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During arrests and custody: Do not argue with the police. You cannot talk your way out of being investigated, arrested or prosecuted. Do not try. Any explanation you give the police may give them more information than they already have, so it’s often wise to save your explanation and defenses for court. If you have […]

Most legal authorities state that the validity of locker searches is dependent on the students’ reasonable expectations of privacy, which can be affected by school policies designating the lockers as student or school property, and student notification that the school will conduct periodic searches for contraband or will retain a master key to the locker […]

Contact your attorney. If you do not have an attorney, you will need to pick up instructions from the city/county legal department or the court clerk. This material is often not mailed out. You may have to pick it up in person. See also… Attorneys, Courts, Litigation

Racial profiling can be defined in various ways. Under the narrowest definition, racial profiling occurs when a law enforcement officer stops and questions, searches and/or arrests someone solely on the basis of that person’s race or ethnicity. This definition, which unfortunately has been incorporated into a few states’ anti-profiling statutes, is so narrow that it […]

Under the common law rule of lenity, courts must strictly construe penal statutes in order to avoid a violation of the due process rights of the accused. Thus, in criminal cases where two reasonable interpretations of a penal statute exist, one inculpating and the other exculpating a defendant, a court must employ the less harsh […]

In addition to any special terms of probation, every individual who is placed on probation in lieu of serving their jail term is required: to notify the Court of any change of address within 48 hours; to notify the Court of any change in employment within five days; to notify the Court prior to leaving […]