Question: In A Criminal Case, Can The State Of Indiana & A Suspect Agree That The Results Of An Upcoming Lie Detector Test Of the Suspect Will Be Admitted At Trial If Charges. Are Filed And The C...
Can A Patdown Violate Fourth Amendment?
Question: Can A Patdown Search Following A Traffic Infraction Violated The Fourth Amendment? Answer: Yes, If There Is No Reasonable Suspicion Of Criminal Activity Or Reasonable Concern For The Offic...
Can A Juror Be Replaced Once Deliberations Have Begun?
Question: Can A Juror Be Replaced Once Deliberations Have Begun? Answer: Yes, But Only In Extreme Cases. A jury trial commenced in August 2013. About 2 hours after the jury began to deliberate, the ...
What Is “Fundamental Error” At Trial?
Question: What Is “Fundamental Error” At Trial? Answer: Errors That Are So Serious That To Ignore Them Would Constitute A Denial Of Due Process. Michael Torres had dated Tia Brady, who in Decemb...
Can You Say, “NO” To A Warrant Issued By A Judge?
Question: Can You Say, “NO” To A Warrant Issued By A Judge? Answer: You can if you want to be held in contempt of court! Officers stopped Defendant for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. Defen...
Can Officers Lie To Gain Entry Into Your Home Without Exigent/Urgent Circumstances?
Question: Can Officers Lie To Gain Entry Into Your Home Without Exigent/Urgent Circumstances? Answer: No! Defendant called the police to report a domestic dispute with her husband. Officer responded t...
What Is The Difference Between Criminal Intimidation And Harassment?
Question: What Is The Difference Between Criminal Intimidation And Harassment? Rakiea McCaskill had a relationship with Tamika Matlock’s (“Matlock”) husband, with whom she had a child. Accor...
What Does It Take To Be Declared Incompetent To Stand Trial & Get Committed.
Question: What Does It Take To Be Declared Incompetent To Stand Trial & Get Committed Answer: 2 or 3 Disinterested Doctors, A Hearing And A Judicial Finding Of Incompetence! In 2012, Lee...
Is A Car A “Place” Under The Criminal Recklessness Statute?
Garcia and Salazar were both members of the Vatos Locos gang until Salazar defected. Salazar and his uncle were in a car driving in downtown Goshen. While they were stopped at an intersection, a veh...
Will You Be Forced To Testify Against Yourself With The Granting Of Immunity?
Question: Will You Be Forced To Testify Against Yourself With The Granting Of Immunity? Answer: Not When a prosecutor has neither filed a charge, nor initiated a grand jury proceeding! In 2010, S.C....