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Legal Loopholes to Criminal Charges Relating to the Possession of Marijuana in Nebraska

The legalization of marijuana in Colorado combined with Interstate 80 have resulted in a increase in the number of criminal arrests and convictions in the...

Asset Forfeiture & Interstate Drug Stops in Nebraska

Forfeiture is a penalty used to take the profit out of crime. It is also big business for the government. However in January of 2015,...

Prescription Drug Crime Charges For Doctors, Pharmacists, Marketers, and Logisticians

Prescription medication is rapidly developing. Doctors want to use the best in science and medicine to help their patients. One of the negative effects of...

False Confessions

The goal of any police interrogation is to get a confession. Police do not interrogate people they believe to be innocent. There is a long...

Prosecutorial Misconduct

If the police violate a citizen's constitutional rights, the evidence unlawfully obtained is not admissible in court. Often when a judge suppresses the illegally obtained...

First Visit With an Attorney: When To Do So and What Happens During the Visit

Attorneys rarely see people at their best. Typically, there is a problem, be it a crime, injury, contract dispute, trouble dispersing a deceased loved one's...

A Lawsuit Up in Smoke?

About States of Nebraska and Oklahoma v. State of Colorado As you are probably aware, the State of Colorado legalized (to a certain extent) the recreational...

Reasonable Expectation of Privacy

The warrant requirement of the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution is still alive in the State of Nebraska. In a December, 2014 Nebraska...

Ferguson, Eric Garner, and Grand Juries in Nebraska

With recent events in Ferguson, MO and with Eric Garner in Staten Island, NY, the term "grand jury" has become a much-discussed topic. There has...

The Under the Legal Limit DUI Arrest

While state DUI laws vary, most states prohibit driving with a blood alcohol content (BAC) is greater than .08 grams of alcohol per deciliter of...

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