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Court Discusses Imposing Tax on Possession of Illegal Drugs

The question before the court in this case is whether imposing a tax on the possession of illegal drugs after the state has imposed a criminal penalty for the same conduct is in violation of the constitutional prohibition of successive punishments for the same crime. Law Review Montana’s Dangerous Drug…

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Plaintiff Contends Gross Negligence by Newspaper Reporter

The case is about a libel suit filed by the Turkish national against the publisher, together with its managing director and other investigative reporters, for the republication into a book pertaining to several newspaper articles regarding worldwide narcotic trade covering several continents. A New York Drug Crime Lawyer said the…

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Defendant Claims Insufficiency of Evidence in Heroin Possession Case

Defendant was charged with a drug crime, particularly, for possession of heroin and filed an appeal before the court for his conviction. Appellant averred that there was insufficiency of evidence, admissibility of the testimony pertaining to other drugs than those of which he was indicted and trial judge’s charge to…

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Court Discusses Penal Law 70.08 Regarding Violent Felonies

In this case, the Nassau Criminal Lawyer said that, defendant was convicted of robbery in the first degree, a class B violent felony under Penal Law § 70.02 (1) (a). At his sentence, the People filed information alleging that defendant was a persistent VFO having been convicted of two previous…

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Court Determines Defendant is Entitled to Habeaus Corpus Relief

The petitioner was a Florida prisoner on death row, having been convicted of first degree murder. The district court granted a writ of habeas corpus setting aside his conviction and sentence. The United States Court of Appeals reversed the decision of district court. A New York Criminal Lawyer said the…

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Plaintiffs Bring Suit for Harrassment and Blackmail

In this case, Plaintiffs brought suit against the Defendants for: harassment, blackmailing and conspiring to boycott their classes and attempting to have them terminated from East Texas Police Academy (“ETPA”) in retaliation for their testimony in a case against another police officer involved in a shooting incident. A New York…

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