Retired Criminal Defense Lawyer BLOG
Maine’s February 2019 Bar Pass Rate Worst In Nation. Posted May 19, 2019. Edmund R. Folsom, Esq. Maine’s Overall February Pass Rate 31% — Declining Law School Admissions Standards. Maine’s February 2019 bar pass rate was the worst in … Read More
Maine’s Law Court Slaps Down State’s Cockeyed View of Discovery Obligations. Posted by Edmund R. Folsom, Esq., April 19, 2019 DISCLAIMER: The following is not legal advice. It is not intended as legal advice and should not be taken as … Read More
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
