Criminal Defense

To the "ho-hum" of the nation, the national media reported back in May, and last week, that in November the United States Supreme ...

After a week away, I returned and did something I probably won't do again. I read every day of the newspaper that was published while I ...

This morning, while waiting for my case to be called, I popped into another courtroom after hearing a police officer in the hallway say ...

Laches (f. French, lachesse, laches ) [1] is an equitable defense, or doctrine. The person invoking laches is asserting that an opposing par...

I'm one of those sitting back watching the health care reform debate and shaking my head. So many lies, so many idiots. Not a single int...

It's a new world folks. No longer does a criminal defense lawyer, or any lawyer, have to actually be "good." All they have to ...

For those that haven't heard, there's a bunch of sex offenders living under a bridge in Miami. Not a bridge in the middle of the Eve...

This past Monday at the ABA annual meeting, Attorney General Eric Holder spoke of things that anyone practicing in the criminal justice syst...

There is a common thread that runs through any discussion of lying cops. First we start with the premise that cops lie. Then someone says ...

Watch Hollywood, Florida cops lying about a report they're writing. Courtesy of their dash cam. Brian Tannebaum is a criminal defense ...

When I wrote the below post a couple days ago, I had no idea that my federal sentencing yesterday would be the subject of an article in my l...

Well there was a big defense win in ultra-conservative Pensacola, Florida Friday. A young defendant was charged with vehicular homicide in ...

That was the Sheriff of Escambia County, Florida yesterday during an interview on cable TV regarding this horrific murder of the parents of...

I often joke that there are criminal defense lawyers and "former prosecutors" (practicing criminal defense). Some laugh. The ones ...

As soon as I saw the headline for this story this morning: "Up To 10,000 Illinois Prisoners May Be Released" I dead-bang predicted...

I know, it's not about criminal law, but I just got back from vacation and am fascinated with the hypocrisy surrounding Sarah Palin. I...

Over the past two weekends I've attended two different criminal defense conferences. In 15 years I've probably attended 30 or so. Ea...

Abortion. I know, I shouldn't write about abortion. Abortion is not something we debate, its something we accuse others of supporting, o...

Good thing about having a blog is that writing a letter that will be answered with some condescending bullshit about "public safety...

Conservatives don't trust judges. This is why we have sentencing guidelines, minimum mandatories, reporting requirements on sentences, a...