Blog Posts in 2010
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Posted on Dec 13, 2010 By Brad Koffel
Last week, the Franklin County Court of Appeals in Columbus, Ohio issued a decision that highlights how far some prosecutors will go to get a prison term on a person who needs mental health treatment. ...
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Posted on Dec 10, 2010 By Brad Koffel
Last week (Dec. 2, 2010), the Franklin County Court of Appeals in Columbus, Ohio affirmed the conviction of Syrita Lindsey for vehicular assault arising out of a suspected DUI accident on April 18, ...
Continue reading ""Operation" and "Reckless" in Aggravated Vehicular Assault or Homicide Case" »
Posted on Dec 7, 2010 By Brad Koffel
For our clients struggling with the disease of addiction, we will intervene and introduce them to the best of the best treatment providers in the world. Depending upon a client's budget, we can ...
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Posted on Dec 7, 2010 By Brad Koffel
Over the past decade, our firm has seen an explosion in clients addicted to Vicodin who commit felonies in order to get more of this very addictive drug. Where does it start? How can it end? What do ...
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Posted on Nov 9, 2010 By Brad Koffel
by Brad Koffel A 2009 study based in San Francisco interviewed 1,000 teens and their parents about habits on social networking sites such as Facebook. The numbers exposed a "Not-My-Child" ...
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Posted on Nov 9, 2010 By Brad Koffel
by Brad Koffel False sex abuse allegations are difficult and time consuming to defend. However, if the defense attorney is willing and able to be aggressive, these cases can be turned on their heads ...
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Posted on Nov 9, 2010 By Brad Koffel
by Brad Koffel Last week I attended a two day national conference of Criminal Defense lawyers who met in Savannah, GA to hear some of the nation's leading experts on the dangers of ...
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Posted on Oct 30, 2010 By Brad Koffel
By Brad Koffel The Ohio Revised Code recognizes Affirmative Defenses to certain crimes and certain offenders. The code section is O.R.C. 2901.05(C). An Affirmative Defenses must be proven by the ...
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Posted on Oct 30, 2010 By Brad Koffel
By Brad Koffel When we are hired by a person after a felony arrest, we will immediately interview them. Sometimes we will have them interviewed up to 3 different times by 3 different members of our ...
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Posted on Oct 30, 2010 By Brad Koffel
By Brad Koffel It's legal. It causes hallucinations and increased heart rate. A year ago hospitals had never treated or heard of it. In the past 6 months, ER visits have tripled. It's ...
Continue reading "K2, Spice, Synthetic Marijuana -- Dangerous But Legal (For Now)" »
Posted on Oct 29, 2010 By Brad Koffel
By Brad Koffel Many times each year we are hired by concerned, scared, and confused parents of addicted kids. It usually starts with the parents being referred to our law firm because of our vast ...
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Posted on Oct 29, 2010 By Brad Koffel
by Brad Koffel If someone you care for is in jail in Ohio, you may call our firm for assistance in having the person released. Our phones are monitored 24/7 and many times we can get someone out of ...
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Posted on Oct 29, 2010 By Will Nesbitt
By: Will Nesbitt Once charged and convicted of a criminal offense in Ohio, it is highly advised to expunge your conviction. Expungements prevent individuals requesting background checks from seeing ...
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Posted on Oct 20, 2010 By Brad Koffel
by Brad Koffel What happens when a person is charged multiple ways for the same criminal conduct? Can the person be convicted multiple times and receive multiple sentences? For example, a person is ...
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Posted on Oct 13, 2010 By Brad Koffel
By Brad Koffel In Ohio, a sentencing judge has the unique power to grant early release from prison under certain circumstances and conditions. The governing statute is Ohio Revised Code section ...
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Posted on Oct 6, 2010 By Brad Koffel
Defending a person charged with Aggravated Vehicular Homicide (AVH) or Aggravated Vehicular Assault (AVA) is very time consuming and will be expensive. However, relative to what the client is facing ...
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Posted on Sep 29, 2010 By Brad Koffel
By: Brad Koffel Illegal activity by stockbrokers and financial advisors comes in many different forms. The most common would be "Ponzi Schemes", Fraud , and Theft from clients. Ohio prosecutors, ...
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Posted on Sep 22, 2010 By Brad Koffel
Judge Laurel Beatty leveled a very, very harsh sentence on a former Franklin County Sheriff's deputy who admitted meeting a 15 year old girl online and having sex with her in a west side motel. He ...
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Posted on Sep 21, 2010 By Will Nesbitt
By: Will Nesbitt I just finished reading an interesting article in the Sunday, September 19, 2010 New York Times . The Missouri state sentencing advisory commission put into effect a sentencing ...
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Posted on Sep 21, 2010 By Brad Koffel
DRUG BUYS, STING OPERATIONS AND ENTRAPMENT By Brad Koffel I recently reviewed an alarming case where a young man with no criminal history sold $70 worth of marijuana to an undercover detective. That ...
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Posted on Sep 20, 2010 By Brad Koffel
When I first learned of Michelle Kazlausky's tragic death while riding in the 2010 Pelotonia raising money for cancer, I was hit on several different levels. First, many of my friends volunteered, ...
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Posted on Sep 15, 2010 By Brad Koffel
Over the past 5 years, Columbus has seen a dramatic increase in heroin distribution. The DEA reported in 2007 that Columbus was becoming one of the largest distribution points for brown and black tar ...
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Posted on Sep 1, 2010 By Brad Koffel
Today ended the sage of State of Ohio vs. Brian M. Green . Mr. Green, 28 years old, was indicted on two counts of Aggravated Vehicular Homicide in Columbus arising out of a collision that tragically ...
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Posted on Aug 30, 2010 By Brad Koffel
Controlled substances include lawfully prescribed drugs as well as illegal drugs. Possession with intent to sell or offering to sell is drug trafficking. Depending upon the type of drug or substance, ...
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Posted on Aug 26, 2010 By Will Nesbitt
Today I spoke with the Chief of The Ohio State University Police Department. As you may not know, when OSU is in session, it is Ohio's 6 th largest city. It is a very busy police department, ...
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