Imagine for a moment that you have a criminal case pending, and the trial date is quickly approaching. Your attorney calls you and says, “I have great news! The prosecutor has just given me a wonderful deal. He is willing to plead you to ______, and he is going to give you probation, with no ja...
Recently, when reading the news, I came across a headline stating that R. Kelly had parted ways with his attorneys ahead of his federal trial. The story was unclear about who parted with who, alleging that R. Kelly had fired his attorneys, while also going on to say that his attorneys had alrea...
What do you do when police are knocking at your door? I would like to share five things that you should consider if you are ever in a situation where law enforcement is outside your residence. 1. The first rule is to never open the door. I say this because in our homes we have the greatest expect...
“But they didn't even read me my Miranda Rights!” The statement above is one I hear all the time, and it exemplifies a common mistake people make regarding their Miranda Rights. While many people can recite their Miranda Rights by heart, most actually do not understand when Miranda Rights appl...
What should you do if a family member is experiencing a mental health crisis? Who do you call if you have a family member who requires a mental health wellness check, or is presenting a safety issue to themselves or others? Unfortunately, in recent years we have seen situations where someone i...
Can looking good cause you to be found guilty? During my experience as a defense attorney, I have spoken with countless individuals who have been found guilty and convicted of a crime. Over the course of these conversations I have discovered a valuable, if contradictory, truth. A truth which I...
At some point during the War of 1812 Commodore Oliver Hazard reportedly said to William Harrison after the Battle of Lake Erie, “We have met the enemy and they are ours.” A jury trial is a legal war of competing stories. In most wars, the opposing sides are expected to fight the opposition and s...
What is one of the most important things to remember and do in any police encounter? An individual is stopped by police and is asked to produce their license and registration. The law enforcement official runs their information, returns and announces, “We have checked you out, and everythin...
The Four Most Important Words to Remember in Any Police Encounter “I want a lawyer” These words are perhaps the four most important words to remember in any police encounter. These four little words, when spoken, bring your sixth amendment right to an attorney into play. This is significant...
AMERICA'S OTHER PANDEMIC By Attorney Corey L. Scott The recent death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis Police Department has sparked a debate about the ever growing issue of American citizens dying at the hands of those who are supposedly sworn to "serve and protect" them. Attorney Scott believes that police killings have reached a level to be rightly deemed a pandemic.
“Life is a pressure cooker and whether you remain serene or become stressed out depends on how you handle that pressure.” Kevin Leman A perfect storm has been defined as “a particularly violent storm arising from a rare combination of adverse meteorological factors.” Pressure cookers work by r...
“Do not be deceived: Bad company corrupts good character.” 1 Corinthians 15:33 Photo Credits to ABC News
“Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.” Zora Neal Hurston Want to see something funny AF? Type “Hey Goo Goo” into Google and a video of an Italian grandmother trying to learn how to use a “Google Home” device comes up and it is actually better than funny AF…...
On a cold, crisp day in New York a few weeks ago, Damon Dash or “Dame Dash,” who is best known as a co-founder of Roc-A-Fella with Jay-Z and Kareem “Biggs” Burke was arrested for failure to pay child support. And before you go thinking that the child support authorities in New York were “doing t...
I can't wait to get home and finally watch this “When They See Us” documentary Lisa LegalRights thought to herself as she pulled into her driveway, a quiet cul de sac on Indy's northside in the Nora area. Yeah, it's Friday night, just got paid and I'm about to turn off my phone, smash this Chines...
We the jury find you Freddy Falseconfession GUILTY of murder! There was a round of gasps and cries in the courtroom, the stone-faced Judge peered through glasses thick enough to stop a bullet with his cold blue emotionless eyes and yelled “order in the court!” Any further outbursts in my courtroo...
BY Attorney Corey L. Scott Most people believe that stupidity is the opposite of intelligence or to be dumb. However, I recently discovered a definition of stupidity as “overlooking or dismissing conspicuous information.” In this context, stupidity is to overlook or dismiss critical, life ch...
Your 6th Amendment Right to A Lawyer is one of the most important tools in the arsenal of citizens during police encounters. Exercised properly, it terminates all police interrogation until you have a lawyer present. However, constitutional rights don't exercise themselves...this posts answers the questions of: Can Being Too Polite Send You To Prison and tells you how to properly exercise your 6th Amendment Rights.
Just days after several black men were killed during police encounters, which sparked protests across the country, I found himself stopped by an Indiana State Police Officer as I drove to take witness statements. In this post, I take you through the details of my police encounter and provide key takeaways from my experience.
This article highlights some of the new Indiana laws that took effect on July 1, 2016.
Under the 5th Amendment of the United States Constitution, you have the right not to be forced to make potentially self-incriminating statements. However, if you choose to make voluntary statements to police, you can waive this important constitutional right. In this article, Indianapolis, Indiana Criminal Defense Attorney shares "5 Reasons You Should Never Make Voluntary Statements To The Police."
In the age of social media and the proliferation of new social media tools and apps, law enforcement has increasingly turned to social media as a means to gather evidence related to potential crimes and suspects.
In 2016, we almost never leave home without our cell phones or some kind of device capable of recording. As such, over the years citizens are increasingly recording the police as they go about their business. This post explains 5 things you need to know to safely record the police, which you absolutely have a right to do as long as you are not interfering with their ability to do their job.
The Los Angeles Police Department just announced that a bloody knife was found buried on O.J. Simpson's property and it is being tested to see if it is was used in the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman. Under the 5th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, as it relates to O.J. Simpson, the outcome of the testing on the knife is of no consequence as he cannot be tried again for the murders.
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