Criminal Defense Links
• And
Justice For All
Home page for the National
Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers..
• Cecil
Greek's Criminal Justice Page
A wealth of links and information.
• Illinois
Appellate Defender
An interesting, well designed
web page full of resources.
• Michigan
State Appellate Defender
More useful links and information.
• Heros
Gaimos II Criminal Law
A very comprehensive web
page.
• F.E.A.R.
Forfeiture Endangers American's
Rights is an organization attempting to make forfeiture laws fair.
• National
College Of DUI Defense
This link is often busy, so keep
trying.
Forensic Science Links
• Forensic
Science Bookshelf
Nice site.
• Forensic
Science and Law Enforcement Links
A comprehensive set of links.
• TBI Fact Sheet: Forensic Science and DNA
• Forensic
Science Resources in a Criminal Fact Investigation Index
• Forensic
Hair Comparisons Using Neural Networks
A small compilation of papers
on the topic.
• Crime
Scene Investigation
A very useful web page published
by the University of California Police Department.
• Forensic
Science Resources
Links.
• AFIS
Automated Fingerprint System
A page with links relating
to the AFIS system.
• Fingerprint Technology Update
• International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts
• Technology and Communication Law Resources
• Simpson
Trial Transcripts
Check out Barry Scheck's cross-examination
of Dennis Fung in April, 1995, to see how hard work pays big dividends.
Daubert Links
• Order Admitting Polygraph Over Objection in Federal District Court
• List of Individual State's Acceptance of Daubert
Federal Legal Resources
• Seventh
Circuit Court of Appeals cases
The Seventh Circuit encompasses
Illinois.
• Uniform
Commercial Code Articles 1 through 9
Secured transactions, sales
of goods, etc., its all in here.
• United
States Code
Federal Stautues
• Federal
Rules of Evidence
The evidence rules used
in Federal trials. Many states have adopted at least part of these
rules.
• Federal
Rules of Civil Procedure
The rules used in Federal
Civil trials.
• Code
of Federal Regulations
It's in here if you can
find it.
• Federal
Register
Find out what the Feds are
up to.
• U.S.
Rico Law
A law designed to hurt organized
crime which federal prosecutors shamelessly apply to you and me.
• IRS
Tax Forms
You know what these are!
Illinois Legal Resources
• Illinois
Institute of Continuing Legal Education (IICLE)
IICLE publishes many, many
must have texts for Illinois practicioners.
• Illinois
Court Reports
You MUST visit this site!
• Recent Illinois State court opinions
• Illinois Human Rights Commission Decisions via my Alma Matar
General Legal Resources
• FindLaw
Internet Legal Resources
In my opinion,
it's the best free on-line law search engine.
• CataLaw
The catalog of legal catalogs.
• Legal
Online
Another legal search engine with
some good links.
• Oyez
Oyez Oyez
Listen to audio recordings of
actual oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court. A great site!
• Amercian
Civl Liberties Union
I have proudly been a member
for many years. Isn't it funny how much flack this organization takes
from right-
wingers about protecting
our rights. Yet, when Oliver North got busted for lying to Congress,
misappropriating funds
and other high crimes who
did he call? ACLU attorneys represented him. He asked for them.
• Richard
K. Means, Attorney at Law, Web Site
Law, politics, public policy:
if you want to read about, Richard's site has it.
• Public
Access Project
Another five-star site.
Check this site out. If you want legal/government information it's
here. Thanks Richard!
• American
Trial Lawyers Association
This link is often busy.
Keep trying.
• Citizen's
Guide to using the Freedom of Information Act
Use the FOIA to get the
information you desire.
• Court
TV
A very good site.
• W3
Lawyer
A lot of law-related links.
• The
WWW Speedtrap Registry
Covers Effingham and Coles
county IL.
• Qui
Tam Information Center
The Whistleblower Site.
• Asset
Forfeiture Network
• Employment and Labor Law Resources
• Professional Responsibility Resources
• Illinois Legal Ethics and Internet Sites
• Computer
Crime Research Resources
Information Clearinghouses
• The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
• Pharmaceutical Information Network Home Page
• National Highway Traffic Safety Information
• National Archive of Criminal Justice Data
Recommended Introductory Reading Concerning Forensic Science For Criminal Law Practitioners
Cross-Examination: Science and Techniques, Larry S. Pozner and Roger L. Dodd, (Michie, 1993).
Scientific Evidence in Civil and Criminal Cases (5th), Andrea A. Moenssens, (1995).
Criminalistics: An introduction to Forensic Science (5th), Richard Saferstein, (Prentice Hall, 1995).
Scientific Evidence (2nd), Paul C. Giannelli, Edward J. Imwinkelried, (Michie, 1993).
Technology And The Practice Of Law
• Richmond Journal of Law and Technology
• Law Office Technology Home page
Litigation Hardware
• Iomega
I cannot imagine life without
my Zip drive. However, DVD drives with 4 to 17 GB capacity are now
on the market.
• Hewlett-Packard
Scanners and Printers
The industry standard for
scanners. Printers are a bit pricey.
• Visioneer
Paperport
One of the handiest items I own.
Litigation Software
• Summation
Blaze
Simply the best full text search
engine.
• InVsn
Document Management
Used by the defense at the O.J.
Simpson trial.
• CaseView
Software
An expensive but worth it real
time transcripting software package which will make present stenography
extinct.
• Gravity/Verdict
Case Management Software
Again, used by the Simpson defense
team and hundreds of other litigators across the country. A great
package!
• Zyindex
for Windows
Another, less pricey, full text
search engine.
• Wordperfect
for Windows
Word for Windows 7.0 has more
bells and whistles, but for stability and file management capabilities
WP is it.
• Corel
Draw
Corel's answer to Adobe.
• Adobe
Photoshop
Photo editing made easy.
• Timeslips
Deluxe
The easiest way to bill.
You can download a working model from this site.
Tweaking Windows 95
• Microsoft
Windows 95 Software Page
Download power
toys and kernel toys to upgrade to the unofficial Windows 96 1/2.
If you recently bought a new computer
these were included. There are other interesting downloads though.
• Pops
Windows 95 Resource Page
Perhaps the best
windows 95 page.
• Download
Image Viewers
Now you can download those pictures
of Egypt and watch them later. I recommend CompuPic/CPic.
• Download
Webmirror
A wonderful program. Let
Windows download web pages to your hard drive so you can quickly view them
later.
• Download
Magic Folders
A great program. It makes
the folders you select invisible. No one can see them. Window's
Explorer cannot find them.
For all practical purposes
they are gone until you make them visible again.
• Windows
Encryption Page
Shareware methods of protecting
your data. I use two products from this page and they work very well.
One last Link:
• Effingham
County State's Attorney
Kevin Parker, the Effingham
County State's Attorney was kind enough to let me intern in his office.
He treated
me with respect and I enjoyed
very minute of working with him. Kevin is highly ethical, a skilled
attorney and an all
around nice guy who has
many talents and who looks more than just a little like Ron Howard.
For links to Illinois
Police
web sights please use Kevin's Link.
Kevin Parker
About Michael D. Carter Jr.
• Resume
Would you hire this guy?
A special thanks goes out to the organizations which make the information contained on this page available. I would especially like to thank the law enforcement agencies which publish their manuals and procedures. In my opinion a law enforcement agency which refuses to make its manuals and procedures public should never be trusted, but should be looked upon with suspicion. The law enforcement organizations which publish this information deserve our gratitude and our respect for maintaining an effective police force with nothing to hide.
This page began life as my personal compilation of links I use when researching. After sharing many of these links with others I decided that, perhaps, other people might intellectually prosper if I were to post my links in a web page. The rest, as they say, is history.
Michael D. Carter Jr.
April 4, 1997
Horseman@bbs.mmtcnet.com.
Please e-mail me if a link is not working.