for multiple purposes, from accessing their bank accounts to updating their status on Facebook. For centuries, police have counted on criminals bragging to their friends on the street or […]

$40,000,000 of Cocaine, 540 Pounds of Lobster, Guns, Murders & Federal Jury Returns Verdict of Not Guilty as to Bower Rodriguez Client Carlos Solis Velasquez

Carlos Humberto Solis Velasquez was a wrongly accused man. Attorney Bower Rodriguez demanded that he was innocent, yet the federal government indicted him for international drug trafficking of 1,659 kilograms of cocaine worth $40,000,000. After two weeks of trial, the federal jury agreed with Attorney Bower Rodriguez – NOT GUILTY. Carlos is a 42 year […]

Prosecutor May Be Fired for Ordering Secret Jail Recordings

A veteran prosecutor in Alameda County, Calif., has been put on administrative leave while a potential violation of attorney-client privilege is probed (secret jail recordings), as first reported in the Oakland Tribune. It was revealed in a court hearing that Danielle London, who has been with the office a decade, had ordered sheriff’s deputies to […]

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