“Burglary” is the breaking and entering of a dwelling house (where someone lives) with the intent to commit a crime inside. Sounds simple, right? It’s not. There are enough permutations of the crime of burglary to keep you and your criminal lawyer guessing for months. Here are some of the common issues with burglary: “breaking [...]
Read MoreJanuary 2010
Yes. Most certainly. I have discussed the distinction between federal and state crimes here. As you see, the state of Mississippi is divided into two federal districts, and your lawyer must be admitted to practice before the federal court in the district where your case is pending, or at least must get permission to practice there. More [...]
Read MoreThe statute of limitations for most crimes in Mississippi is two years. Miss. Code Ann. § 99-1-5. This means that the prosecution must “commence” against you within two years after you allegedly committed the offense, or you can raise it as a defense, and the charges may be dismissed. The prosecution is “commenced” by either the issuance of a [...]
Read MoreThe general definition of cyberstalking is the use of the Internet, e-mail, or other electronic communications to “stalk” another person. Stalking – a separate crime in itself – involves willful, malicious, or repeated harassment of another person, or threats against another person made with the intent to place that person in fear of death or bodily [...]
Read MoreAn FBI Agent in Oxford, Mississippi was indicted this week for making false official statements to a federal official, among other things. The agent was the Supervisory Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Oxford Resident Agency, and the indictment charges that he failed to disclose that he had a financial interest in the Oxford FBI Building since [...]
Read MoreSome federal investigations take years to complete. They begin with suspicious activity or crimes that are reported, then federal law enforcement agencies get involved, and they typically culminate in a grand jury investigation. It is quite common in white-collar criminal investigations for citizens to be investigated for months or years and not even know it. But if the [...]
Read MoreRising BAC In Mississippi it is against the law to have a blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) over .08 when you are driving. WHEN you are DRIVING. Not WHEN you are TESTED. It can often take more than an hour after you are stopped before you are tested. It almost goes without saying that your BAC will be different when you [...]
Read MoreNo, not corn-squeezin’, white-lightnin’ bootlegging. This is the new bootlegging, and it has to do with bootleg or pirated DVDs. Movie pirating and bootlegging cost the motion picture industry billions of dollars each year, and so Hollywood – led by the Motion Picture Association of America, the same people that rate movies - has lobbied the federal government and [...]
Read MoreThis shouldn’t amaze you, but blood alcohol content, or blood alcohol concentration (BAC) is a measure of how much alcohol is in your blood. It is usually expressed in terms of volume of ethanol per volume of blood, and is scientifically measured by calculating the ratio of ethanol to blood within your system. Ethanol in your blood is a byproduct of [...]
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