Fingerprints as New Drug-Detection Method by James Mills by James Mills When law enforcement wants to screen a person for drug use, they usually must collect some kind of invasive physical sample from the suspect. Urine, blood, and hair are all common choices. Now drug use may soon be detectable …

State of New York Offices of the Inspector General-Investigation of the NYSDCCS Contraband Drug Testing Program-Nov. 2023 State of New York Offices of the Inspector General Investigation of the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Contraband Drug Testing Program November 2023 Lucy Lang Inspector General EXECUTIVE SUMMARY …

Investigation of NY State Dept of Corrections and Community Supervision Incarcerated Individual Drug Testing Program - Jan 2022 State of New York Offices of the Inspector General Investigation of New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision Incarcerated Individual Drug Testing Program January 2022 Lucy Lang Inspector General EXECUTIVE …

Tenth Circuit: Where Defendant Actually Sentenced to Drug Treatment and Probation Rather Than 28-32 Months in Prison as Per State Sentencing Guidelines, Conviction Can’t Serve as Predicate ‘Felony’ for 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit held that …

Missouri Supreme Court: IAC Where Guilty Plea Based on Counsel’s Assurance Defendant Eligible for Drug Treatment Program When, as Matter of Law, Ineligible by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Supreme Court of Missouri held that a defendant’s guilty plea was the result of ineffective assistance of counsel due …

Seventh Circuit Exercises Supervisory Powers in Reversing District Court’s Judgment Revoking Supervised Release by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit exercised its supervisory powers authorizing it to reverse the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois’s order that revoked Anthony …