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What Will Happen If Marijuana Becomes Legal In Nevada?

Some states have already begun the legalization or decriminalization of marijuana, but what will happen if Marijuana Becomes Legal In Nevada? Las Vegas DUI Attorney Ross Goodman, explains. Difference between decriminalization and legalization Currently, Nevada has decriminalized marijuana for both medical and recreational use, but what does this mean for defendants? Some people are confused if …

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Man Admitted Tricking Woman into Sex — Not Rape in California, Says Court

A man who admitted he tricked a woman to have sex with him, did not commit rape according to the ruling released by the Second District Court of Appeal ofthe State of California. It ruled that the case is not considered rape due to “historical anomalies in the law and the statutory definition of rape”. …

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Sentence Enhancements for Elderly Crimes in Las Vegas, Nevada – Criminal Defense Lawyer Ross Goodman

Mother, Daughter Plead Guilty to Elderly Neighbor’s Murder, Robbery A Las Vegas woman and her 27-year-old daughter have pleaded guilty to the slaying of their 73-year-old neighbor so that they could steal her coin collection. According to court records, 46-year-old Lourie Rodriguez and her daughter Amber Hall accepted a plea deal Wednesday in the slaying …

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Republican Senator Charged With DUI – DWI Defense Attorney Ross Goodman

Even senators need a DUI Lawyer, apparently. Sen. Michael Crapo, a Republican senator from Idaho, was arrested on Sunday Dec 23, morning in Alexandria, Virginia for running a red light and subsequently failing the responding officer’s field sobriety test, he was then taken into custody and charged for drunken driving at the Alexandria jail. Police spokesman Craig …

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Two More Las Vegas Playboy Bloods Members Plead Guilty

Two more members of the Las Vegas Playboy Bloods pleaded guilty last week in federal court for being a part of a racketeering enterprise in Nevada. Steven Booth, 27, aka “Stevie-P,” and Reginald Dunlap, 30, aka “Bowlie,” entered guilty pleas on Dec. 6 and 7 respectively before U.S. District Judge Phillip Pro. The announcement came …

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Steve Giardini Accused of Sexually Enticing a Child Walks Away Free

Child sex crimes against a former assistant district attorney in Mobile County, Alabama,  were dismissed in a state courthouse on Tuesday thanks to his criminal defense attorney. Ex-prosecutor Steve Giardini who was accused of enticing a child for sex and soliciting child pornography was cleared of both charges by Special Judge Gaines McCorquodale who ruled …

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Nevada High Court Affirms Theft Conviction of Ex-CSN Executive

Nevada High Court Affirms Theft Conviction of Ex-CSN Executive

Last July 2011, the Nevada Supreme Court granted the bail of William R. Gilbert, former executive of the College of Southern Nevada who has been sentenced to a minimum of 12 months of imprisonment for 11 counts of theft, pending his appeal. The Clark County jury made a decision that Gilbert, the ex-associate vice president …

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MLB Hall of Famer Carlton Fisk Asleep on Cornfield, Arrested for DUI

[Tweet “The police arrested Fisk after they discovered him passed out in the middle of a rural corn field. “] Hall of Fame catcher Carlton Fisk has been arrested October 22 and charged with driving under the influence after he was found by police asleep in his pickup truck in an Illinois corn field. According …

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