The police stop hundreds of thousands of law abiding Nevadans every year, and the vast majority are unaware of their constitutional rights when encountering law enforcement. Even if the police have grounds to stop you, everyone has legal rights when being questioned, arrested, or searched by law enforcement officers. It’s important to know what those …
Cases involving the Fourth Amendment and unreasonable searches and seizures — beyond body-cavity or thermal-imaging searches — rarely make headlines. But this norm is slowly beginning to erode in the wake of Ferguson and Baltimore, as average citizens are beginning to understand the importance of our constitutional rights and the limits placed on both citizens …
Some top prosecutors in Nevada are proposing a law to be enacted that would allow prosecutors to present hearsay at a preliminary hearing or to a grand jury. If enacted, the law would thoroughly alter the criminal process in Nevada. It would mean that victims would not be subject to cross-examination or need to testify. …
What should be concealed and what shouldn’t be concealed? The list of potential things to conceal are endless. Las Vegas Republicans are adding to the list, proposing a bill to repeal state requirement for a permit to carry a concealed gun. March 11, the State Judiciary Committee reviewed SB 143, a bill that would legally …
We typically inherently trust in the products we’ve known our whole lives, products that we’ve learned to trust. We know that when we go to McDonald’s our cheeseburger will taste the same as it did previous time. We know that when we need the answer to something, Google is going to be able to find …
It’s mid-afternoon and your phone begins to ring. It’s the Police Department, trying to collect money for some recent legal troubles you’ve had. If you don’t pay, the police threaten you with a warrant for arrest. To avoid any further trouble, you pay the officer. Only it’s not a police officer, and it’s not the …
North Las Vegas currently has a backlog of 33,000 unpaid Municipal Court warrants and they intend on getting them paid. The city just released a statement saying that the municipal court is targeting serious misdemeanors: such as driving under the influence. So, if you have a warrant you think you’ve been avoiding or a traffic …
A Wisconsin man blames 10th DUI arrest on beer-battered fish. John Pryzbyla, a 75 year old Wisconsin resident, was allegedly spotted driving erratically, by an Adams County Sheriff’s Office deputy, before being pulled over. The deputy stated, that he recognized the “smell of a moderate odor of an intoxicating beverage emitting from his breath.” (this …
A man attempting to avenge his friend’s death, shoots at North Las Vegas Police, which resulted in his arrest. On Tuesday, Alajarreau Cross, led North Las Vegas Police, on a chase, after police attempted to stop him for a traffic violation. According to police, Cross eventually exited his vehicle and ran through a desert lot, …
“Dog” The Bounty Hunter, aka Duane Chapman, a world renowned bounty hunter and reality TV star, who took down the likes of Max Factor, has taken to twitter, announcing that he is on the hunt for former MMA star, War Machine. War Machine, who legally changed his name from Jon Koppenhaver, currently has a warrant …
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