Law enforcement agencies are equal opportunity actors when it comes to prosecuting crimes, including when charges involve juveniles. Juveniles are subject to prosecution just like adults, but they do have some additional concerns from the court that allow for an...
Criminal Defense
New challenges for evidence
As technology advances, it's becoming more difficult to verify the authenticity of images and videos used as evidence in court proceedings. Arkansas lawyers have been made aware of this new challenge by articles in the ABA Journal and other publications. In cases...
Looking at how an experienced advocate can help in sentencing
Last time, we began looking at the issue of fraud charges and the federal sentencing guidelines. As we noted, it is important to have a strong advocate in federal fraud cases, all the way through the sentencing phase of the criminal process. Sentencing presents...
Many factors weigh in the outcome of a domestic violence case
Police were called to an apartment complex in Arkansas by neighbors suspecting that a woman was being beaten in her apartment. Police eventually had to force their way inside, where they say that they found a battered female victim and arrested her boyfriend. Just...