<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Appeals Court rules that defendant DOES NOT have a right to a court appointed attorney : RSS 2.0</title><link>http://www.plime.com/law/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><webMaster>plime.com</webMaster><copyright>2008, plime.com.</copyright><lastBuildDate></lastBuildDate><pubDate></pubDate><generator>Plime/1</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><image><title>Appeals Court rules that defendant DOES NOT have a right to a court appointed attorney : RSS 2.0</title><url>http://www.plime.com/images/logo.gif</url><link>http://www.plime.com/law/</link></image><item><title><![CDATA[Appeals Court rules that defendant DOES NOT have a right to a court appointed attorney]]></title><description><![CDATA[Of course, the fact that he beat up the first attorney that was appointed 'may' have had some bearing on the decision.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61955/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/61955/1/</guid><category>law</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Recent Supreme Court Landmark Federal Sentencing Law Developments]]></title><description><![CDATA[On December 10th the Supreme Court decided two companion cases that essentially hold that the Federal Sentencing guidelines really are just guidelines.  In other words, the sentencing court, after giving them consideration, is free to disregard them and impose the sentence the court thinks is appropriate in a given case.  To understand the significance of this development, here is a brief overview of the history of the sentencing guidelines.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/44495/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/44495/1/</guid><category>law</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Fake Lawyer Defends Accused Drunk Driver]]></title><description><![CDATA[Authorities said Seidler claimed to be a real New York attorney named Harold Weber while representing Ismet Idrizaj of Norwalk on a drunken driving charge. A jury deliberated for just eight minutes before convicting Idrizaj, who spent $18,000 on legal fees.<br/><br/>*Bar exam?  We don't need no stinkin' bar exam!*]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/40459/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/40459/1/</guid><category>law</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Personal Injury Attorney injured in crash - Karma in action?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Attorney Brian Loncar was involved in a three way collision with a fire truck on it's way to an emergency and another car.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/62328/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/62328/1/</guid><category>law</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Attorney General Edwards? ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Democrats close to Sen. Obama are passing the word that John Edwards will be named attorney general in an Obama administration. 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I think the cop is hilarious]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35404/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/35404/1/</guid><category>law</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Goat's head left for attorney]]></title><description><![CDATA[The attorney was quoted as saying &quot;...I assume the individual was trying to get my attention.&quot;<br/><br/>Ya think?]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/33559/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/33559/1/</guid><category>law</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Court to Starbucks: Return tip money  Starbucks to court: Hmmmm...no]]></title><description><![CDATA[They are defying a court ruling and state that they will defend their stance in states other than California as well.<br/>[update to <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/entertainment/food-and-drink/l/55105/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">this</a>]<br/>*Use of the Starbucks logo and name does not imply ownership by Plime.  Please don't sue them.  Or me...I have no money.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/56171/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/56171/1/</guid><category>law</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Vaccine-Autism Link to be Debated in Court]]></title><description><![CDATA[The first of nine cases filed by parents who claim a mercury-based preservative in vaccines caused their child's autism will soon go to court. There has been no link proven between vaccines and autism, but if the court decides in their favor, affected children could benefit from a trust fund.]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/23424/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/23424/1/</guid><category>law</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Britney Spears's Attorney Wants to Quit]]></title><description><![CDATA[Britney Spears's latest lawyer, Sorrell Trope, filed a request Wednesday to withdraw from the singer's custody case, court documents show. <br/><br/>Gee, I wonder why...]]></description><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45857/1/</link><guid>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/45857/1/</guid><category>law</category><pubDate></pubDate> </item><item><title><![CDATA[Exorcism Case To Go To Supreme Court]]></title><description><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving a woman's claims that she suffered physical, emotional, and mental damage from a 2-day violent exorcism when she was 17. 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