Criminal Law

Digital evidence is very important to some criminal cases. With certain types of internet sex crimes, for example, the police may want to see a log of websites a person has visited or files that they have shared. For other types of crimes, such as drug manufacturing...

If a police officer asks to search your home, you may feel you have no other choice than to agree. You may even think that your refusal will make you look suspicious. However, you have constitutional protections against unreasonable searches and seizures. Knowing your...

Appealing a criminal conviction requires more than disagreeing with the outcome of a case. Appeals in Mississippi must follow strict procedural rules, and failing to comply with those requirements can jeopardize the entire appeal. The Mississippi Rules of Appellate...

People who are facing criminal charges often hope that they can avoid incarceration, which is why it may be upsetting to some Mississippi residents to realize that they’re facing charges in a state with a high incarceration rate. A high incarceration rate doesn’t mean...

The pressure can feel overwhelming when facing criminal charges. Everything feels urgent. The prosecution is offering a plea deal that looks like a fast solution and your quickest way out. You’re convinced that going to trial is something that you just can’t afford to...

Stealing merchandise from a store used to be considered a relatively minor crime in many cases. However, retail theft has gotten far more organized, destructive and costly to retailers.  Laws addressing “organized retail theft” have become increasingly common...

Driving is one of the most common times for the average person to pick up a criminal record. One minute, they are a law-abiding citizen, then all of a sudden, they are facing charges over something that happened while driving and are looking at the possibility of a...

There are a number of misconceptions when it comes to appeals. The first is that appeals are automatic or happen in the majority of cases. The reality is that there must be a valid reason for the appeal. The second misconception is that an appeal is a chance to bring...

Not everyone convicted of a crime is guilty. Prisons contain numerous people who have been wrongfully convicted. One factor that leads to wrongful convictions is often eyewitness error. The Innocence Project, which uses post-conviction DNA testing to contest wrongful...

If it appears that the police have you as a suspect for a crime, one thing you might well do is panic. In that panic, you might take all sorts of steps to try and reduce the chance they arrest you. This is true whether or not you actually did anything wrong. You need...