Criminal Law Blog
Pulled Over For Having Whiskey Plates?
Pulled Over For Having Whiskey Plates? We have previously discussed what “whiskey plates” are and when they’re required, but another common question we get is whether a person can be pulled over based solely on the fact that the vehicle has whiskey plates. Under the...
Hearsay: What is it?
Hearsay is a word you may hear thrown around in legal dramas or utilized in everyday conversation to denote something that a person heard from someone else. But what does hearsay mean in a legal sense? The legal concept of hearsay is one that entire books have been...
Third Degree Drug Sale Charges Dismissed
The Law Office of John J. Leunig recently obtained the complete dismissal of a Third Degree Drug Sale charge. The firm successfully argued that the prosecutor should be compelled to disclose the identity of a confidential informant, the government, rather than comply...
DWI Charges Dismissed
The Law Office of John J. Leunig recently secured a victory in a driving while impaired case and the related driver’s license case after persuading a district court judge that there was no basis for the expansion of the stop that resulted in the defendant submitting...
Firm Attorneys Recognized in 2019 Super Lawyers® Publications
Super Lawyers® recently released its selections for 2019 wherein John Leunig was honored as a Super Lawyer® and Justin Duffy was named as a "Rising Star" by Super Lawyers®. John Leunig has now been selected as a Super Lawyer® for seventeen consecutive years. The Super...
Sentencing Departures: Durational vs. Dispositional
In the sentencing phase of a criminal case, the goal of any defense attorney is to minimize the consequences imposed upon a defendant. This can include reducing or eliminating time spent in custody, a probationary term or the level of crime that a person has been...
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