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Always Ready: One Of Michigan’s Top Lawyers Goes The Distanxe

They call hourly and often more frequently. Potential clients interested hiring Neil Rockind and Neil Rockind, PC the criminal defense firm in Southfield bearing his name. Some call his mobile phone while others ring the office so much that a receptionist repeats the phrase, “Neil Rockind’s Office” scores of times a day, it seems. Neil …

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Rockind Firm Takes On K2/Spice Cases

Neil Rockind, Colin Daniels and Neil Rockind, P.C., the criminal defense trial firm in Southfield, Michigan are never afraid to weigh in on the biggest and most controversial, cutting edge cases in the criminal justice system. Two (2) store owners in Pontiac, Michigan were trapped in a sting operation this week involving alleged sales of …

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Neil Rockind Comments On Bad Canine Case Out Of The Sixth Circuit

Criminal Defense Attorney Neil Rockind, of Neil Rockind, P.C., the criminal defense trial firm in Southfield, Michigan pays attention to recent court opinions. While the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals has protected citizens from some pretty unfavorable and wrongly decided Michigan Court of Appeals and Supreme Court cases in the past, it issued an opinion …

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Attorney Neil Rockind Following Story About Falsified Breath Test

Lansing jail employee accused of falsifying breath test LANSING — An employee of the Lansing Police Department’s jail has been charged with falsifying a breath test for a man she knows, officials said. Detention Officer Beth Rios, 51, was arraigned today in 54A District Court on a felony conspiracy charge. A preliminary hearing, which determines …

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New Jersey Rewrites Rules Regarding Eyewitness Identification

New Jersey’s Supreme Court is putting tighter strictures on admission of eyewitness identifications in criminal cases and offering better guidance for jurors weighing such evidence. The court on Thursday announced rule changes and new jury charges, effective Sept. 4, that address IDs occurring out-of-court, in-court and in both places. Each charge tells jurors “Human memory …

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Mitch Albom Discusses Prescription Pill Use In The US

We are a pill popping nation. We end of up taking pills to solve our problems and then more pills to counter the side effects of the pills that we were taking in the first place. It has now become the most significant and prominently abused drug or type of drug in American society. More …

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Senate Meeting To Discuss Marijuana Bills

Well … it is that time of year again. Michigan legislators who cannot leave well enough alone are tinkering with the Medical Marijuana Act. As President Ronald Reagan once said, “there you go again.” Here is the agenda: 7/18 Senate Judiciary Agenda: HB 4834 Require photograph on medical marihuana card; HB 4851 Clarify definition of …

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Feds Continue Their Abuse Of Medical Marijuana Dispensary In California

This story appeared on msnbc.com: Feds target $20 million ‘Weed Wars’ medical marijuana dispensary in Calif. By msnbc.com staff and news services July 12, 2012, 4:17 am MSNBC.msn.com SAN FRANCISCO — Federal prosecutors have filed civil forfeiture actions against an Oakland medical marijuana dispensary that bills itself as the world’s largest, as part of a …

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The Arrogance of Authority

The Arrogance of Authority A DEA officer stopped at a ranch in Texas , and talked with an old rancher. He told the rancher, “I need to inspect your ranch for illegally grown drugs.” The rancher said, “Okay , but don’t go in that field over there…..”, as he pointed out the location. The DEA …

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Credit Cards And Medical Marijuana: Obama’s New Front

Credit Cards: Obama Admin’s Newest Front in the War on Medical Marijuana? In what could potentially be the newest front in the Obama administration’s multiple front war on medical marijuana, major credit card companies will no longer accept transactions from medical marijuana dispensaries, according to SF Weekly. Merchant services providers – the intermediaries between retailers …

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