In the last week, the United States Supreme Court has issued two opinions relating to firearm possession that have a significant impact on federal firearms prosecutions under 18 U.S.C. §…
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On May 2, 2019, firm partner Britt Cobb spoke at a seminar sponsored by the Grand Rapids Bar Association for the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission (MIDC) on Other Acts Evidence…
Recently, in an Indiana state court, Tyson Timbs was convicted of dealing a small amount of heroin and was sentenced to probation — but the State of Indiana filed a…
Willey & Chamberlain’s own Julia Kelly recently served as part of a legal team that prevailed in federal court, striking down an unconstitutional, but decades-old, practice of the Grand Rapids…
On November 6, 2018, Michigan voters overwhelmingly supported Proposal One thereby legalizing personal possession and use of marijuana by persons 21 years of age or older. In becoming the 10th…
The Federal courts continue to review the due process rights of individuals in the context of Title IX investigations on university and college campuses. In our August blog post, we…
On June 22, 2018, the Supreme Court decided Carpenter v. United States. In a 5-4 opinion authored by the Chief Justice, the Court held that the government conducts a search…
For many individuals accused of sexual assault or sexual misconduct on a college or university campus, the ‘legal’ process used by the school administration may be both confusing and frustrating….
The United States Supreme Court recently ruled that the so-called automobile exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement does not on its own justify warrantless entry of the curtilage of…
In Sessions v. Dimaya, 138 S.Ct. 1204 (2018), the United States Supreme Court extended the vagueness rationale of Johnson to the residual clause definition of “crime of violence” in 18…