Tucked away in the back of Macy’s flagship store in New York City, there is a room that looks more like a jail than a wing of a department store.With wooden benches and holding cells, this room – eerily dubbed “Room 104” -serves as a place to detain, question, and sometimes collect fines from suspected shoplifters.

 

Strange as it may seem, there are some benefits to having this room

During the process of conducting a consultation either online, over the phone, or in person with a prospective client facing criminal charges, I often get asked the question of whether the outcome in two cases, both with identical charges, can be predicted.  The scenario is usually something like ‘my buddy got charged with X and got Y specific deal and outcome, shouldn’t I get the same thing?.  The short answer

Convicted felons are prohibited from possessing firearms, and therefore cannot legally acquire them.  Those who acquire firearms for a felon are themselves subject to criminal penalties.  However, these cases are not often subject to the heightened media scrutiny and public attention placed on the case of Evan Ebel, a convicted felon and parolee who used a gun to kill Colorado’s prisons chief and a pizza delivery driver.  He also shot,

Homes or apartments often are occupied by more than one person. When can an individual consent to a search of a jointly occupied residence? In the past, the Supreme Court has held that any person who is a joint occupant of a residence can consent to a law enforcement search of the shared residence. However, if the co-occupants are both present, and have a disagreement as to whether to let

I often get asked how one can get into the lucrative business of selling retail or recreational marijuana.  There are numerous steps to setting up a retail or recreational marijuana business in Colorado.

 

First, the applicant must complete a background check through the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.  This can be done online for a small fee.

 

Second, the applicant must fill out the application, which is