by Tatiana Czaplicki | Jun 16, 2010 | Criminal Laws
The US Marshall’s have created the Fugitive Safe Surrender Program. This initiative encourages persons wanted for non-violent felony or misdemeanor crimes to voluntarily surrender to the law in faith-based or other neutral settings. Already successful in many...
by Tatiana Czaplicki | Jun 4, 2010 | Criminal Laws, Random Thoughts
Big enough news that it made the ABA Journal. An Assistant Public Defender (APD) here in good ole’ Cook County was disgruntled over a Judges granting of a continuance on a Post Conviction matter. His reaction? To choke the Assistant State’s Attorney (ASA)...
by Tatiana Czaplicki | Jun 1, 2010 | Criminal Laws
In a ruling that seems to laugh in the face of Miranda v. Arizona 384 U.S. 436 (1966), the United States Supreme Court has ruled that suspects must verbalize that they want to remain silent when faced with questioning by the police....
by Tatiana Czaplicki | Apr 1, 2010 | Criminal Laws
As a Chicago criminal defense attorney who enjoys serving many different ethnic communities, including my own, this ruling comes as a wake up call. I served as an Assistant State’s Attorney in Cook County for 5 years, and during that time I can count on one hand...
by Tatiana Czaplicki | Mar 20, 2010 | Criminal Laws, Traffic Law
I had heard rumblings about a crack down on aggravated speeders when I was in court earlier this week for a client who had been arrested for driving 57 mph over the speed limit on LSD. When in court, a former colleague had mentioned that someone had recently read...
by Tatiana Czaplicki | Mar 17, 2010 | Criminal Laws, Traffic Law
Especially once you find out that the person you are threatening is a uniformed officer of the law. In this case, the driver didn’t heed the Sheriff’s warning when that Sheriff displayed both his badge and vest complete with radio while announcing his...
