by magUser | Apr 20, 2020 | criminal defense
Supreme Court of the United States Issues Landmark Ruling – Sixth Amendment Guarantee of Unanimous Verdicts Apply to State Criminal Trials In a ruling that will undoubtedly affect the criminal justice system in Louisiana, the Supreme Court of the United States...
by Andre Belanger | Apr 16, 2020 | criminal defense
Louisiana law categorizes crimes into 4 categories. Each category has its own statute of limitations for both prosecuting the case and bringing it to trial. There are 3 categories of felonies and one category of misdemeanors in Louisiana. Unlike many states and the...
by Andre Belanger | Apr 12, 2020 | criminal defense
Many routine traffic stops morph into a full fledge search of the car and its occupants. These searches are usually exceptions to the warrant requirement. Broadly speaking, they will fall into one of five categories: Plain view, Consent, K-9 sniff, incident...
by Andre Belanger | Apr 11, 2020 | criminal defense, evidence
There are three major evidence doctrines used to exclude evidence at trial: relevance, hearsay, and authentication. Relevance Relevant evidence is any evidence that tends to prove or disprove a critical fact in the case. As a general rule, all relevant...
by Andre Belanger | Apr 10, 2020 | criminal defense, evidence
Hearsay is an out of court statement that is offered at trial by someone other than the person who made the statement. Such testimony is prohibited when it seeks to establish the truth of the statement’s contents. That may sound confusing so here is an example....
by Andre Belanger | Apr 8, 2020 | criminal defense
http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXwD7Iazn64&feature=youtu.be Granted, no one charged with a crime wants to lose at trial. But, even when you do, hope is not lost. There are 3 post-trial pleadings a defendant can file that would vacate his conviction and...
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