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When the below-cited incident occurred last year, those involved likely never considered that it would blow up to writ-large proportions, result in the resignation of a Nashville General Sessions judge and bring about a fair amount of criticism for the city's police...
Fundamentally erroneous assumption: that every individual locked away in a state or federal prison in the United States is guilty of the crime they were charged with. Sadly, we know that is not the case and that, indeed, innocent people in Tennessee and across the...
A recent national news focus on the federal government's civil asset forfeiture program states that its main objective "is to disrupt and dismantle criminal enterprises." By all indications, though, what special IRS agents seem to be most excelling as is not...
Here's a clear reality underscoring prosecutorial misconduct in a criminal case in Tennessee or elsewhere: there is no upside for an innocently accused party. And that obviously applies across the entire spectrum of alleged criminal conduct, although it can easily be...
The writer of a recent opinion letter inked for a national media publication would likely nod in instant agreement with comments we prominently make on our criminal defense website at the long-established Law Offices of Thomas T. Overton in Nashville. We note therein...
Once arrested for suspected drunk driving, you have already agreed to submit to a chemical test -- whether you realize it or not. By applying for and receiving a driver's license in the state of Tennessee, you have agreed to a test of your breath, blood or urine if...
Historically, Americans have collectively been more than a bit protective in safeguarding what they regard as fundamental personal liberties. Put this way: It's not the state's business where you go to church -- or even if you go at all. No law enforcer should ever...
The above headline for today's blog entry might reasonably have a few extra words tacked on to it, namely these: especially when it happens to me. Law enforcers typically know a thing or two about the legalities surrounding detention because, well, they detain people....
When police officers and prosecutors state that what they assert in a criminal law matter is the flat-out truth and that there is absolutely no doubt about it, there's no need for a criminal defendant and his or her defense counsel to question anything, is there?...
Almost immediately after your DUI arrest, you may have sensed that things could go very badly for you. If you refused to take a blood alcohol test, officers probably warned you of Tennessee's implied consent law, which means the court could suspend your license if you...
