Sixth Circuit Says 911 Call Justifies Police Entry Into House
In Stricker v. Township of Cambridge the Sixth Circuit issued a ruling concerning police and their ability to enter a private residence. The case began when members of the Stricker family placed an emergency call to 911 to ask for help for their son who appeared to be ...
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case of Woman Who Poisoned Her Best Friend
On Friday the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal by a woman convicted under a federal law that was meant to curb the existence of chemical ...
Defendant Charged with Animal Cruelty Denied Pretrial Diversion
By Stevie Phillips On January 23, Justice Lee authored a unanimous Tennessee Supreme Court opinion in Stanton v. State of Tennessee . In sum, Stanton, ...
A federal appeals court ruled today that an Indiana law that bans registered sex offenders from accessing Facebook and other social networking sites ...
Is Silence Golden? U.S. Supreme Court to Review Use of Pre-arrest Silence at Trial
By Jay Perry Recently the Supreme Court decided to hear the appeal of Salinas v. Texas , a case involving the murder of two men in 1992. The question ...
Tiny Typo Leads to Flawed Warrant and Excluded Evidence
What may have seemed like a small typo on a warrant amounted to enough reason for a judge to prevent prosecutors from using evidence collected as a ...
31 DUI arrests reported for New Year's Eve in 16 counties around Chattanooga
The Times Free Press reports today that 31 DUI arrests occurred over New Years as part of the "No Refusal" enhanced enforcement. The Tennessee Highway ...