Memphis Tennessee Criminal Defense Blog
When can Tennessee police enter your home without a warrant?
You can only advocate for your rights properly when you understand what rights you have. Too many people in Tennessee don't understand their protections under federal and state laws. That lack of information leaves them vulnerable to underhanded tactics commonly used...
Can an affirmative defense help you with pending murder charges?
In the hierarchy of violent criminal offenses, there's a little question that murder sits very close to the top. When you or someone you love winds up facing murder charges in Tennessee, creating a criminal defense strategy may be the only thing standing between the...
Smart Justice plan seeks to cut prison populations
The United States has the largest inmate population in the world, six times the incarceration rate of Canada, five times that of the United Kingdom, and four times the rate of Australia. The U.S. averages 2.2 million inmates per day while the latest figures show...
Finding ways to rebuild relationships after your prison term
You have just been released from prison and are determined to take your life in a different direction; away from your past, away from your mistakes and away from the reputation you currently hold. At The Law Offices of [nap_names...
How to avoid helping the prosecution
At The Law Office of & , there is one thing that we wish everybody knew before they came to our office with a criminal defense case. It is simple:...
Reviewing the concept of corruption of blood
A criminal conviction in Memphis can leave one facing an uncertain future once they have fulfilled all of the requirements that justice demands be served for their crime. Their ability to succeed may depend largely on what resources are available to them at the...
Understand the seriousness of involuntary manslaughter charges
Involuntary manslaughter is an illegal act in Tennessee. It includes several different kinds of killings that were a result of reckless, grossly negligent or unlawful actions. Involuntary manslaughter charges may be filed when a person kills another as a result of...
Hamilton County officials arrest man for riding horse while drunk
Most in Memphis likely can agree as to the need for local law enforcement officials to protect the public for potential criminal activity. At the same time, however, officials should not be given free rein to do whatever they want when prosecuting one who has...
Violent crimes and aggravated robbery can land you in prison
With an aggravated robbery charge, the assumption is that the person who was committing the robbery was armed with a deadly weapon at the time, inflicted bodily harm or had an accomplice. The threat of bodily harm can also be included in the definition of an...
How does Tennessee define intellectual disability?
Not guilty be reason of insanity may seem to be such an overused defense to murder charges that most in Memphis may simply dismiss it the moment it is cited. Yet what if it truly exists in your case? Some might think that determining whether or not you have the...
