Georgia Strange Brew – Brewery Tours and Strange Alcohol Brewing Laws
Georgia is well known for its archaic and stringent alcohol laws which include DUI, brewpub regulations, and brewery restrictions, and seem neither wise, just, or moderate despite our official state slogan to the contrary. On May 15th, 2014, Atlanta Leisure Magazine recently did a story on the North Georgia Beer Brewing scene titled, “How to […]
Read MoreDoes completion of a Pre-Trial Intervention program legally prevent a retrial on the same facts
Double Jeopardy, and no I don’t mean the daily double on the game show “Jeopardy!”, is a fundamental right enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution provides: “[N]or shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb . . […]
Read MorePhillip Howard on Criminal Justice reform – wait – what
Phillip K. Howard noted commentator on Civil Justice reform gave a TED Talk on the topic: Is the Law making us less free? While his reforms are aimed at civil justice reform, they may be more appropriate for criminal justice reform. He suggests giving Judges who feel trapped by the law the ability to use their […]
Read MoreDorsey v State – you can run but you cannot hide from a DUI
Dorsey v. State, A14A0321, Court of Appeals of Georgia, April 21, 2014. Duandre Jamar Dorsey was found guilty by a jury of failure to yield, DUI less safe, serious injury by DUI. The jury found Dorsey not guilty of aggravated battery on a police officer. He appealed arguing that there was insufficient evidence to support his […]
Read MoreSCOTUS to hear arguments on cell phone searches incident to arrest on April 28 2014
April 28, 2014: The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments today on whether police should have to get a warrant when searching cell phones incident to arrest according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Technology experts fear that with the technology available on the market like Cellebrite which can blow past passwords, security encryption, password extraction, and even […]
Read MoreNavarette v California – serving up freedom destroying cocktails with a sliver of patent falsity
When people are stripped of their freedom it is generally done bit by bit until you realize that your freedom is lost. Pink Floyd sang it best in Goodbye Blue Sky, “Did you see the frightened ones? Did you hear the falling bombs? Did you ever wonder – Why we had to run for shelter […]
Read MoreFully Informed Jury Association – As a Juror do you know your rights and your power
Do you know what rights and powers you have as a juror? The Fully Informed Jury Association has a webpage and handbooks explaining the overriding power of jurors over courts, prosecutors, and the government. As Thomas Jefferson once said in a letter to Thomas Paine, ” The trial by jury is the only device yet imagined by […]
Read MoreWhy the LAPD are disabling their police video equipment – apparently you cant handle the truth
The LAPD does not think you can handle the truth. Well, at least the rank and file police officers don’t. In an article on arstechnica.com, an exposé chronicles how LAPD officers are “monkeywrenching” the video equipment in their police cars so it won’t record and transmit the footage to their police supervisors. The response was […]
Read MoreState v Gauthier-4th Amendment-Reaching for 1st Tier Encounters – Lesson – just ignore the police
In State v. Gauthier, A13A2430, (3/21/14), the Georgia Court of Appeals reversed a Gwinnett County trial court’s decision to suppress evidence in a DUI case based on lack of articulable reasonable suspicion. In this case, Defendant was alleged to have been seen by Gwinnett County police entering a parking lot after businesses were closed for the […]
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