Monthly Archives: December 2024
Smartphone Searches And The Fourth Amendment
Things can quickly go from mildly annoying to disastrous at traffic stops. One minute you make an illegal turn, and the next thing you know, police K9s are pointing at your pills that you thought were Xanax, but now the crime lab is saying that they were fentanyl, and all because a cop insisted… Read More »
Prosecutorial Misconduct And Florida Criminal Cases
In most contexts, two wrongs don’t make a right. If your brother complains to your mother that you hit him, and you protest, “He hit me first,” your mother’s response will probably be that you are both wrong. In divorce cases where both spouses had extramarital affairs, the court does not automatically award the… Read More »
Why All The Fuss About Gabapentin, If It Isn’t A Controlled Substance?
This sounds like something that happened in Florida, but in fact, it happened in Pennsylvania. A man would call doctors who had previously treated his girlfriend, saying that she was having a seizure and needed a prescription for gabapentin immediately. The doctor would call in a prescription to a pharmacy, and the man would… Read More »
