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Burdens and Discretion: December 10 and 13, 2024

Posted December 14, 2024

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Golden Rule and Bacon Scraps

Posted October 24, 2024

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Sex and Lies

Posted December 26, 2020

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Really Relevant, Really?

Posted August 09, 2020

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Pictures and Penalties

Posted September 29, 2018

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Ability to Pay

Posted August 05, 2018

Criminal law Restitution

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Estoppel Denied

Posted April 25, 2017

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Silence is . . . Problematic

Posted April 23, 2017

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Nope, nope, nope

Posted April 02, 2017

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Double Jeopardy Dilemma

Posted March 26, 2017

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Jailhouse Rock

Posted March 05, 2017

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Road Rage Reversal (in part)

Posted March 05, 2017

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Shotgun

Posted February 25, 2017

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Restitution Reversal

Posted February 11, 2017

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What do you need to know?

Posted January 29, 2017

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What Comes In? What Stays Out?

Posted April 23, 2016

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Unintended Long-Term Vacation: The Consequences of Pleading Guilty and Deportation

Posted March 17, 2016

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Ruminations on Relevance

Posted December 06, 2015

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Who's the Boss?

Posted November 21, 2015

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Coming Back for More

Posted October 17, 2015

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