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  • 2023
    • August
      • What Makes an Effective Drug Treatment Program?
  • 2021
    • April
      • McGoughLaw P.C. L.L.O. Receives Not Guilty Verdict in Murder Case
  • 2020
    • March
      • OUR RESPONSE TO THE COVID-19 VIRUS
      • Recent News Regarding COVID-19
  • 2019
    • March
      • Can a First-Time Offender Be Charged with Felony DUI?
  • 2018
    • December
      • Medical Pot May Soon Come to Nebraska
      • Understanding Nebraska Burglary Charges
    • November
      • Defining a False or Wrongful Arrest
      • Can I Be Arrested at a Sobriety Checkpoint If I'm Sober?
    • October
      • Can Free Needles and Narcan Help Opioid Users?
      • What Is Expectation of Privacy?
      • Why Is Meth a Popular Drug?
      • Multi-Agency Effort Ends in 12 Arrests
      • Can a Drug Conviction Impact Financial Aid Eligibility?
      • College Application App Will Stop Asking About Criminal Histories
    • September
      • Are Prescription Drug Crimes Treated Severely?
      • Getting a Job After a Conviction
      • How Are Federal Drug Charges Treated in Court?
    • August
      • The Importance of Fighting a DUI Charge
      • Can a Routine Traffic Stop Lead to a Search?
      • Controversy Surrounds Execution
      • How Is Intent to Distribute Determined?
      • When Can a Police Officer Legally Pull You over for DUI?
      • What Are Plausible Defenses for Drug Possession?
    • July
      • Breath Test Weight Left to Jury
      • Can I Refuse to Submit to Sobriety Tests If I'm Suspected of DUI?
      • Are Drug Diversion Programs Successful?
      • What Are Valid Reasons for a Traffic Stop?
      • Presentence Investigation in Plea Bargain Case
    • June
      • Future of DUI Case Uncertain
      • Items That Might Be Labelled as Drug Paraphernalia
      • Reasons for Case Dismissal Unknown
      • The Future of Marijuana in Nebraska
      • Defendant Accepts Plea Bargain
      • Sentence Handed down in Robbery Case
      • 4 Grounds for Appeal in a Nebraska Criminal Case
    • May
      • Problem Identified with Breath Test Equipment Certification
      • What Is a Drug Tax Stamp?
      • What Does a Routine Traffic Stop Entail?
      • Drug Possession Lands Pair of Actors in Jail
    • April
      • Can You Get in Trouble for Having a Pipe in Your Car?
      • Douglas County Drug Court Opportunity
      • The Problems with Algorithms When Used for Sentencing
    • March
      • Two Charged in Connection with Alleged Attack
      • Is Marijuana Legal in Nebraska?
      • The Basics on Interlock Ignition Devices in Nebraska
      • What Should You Do If You Are Pulled Over?
      • Driver Stopped for Speeding, Arrested for Drugs
      • Understanding Nebraska Felony Crimes and Sentences
    • February
      • Treatment and Better Futures Focus of Court Program
      • Nebraska's Drug Schedules
      • Couple Arrested Outside of Lincoln Familiar to Local Authorities
    • January
      • Think Carefully Before Engaging in an Online Prank
      • Online Arguments Might Cross the Line to a Criminal Charge
      • What Is Nebraska's Stance on Marijuana?
      • It Takes a Village to Combat the Use of Drugs
      • What If My Employer Claims I Stole from the Company?
      • Traffic Stop Nets 60 Pounds of Pot Intended for Christmas Gifts
  • 2017
    • December
      • The Age of Consent in Nebraska
      • Media Pushes for Release of Information by State
      • 3 Ways You Might Inadvertently Commit a Gun Crime in Omaha
      • Young and in Love? Some Actions Can Have Severe Consequences
      • Two Charges Levied on Man Said to Have Stolen Car
      • What Might Interfere with a Field Sobriety Test?
    • November
      • Report by Investigator's Wife Leads to Arrest and Charges
      • How can a drug conviction hurt you?
      • New Tech Gadget Lets Sheriff's Scan Vehicles for Drugs
      • Relapse Sends Man Back to Prison
      • Elderly Woman Charged with Drunk Driving
    • October
      • More People Need Help, Not Jail, for Drug Issues
      • New Facility for Work-Release Inmates
      • Drug Makers Targeted in Investigation
    • September
      • Drug Crime Sentencing Not yet Resolved
      • How Can I Find a Job After Prison?
      • Police cannot draw blood without consent
      • Questions Arise in Dui Blood Draws
      • False Drug Test Lands Man in Prison for Drywall Powder
      • State Sued for Humanitarian Crisis in Prisons
    • August
      • Search Warrants in Nebraska
      • Consent and the Reasonable Expectation of Privacy
      • Student Athletes Face Drug Offenses
      • What Is the One-Leg Stand Test?
      • Defining Consent in Nebraska
    • July
      • Bi-Partisan Bill to End Bail in Senate
      • Do Police Body Cameras Help or Hurt Criminal Defense Cases?
      • What Prescription Drugs Are Most Addictive?
      • Officer Resigns and Pleads Guilty to Drunk Driving
      • How to Stop an Investigation in Its Tracks
    • June
      • Age of Alleged Victim Contributes to Dropped Charges
      • Man Remains in Jail, Forensic Testing Continues
      • Good Time Law May See Man's Time in Prison Reduced
      • Police Body Cameras in Nebraska
      • Douglas County Jury Convicts Man of Sex Trafficking
    • May
      • Judge Admits Mistake During Trial
      • Can You Get a Job with a Criminal Record?
      • Understanding Criminal Terminology
      • Conspiracy and Drug Possession Charges Levied
      • Many Acquitted of Felony Assault Charge
    • April
      • High School Graduates Have An Edge In Criminal Sentencing
      • Request for New Trial Denied
      • Plea Bargain Basics
      • A Felony Drug Charge Overview
      • A Longtime Police Interrogation Tactic Loses Its Appeal
    • March
      • Three Arrested on Weapons, Drug and Child Neglect Charges
      • What Is the Walk-And-Turn Test?
      • Trucker Charged with Drunk Driving
      • State Legislature May Change Sentencing for Some Drug Crimes
      • Understanding Field Sobriety Tests
      • DUI Can Make for an Unlucky St. Patrick's Day
      • Do Drug Diversion Programs Work?
      • Understanding the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus Test
    • February
      • Understanding the Appeals Process
      • Plea Bargains Entered in Four Different Drug Cases
      • Benefit of Nebraska's Drug Diversion Program
    • January
      • 67-Year-Old Man Arrested on Drug Charges
      • Some Defendants Will Have Records Automatically Sealed
      • Two Women Pardoned for Drug Crimes
      • Navigating a Legal Case Involving Assault and Battery
      • Nebraska Gun Owners Get Clarification on Transporting Guns
      • Low Income Defendants Face a Tough Road in Nebraska
      • Pot Possession Penalties in Nebraska
      • Does Police Presence Make Schools Safer
  • 2016
    • December
      • Understanding Search and Seizure Laws
      • Shifts Noticed in Nebraska Residents' Support for Death Penalty
      • Should We Be Suspicious About Predictive Policing?
    • November
      • Man to Serve 30- Versus Requested 57-Month Sentence
      • What This Year's Supreme Court Decision Could Mean for Nebraska DUI Arrests
      • Nebraska Works to Reduce Turnaround Time at Crime Lab
      • Use of Ignition Interlock Devices in Nebraska
      • Job Searching with a Felony Record
      • Nebraskans to Decide Fate of Death Penalty in Election
      • Six Reasons Why Criminal Cases Can Take so Long
      • When Does a Traffic Stop Turn into an Illegal Action by Police?
    • October
      • Drug Charge Dismissed Without Prejudice; Warrant Could Be Issued
      • Seven Charges Reduced to Two in Plea Bargain
      • How Are Drugs Classified?
      • How Serious Is Heroin Addiction in Nebraska?
    • September
      • Officers Take Money but Do Not Arrest Men Involved
      • What Types of Criminal Charges Does Nebraska Law Recognize?
      • Take a Prescription Medication? You Could Get a DUI in Nebraska
      • Altercation Results in Head Wounds and Charges Against Woman
      • Overcrowding in Prisons Concerning to Civil Rights Group
    • August
      • Miranda Rights Lose Their Meaning When Not Properly Translated
      • How Do Plea Bargains Work?
      • Explained by the Nebraska Legislature, what is assault in Nebraska?
      • Types of Prescription Drugs That May Be Addictive
      • Prostitution-Related Charges Result from Undercover Operation
      • Criminal Information on Background Checks
      • Hearing the Other Side of Domestic Abuse Allegations
      • Drug Possession Charge Leads to 12-Month Jail Sentence
      • New Criminal Risks Created by Video Game
      • Are Roadside Sobriety Tests Designed to Be Failed?
    • June
      • What Is Life like with an Ignition Interlock Device?
      • Call for Change in Forensic Handling
      • Police Dog Searches of Defendants’ Cars
    • May
      • Can everyday foods trigger an IID to fail?
      • Man Avoids Prison for Third Drunk Driving Offense
      • Is The Sex Offenders Registry As Accurate As It Could Be?
      • Buy Pot, Travel Not: The Consequences of Bringing Colorado Marijuana to Nebraska
      • Nebraska's Drug Diversion Program
      • The Long-Term Effects of a Criminal Record
    • April
      • Educator Jailed on Multiple Criminal Charges
      • Does Alcohol Testing Without a Search Warrant Violate Your Rights?
      • What is the Alcohol/Drug Education/Minor in Possession Class?
      • How a Drunk Driving Conviction Can Impact Your Life
      • Felony DUI Penalties in Nebraska
    • March
      • A Look at Drug Crimes in Nebraska
      • Juvenile Not Required to Register as Sex Offender
      • How Does Nebraska's Sex Offender Registry Work?
      • Is It Illegal to Use Marijuana in Nebraska?
      • Policy Body Cameras: A Conflict Between Individual Rights And Police Needs
      • Drug Busts and Forfeiture
    • February
      • When Omaha Police Are Involved, Lawyers Can Help You
      • Off the Record with the Police
      • Problems with Police Body Cameras
      • Reasonable Doubt and Criminal Certainty
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