Recent Articles from BARBARA L JONES
Verdict reversed under Miranda doctrine
A man sentenced to 68 months in prison for starting a fire has a second chance.
Law salary survey is good news, bad news
How you view the Robert Half Legal 2014 Salary Guide could reveal a lot about you.
Smoothing ups, downs of litigation
The see-saw of negotiations and, even worse, imagining the up and down of jury deliberations can frighten the most experienced trial lawyer or insurance adjuster. The more vulnerable the client, the greater the fear.
Stuck in the law firm ‘doughnut hole’
It’s a great time to be an associate, or hiring one.
Assault conviction for unprotected sex reversed, says Minn. Supreme Court
An HIV-positive man cannot be prosecuted for assault for having unprotected sex with a consenting partner, the Supreme Court has ruled.
Minn. restitution ruling raises questions
It was a highly unusual move when a Minnesota judge, U.S. District Court Judge Patrick Schiltz, recently issued a written order chiding federal prosecutors for failing to request restitution in a child-pornography possession case. A federal law, 18 U.S.C. sec. 2259, requires a court to order restitution in the full amount of a victim’s losses […]
Minn. high court decision is a blow to Intoxilyzer
Minneapolis — In a decision that will have far-reaching effect on criminal prosecutions, the Minnesota Supreme Court has decided that drivers charged with DWI are entitled to the Intoxilyzer source code so long as they make a threshold showing the code relates to their guilt or innocence. Having to produce the source code presents a […]
Federal judge allows DWI suspects to intervene
Minneapolis — A federal judge has allowed four DWI defendants to intervene in a lawsuit between the state and the maker of the Intoxilyzer over the device’s source code. U.S. District Court Judge Donovan Frank, rejecting a magistrate judge’s recommendation, said that the state of Minnesota cannot adequately represented the interests of the intervenors and […]
Legal News
- Former law enforcement praise state’s response brief in Steven Avery case
- Eric Toney announces re-election bid for Fond du Lac County District Attorney
- Former Wisconsin Democratic Rep. Peter Barca announces new bid for Congress
- Republicans file lawsuit challenging Evers’s partial vetoes to literacy bill
- More human remains believed those of missing woman wash up on Milwaukee Co. beach
- Vice President Harris returning to Wisconsin for third visit this year
- Wisconsin joins Feds, dozens of states to hold airlines accountable for bad behavior
- Trump ahead of Biden in new Marquette poll
- Bankruptcy court approves Milwaukee Marriott Downtown ‘business as usual’ motion
- New Crime Gun Intelligence Center to launch in Chicago
- Arrest warrant proposed for Minocqua Brewing owner who filed Lawsuit against Town of Minocqua
- Wisconsin Supreme Court justices question how much power Legislature should have
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