If you live in the Boise – Nampa – Caldwell, Idaho area you cannot have escaped the most recent news story on another apparent homicide by a fourteen year old Caldwell Middle School student. That’s right friends – 14. As in "how many kids can you stuff in a VW Bug?" Fourteen – if they are little Middle School kids.
Criminal Defense
Can’t The Judge Just Dismiss This Case?
By Chuck Peterson on
Posted in Civil Trial Practice, Criminal Defense
I am working on my response to a motion to dismiss a civil case under Rule 12(c), which permits a judgment on the pleadings to be granted when, taking all the allegations as true, the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. This is a civil case, and the practice in civil cases is different than…
Top Three Rules If The Detectives Want To Talk To You – Especially In A Sex Crime!
By Chuck Peterson on
It is early on a Sunday morning and I am in my office working. Sometimes this happens – I wake up and after fifteen or twenty minutes I know that I am not going back to sleep, so off I go to do a little work. Today I am listening to a tape recorded "interview" by a detective. The suspect is charged…
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Possession Means Knowing Possession – Not Passed Out Possession
By Chuck Peterson on
Posted in Criminal Defense
I love to check out the "Case o the Week" over at the 9th Circuit Blog to see just what little gem of a case makes the grade – and this week the Court did not let me down. At issue – what does possession mean? In United States v. Nevils, __ F.3d __, 2008 WL 4937030 (9th Cir.
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Five Questions To Ask The Lawyer Before You Sign That Retainer
By Chuck Peterson on
Tis the season for increased traffic patrols – and DUI arrests in Boise, Idaho. The Statesman reports that between Friday night and Sunday afternoon forty-nine persons were arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Suppose for a minute that you are one of those forty-nine. Any criminal charge is expensive and the outcome important enough…
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Choose Your Lawyer Wisely
By Chuck Peterson on
Posted in Criminal Defense, DUI
I was just looking at Virginia Attorney Bob Battle’s website, and his advice on choosing a lawyer to represent you if you are charged with driving under the influence. The advice makes sense whether you are headed to court in the great South or the Northwest. Survey says: choose wisely! As a client in a criminal case in Idaho…