by Damico & Stockstill, Attorneys at Law | Dec 30, 2011 | Drug Charges, Firm News
The criminal justice system is not perfect. Sometimes mistakes are made. Sometimes people are convicted and put in prison for crimes they didn’t commit. That is part of why it is so important for the accused to have the best defense possible, particularly for...
by Damico & Stockstill, Attorneys at Law | Dec 26, 2011 | Firm News, White Collar Crimes
One of the categories of crime we write about on this blog is white collar crimes. These are offenses which, according to the website of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, involve lying, cheating and stealing. Fraud is the crime most often associated with this...
by Damico & Stockstill, Attorneys at Law | Dec 23, 2011 | Firm News, White Collar Crimes
According to recent data released by the FBI, violent crimes have decreased in the first half of 2011 6.4 percent from the same time period last year. Property crimes have also apparently fallen, though only 3.7 percent, since last year. The decrease in crime is the...
by Damico & Stockstill, Attorneys at Law | Dec 19, 2011 | Firm News, White Collar Crimes
According to the Internal Revenue Service, the number of fraudulent claims for federal income tax refunds has increase fourfold over the past two years. In response, the IRS is now introducing new efforts to fight against fraud, including new screening procedures...
by Damico & Stockstill, Attorneys at Law | Dec 16, 2011 | Drunk Driving, Firm News
The state of Louisiana is currently developing a system to connect law enforcement and court systems, giving them better ability to track down drunk drivers, particularly those with multiple DWI violations. The new system is, in part, a response to a recent batch of...
by Damico & Stockstill, Attorneys at Law | Dec 9, 2011 | Firm News, White Collar Crimes
In our previous post, we began speaking about the FBI’s efforts to prosecute financial crimes in connection to the financial crisis. As we mentioned, federal officials have apparently found that pursuing firms and individual executives for criminal charges has...
by Damico & Stockstill, Attorneys at Law | Dec 7, 2011 | Firm News, White Collar Crimes
According to David Cardona, a former top U.S. official who was responsible for investigating the financial crisis, a three-year review of probes at large mortgage lenders and securities firms has caused federal officials to conclude that many financial crimes cannot...
by Damico & Stockstill, Attorneys at Law | Dec 5, 2011 | Firm News, Murder & Other Homicide Crimes
Last month, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to take up two cases-one from Alabama and one from Arkansas-on the issue of whether teenage murderers should be sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole. The issue is one that some Louisiana inmates are...
by Damico & Stockstill, Attorneys at Law | Dec 2, 2011 | Drunk Driving, Firm News
A 44-year-old Lacombe man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison following a sixth conviction for DWI. According to sources, the man was stopped back in May, while he was still on probation from his fifth DWI. Interestingly, the man had an ignition interlock device...
