After a hiatus from the blogosphere that I assure you, dear readers, was only temporary, I’d like to introduce a new weekly installment here at copsandcourts.com. It’s called Legalese.
That’s right, Legalese, as in that impossible-to-understand brand of jargon-y gobbledygook that lawyers use to obfuscate the clear and simple truth from us laypersons.
Actually, legalese is born [...]
Police on Tuesday arrested a 28-year-old Missoula man on charges that he was growing and selling marijuana, and seized an estimated 120 plants from his Northside home.
Owen Lee Smith is charged with three felonies in the case – criminal production of dangerous drugs, possession of dangerous drugs with the intent to distribute, and criminal possession [...]
House Bill 228, also known as the “castle doctrine,” has played a significant role in the case of Allen Metzger.
Metzger maintained he acted in self-defense in the Aug. 16, 2009, slaying of James Finch in the men’s room of a Ronan bar. He was originally charged with deliberate homicide, but changed his plea Monday from [...]