Criminal Defense
Dunkirk, Hacksaw Ridge, and the Many Faces of PTSD
If you havenât seen Dunkirk or Hacksaw Ridge yet, bookmark this blog and watch both movies. Both films deal with decisive events during WWII â the Battle of Dunkirk, long considered an Allied defeat, and the battle to take âHacksaw Ridge,â a stronghold of the Japanese in Okinawa. Both movies depict the bloody realities of…
Read More5 Legal Mistakes that Make Movies Look Super Dumb
From buddy cop flicks to Law and Order, you can find evidence of a healthy respect for the law all over the big and small screens. When you’re watching a movie, you have to suspend belief, just for a few hours, to get the full effect. Movies often stretch both reality and the limits of…
Read MoreMaryland Has Some Weird Laws, You Guys
Nobody, including me, likes to follow âdumbâ rules. Unfortunately, Marylandâs legal code is chock-full of some pretty bizarre laws and regulations. In my spare time, I read Marylandâs legal codes â mostly so I can clean up in pub trivia, but also because it might some day help me at my job. And I have…
Read MoreSelling âBakedâ Goods at a School Baseball Game = Illegal
Into every like, they say, a little rain must fall. Unless youâre in Florida, where the rains come every day (both literally and figuratively). Todayâs gem is care of the New York Post: âRobert Johnson, 38, is charged with making [pot brownies] and giving them to his teenage daughter to peddle at a [baseball] game.â…
Read MoreVOP – VIOLATION OF PROBATION
If youâve been to court, and the judge gave you probation before judgement, or gave you a suspended sentence, then youâll be placed into probation. Probation is a special set of rules that apply just to you that are set by the judge. Generally itâs a year, 18 months, or in Circuit Court it could…
Read MoreOnline Dating, Under Age Girls, and Criminal Charges
There was a story in the Columbia Daily Tribune recently about a 22-year-old guy from Maryland who was allegedly dating a 12-year-old girl from Missouri, and now heâs facing federal charges for âenticing a minor to engage in illicit sexual activity.â He and his brother tried to bring the girl back with them to Maryland,…
Read MoreWe Always Knew Twitter Would Be the End of Us All
We love Twitter. We love the memes and celebrity clapbacks and the insane âTwitter warsâ between politicians and everyday people. Itâs like watching a soap opera distilled into 140 characters. But just when we thought it couldnât get any more nuts on that platform, a Maryland native had a âhold my beerâ moment that led…
Read MoreSuperhero âGood Deedsâ That Would Land a Normal Person in Jail
The saying goes that life imitates art far more often than art imitates life, and nowhere is that more apparent than in our favorite films. All those superhero flicks and larger-than-life characters require a little suspension of disbelief, but the ground rules of society stay more or less the same no matter how super our…
Read MoreCan I Get My Gun Rights Back After a Criminal Conviction?
So, the answer to that question is yes, but you guessed right â itâs complicated. Letâs try to clear up this issue so that it is a bit easier to understand. Maryland law forbids anyone who has been convicted of a felony from possessing a firearm. But, you might be able to get your right…
Read MoreWhat You Need To Know About Your Driverâs License Suspension
That speeding ticket you got on the way to work the other day racked up 5 points on your license. The next few weeks are hectic; the holidays are coming up, flights are booking up and the days are blurring into each other. All of sudden you look in the rearview mirror and realize you…
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