Clients always ask what can they do to help their case . It’s simple write. Once your arrested start writing notes . Immediately write detailed notes about the case . Don’t leave anything out . Witnesses , weather conditions , potential alibi witnesses are just some examples of what to write down . Notes are important to you
As I leave the office on a Sunday afternoon preparing for a child abuse trial on Monday. I watched a short video from the San Francisco Public Defenders office. With images alone , it gets right to the point of what beyond reasonable doubt and innocent until proven guilty is all about . It reminds
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Arnold Myint of Top Chef fame has several restaurants here in Nashville. Today , I went to PM in search of Nashville’s best cheeseburger. I was not disappointed .
The burger was framed by a great Kaiser bun .It still had a little flour on the top
I have a fundamental problem with discovery in Tennessee criminal cases. Discovery is the process in which each side of the lawsuit or criminal case learns what evidence each side has available. In Tennessee civil cases , one can use all types of discovery tools to learn what the other side has to defend or
Here’s a video , I created some time ago.It illustrates the third problem with field sobriety tests. While your looking at the screen shot of the video , you might be thinking to yourself why is he holding a women’s shoe . Trust me . I am not Coach Ryan with a foot
This week’s search for Nashville’s best cheeseburger takes us back to East Nashville for a review of Edgefield’s Sports Bar and Grill. I have been eating at Edgefield for years .It is home to some members of the Nashville courthouse crowd. One major reason is it is 21 and up so smoke them
I learned something new today in General Sessions Court for Sumner County in Gallatin today. Sumner County Sheriff’s deputies have some new tools at their disposal in prosecuting drunk driving cases . Deputies now have flashlight cameras to use in DUI enforcement.These cameras film most parts of the DUI investigation. The cameras have been in
Big brother is alive and well at the Davidson County Sheriff’s office and the U.S.Attorney’s office. Nashville criminal defense lawyer Patrick Frogge discovered some of his phone calls to clients were recorded and turned over to the U.S. attorney’s office in a sex crimes case. The disclosure prompted a hearing in Federal Court on whether
Since 1947 Dino’s has been serving cold beer to those in East Nashville . They also serve up a mean cheeseburger.That’s what took the Nashville Criminal Law Report to Gallatin Road for it’s weekly cheeseburger review.
The bun frames the burger.Nothing special about the bun at Dino’s.I have discovered that I personally like
I was planning on writing this post yesterday. However, a hearing in Smyrna General Sessions court and Mother Nature with a blast of snow left me on the interstate for hours with most of everybody in Nashville. The second problem with the field sobriety tests is that not everybody is the same age. As discussed in