Fresno Criminal Lawyer Fresno Criminal Lawyer - Criminal Defense Lawyer Rick Horowitz At first glance, anyone visiting this website might think, “Wow. This guy hasn’t been doing anything with his site lately. I guess there’s nothing to new to see here.” They would be wrong. I’ve actually been totally focused on building a better criminal defense resource. Let me tell you what I’ve been doing. Building a Better Criminal Defense Resrouce Through Massive Restructuring, Refining, and Creating New Content As the headline here states, I’ve put in some really hard work — as much as 40 hours a week o ..read more

Fresno Criminal Lawyer Fresno Criminal Lawyer - Criminal Defense Lawyer Rick Horowitz “It was a dark and stormy night….” Ok. A little cliche. And, unlike “Night Court,” which originally aired on NBC from January 4, 1984 until May 31, 1992, I don’t actually know of any California courts that are held at night. But, hey, it’s Halloween! Time for a little legal haunted house! Welcome to the Legal Haunted House You may have been driving down the street one night. The police pulled you over for a tail light that was out. The next thing you know, you’re being hauled off to jail. While running your ..read more

Fresno Criminal Lawyer Fresno Criminal Lawyer - Criminal Defense Lawyer Rick Horowitz The Phoenix Police Department is well-known for use of excessive force. But despite the Department of Justice finding that police brutality is just another day at the office for the Phoenix PD, they’ve taken it a step further. Perfect Punching Bag: Disabled, Deaf, with Cerebral Palsy ABC News reports: A disabled Black man in Arizona faces multiple charges after a pair of Phoenix police officers punched him and shocked him with a stun gun. Tyron McAlpin, who is deaf and has cerebral palsy, faces charges of f ..read more

Fresno Criminal Lawyer Fresno Criminal Lawyer - Criminal Defense Lawyer Rick Horowitz Lately, I’ve been having odd dreams. In a way, it’s a real bummer. “In real life,” I fight with judges on a daily basis. Sometimes I have to practically beg them to follow the law. And now I’m doing the same thing in my dreams. Now, “in real life,” and also inside my head while sleeping, I’m fighting for a dream of justice. The Presumption of Guilt in Sex Cases I fought for and — very much to my surprise — won an amazing victory for a falsely-accused man about a week ago. The prosecutor alleged the man viola ..read more

Fresno Criminal Lawyer Fresno Criminal Lawyer - Criminal Defense Lawyer Rick Horowitz One of the things that makes it incredibly hard to find things to want to blog about lately is that there’s so much wrong which is systemic, I don’t even know where to start. But one thing that stands out for me today is that there must, always, be someone to blame. Not something to blame. Some one. Some person, or identifiable people must be blamed, and punished, however tenuous their connection to the harm. And the consequence is that we’ve gone from the land of the free, home of the brave, to the land of ..read more

Fresno Criminal Lawyer Fresno Criminal Lawyer - Criminal Defense Lawyer Rick Horowitz I originally said I was going to do my follow up post to “Twenty-First Century Delphic Oracle” the week after that post, and talk about how I actually use it myself. Well, sue me. “From Fumes to Function: How One Lawyer (Me!) Uses Artificial Intelligence” took a back seat to bicycling, and a few other things. Then I got busy with working clients’ cases. Anyway, here I am now, so let’s see if I can get this done. Fumes, Hallucinations, and Glitches I mentioned hallucinations in my previous article. Hallucinat ..read more

Fresno Criminal Lawyer Fresno Criminal Lawyer - Criminal Defense Lawyer Rick Horowitz A couple or more months ago, I said I was going to follow up my article on artificial intelligence with another on specifically how I use artificial intelligence. I’m going to get to that. I’m delayed because, as to the law, I really don’t use it much. So I’ve had to do a lot of thinking, and trying stuff out. But in fact, I was going to write it today, then ran across some sloppy science writing, and that inspired me more than…well, the sloppy “science” of artificial intelligence. So, I’ll get to it another ..read more

Fresno Criminal Lawyer Fresno Criminal Lawyer - Criminal Defense Lawyer Rick Horowitz I keep meaning to write a post about my experiences with ChatGPT-4, which I refer to as the “Twenty-First Century Delphic Oracle,” or just “the Oracle.” Those who know her well call her “Pythia” or “the Pythoness,” depending, I guess, on how they feel about her, where they’re from, or what language they speak. (By the way, I’ve also tried other AI Oracles, like Gemini, with similar experiences to what I will talk about here.) tl;dr version: I wouldn’t trust AI for actual legal work as far as I can spit Satur ..read more

Fresno Criminal Lawyer Fresno Criminal Lawyer - Criminal Defense Lawyer Rick Horowitz Many people — not all, of course! — are celebrating Christmas today. I don’t want to rain on your Christmas parade, but as a criminal defense lawyer, writing on a criminal defense blog, on a criminal defense website, I would be remiss if I didn’t give you a little Christmas warning. Unlike a lot of my posts, it will be short — I promise — because I don’t really want to ruin your holiday cheer. You don’t want criminal charges for Christmas! Christmas Can Be Stressful For most everyone, Christmas is a tim ..read more

Fresno Criminal Lawyer Fresno Criminal Lawyer - Criminal Defense Lawyer Rick Horowitz First, I want to say that, on average, I think public defenders are better attorneys than private attorneys. There are definitely some counties I could name where that is not true. (Fresno, though, has a most-excellent Public Defender Office, and they’ve been meeting the needs of people and kicking ass bigtime for a while now!) If you want to know why I think that way about them, read my post called “Public Pretenders.” This article reminds me of the great innovative work public defenders do. It also reminde ..read more