Recently ,we had a comment posted on Nashville Criminal Law Report on whether a phone call was enough evidence to support a charge of reckless endangerment in Tennessee.It depends. One element of reckless endangerment is whether the conduct places a person in imminent danger.
In the example of a phone call , there can be
Today , I had a case in the General Sessions Court for Maury County Tennessee at Mount Pleasant. I had a client that was charged by the Spring Hill , Tennessee Police Department for theft , shoplifting , simple possession of marijuana , and felony evading arrest.As I was driving down , I was
After a little holiday break , The McKinney Law Offices is back to work. Today’s post is based upon The Tennessee Supreme Court’s clarification of the crime of tampering with evidence. Under Tennessee criminal law , tampering with evidence is a felony.
Here’s what the State of Tennessee has to prove in a
When does your Miranda rights become effective ?.The general rule is that once you are placed into custody you Miranda rights against self incrimination begin.Custody is usually defined as once you have been placed under formal arrest. However , custody is not always a black and white issue.
The Tennessee Supreme Court has
I wrote this morning on the Kenny Britt bar fight before I walked over to the A.A. Birch Building for DUI court. The courthouse is always a great place to discover what is really going on in Nashville . I might be wrong that the Kenny Britt case is dead in the water. It appears
It appears Kenny Britt may avoid any criminal charges from a bar fight that happened on Second Avenue in Nashville a couple of weeks ago.No reports have surfaced from the news media. Lack of comment probably means the case is not going to be prosecuted. In most of these downtown bar fights , someone is going
I have been writing The Nashville Criminal Law report for ten months. In April of this year the Nashville Criminal Law Report was the blog of the week by Techno lawyer.This month the Nashville Criminal Law Report was named the blog of the day by Tom Mighell of Inter Alia.
When I started writing , I just
In today’s Nashville Tennessean , Nate Rau and Michael Case reported that legal fees for the Nashville Convention Center have surpassed $1.1 million. Some firms have charged between $250.00 and $600.00 per hour. Here is my suggestion to solve this problem. Hire criminal defense attorneys to do the work.Here’s why.
Rudy Giuliani’s daughter Caroline appeared in a New York courtroom Tuesday.She was charged with shoplifting some cosmetics from a store. Ms Giuliani received a plea under an Adjournment in Contemplation of Dismissal (ACD). Once she performs some public service work likely to be at a sanitation garage ,her criminal case will be dismissed.
In the
Lawyers usually get paid by three different ways. Criminal defense attorneys get paid in two ways because it is unethical to charge a contingency fee or a results oriented fee in criminal cases. Most criminal defense attorneys charge by the hour or a flat fee. A flat fee is one set price for the entire case.