Blog Posts in October, 2012

• Posted By The Bowlin Law Firm 30-Oct-2012

  When Selling Prescription Pills Leads to Murder Charge.

  Hamblen County Medical Examiner Tom Thompson reported that last year the number one cause of death for individuals under the age of 65 was overdose. Officials had hoped that the high volume of overdose deaths seen last year would even out and not ...

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• Posted By The Bowlin Law Firm 25-Oct-2012

  Stop and Frisk" Laws in the News

  The last few years the stop and frisk policies of the NYPD have come under large amounts of scrutiny. A few years ago the NYPD instituted a "Stop, Question, Frisk" program that has been challenged by class action suits and has resulted in ...

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• Posted By The Bowlin Law Firm 17-Oct-2012

  Wiretaps- An Invasion of Privacy?

  Knoxville police, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and local prosecutors have assembled a case which has left thirty-one (31) people facing drug charges related to dealing cocaine, marijuana, and pain pills. Authorities say it took two years of ...

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• Posted By The Bowlin Law Firm 3-Oct-2012

  Has Law Enforcement Been Tracking Your Location?

  The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution protects citizens from "…unreasonable searches…" and for years the Supreme Court has produced a large amount of case law interpreting that protection. For years courts ...

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