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Neil Rockind Certified in Expert in Drug Recognition Expert/Evaluation – Bring On The Cops!

Neil Rockind, named to the NTLA Top 100 and Super Lawyers Top 100 Lawyers List, is upping the ante in drug and drunk driving cases.  Rockind, along with a handful of other top lawyers, recently took the time to learn about Drug Recognition Experts (DRE), the voodoo scientific designation given to some police officers to …

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David Moss, Chris Collis and Vince Colella – Named Top 1% of Auto Accident Lawyers

Several years ago, Neil Rockind and Neil Rockind, P.C. established a close working relationship with the personal injury firm of Moss & Colella, P.C.  The firms joined together in a common law office and work together on a regular basis.  In fact, Neil Rockind has agreed to conduct a $10,000,000.00 USD wrongful death/police misconduct case …

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Medical marijuana and Jewish law

This article appeared in a Jewish periodical. Medical marijuana and Jewish law Permissibility depends on degree of risk Dr. Wallace Greene Published: 27 April 2012 http://www.jstandard.com/content/item/medical_marijuana_and_jewish_law/22950 On April 16, Greenleaf Compassion Center in Montclair was issued a permit by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services to begin growing medicinal marijuana. A permit …

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BREAKING NEWS — New Michigan Law Makes It A Crime To Lie To A Police Officer

If you were wondering what our legislature was doing with its time, be rest assured that they were not sitting around trying to figure out how to make your lives better, fix the economy or reduce your tax burden. And you can abandon any hope that the legislature was sitting around thinking of ways to …

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Michigan State Police Crime Laboratory – Accredited? Meh…

Every scientific laboratory requires accreditation.   The Michigan State Police, the laboratory that performs testing of blood, urine, fibers and DNA in all varieties of criminal cases, should be fully accredited, right?  When a person’s liberty is on the line, the laboratory doing the testing is fully accredited, right?  The answer to the question is so elementary that it hardly …

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Breaking News!! Disqualification Of Dearborn Judge Somers Affirmed On Appeal

BREAKING NEWS …. BREAKING NEWS Today, a Wayne County Circuit judge affirmed the disqualification of Judge Mark Somers, the much maligned Dearborn judge who declared the medical marijuana act unconstitutional. The City of Dearborn appealed the Chief Judge’s ruling disqualifying Judge Somers from this medical marijuana case.  Neil Rockind, P.C., the Southfield, Michigan criminal defense trial firm that has been …

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Neil Rockind, P.C. Retained In High Profile Carjacking Case

This week, a prosecutor’s office brought charges against a 50+ year old male.  The charges:  Carjacking.  The claim:  that the man walked up a woman and demanded that she drive him to a restaurant in another part of town.  Apart from the owner’s claims, another witness is alleged to have observed the incident, our client …

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Moreno: you can resist an unlawful arrest

People v Ventura, the terribly decided court of appeals decision is overturned. You may resist an unlawful arrest: http://coa.courts.mi.gov/documents/OPINIONS/FINAL/SCT/20120420_S141837_66_moreno-op.pdf

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Zimmerman Gets $150,000.00 Bond

A Florida judge set a $150,000 bond for George Zimmerman at a hearing Friday. Minutes earlier, Zimmerman had apologized to the family of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed African-American teen that he shot on Feb. 26. “I wanted to say I am sorry for the loss of your son,” Zimmerman said, addressing the Florida teen’s family. …

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Post People v Koon — What Can Medical Marijuana Users Do To Protect Themselves

The Court of Appeals has again proven that it will not help Medical Marijuana patients.  I’m sorry to say it but the Court of Appeals streteched logic and reason to conclude that any amount of THC in a patient’s system, even one permitted to use marijuana under the Michigan Medical Marijuana Act, can be arrested …

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