Criminal Defense Blog & News

  David Rudoi Esq. December 15, 2012 Ironically, on Friday December 14th, 2012, at 4:20 a.m. the Michigan Legislature approved 4 bills which will forever change the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act (MMMA). In 2008 the voters in the state of Michigan by ballot...

November 19, 2012 By David Rudoi Esq. On November 6 2012, the City of Detroit passed a ballot initiative known as Proposal M, which will basically nullify city ordinances which attempt to prosecute adults over the age of 21 who possess or use less than one ounce of...

David Rudoi Esq. November 1, 2012 On October 29, 2012 a California court of appeals ruled in People v. Leal that a person convicted for drug sales may be prohibited by a trial judge from using Medical Marijuana while on probation. Leal was convicted of possession of...

David Rudoi Esq. October 21, 2012 On October 11, 2012 the Michigan Court of Appeals issued its opinion in the MMMA related case of People v. Pointer. The defendant was charged in the trial court for violation of MCL 333.7401 (2)(d)(ii). Specifically, in the amended...

October 1, 2012 David Rudoi Esq. On September 18, 2012 the Michigan Court of appeal issued an opinion in the case of People v. Anderson for a second time. The Trial Court in People v. Anderson ruled in an evidentiary hearing that Anderson had not satisfied the...