All is quiet on New Year's Day

Take a moment to read the beginning of the year thoughts of John Wesley Hall, Jr., "a rumination on where we fit in to the criminal justice system and with a little about quality of life.":

I can't remake the facts, but I might be able to control the damage or even win. None of us has the luxury of representing only the innocent or prosecutors prosecuting only the guilty. We lose at trial. It is part of the job...

If I can get a few lawyers to better understand the fabric of search and seizure law and they become better lawyers and better serve justice, then this blog has been successful...

Oh yeah, no cases today.

His blogs are Fourth Amendment.com and Law of Criminal Defense. They will benefit you professionally and personally.