Mar 2, 2018 | Criminal Defense
Imagine that your business starts dropping off – at first, you aren’t sure what the problem is, but then, you learn that your competition has been telling potential customers that you are selling shoddy goods and ripping people off. Or – you find that...
Mar 2, 2018 | Criminal Defense
The glove. The white Bronco. The slow-speed car chase on the 405 freeway. We watched the O.J. Simpson trial unfold in criminal court in 1995. But right after the criminal trial, OJ also had his day in civil court for the same scenario. How could this be? Civil and...
Mar 1, 2018 | Criminal Defense
It’s been almost 16 years since Jack Abbot Murray’s murder. His family has waited for justice, but the men suspected of killing Murray will not be tried. Earlier this month, a judge dismissed the charges against Shannon Devon Patton and Daniel Joseph Newton...
Feb 21, 2018 | Criminal Defense
In Smalls v. South Carolina, the SC Supreme Court reversed a defendant’s conviction for murder based on ineffective assistance of counsel by his criminal defense lawyer at trial. The basis for the reversal was: The defendant’s attorney failed to cross-examine a...
Feb 21, 2018 | Criminal Defense
The problems: Police shootings, racial profiling, excessive force, corruption. The solution: Robot cops. At least, that’s what some people think. As self-driving cars become more common on the roadways, Ford has filed a patent for a law-enforcement version...
Feb 7, 2018 | Criminal Defense
If you are arrested, who would you rather oversee setting your bail – a stern judge in a rotten mood, or a computer program designed by someone you will never meet? South Carolina courts are not yet using artificial intelligence (AI) to determine sentences in...
