Retired Criminal Defense Lawyer BLOG
OPEN LETTER RE MAINE LD 1433 PUBLIC DEFENDER BILL. Posted by Edmund R. Folsom Date: December 4, 2015 This follows up my earlier post, “A Public Defender Administering Contracts for Maine?” located here: https://edfolsomlaw.com/2015/10/a-public-defender-administering-contracts-for-maine/ Most of the concerns I have … Read More
MAINE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CONVICTIONS & FIREARMS POSSESSION* Posted by Edmund R. Folsom, Esq. Date: November 18, 2015 (updated July 7, 2016) DISCLAIMER: The following is not legal advice. It is not intended as legal advice and should not be taken as … Read More
2016 EDITION OF MAINE OUI LAW AVAILABLE NOW. Posted by Edmund Folsom November 4, 2015, Revised 11/25/15 New, 2016 editions of Maine OUI Law and Maine Driver’s License Suspensions, Revocations and Related Offenses (Non-OUI ) are available now. As with … Read More
A Public Defender Administering Contracts for Maine? Posted by Edmund R. Folsom October 12, 2015 A lot of lawyers who do indigent criminal defense work in Maine are worried about LD 1433, “An Act to Create the Office of the … Read More
Posted By Edmund Folsom August 14, 2015 PORTLAND FALSE RAPE REPORT- THESE THINGS HAPPEN. On Wednesday, August 12, 2015, a 34-year old woman (who at this point remains publicly unnamed) reported that she was raped at midday on Portland’s Back Cove trail. … Read More
Posted by: Edmund R. Folsom, Esq. Date: May 16, 2015 State v. Tozier, The Intoxilizer 8000 & The HairFibber2000 In State v. Tozier, 2015 ME 57, Maine’s Law Court recently decided that the Confrontation Clause of the U.S. Constitution does not require … Read More
Edmund R. Folsom, Esq. Date: May 1, 2015 OUI & THC LEVEL- LOSING SIGHT OF THE CRIME’S PURPOSE. Here I will spill a few words on the legislative effort to define the crime of OUI to include operating a motor … Read More
Posted by: Edmund R. Folsom, Esq. Date: April 26, 2015 RODRIGUEZ AND THE DOGS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT On April 21, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Rodriguez v. United States. These days, police routinely expand traffic … Read More
RECORD POLICE- IF THEY’VE DONE NOTHING WRONG THEY HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE Posted By: Edmund R, Folsom, Esq. Date: April 12, 2015 DISCLAIMER: The following is not legal advice. It is not intended as legal advice and should not be … Read More
Sarbanes-Oxley, Short Fish & Federal Overkill. Yates v. United States, 514 U.S. __ (Decided February 25, 2015), is an interesting case. Yates was a fishing boat captain, on a multi-day fishing run off the coast of Florida, when his boat … Read More