Regarding the Charleston police shooting: “The Fleeing Felon Rule” – a lot depends on what went on before the shots were fired, which is not on tape. Now it is revealed that there was a passenger in the car. This may not turn out to be a slam dunk case. “Where the officer has probable …
There is so much to be pissed off about. I try to keep in to a minimum. I don’t want to jump the gun without some serious reflection first. Two things recently “griped my nanny goat” (an Irish expression – I assume – because Dad used to use it). If you’re Irish and you don’t …
Harry Reid and Bernie Kerik: Please Just go away Read More »
Funny thing. If you’re from the East Coast you’ll get this. Back where I come from, if your name is Myron Leavitt, you ain’t Irish; meaning, that’s a pretty obvious Jewish name. Here in Vegas, there is a respected family of lawyers so named. A Mormon family. This really confused me when I first moved …
A Vegas/New York character and a crazy car chase Read More »
Wynn Daughter Kidnapping A couple of weeks ago, the ringleader of the plot to kidnap Steve Wynn’s daughter back in 1993 was released from federal prison after serving 21 years of a 24 year sentence. The Bureau of Prisons routinely returns inmates to the District in which they were tried and sentenced, to then be …
The Wynn Daughter Kidnapping: A Family’s Nightmare Read More »
In 1990, as a “rookie” AUSA, prosecuted and tried several street level cocaine dealers as well as Christov, their supplier. When it was later discovered that Christov continued to run his operation from jail, he was first defendant to plead under Continuing Criminal Enterprise (“CCE”) statute in Nevada. Subsequent investigation “up the chain” resulted in …
U.S. v Strachil Christov et. al. (“Classic ‘Up The Chain’”) Read More »
In 1991, tried notorious suspected serial killer – apprehended via “Unsolved Mysteries” television broadcast – for three bank robberies committed in Las Vegas eight years earlier, while a fugitive on a Virginia murder charge. Defendant, a decorated former U.S. Army Captain and Vietnam veteran, was convicted after a challenging trial, and subsequently pled guilty to …
U.S. v Gregory Richard Barker (“Solved Mystery”) Read More »