grand jury

One-person corporation has no Fifth Amendment privilege

March 06, 2010 14:51

More than twenty years ago the Supreme Court decided the case of Braswell v. United States, 487 U.S. 99 (1988), in which the Court extended to even small, closely-held corporations the principle that corporate entities have no Fifth Amendment privilege to assert in opposition to a...

Birmingham Criminal Defense News: Franklin County, AL, Grand Jury Indictments

December 23, 2009 16:14

Being an experienced Birmingham criminal defense attorney, I have the knowledge and skills to represent Alabama residents and other persons accused of committing crimes by the law enforcement agencies of this state. These criminal acts can include theft, larceny, assault, drug...

Grand Jury in Coffee County Provides Indictments in Two Dozen Alabama Criminal Cases

Steve Eversole
September 23, 2009 16:38

If crime wasn’t on the rise lately we probably wouldn’t be seeing such a flurry of local criminal indictments across Alabama. Recently a grand jury in Coffee County handed down more than two dozen indictments for a variety of alleged crimes in the area. As a Birmingham criminal defense...

Kidnapping and Sexual Abuse Charges Levied Against Former Alabama Circuit Court Judge Herman Thomas

Steve Eversole
August 12, 2009 22:02

As a Birmingham, AL, criminal defense lawyer, I am committed to representing those persons accused of crimes in Alabama, be they related to drug trafficking, criminal sexual behavior or other allegedly unlawful activities. I have for years defended individuals charged with a variety of...

Constructive Amendments to the Indictment in the Eleventh Circuit

Anthony Lake
May 29, 2009 05:14

  The government’s case in many instances will evolve or shift to some extent over the course of a criminal prosecution. It may be a long time between indictment and trial, and the prosecution may come into possession of new evidence before trial, or may not have thoroughly reviewed the...