JuristMail - Legal News » trial lawyer http://juristmail.com Following Justice Everyday Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:53:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Sex Offender and Murderer Waives Right to a Speedy Trial http://juristmail.com/sex-offender-and-murderer-waives-right-to-a-speedy-trial/2009/12/ http://juristmail.com/sex-offender-and-murderer-waives-right-to-a-speedy-trial/2009/12/#comments Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:37:30 +0000 Alicia Norman http://juristmail.com/?p=2514 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> 50-year-old Cleveland Ohio resident Anthony Sowell waived his right to speedy trial to accommodate a new defense team this week.  Sowell, a registered sex offender who is charged with killing 11 women,  also agreed Wednesday to allow police  onto his fenced off property to preserve evidence.

The suspected serial killer put in a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity at his pretrial hearing prior to his request.

Investigators revealed that Sowell spent several years luring women to his Cleveland home where he then attacked and killed them.  Ten of the victims skulls were found in the murderer’s home or buried in the yard.

Sowell faces 85 counts including murder, rape, assault and abuse of a corpse.  He will also be charged with assault and attempted murder  in regards to the three women who survived  his attacks.

If convicted, Sowell could get the death penalty.

The waiver pushes back the Sowell trial court date to mid-2010.

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]]> http://juristmail.com/sex-offender-and-murderer-waives-right-to-a-speedy-trial/2009/12/feed/ 0 Courts Revisit Miranda Warnings, Possible Re-write http://juristmail.com/courts-revisit-miranda-warnings-possible-re-write/2009/12/ http://juristmail.com/courts-revisit-miranda-warnings-possible-re-write/2009/12/#comments Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:02:27 +0000 Alicia Norman http://juristmail.com/?p=2391 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> A Florida Supreme Court is looking over the famous Miranda warnings this week in order to  ensure that officers of the law explicitly state that criminal suspects can have lawyer present ruing interrogations.  The Miranda laws currently state that criminals have the ability to have a lawyer present but in what capacity and during what phase of arrest is not indicated.

The potential revamp  was brought up after Florida Suspect Kevin Dwayne Powell was given Miranda warnings that included telling him he had a right to a lawyer before questioning. Powell’s lawyers indicated that police did not include that in the warning when he was arrested and did not elaborate that he had a right to a lawyer during police interrogation.

The Florida Courts initially overturned it.

This past Monday, Judge Stephen Breyers asked Powell’s lawyers if the man had been  told that he could have a lawyer present during his interrogation.  The question was asked repeatedly but not to the court’s satisfaction.

The evaluation of the Miranda readings  will ascertain if the warning should unequivocally state that  a suspect has a right to an attorney upon arrest and during interrogation as well.

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