Marijuana now legal for recreational use in Colorado
Home December 28, 2016 admin Criminal Defense DENVER — Marijuana for recreational usebecame legal in Colorado Monday, when the governor took the procedural step of declaring the voter-approved change part of the state constitution. Colorado became the second state after Washington to allow pot use without a doctor’s recommendation. Both states prohibit public use of the […]
Illegal Carrying and Discharge of Weapons
Home December 28, 2016 admin Criminal Defense Illegal Carrying and Discharge of Weapons — 14:94 Illegal use of weapons or dangerous instrumentality is the intentional or criminally negligent discharging of any firearm, or the throwing, placing, or other use of any article, liquid, or substance, where it is foreseeable that it may result in death or great […]
School Bus Shot in New Orleans
Home December 28, 2016 admin Criminal Defense School Bus Shot as Crime in New Orleans Rises The NOPD is investigating a Monday afternoon shooting in Treme, where a man was injured and a bullet hit a school bus, shattering a window. A girl aboard the bus was cut by the flying glass, according to officer Frank Robertson III. […]
N.O. Wins Court Battle With Owner of Lake Terrace Shopping Center Judge affirms city’s code enforcement action
Home December 28, 2016 admin Uncategorized Civil District Court Judge Lloyd J. Medley, Jr. has upheld the City of New Orleans’ code enforcement action against the Lake Terrace Shopping Center located at 1532 Robert E. Lee Boulevard in Gentilly. The blighted shopping center has sat vacant since Hurricane Katrina. “I am pleased with Judge Medley’s ruling,” […]
Blood Test for DWI Drunk Driving search warrant
Home December 28, 2016 admin Criminal Defense WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court appeared reluctant Wednesday to allow police to routinely order blood tests for unwilling drunken-driving suspects without at least trying to obtain a search warrant from a judge. The court heard arguments Wednesday in a case about a disputed blood test from Missouri, against the backdrop […]
New Orleans Shooting MLK Day Parade
Home December 28, 2016 admin Criminal Defense The New Orleans Police Department said that five people were shot in Central City on Monday afternoon. Police said that the shooting occurred shortly after 1 p.m. on the corner ofLaSalle Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. A New Orleans police officer investigates the scene of an apparent drive […]
Criminal Defense Lawyer Harold E. Weiser
Home December 28, 2016 admin Criminal Defense The man fatally shot by an auto shop owner during a dispute Thursday night in the Lafitte neighborhood has been identified by the Orleans Parish coroner. Eric Dorsey, 28, was shot several times outside the Easy Finish Auto shop in the 300 block of N. Galvez Streetshortly after 9 p.m., said John […]
Attorney Harold E. Weiser Easy Finish Auto Shooting New Orleans Lawyer
Home December 28, 2016 admin Criminal Defense A civil dispute between an auto shop owner and a customer turned deadly Thursday night in the Lafitte neighborhood. After conducting a preliminary investigation, NOPD homicide detectives believed the 25-year-old owner of Easy Finish Auto was likely justified in fatally shooting a 28-year-old man who had made threats […]
Judge Derbigny Section J Orleans Criminal District Court
Home December 28, 2016 admin Criminal Defense An Orleans Parish judge on Thursday ruled that the state statute forbidding certain felons from possessing firearms is unconstitutional, in the wake of a constitutional amendment passed last year that made the right to bear arms a fundamental one in Louisiana. The issue will now go straight to the state […]
Slidell DWI Attorney Woman Arrested twice in 24 Hours
Home December 28, 2016 admin Traffic & DWI Police in Slidell, Louisisana arrested a 26-year-old Mississippi female two times in a 24-hour period for driving drunk, Detective Daniel Seuzeneau said in a news conference. Two seperate officers arrested Marjorie Portier, of Carriere, Miss., early Saturday and again early Sunday, Seuzeneau said. In the first instance, […]