It's a S. African origin noisemaker resembling one of those Mexican souvenir yard glasses. It makes the infernal buzzing heard at the most recent World Cup soccer tournament.
Someone should send the author of the article to some remedial English classes. There are more grammatical errors in this story than most ODT posts.
The defense took turns cross-examining Scott. Bringing to the juryâs attention the discrepancy between the number of bullets he remembers...
"Moreover, we note that a defendant's refusal to consent to a search cannot establish probable cause to search. A contrary rule would vitiate the protections of the Fourth Amendment." United States v. Alexander, 835 F.2d 1406, 1409 (11th Cir. 1988)
And, the important thing is that anything they find would be fruit of the poisonous tree and would thus be inadmissible in any criminal prosecution of the person refusing the search.
I'm not a criminal atty, but I'm pretty sure that refusing a search cannot constitute probable cause. Otherwise, the 4th Amendment would mean next to nothing, right?
I'm pretty sure that we can all draw the line at assaulting someone. No matter how disrespectfully the attacker was treated, he was not justified in assaulting the security guard, unless the security guard threw the first punch (which I doubt, and see no evidence of.) Easy call.
Real talk. Had this exact situation happen to me at the Chevron at Metropolitan and University, one bum in front, one behind. I had my shooter on me, but I didn't want to cause a big scene... So I just turned and yelled at the guy behind me to BACK UP in as serious a voice I could muster, he...
My email to Chambliss:
Senator Chambliss:
My name is XXXXXX and I am a resident of Atlanta, Georgia and a registered voter. I have never before taken the time to write to one of my elected representatives, but today I find myself without a choice.
As you know, certain Senators have...
I am a lawyer, I've done criminal defense, and I couldn't say it any better. To paraphrase trckdrvr, everyone should take seriously the Miranda warning that "anything you say can and will be used against you."
Entrapment requires proof that (1) the idea of the crime originated with the state agent; (2) the agent's undue persuasion, incitement or deceit induced the crime; and (3) the defendant was not predisposed to commit the crime.’ ” Hinton v. State, 236 Ga.App. 140, 141, 511 S.E.2d 547 (1999). See...