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CRIMINAL DEFENSE: Quarles v. United States (2019) – When must intent start with “Remaining In Burglary”?

Hi, James Polk here with Apex Law Service.  www.ApexLawService.com is our website and we do outsourced paralegal work in the criminal defense arena for Attorneys who hire us to find Clients who need to defend themselves against criminal charges.  If you’re a Client and you need to hire an Attorney you can hire us first and then what we do is we do paralegal hours at a lower rate than most Law Firms.  We charge $150 an hour whereas most Law Firms charge up to $280 dollars an hour.  The…

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CRIMINAL DEFENSE: Rehaif v. United States (2019) – Does a defendant have to know they are illegally present in the Country to Illegally possess a firearm in violation of the law?

Hi, James Polk here with Apex Law Service.  www.ApexLawService.com is our website and we do outsourced paralegal work in the criminal defense arena for Attorneys who hire us to find Clients who need to defend themselves against criminal charges.  If you’re a Client and you need to hire an Attorney you can hire us first and then what we do is we do paralegal hours at a lower rate than most Law Firms.  We charge $150 an hour whereas most Law Firms charge up to $280 dollars an hour.  The…

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“Criminal Law and Philosophy” is a GREAT JOURNAL!

Hi, James Polk here with Apex Law Service.  www.ApexLawService.com is our website and we do outsourced paralegal work in the criminal defense arena for Attorneys who hire us to find Clients who need to defend themselves against criminal charges.  If you’re a Client and you need to hire an Attorney you can hire us first and then what we do is we do paralegal hours at a lower rate than most Law Firms.  We charge $150 an hour whereas most Law Firms charge up to $280 dollars an hour.  The…

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The Devil You Know: A Documentary Series on Pazuzu Algarad.

Hi, James Polk here with Apex Law Service.  www.ApexLawService.com is our website and we do outsourced paralegal work in the criminal defense arena for Attorneys who hire us to find Clients who need to defend themselves against criminal charges.  If you’re a Client and you need to hire an Attorney you can hire us first and then what we do is we do paralegal hours at a lower rate than most Law Firms.  We charge $150 an hour whereas most Law Firms charge up to $280 dollars an hour.  The Attorneys…

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Double Jeopardy v. Dual-Sovereignty – a 2019 Supreme Court Opinion

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/587/17-646/ – Gamble v. United States (2019). https://www.oyez.org/cases/2018/17-646 – Oyez Summary – listen to the 1:19:00 Oral Arguments. —————————————————–I am working on a blog post about this case. Gamble argued double jeopardy because he was convicted on the State and the Federal levels for “Felon in Possession of a Firearm” both based on the same incident. It is not double jeopardy. It is dual-sovereignty. It does not always happen, but when it does it is valid. A crime is any act coupled with intent against which there is a valid statute defined by…

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The Ross Ulbricht Amici Curiae brief – The “Dread Pirate Roberts” of the Silk Road.

The Question Presented: Does the Fourth Amendment permit the government to track and monitor citizens’ Internet browsing activity without a warrant? The link to the Amici Curiae Brief. Brief from the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Table of Authorities (same order as in brief) Cases Carpenter v. United States (2018) – oyez brief Does the warrantless search and seizure of cell phone records, which include the location and movements of cell phone users, violate the Fourth Amendment? 5-4 Majority that it was a violation of 4th to search location data of 3rd party.…

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