@USAO_AK Is this the same prosecutor who was reportedly sending nude pictures of herself to a federal judge that she had criminal cases pending in front of? Just curious.
Yesterday a prosecutor called to tell me that an argument I'd successfully made in court was, and I quote, "bullshit." It wasn't. But this is the first time I've been so accused by a prosecutor. It made me wonder if I'm not being zealous enough in my advocacy.
🧵We've pulled together some of the false claims about crime and incarceration you're most likely to hear at the Thanksgiving dinner table, and the data and facts to help you push back:
Make sure that you and everyone you care about has memorized the actual phone number of at least one reliable friend or family member. Anyone can be arrested at any time--if you don't know the phone number of someone who can bail you out, you may be stuck in jail for a long time.
I sometimes get asked: how can I get the records in my court case sealed? It's an uphill battle, but for those who want to give it a shot, here's a link to the courts form:
https://t.co/PCQC03djjS
Today, in the Schumacher case, the Alaska court of appeals ruled that a judgment of acquittal on resisting arrest should have been granted, because, passive resistance ("turtling') is not resistance at all. https://t.co/5C87qYc8aC
In AK, the 4th amnd still has teeth. In the McGraw case, the ct of app held last week that information that was not provided to the issuer of a search authorization, be it judge or probation officer, can't be considered in determining the reasonableness of a search authorization.
The Alaska supreme court has reversed a murder conviction where the judge incorrectly gave a jury instruction that the use of deadly force has to be proportional. The case, Jones-Nelson, makes interesting reading... https://t.co/qRf7OV72XC