Monthly Archives: October 2025
Driving Under the Influence of Cannabis
Laws about cannabis have changed a lot during our lifetime, but the changes leave us with more questions than answers. Many state and local laws now reflect the public perception that cannabis is not a hard drug, that it has more in common with alcohol than with cocaine or heroin, that it can bring… Read More »
Drug Possession With Intent to Deliver
The straightforward part about drug cases is proving that illegal drugs were present. If a police officer finds a baggie of Xanax pills in the center console of your car, it is hard to argue that the baggie was never there, that you were not driving the car, or that there were no pills… Read More »
Casting Doubt on Informant Testimony
It is easy to say, from your current position, that you would never act as a police informant, but it is less easy to know what you would do if the prosecutors had an informant lined up to testify at your trial about what you said to him about illegal drugs, plus a recording… Read More »
Criminal Cases Involving Hit and Run
Now that generative AI chatbots are having their 15 minutes of fame these days, people are asking them questions and getting neat, grammatically correct responses, perhaps a little bit too neat. If you ask Chat GPT or another one of the leading bots what happens after a hit and run accident, it will probably… Read More »

