It is pretty common to hear people complain about there being too many lawyers. For whatever reason, many folks seem to think there are too many of us. What most of those folks seem to forget is that lawyers are subject to the same economic forces...

This morning the United States Supreme Court reversed a defendant’s conviction and vacated his 20 years sentence in a federal felony drug case. The case is Burrage v. United States and it should be considered a substantial victory for defendants in...

It has been several months since I have posted. Frankly, I have been so busy practicing law that I haven’t had time to write about it. However, I wanted to just pass along a couple matters that have been in my “blog bin” for some time. The economics...

This week the South Dakota Supreme Court issued a pair of criminal sentencing cases. They are the kind of cases that, on the surface, don’t seem that interesting. Yet, when you look deeper into the cases, they highlight some deeper issues within the...

For those of us who practice in criminal law and do any work with sex offenses, the questions that come up regarding registry issues can be vast and complex. Often the kneejerk answer to registry questions boils down to, “You were convicted of a sex...