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		<title>The Guthrie Firm, PLLC Announces Strategic Partnership with TCS Risk Management Group</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am pleased to announce that my firm has formed a strategic partnership with TCS Risk Management Group, a local firm specializing in all types of investigation, including criminal and DUI investigation, accident reconstruction, litigation support, and public safety consultation. TCS is based in Rankin County, but maintains a statewide network of investigative professionals with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mississippicriminaldefenseblog.com/2010/02/11/mississippi-criminal-defense-investigations/</link>
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		<title>Mississippi Criminal Lawyer &#8211; What You Need to Know Now</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are looking for information about Mississippi criminal issues, take a look at the posts below &#8211; and the categories to the right.  You can also visit my Jackson, Mississippi Criminal and DUI Defense website for more information.
If you need a lawyer right now, send an email to clarence@guthriefirm.com, or call me at 601-991-1099.  If you live outside of Jackson, Mississippi, call [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mississippicriminaldefenseblog.com/2010/01/30/mississippi-criminal-lawyer/</link>
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		<title>Mississippi Crime of the Week &#8211; Burglary</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Burglary&#8221; is the breaking and entering of a dwelling house (where someone lives) with the intent to commit a crime inside.  Sounds simple, right?  It&#8217;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:

&#8220;breaking and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mississippicriminaldefenseblog.com/2010/01/25/mississippi-crime-of-burglary/</link>
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		<title>If I am being investigated by the feds, or I am being charged with a federal crime, do I need a &#8220;federal&#8221; criminal defense lawyer?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 importantly, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mississippicriminaldefenseblog.com/2010/01/23/mississippi-federal-criminal-lawyer/</link>
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		<title>What is the statute of limitations for most crimes in Mississippi?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The statute of limitations for most crimes in Mississippi is two years.  Miss. Code Ann. § 99-1-5.  This means that the prosecution must &#8220;commence&#8221; 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 &#8220;commenced&#8221; by either the issuance of a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mississippicriminaldefenseblog.com/2010/01/20/mississippi-criminal-statute-of-limitations-for-most-crimes-in-mississippi/</link>
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		<title>Mississippi Crime of the Week &#8211; Cyberstalking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The general definition of cyberstalking is the use of the Internet, e-mail, or other electronic communications to &#8220;stalk&#8221; another person.  Stalking &#8211; a separate crime in itself &#8211; 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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mississippicriminaldefenseblog.com/2010/01/18/mississippi-cyberstalking/</link>
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		<title>Federal Crime of the Week &#8211; Making False Statements to a Federal Official</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An 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&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mississippicriminaldefenseblog.com/2010/01/15/false-statements-to-a-federal-officia/</link>
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		<title>What is a target letter?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some 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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mississippicriminaldefenseblog.com/2010/01/13/what-is-a-target-letter/</link>
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		<title>How to Beat a Mississippi DUI &#8211; Number Six</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Rising 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 are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mississippicriminaldefenseblog.com/2010/01/13/mississippi-rising-bac-defense/</link>
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		<title>Mississippi Crime of the Week &#8211; Bootlegging</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No, not corn-squeezin&#8217;, white-lightnin&#8217; 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 &#8211; led by the Motion Picture Association of America, the same people that rate movies - has lobbied the federal government and the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://mississippicriminaldefenseblog.com/2010/01/12/mississippi-bootleg-dvd-piracy/</link>
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