Retired Criminal Defense Lawyer BLOG
Sixth Amendment Center Reports on Maine’s Indigent Defense System. Posted by Edmund R. Folsom, Esq., April 5, 2019. The Sixth Amendment Center has issued a report on Maine’s system for providing legal representation to indigent criminal defendants. The report is … Read More
Law Court Points Out Folly of Within-1,000’-Of-A-School Law. Posted by Edmund R. Folsom, Esq., March 15, 2019. In State v. Brown, 2019 ME 41, decided March 13, 2019, David T. Brown appealed his 4 counts of conviction for aggravated trafficking … Read More
Posted by Edmund R. Folsom, Esq., February 25, 2019 THE BOTTLENECK THAT IS MAINE’S OFFICE OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE. In Maine, a person charged with a first-offense OUI will face a 150-day license suspension imposed administratively by the BMV, and a … Read More
POLICE & FACEBOOK SHAMING — THE DIGITAL STOCKS. Posted by Edmund R. Folsom, December 20, 2018. DISCLAIMER: The following is not legal advice. It is not intended as legal advice and should not be taken as legal advice. I offer … Read More
Posted by Edmund R. Folsom, Esq., December 4, 2018. OPERATING AFTER HABITUAL OFFENDER REVOCATION – “PUBLIC WAY.” DISCLAIMER: The following is not legal advice. It is not intended as legal advice and should not be taken as legal advice. I … Read More
CLASS B OUI BASED ON PRIOR MANSLAUGHTER, STATE V. HASTEY. Posted by Edmund R. Folsom, November 6, 2018. In February of 2016, Troy Hastey was charged with OUI, elevated to a Class B crime based on a 1991 conviction of … Read More
EXIGENT CIRCUMSTANCES FOR AN OUI BLOOD DRAW, STATE V. MARTIN. Posted by Edmund R. Folsom, Esq., October 28, 2018. DISCLAIMER: The following is not legal advice. It is not intended as legal advice and should not be taken as legal … Read More
THE FALSE MATERIAL STATEMENT FELONY. Posted by: Edmund R. Folsom, Esq., October 16, 2018. A person accused of doing something that he or she does not want to admit doing will often deny it. This is not breaking news. For … Read More
Searches Incident to Arrest, State v. Pagnani, 2018 ME 129. Posted by Edmund R. Folsom, Esq. September 23, 2018 “Why do you weasel?” Cal Kuenzel, contracts professor, Stetson University College of Law, responding to an answer given by a student … Read More
LEMEUNIER-FITZGERALD & THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. Posted by Edmund R. Folsom, Esq. Posted: July 3, 2018 Maine’s Law Court finally issued its decision in State v. Lemeunier-Fitzgerald, 2018 ME 85, today, about 14 months after the case was argued. As … Read More
