Probable Cause
"The legal blog with the really low standard of review. While the primary emphasis of this blog is criminal law and procedure, there will be occasional commentary on constitutional and international law, as well."
Author: Rick Horowitz is a solo practitioner in Fresno, Calif.
Blawg Related Categories: Constitutional Law • Criminal Justice • Criminal Procedure • International Law • Solo / Small Firm
Recent Posts from Probable Cause
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If Worms Carried Shotguns
There is a saying in the legal community that “hard cases create bad law.” When I was young, whenever I would explain my behavior as contingency planning based on the possibility that something might happen,…
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“We’re Just Being Americans”
Some of you will wonder why this article is going to start off, in a minute here, by talking about and quoting from comments made at so-called “town hall meetings” regarding Obama’s health care plan. …
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The Role of Criminal Defense Attorneys, the Constitution, and the Rights of Criminals
I am a criminal defense attorney. I am the only line of defense against the loss of your rights. Even if — perhaps especially if — you are not a criminal. My job as a…
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The Gates of Hell
Today’s San Francisco Chronicle, in a story titled “Gates 911 tape raises more issues in case,” is important because it mentions — and I’d like to highlight — something that happens every day. And no,…
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Two Wrongs Don’t Make A Right
A young person — I’m not going to provide any more identifying information than that individual did — left a comment to my article about “Defending Innocent People.” The comment is interesting on many different…
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You Just Got Pwned!
Most of my writing lately has had to be devoted to motions. As California courts increasingly ignore the law, it seems more important — I’m not sure why, perhaps at least for future generations, sort…
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Once Upon A Time: A Tale Of Search & Seizure
Once upon a time, in the land that would one day become the United States of America, law enforcement officers of the King of England were allowed by the King to stop and search citizens…
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If I Only Had A Badge
By the time you finish reading this, you will know everything you need to know in order to testify, in court, as a gang cop. Don’t let me mislead you: you won’t know everything you…
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Three Daughters Lost
I have had a difficult time trying to decide what title to give this post. This is not one of my “normal” posts. Not by a long shot. A fellow criminal defense attorney, a woman…
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Black Terrorists or Black Plague?
Officially, the basic rule in the United States of America is still that “searches conducted outside the judicial process, without prior approval by judge or magistrate, are per se unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment —…