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Posted on Apr 27, 2012 By Brad Koffel
There is an escalation of shake and bake cooks, mobile meth labs, and suburban operations. Current law enforcement investigative techniques require identifying a suspect, building probable cause, ...
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Posted on Mar 22, 2012 By Brad Koffel
When 95% of criminal cases are resolved in conference rooms, over the phone, and via email between prosecutors and defense lawyers, it is vital that the lawyer be competent and effective. For the ...
Continue reading "U.S. Supreme Court: Plea Bargains & Poor Lawyers" »
Posted on Mar 1, 2012 By Steve Fox
TECHNICALITY, SCHMECHNICALITY… JUST PROVE THE DAMN CASE! With the recent Ryan Braun vs. MLB decision sparking such debate, I couldn't help but see the parallels between Braun's ...
Continue reading "Professional Athletes, Drug Tests and "Technicalities"" »
Posted on Feb 11, 2012 By Brad Koffel
A change of plea in a felony case can be a tricky process for clients and lawyers. By law, judges must have a meaningful conversation with a defendant before the judge will accept the client's ...
Continue reading "Felony Change of Plea Process (example)" »
Posted on Feb 7, 2012 By Brad Koffel
DUI convictions and Canada If you have a DUI/OVI conviction and attempt to enter Canada you may be in for a rude awakening. Under Canadian law, a non-citizen cannot enter the country unless you have ...
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Posted on Dec 20, 2011 By Brad Koffel
We are a nation of criminals. We lock up more of our own citizens than any other country in the world except China. A recent study in Pediatrics reports that 1/3 of our kids will be arrested before ...
Continue reading "We Are a Nation of Criminals" »
Posted on Nov 14, 2011 By Brad Koffel
The states have started rolling back their "Tough on Crime" laws now that the true costs of incarcerating non-violent offenders are undisputable. Now it is time for Congress to do the same ...
Continue reading "Reversal of Mandatory Sentencing" »
Posted on Nov 9, 2011 By Brad Koffel
One of the latest issues to hit the courts is the opiate addiction case. These types of cases are on the rise and no one is immune. We are seeing more highly educated professionals like doctors, ...
Continue reading "Pain Pills & Professionals" »
Posted on Nov 8, 2011 By Brad Koffel
What is "consent" between two college kids about to engage in sexual activity? Well, in criminal law, at least for now, "consent" may be manifested in any way that it actually ...
Continue reading "Sex on Campus: "Verbal Consent" Part 1" »
Posted on Nov 2, 2011 By Brad Koffel
In case you haven't noticed, here is what is happening in the land of expanded sexual registration. What started out as a well-intentioned idea to track sexual predators in the 1990's is ...
Continue reading "Why Sexual Registration is Doomed for Failure" »
Posted on Oct 28, 2011 By Brad Koffel
Today I resolved a case that is over 1 year old. My client and I are quite happy with the result. We drew a fantastic judge who sees the "big" picture that marijuana offenders do not need to ...
Continue reading ""Weeds", "Breaking Bad" and Reality" »
Posted on Oct 27, 2011 By Fran Tosi Ward
Teenage boys beware of the girls you choose to have sex with as it can turn around and become your worst nightmare. We handle many date rape type cases in our offices. Recently, we have seen many ...
Continue reading "Date Rape, Consent & Polygraphs" »
Posted on Sep 29, 2011 By Brad Koffel
I just finished representing a wonderful woman who was drug through the court system based upon the unethical and illegal conduct of her doctor. In Ohio, it is a felony to engage in "Deception to ...
Continue reading ""Doctor Shopping" & Naive Detectives" »
Posted on Sep 28, 2011 By Brad Koffel
The death penalty needs to die. Forever. No clemency for it. No resurrection like 35 years ago when the US Supreme Court reinstituted it. By the way, it was struck down in 1972 because it was not ...
Continue reading "Death Penalty Needs Executed" »
Posted on Sep 27, 2011 By Brad Koffel
I just finished reading an excellent article by Columbus, Ohio Psychologist, David Lowenstein, Ph.D., titled "Creating a Strong, Supportive Family". As a father of 4 young children, this ...
Continue reading "The Modern Family: Drugs, Alcohol & Poor Emotional Health" »
Posted on Sep 26, 2011 By Brad Koffel
Every year we represent people who commit crimes that are naturally newsworthy. Many times I read about the case in the morning paper and get a call later that day. We try to get those clients into ...
Continue reading "When the News Comes Knockin': Your Case is Going Public" »
Posted on Sep 25, 2011 By Brad Koffel
I am a proponent of a texting ban in Ohio. As a civil libertarian, I tend to be against laws that tell us how to live our daily lives; however, texting while driving is just one of those activities ...
Continue reading "H.B. 99: Texting Ban in Ohio is Coming" »
Posted on Sep 24, 2011 By Brad Koffel
Ohio was the first state in the country to require public shaming for a non-sex offense when it passed the law for yellow DUI plates. Public humiliation was common in the "mob justice" eras ...
Continue reading "Public Humiliation: Ohio's Yellow DUI License Plates" »
Posted on Sep 13, 2011 By Brad Koffel
There is much confusion among defense lawyers, prosecutors and judges as to the laws regulating the evidence in the coutroom where a defendant wishes to try a breath test to a judge or jury. In 1984, ...
Continue reading "The Law of Defending a Breath Test at Trial in Columbus, Ohio" »
Posted on Sep 12, 2011 By Brad Koffel
HB 86 also touches (albeit briefly) on the DUI / OVI code. Ohio's jails are chockful of non-violent offenders who can be punished without sitting in a jail cell. For the first time, Ohio is ...
Continue reading "HB 86: New Jail Options for DUI / OVI Cases" »
Posted on Sep 11, 2011 By Brad Koffel
Nobody likes lawyers until they need one. This is especially true of criminal defense lawyers. I've seen the most suburban, conservative people turn into bleeding heart liberals the moment they ...
Continue reading "9/11's Legacy to Criminal Defense Lawyers" »
Posted on Sep 10, 2011 By Brad Koffel
On September 30, 2011, HB 86 becomes law. In addition to many other major improvements to Ohio's criminal sentencing provisions, HB 86 expands the eligibility for this deferred prosecution ...
Continue reading "HB 86: Intervention in Lieu of Conviction:" »
Posted on Sep 9, 2011 By Brad Koffel
We communicate frequently with clients via email. The majority of our clients use a work email address. The American Bar Association issued Formal Opinion 11-459 last month, "Duty to Protect ...
Continue reading "Emailing Your Lawyer from Your Work Computer: Bad Idea" »
Posted on Sep 9, 2011 By Brad Koffel
Yesterday I had a client in my conference room discussing his 3rd DUI arrest in less than 5 years. Under Ohio law and the circumstances of his case, he's facing a mandatory minimum 60 day jail ...
Continue reading "SCRAM in lieu of jail" »
Posted on Sep 4, 2011 By Brad Koffel
Three days ago, an Ohio appeals court tossed the conviction of David White who had been indicted in a string of home invasions with a gun. (State v. White, 9-1-2011, Fairfield App. No. 2010-CA-60). ...
Continue reading "Police GPS Tracking Devices: Creepy & un-American" »
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