Just after midnight on many weekend nights, individuals in their vehicles are stopped for any number of various traffic violations – right here in Ohio – troupers have put new emphasis on nabbing drug traffickers on route 33 from Columbus through to southeast Ohio. During a vehicle search, a lot of times the officer will [...]
Accordingly, we believe that in our role of law-abiding citizen, we should be fully cooperative with the law enforcement officers who were summoned on-location to investigate whatever has taken place. However, we couldn't be more wrong, as it is probably the worst thing we could possibly do. Police Officers Are Not Your Friend At The [...]
An arrest for drug charges may carry with it serious ramifications, including time behind bars. That is why it is so important for those facing drug charges to put forth a strong criminal defense. In that vein, readers of this blog may be interested to hear of a drug bust recently conducted by Ohio law [...]
Unfortunately, law enforcement finds many ways in which they can detain and charge you for a drug related crime. Let us consider just a few of these in this blog. State and federal drug charges are serious - the latter being more so. At the national level there is a veritable ‘alphabet soup’ of organizations [...]
You’ve been stopped for a DUI and your heart is pounding a mile a minute. The officer has tried to engage you in conversation, but you’ve managed to keep your cool. Now what? You will most likely be asked to step out of your car and your Cincinnati Criminal Defense Attorney suggests that you comply. Shut [...]
It is amazing how quickly mole hills become mounds, small tiffs become fights, and seemingly small charges become life long disabling marks on your record. Having an assault and battery charge against you is a red flag for any employer, landlord, future in-laws, etc. Never should you take a misdemeanor assault lightly or a felony without protecting [...]
Have you missed a court date? The bad news is you can’t always “make it up”. When you have been ordered to appear for court and then fail to show up, you could be facing additional criminal charges. Ohio judges expect people to show up for their “appointments”, particularly if they were granted bail. Things [...]
Ohio is the most recent state to acknowledge that, for some convicted of drug crimes, drug rehab is a far smarter alternative than prison. Governor John Kasich signed a bill that could allow thousands of prisoners to leave prison early to attend drug rehab. Ohio’s corrections system now holds about ten thousand more prisoners than [...]
Your Miranda rights, you’ve heard them read on television a million times and probably know them by heart, but do you know when you must be given these rights? Do you know when you have them? Just for some background, the Miranda Rights were spawned from a 1966 Supreme Court Decision involving a defendant named Miranda. [...]
A very distraught gentleman recently came in to our law offices after learning he was being investigated for possession of child pornography. Under Ohio law, this crime is called Pandering Obscenity Involving a Minor, a fourth degree felony in Ohio. If convicted, he would face 6-18 months in prison on each count plus registering as a [...]