Expungement is a legal process in which criminal convictions are erased in the eyes of the law. To expunge a charge means to remove it from your criminal record. Expungement is important to individuals, because prior convictions will follow you around like a sore thumb. For example, many employers often ask applicants to disclose their … Read more
Heroin is considered a particularly addictive drug and Tennessee lawmakers have responded in kind with tough narcotics laws. Prosecutors tend to treat heroin crimes with more vigor than some other controlled substances. Because of this reality, it is important that you hire an experienced criminal defense attorney who can protect your constitutional and statutory rights … Read more
By David L. Hudson, Jr. “The criminal is to go free because the constable has blundered.” United States Supreme Court Justice Benjamin Cardozo famously wrote this statement in 1926 about the exclusionary rule, a principle he didn’t support. The exclusionary rule, however, is a most important legal principle that protects the rights of criminal defendants … Read more