Syracuse Criminal Law Blog

Medical professionals often find that generating adequate revenue to keep a private practice solvent is difficult. Especially when a professional has started their own medical practice, they may have a difficult time generating the necessary revenue to pay for equipment, facilities and support staff wages. Creative billing practices may sometimes seem like a viable solution for those trying to operate successful independent medical practices. Unfortunately, tactics like unbundling discounted charges

Sometimes, no matter how hard you try, a court case just won’t go your way. Conviction is inevitable. When that happens, the defense process turns toward mitigation – or an effort to sway the court towards leniency in its sentence based on different factors that tend to present the defendant in either a positive or sympathetic light. One of the most common mitigating issues raised is a defendant’s mental health.

In many situations, it’s illegal for police officers to enter your house without permission. Even if they want to come in and talk to you, they have to ask for your consent. You don’t have to give them that consent, and they can’t force their way into the house just because they are in a position of authority. So when can they come inside? 1. With your consent The first

Police officers and prosecutors are both technically agents of the state. They represent the government and have to follow the law. Not only do they need to avoid criminal activity, but they must also avoid violating the civil rights of individuals. Sometimes, police officers and prosecutors make mistakes when developing a criminal case that may have implications for the defendant. In many cases, a criminal defense attorney may be able

You may know that police who are investigating a crime can request a warrant to search a person’s phone as part of that investigation. If the judge agrees they have sufficient reason they can then examine it for anything that might help them build their case. Yet you might now know that the police can often still access the information on a person’s phone without ever needing to see or

People sometimes claim that the criminal justice system does not serve anyone’s needs effectively. There is some truth to that allegation. Whatever justice the courts can hand out after a crime is often a cold comfort to those negatively affected by criminal activity. For those involved in a criminal incident, the punishments that the courts dole out rarely help them overcome what may have prompted the criminal issue in the