Blog Posts in 2011
Posted on Dec 29, 2011 By Brent Labovitz
One of the fascinating Fourth Amendment questions that many state courts have been grappling with is how the "search incident to arrest" exception applies to the search of cell phones. ...
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Posted on Dec 7, 2011 By Brent Labovitz
Recently a man was sentenced in the United States District Court in East St. Louis, Illinois, to 188 months imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute in excess of 1000 kilograms of marijuana. This man ...
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Posted on Nov 15, 2011 By Brent Labovitz
Recently Illinois State Police arrested a 27-year-old resident of California that was driving through the State of Illinois. The 27-year-old was arrested for the possession of 72 pounds of marijuana, ...
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Posted on Oct 26, 2011 By Brent Labovitz
A popular St. Louis County bar, Nick's Pub, was recently duped. A man was recently drinking at Nick's Pub and after buying rounds of drinks at the bar he paid the tab with fake $20 bills - ...
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Posted on Sep 20, 2011 By Brent Labovitz
Recently my firm was contacted by a woman that claimed the police had arrested her boyfriend. She told the attorneys at my firm that the police had arrested her boyfriend because the police believed ...
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Posted on Aug 12, 2011 By Brent Labovitz
In the State of Missouri when a defendant pleads guilty to or is convicted of a criminal offense the Court can choose to place the defendant on probation. This article is not meant to explain all the ...
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Posted on Aug 3, 2011 By Brent Labovitz
Should I blow or not? This is by far the most common question I receive. The answer is, it depends. I know this is not the answer that people want to hear, but each case is different and it depends on ...
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Posted on Aug 3, 2011 By Brent Labovitz
One of the most common questions I receive as a criminal defense lawyer is, "what should I do if I have been drinking and I am pulled over by the police?" I always tell people that this is a ...
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