August 2011

Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe declared that he did not plan to grant pardons in the West Memphis Three case unless evidence showed that someone else committed the murders. The West Memphis Three were convicted of three murders in 1993 . The case was based in large part on a suspect confession by one of the co-defendants

 Yesterday ,   I posted on the trial of a woman who was shackled during labor by members of the Nashville Davidson County Sheriff’s Office Ms.Villegas was awarded $2300,000.00 by a Federal jury in less than an hour of deliberations. Brian Hass and Michael Cass of  The Tennessean reported on the trial during the week .

A Nashville Federal Judge criticized the lawyer for Metro Nashville for his techniques during a civil rights trial. U.S. District Court Judge William Haynes has already ruled that the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office violated Juana Villegas’ civil rights when she was shackled during and after her labor during childbirth . The only issue is how

Here is a warning to all those who are accused of a criminal offense in Williamson County , Tennessee. Be ready to be drug tested at any of your court appearances.. Hold on you say. I am innocent . One of my constitutional rights is that I am presumed innocent of all charges until I

In the last few weeks , I have not posted much on the blog . I traveled to Dubois , Wyoming for three weeks and attended the Trial Lawyers College . The Trial Lawyers College was founded by Gerry Spence in 1994. My thoughts were I needed to learn something new . Over three weeks

I am just reentering the legal world after spending the last three weeks at the Trial Lawyers College in Dubois , Wyoming being tutored by Gerry Spence . As I was reading the paper this morning  , I read the the editorial about a tragic vehicular homicide that happened in Lebanon , Tennessee. The facts of