by Michael D. Hills | Feb 7, 2014 | Michigan Medical Marijuana
RECENT MICHIGAN BILL SIGNED INTO LAW: PUBLIC ACT 268 OF 2013 Public Act 268 of 2013 provides the guidelines for Michigan to regulate large-scale marihuana growers and sell their products in pharmacies. This comprehensive law contains a caveat, though: “The...
by Michael D. Hills | Feb 14, 2014 | Michigan Law
Recently, I have been asked about whether schools may search students or their property that is located on school grounds. While students still have constitutional rights while in school, those rights are lessoned because their expectation of privacy is...
by Michael D. Hills | Feb 21, 2014 | Federal Law
In January, the U.S. Supreme Court applied the rule of lenity in a criminal case. The rule of lenity is a rule of statutory construction that resolves ambiguities in statutory language in favor of the defendant. The case involved a defendant who was convicted...
by Michael D. Hills | May 21, 2014 | Federal Law, Constitution, Search Warrants
Clients often ask me whether the search conducted on their home and/or property was legal. This blog will provide an overview of the Fourth Amendment prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures. The Fourth Amendment applies when a person has a “reasonable...
by Michael D. Hills | May 28, 2014 | Federal Law, Halfway Houses
At the end of March, Attorney General Eric Holder announced some new policies for federal halfway houses. Federal halfway houses are used by tens of thousands of prisoners to ease the transition from prison back into society. Some of the changes Holder announced...
