Dawes Legal

You may doubt whether one person’s trash is another person’s treasure, but law enforcement officers are interested to see what you and your neighbors are putting out to the curb anyway. Trash pulls – where officers grab one or more bags of trash that have been put out for collection and then rummage through the

Whether anecdotally or through television and movies, some of us may have heard of people who, when asked by police for permission to search their homes, cars, and/or persons, sassily reply, “Get a warrant!” Whether they know it or not, these people are asserting their Fourth Amendment rights and demanding that law enforcement procure a

In order to build cases against those individuals suspected of dealing or selling drugs, law enforcement must oftentimes orchestrate “controlled buys” from these suspects. A “controlled buy,” as the name implies, is a drug sale that is arranged and observed by law enforcement and is meant to result in law enforcement obtaining solid evidence to

A traffic stop and resulting citation for a traffic violation are never pleasant but rarely controversial. Although there are few (if any) defenses to traffic infractions like speeding or failing to use a turn signal, most individuals will choose to pay the fine or reach a plea agreement with the prosecutor rather than search for

Experienced trial lawyers and litigators know all too well that a trial can be won or lost before the case ever reaches the jury for deliberations. In fact, a trial can be won or lost well in advance of the trial date. While this may be a bit of an over-generalization, the point underlying this