by Barton Morris | Mar 27, 2020 | Blog, Firearms
Can I be arrested for accidentally discharging a firearm? The answer is yes – and no. If a firearm has been genuinely discharged by accident, then it would seem you could not be charged with a crime. Accidentally discharging a firearm with complete sincerity would...
by Barton Morris | Mar 20, 2020 | Arson, Blog
What is arson? In Michigan, arson is defined as when someone willfully and/or maliciously sets fire to personal property. For example: if you find out your boyfriend cheated on you and set fire to his car to get revenge, you just committed arson because your actions...
by Barton Morris | Mar 13, 2020 | Barton Morris, Blog, Drug Crimes, Firearms, Marijuana
Can a Michigan medical marijuana patient carry a concealed firearm? Yes, absolutely and legally, but only under the right circumstances. There’s a lot of confusion when it comes to the legality of carrying, purchasing and possessing a firearm. This article was...
by Barton Morris | Mar 6, 2020 | Alcohol, Assault and Battery, Barton Morris, Blog, Civil Forfeiture, Domestic Violence, DUI, Expungement, In the News, Juvenile, Probation
The Michigan Joint Task Force on Jail and Pretrial Incarceration has recently learned that Michigan’s criminal justice system is misusing its jails. This was the conclusion of the task force’s most recent report calling for criminal justice reform in Michigan. In...
by Barton Morris | Feb 26, 2020 | Blog, Civil Forfeiture, Drug Crimes
What can make a search warrant invalid? The Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution protects its citizens from “unreasonable searches and seizures.” The first step for all searches or seizures in this country is the search warrant. More than 50 years ago,...
by Barton Morris | Feb 20, 2020 | Blog, Firearms
Michigan has two laws that are sometimes confused with one another: Felon in Possession of a Firearm (FIP) and Felony Firearm (FF). The first can be charged any time a person had a firearm on them at the time they committed a felony or attempted to commit a felony....
