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This is a common question I receive from my clients. The story often begins with the police stopping my client’s vehicle for speeding, marked lanes or failing to use a turn signal. The officers walks to my client’s vehicle and … Continue reading →
The short answer to this question is “it depends.” Contrary to popular belief, a criminal record is not automatically sealed by the court, nor does it disappear after a few years. It is permanent unless an application for expungement (called … Continue reading →
Physically harming another person or another’s unborn child is considered assault in Ohio. However, an individual does not have to cause direct physical harm to another in order to be charged with assault. Ohio Revised Code (ORC) 2903.13 defines assault … Continue reading →
The use of drug-sniffing dogs is quite common in cases where law enforcement believes that evidence of a drug crime is to be discovered. However, there are certain limitations on the use of drug-sniffing dogs around a person’s home. A … Continue reading →
Justice Kagan wrote, in a unanimous decision by the United States Supreme Court, that a dog’s “sniff is up to snuff.” The case, Florida v. Harris, gives law enforcement greater authority to use drug sniffing dogs to establish probable cause … Continue reading →
This is a common question I receive from clients and the answer, surprisingly, is “no.” Testing positive for marijuana, and failing a drug test, is not sufficient to find that a person possessed marijuana. Once you smoke or consume marijuana … Continue reading →