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I’m a lawyer in Oxford, Mississippi in the firm of Freeland & Freeland. Although I am a lawyer, on this site, I do not give legal advice. You may see me (and possibly other law trained people writing in comments) say what we think about legal issues, the law, and the courts, but you need to understand that this blog does not exist to give legal advice and does not dispense legal advice. If you are in need of legal advice, you should seek a lawyer. The sort of general discussion about the law you will see on this blog does not perform the function of such advice.

Observer wrote on 11:35 am, March 11, 2010 about Amen (about the “shameful attacks” on lawyers who defended detainees)
This whole discussion went pretty much where I expected that it would go. As a personal note to bellesouth, to quote Forest Gump, "Stupid is as stupid does." I don't know that anyone either said or im ..

NMC wrote on 11:32 am, March 11, 2010 about The Court of Appeals gets something really, really wrong in dicta
The sentence bothered me too, Slick. For those who've not read the opinion, it states that after the verdict, the judge sentenced Sanders to life-without-parole on the verdict of conviction, and that ..

Slick wrote on 11:11 am, March 11, 2010 about The Court of Appeals gets something really, really wrong in dicta
It seems to me that part of the problem was poor jury instruction. When they sent out the note the judge should have directed them that the packet of jury instructions was the map for them to follow. ..

NotZachScruggs wrote on 9:58 am, March 11, 2010 about First Anniversary of the blog
Happy Anniversary. Keep doing what you enjoy, and writing about what you know. The food coverage is particularly appreciated (and the New Orleans and Memphis coverage is nice, in addition to the Oxfor ..

NMC wrote on 9:55 am, March 11, 2010 about The Court of Appeals gets something really, really wrong in dicta
Powell is cited in the opinion as saying that inconsistent verdicts don't raise a double jeopardy problem, which makes some sense. My point was that Ashe clearly says there is a double jeopardy bar to ..

The Oblivion Haha wrote on 9:46 am, March 11, 2010 about The Court of Appeals gets something really, really wrong in dicta
UNITED STATES v. POWELL, 469 U.S. 57 (1984) Might serve as an interesting read. Inconsistent verdicts seem to be allowed for the purposes of double jeopardy - not necessarily collateral estoppel, thou ..

Rob Hutten wrote on 7:30 am, March 11, 2010 about How come Austin gets these breakfast tacos and we get chicken on a stick?
At a recent training course in Houston we stopped at this taco truck a couple times for tacos, breakfast and otherwise. So good. We need a real Mexican place here in Halifax... our second BBQ joint is ..

NMC wrote on 12:22 am, March 11, 2010 about The Court of Appeals gets something really, really wrong in dicta
Right, supergreg-- there is no logically consistent explanation. ..

paulq wrote on 11:24 pm, March 10, 2010 about How come Austin gets these breakfast tacos and we get chicken on a stick?
I have sat at the table. It's the only one at there. Best tacos I've eaten in months, in Austin or elsewhere. Walking in feels like going to Mexico. It's dirty and everyone is yelling in Spanish. I sw ..

supergreg wrote on 11:02 pm, March 10, 2010 about The Court of Appeals gets something really, really wrong in dicta
I began to read the opinion today, but was interrupted by phone calls, walk ins and the like, and indeed had the impression this was a head scratcher. I need to go back and read it through again. It a ..

NMC wrote on 10:31 pm, March 10, 2010 about How come Austin gets these breakfast tacos and we get chicken on a stick?
I'm going to fix that tag, blackbear ..

NMC wrote on 10:29 pm, March 10, 2010 about How come Austin gets these breakfast tacos and we get chicken on a stick?
The software inflicts best-guess-auto-complete tags-- It had some crazy selection for John T. Looking back, the tag I tried to do that's missing is (figure this one) "Austin". ..

BlackBear wrote on 10:17 pm, March 10, 2010 about How come Austin gets these breakfast tacos and we get chicken on a stick?
I think the simple answer is because you call it cheese dip here. We ate these things in Austin 3 meals a day for 7 days a week, they would offer them in little trailers parked around the city in rand ..

Scout wrote on 9:24 pm, March 10, 2010 about First Anniversary of the blog
What would we do without you, NMC? You have become a part of our days. Happy Birthday and thanks for everything. I enjoy hearing your voice as I read your posts. ..

NMC wrote on 6:30 pm, March 10, 2010 about The Court of Appeals gets something really, really wrong in dicta
it's possibly because my hosting service is in the Eastern Timezone, Slick. ..

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