Resources

Where to do research.com is just that. A great starting place for general questions.
free medical journals has an array of just that, on line.
ODVSOM Colorado Office of Domestic Violence and Sex Offender Management has the sex offender offense specific treatment guidelines and more.

Talk Left is an award-winning blog site; the brainchild of Jerri Merritt
CrimeLynx updated Colorado resources.
CRC Press carries a variety of books on various forensic topics from gunshot residue to stalking.
Las Vegas Retreat for Public Defenders and Public Defender minded people. This CLE program is the most "bang-for-the-buck" legal education, including programming, lodgings, and events, that a criminal defense lawyer could find.
Write your Rep for contacting U. S. Representatives.
State of Texas death penalty details. To save time answering press inquiries, Texas has ever so kindly posted all the details, including last meals and last words, to this website. The Internet can be a very sad place.
Richard Noble law firm has an EXTENSIVE list of interesting and useful links. Check it out.
The "BLUE BOOK" for finding correct forms for all legal citations.
CrimeLynx ™ Colorado Research Links by Jerri Merritt is, as always, very useful.
www.talkleft.com is just what its name suggests, including a forum for discussions. (site by Jeralyn Merritt)
Write Your Rep for E-mail to U.S. House of Representatives.
FedCrimLaw by Punch and Jurist is an award winning site devoted to Federal Criminal Defense.
Cybercrime Dept. of Justice website.
Findlaw Supreme Court includes briefs and a lot more.
Washburn University has a great legal resources site, including states, circuits, and much more.
FindForms (enter CRIMINAL in the search box) is devoted to locating legal forms on line. (Civil oriented, but interesting).
Iguanalodge proves that there IS life after lawyering. Esteemed criminal defense lawyers Lauren and Toby Cleaver have closed shop in Colorado. They've moved to the Oso Penisula, Costa Rica, where they are looking forward to hosting us at their Bed and Breakfast! This is a premier vacation destination.
Journal of the American Medical Assoc. search page
About.com Crime & Punishment links and site is consumer oriented, and pretty cool.
New York Times has tomorrow's news NOW and free. New York Times loads the next day's edition at 10 pm MST. On Saturday nights, it loads Sunday's paper a little earlier, including the Magazine and op-eds.
PeopleSearch is useful for finding addresses, phones, and E-mails.
Encyclopedia Britannica is now available in full, FREE, on line.

CrimeLynx^tm is the top-rated website for member Jeralyn Merritt's CrimeLynx ^tm investigation and legal resources link lists, books, and more!

The Rescheduling Fund petition in support of re-scheduling marijuana, NORML Foundation administers this non-profit activity.

Kumho Tire v Carmichael - US Supreme Court holds that Daubert applies to ALL expert testimony, not just to scientific expert testimony.

CERT Virus Advisories is the "horse's mouth" for ACTUAL computer virus information. The Computer Emergency Response Team and Carnegie Mellon's Dept. of Defense funded-computer security team. On 3/27/99, they pronounced that MELISSA is a REAL virus, and not another hoax. MELISSA details.

Write Your Representatives from this automated page.

11th Circuit Prosecutorial Misconduct reversal in the Scheer case

Colorado Media Outlets has links to newspapers and T.V. stations throughout the state.

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Articles, Publications, and Publishers

Lawyer's Weekly
free medical journals has an array of just that, on line.
Journal of the American Medical Assoc. search page
Pilots, Suspension, DWI, and Legal Malpractice is an article from THE CHAMPION, the publication of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
The Lawyer's Resource Page for Balancing Life and Work Taking the Stress out of Success
Post-Gazette articles on government misconduct in criminal cases
Colorado Media Outlets has links to newspapers and T.V. stations throughout the state.
"The Third Branch" Federal Judicial Newsletter
Child Abuse detected by dental professionals.
Internet and Intellectual Property legal resources.
MEDLINE a hitherto "pay only" site, contains the world's most extensive collection of of published medical information.
Attorney-client encryption article
"Render Up The Body" by Mimi Wesson, is available locally, as well as at Amazon.com for $24 and at Barnes and Noble for about $16. Generally, I prefer Amazon, but B&N is cheaper.
Philly Lawyer
Lexis publishing offers Colorado Evidentiary Foundations, by Roxanne Bailin (Boulder District Court Judge), James M. England, (private practice, Boulder), H. Patrick Furman, (CCDB member extraordinaire, and Univ. of Colo. Law School professor), and the well known Edward J. Imwinkelried. Toll free, call (888) 217-1730, fax (800) 643-1280, for orders, at $75 plus some shipping.
Search Warrant Execution by Pat Furman.
Self Defense in Colorado
Abanet Books for sale. A legal publication resource.
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Books, Dictionaries, Medical, Encyclopedias, and Other Resources

Locating an appropriate LLM (Master of Law) program
Bibliography of Forensic Books
Bradford Publishing
free medical journals has an array of just that, on line.
CRC Press carries a variety of books on various forensic topics from gunshot residue to stalking.
AbeBooks used books
Alibris more used books are found at these two sites dedicated to finding used books at reasonable prices.
Bartleby Books, free great books
more free Books
Roget's Thesaurus searchable and very useful.
Roberts Rules of Order includes the basics, and an "ask the authors" section.
Amazon.com Professional has titles in many areas, including law and criminal law. Amazon is wonderful to work with. CAUTION: they are addictive.
New York Times has tomorrow's news NOW and free.
Encyclopedia Brittanica is now available in full, FREE, on line.
Translation by Altavista electronically translates to and from English to 5 other languages. It is very crude, but works well enough to be useful and very cool.
Medworld medical dictionary including glossary, drug information, and more.
Child Abuse Radiology and other child abuse information from the Child Abuse Referral and Education Network.
ALI-ABA , a major source of continuing legal education for attorneys.
Murder Ink, LLC , The Original Legal Eagle ™ Organizer, the world's newest and best legal pad
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Boulder Sources

Case Law

Oyez has MANY famous Supreme Court oral arguments available in streaming audio.
Dickerson vs. U.S. is the 6/26/2000 decision of the U.S.Supreme Court upholding Miranda warnings as an integral part of our culture. In .pdf format, requiring Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Colorado Supreme Court current decision, published "real time."
Supreme Court of the United States at its official site.

U.S. Supreme Court Opinions

Browsing

U.S. Supreme Court Decisions: by volume, by year

Citation Search

Title Search

Full-Text Search

FedCrimLaw by Punch and Jurist is an award winning site devoted to Federal Criminal Defense.
Findlaw Supreme Court includes briefs and a lot more.
United States Supreme Court News by Willamette University. Case summaries, subscribe to their almost IMMEDIATE release of decision, and the like.
Solomon Wisenberg's Supreme Court Oct. 1998 term Summary
VersusLaw for a fee, US Supremes, all 13 Circuit Appeals, 50 states, and DC appellate. Versuslaw costs $6.95 per attorney in the firm, flat rate, unlimited, no hidden charges, and works QUITE well. I subscribe.
Project Hermes (the court) and the Legal Inforamtion Institute Supreme Court Decision by table
U. S. Supreme Court Rules
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Child Abuse

American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
Kempe Center
Child Abuse detected by dental professionals.
Child Abuse Radiology and other child abuse information from the Child Abuse Referral and Education Network.
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U.S.Circuit Courts

Tenth Circuit site has cases, local rules, and more. VERY useful.
All Circuit Courts
Singleton declares that the Federal Governement prosecutors may bribe witnesses with impunity.
First Circuit Opinions
Fourth Circuit Opinions
Fifth Circuit Opinions
Sixth Circuit Opinions
Seventh Circuit Opinions
Emory Law for opinions prior to October, 1997.
Eleventh Circuit Opinions
D.C. Federal Circuit Opinions
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Computer Crime

Continuing Legal Education

G.Paul McCormick's 2003 Roadshow registration for criminal defense attorneys only.
Firearms, Fingerprints, and Forensics May 22, all day.
Third Annual Dog Conference in North Miami Beach, May, 2003
Third Annual Public Defenders Las Vegas Retreat March 28 - 30, 2003 at the Imperial Palace Hotel and Casino. FANTASTIC lineup of national speakers, and a great time!
National Institute for Trial Advocacy is famous for the quality of its trial technique courses.

Courts

Oyez has MANY famous Supreme Court oral arguments available in streaming audio.
Old Bailey historical records
Adams County Court
Boulder County Court Procedures effective January 2, 2002, in .pdf format.
Denver Court phone numbers and other Denver City Government phone numbers, searchable.
Megalaw searchable Colorado Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, and other Colorado legal links.
Supreme Court of the United States at its official site.
U.S. District Court, Dist. of Colorado home page includes local rules, forms, contact information, and more.
Colorado Federal Local Court Rules in .pdf format (Adobe Acrobat Reader needed).
Colorado Court Rules Changes 12/98, changes some appellate rules, and some rules of evidence.
U.S.Courts Website
Supreme Court Oral Arguments in real audio sound
Colorado Courts Homepage
Colorado Courts frequently with summaries of the decisions.
Electronic Filing so far, 18th Judicial only.
Colorado Chief Justice Directives (CJD's) on line.
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Death Penalty

American Medical Association position regarding opposition to physicians participating in executions.
Coloradans Against the Death Penalty
The Broken Machinery of Death an article.
State of Texas death penalty details. To save time answering press inquiries, Texas has ever so kindly posted all the details, including last meals and last words, to this website. The Internet can be a very sad place.
California Criminal Law Review volume one with two excellent Death Penalty articles.
SB 28 the Year 2000 Colorado bill to put death penalty decision back in the hands of the jury (Wham and Kaufman, sponsors).
Capitol Defense Network Federal Public Defender's Office Death Penalty resources website
Death Penalty Resources are found in the Capital Defenders Toolbox. This is a GREAT resource for death penalty work.
Cornell University Death Penalty resources
P. v. Salmon in pdf format (use Adobe Acrobat Reader) is the opinion in 6/24/99 death penalty case (verdict: life).
Women on Death Row
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Domestic Violence

ODVSOM Colorado Office of Domestic Violence and Sex Offender Management has the sex offender offense specific treatment guidelines and more.
Domestic Violence Against Men Domestic Violence Against Men has great resources.
Domestic Violence Treatment Standards for Colorado in html (view on line, no download), OR Domestic Violence Treatment Standards (Colorado) in WORD format, and in in .pdf format.
Domestic Violence Treatment Standards (Colorado) in WORDPERFECT format
NIJ/CDC research indicates victims are 37% men.
Battered Males WWW list of links, and a number of articles on males as DV victims.
A.B.A. Commission on Domestic Violence
Journal of the American Medical Assoc. search page
Men who are abused with a list of related links.
Mediacom excellent list of links.
Statistics on domestic violence.
Effects of Domestic Violence on Children
Institute on Domestic Violence in the African-American Community.
Domestic Violence Clearing House and Legal Hotline
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Driving Related Sites

NORML pot and driving resources
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1980 radar testing information
Excel Driver Services provides specialized evaluations and remedial driving programs.
Colorado Department of Transportation including intersection webcam links
DRE and Intoxilyzer expert
Errors converting Urine Alcohol to Blood Alcohol scientific article.
Orr and Rister are the two leading Colorado cases on D.U.I. checkpoints.
L.A.P.D. DRE site the Drug Recognition Expert site for the LAPD.
Police Traffic Radar may well have useful information on radar and laser speed detection and some of their weaknesses. $20 for six months access.
Colorado Dept. of Motor Vehicles FORMS has many of the forms we need, including waiver of SR-22 for out of state drivers.
CMI (home page) manufactures the Intoxilyzer 5000
Intoxilyzer 5000 resources from the Colorado Dept. of Human Resources
Pilots, Suspension, DWI, and Legal Malpractice is an article from THE CHAMPION, the publication of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
DMV transcript request form in PDF format (needs acrobat reader)
Attorney Disclosure DMV form in PDF format.
Internet Dept. of Motor Vehicles charges $20.00 to process a request for a driving record from any of 47 states
HB 1127 Underage drinking and driving
HB 98-1160 provides that the sole penalty for failure to appear on a penalty assessment notice shall be imposition of a fine and points, and that NO arrest warrant shall issue. Hit and run with serious bodily injury goes from M-1 to F-5
NHTSA compendium of traffic safety published studies provides a WEALTH of useful information
DUI, DMV links (pretty interesting collection, including a BAC calculator)
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Drug Law and Related Information for Drug Defenses

smell ofcannabis debunked.
Brian Bennett's anti-drug war site
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
Who's a rat inves6tigative tool for snitch issues and investigation.
Drug Dog resources
Colorado Dept. of Health Rules for testing for drugs and alcohol
US v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative released 5/14/2001.
Medical Marijuana and Prosecutorial Discretion excellent law review article.
LAPD DRE site The Drug Recognition Expert site for the Los Angeles Police Department.
Thomas query
abffe.org
lycaem.org
NORML
marijuanamagazine.com
High Times Magazine
Crimelynx ™ posting of Methamphetamine testing problems article.
Crimelynx ™ Drug Policy links
DRC NET deals with civil forfeiture issues and pending federal legislation. Sign their petition!
Wyoming v. Houghton is the US Supremes latest on passengers in automobiles.

Bob Melamede will provide free testimony in medical marijuana cases. (molecular immunologist).
Entheogen Law Reporter from a Berkley/Boalt graduate deals with a wide range of psychodelic drug issues.
Effective Drug Control Strategy the entire document
DrugNews is a searchable compendium of articles on a wide range of drug topics.
Victims of the Drug War
DrugLibrary is extensive
The Voluntary Committee of Lawyers is dedicated to enlisting attys nationally to advocate dissent against the drug war.
Title 21, U.S.C.
Office of National Drug Control Policy website.
NORML National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
The Rescheduling Fund petition in support of re-scheduling marijuana, NORML Foundation administers this non-profit activity.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
NHTSA including drug/driving studies, compendium of traffic safety published studies provides a WEALTH of useful information
Drug Sense
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Ethics

Ethics Bibliography with links for purchases. VERY useful.
Colorado Ethics Material from Cornell.
Phillips v. Washington Legal Foundation is the case from Texas dealing with the issue of COLTAF type trust accounts going to fund legal services
American Legal Ethics Library by State
Conflicts of Interest Ethics by Scott Krob
LegalEthics.com site has the latest multinational ethics article, including A.B.A. Formal Opinion 99-413 finding that E-mail is sufficiently secure to be appropriate, unencrypted, for confidential client communications.
Punishing Ethical Violations Aggravating And Mitigating Factors
The Attorney, The Client, And the Criminal History: A Dangerous Trio.
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Experts

Daubert Information
Daubert Searches finds issues and experts regarding Daubert issues which have been litigated.
Free Expert Referrals for locating expert witnesses.
DRE and Intoxilyzer expert
EWitnesses.com for locating expert witnesses in a wide variety of areas.
lawpsych.com is Sheila Deitz, Ph.D., who is forensic psychologist expert witness (with reasonable rates) who is fair and balanced.
John Kozioal Forensic Reconstruction and Counsulting, Email link. John does blood spatter, shooting, accident reconstructions (and has done over 4700 accident reconstructions, most of which involved fatalities).
Genetic Technologies Inc. Experts in forensic DNA and crime scene processing.
Expert Witness Resources on the internet has a long list of expert links.
Larry's Experts Page has links to a wide variety of experts and their net resources.
Former Federal Investigators experts for hire
Kumho Tire v Carmichael - US Supreme Court holds that Daubert applies to ALL expert testimony, not just to scientific expert testimony. See also "handwriting experts" for a review of Jeralyn Merritt's related thoughts.
Mike Sweedo is a certified latent print examiner and a bloodstain pattern analyst. His landline is 520-455-5697,
Expert Witnesses Internet directory. This is free to lawyers, and award winning, and most important, they have a link to our site.
American Academy of Forensic Science
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Federal Agencies

Security Clearance Guidelines
Write Your Rep for E-mail to U.S. House of Representatives.
Cybercrime Dept. of Justice website.
Leonard I. Frieling firm page has a form for writing to our Colorado Senators.
U.S. Attorney's Manual
U.S. Attorney's Bulletins
F.B.I.
Bureau of Prisons
Department of Justice Agencies
Freedom of Information Act materials U.S.Customs.
Freedom of Information Act materials on all agencies
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Federal Rules

Proposed Amendments to Federal Rules of evidence, criminal procedure, and more.
Colorado Federal Local Court Rules in .pdf format (Adobe Acrobat Reader needed).
U.S.Attorney's Manual
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Federal Rules of Evidence
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure ZIPPED (download a zipped (compressed in zip format) file the same as you would download any file. AOL and some other setups may automatically "unzip" the file to a readable format. If not, on AOL, keyword: SOFTWARE, and search the shareware for ZIP You'll find many options, including WINZIP (popular), Vueprint, (I love it), and others.
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Firearms Issues

5th Circuit reverses "Emerson" 10/17/2001 affirming that the Second Amendment is a "personal" right.
Defense Training Institute and John Farnam provide perhaps the best pistol, rifle, and shotgun training in the world. Literally.
5th Circuit Amicus Brief in Emerson, Independence Institute.
Texas Emerson Decision (in .pdf, so ADOBE ACROBAT READER required)On March 31, 1999, the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas, San Angelo division, found that 18 USC 922(g)(8) (forbidding weapons possession by one subject to restraining order against threatening an intimate partner, etc.) violated 2d Amendment and Fifth Amendment. The Ruling is also a .pdf document (ADOBE ACROBAT READER).
S.B. 84 has been withdrawn by its sponsers in light of the Columbine School Masacre. This was likely within three days of being on the Governor's desk for signature when the tragedy at Columbine occurred. This would have pre-empted local control of firearms, and made Colorado a uniform "shall issue concealed carry permits" instead of a "may issue" state. A house bill H.B. 1316 was killed by the Senate.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, And Firearms site. For Brady Bill and related questions, in Denver, call Susan Kitchen, BATF, (303) 239-4235.
Federal Gun Control Amendments,in ASCII.text, or,
The N.R.A. website has legal resources included. Charlton Heston's speech to the NRA membership at the Denver 1999 annual meeting is available there in streaming video and streaming audio
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Forensics

Forensic Fraud
Bibliography of Forensic Books
Daubert on the Web
Dr. Harry Bonnell is a forensic pathologist.
CRC Press carries a variety of books on various forensic topics from gunshot residue to stalking.
Psychiatry and the Law Dr. William Reid, with frequent updates on forensic psych issues.
Elsevier Science "Your Gateway to Science"> leads to many forensic topics.
John Kozioal Forensic Reconstruction and Counsulting, Email link. John does blood spatter, shooting, accident reconstructions (and has done over 4700 accident reconstructions, most of which involved fatalities).
Genetic Technologies Inc. Experts in forensic DNA and crime scene processing.
Rocky Mountain Instumental Laboratories and Robert K. Lantz, Ph.D. is well known and well respected in Colorado.
Kruglaw Forensic Links is a great list of links.
Mike Sweedo is a certified latent print examiner and a bloodstain pattern analyst. His landline is 520-455-5697,
Scientific Testimony is a forensic site with aricles and more, including a DNA primer.
American Academy of Forensics
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Founding Documents

United States Founding Documents
U.S. Constitution
Declaration of Independence
The Original Bill of Rights
Federalist Papers
Thomas Jefferson.org is the site from Clay S. Jenkinson, who impersonates Thomas Jefferson, and is a wonderful Jeffersonian Scholar.
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General Search Sites

Washburn University has a great legal resources site, including states, circuits, and much more.
FindForms is devoted to locating legal forms on line. (Civil oriented, but interesting).
VersusLaw for a fee, US Supremes, all 13 Circuit Appeals, US District Courts, 50 states, and DC appellate. Versuslaw costs (If I'm reading their info right) $6.95 per attorney in the firm, flat rate, unlimited, no hidden charges, and works QUITE well. I subscribe.
VirtualChase has some interesting stuff, and some internet and the law course outlines.
Univ. of Colorado Law Library
Findlaw is a powerful, useful, legal search site.
Findlaw's Criminal Law Index
WWW Virtual Law Library
Lawcrawler is a state-of-the-art legal search site. You WILL be impressed.
Free Advice on legal matters is available, and this is an ambitious site.
All Law has significant search capabilities. I especially like the ability to search state laws from all states.
Law Guru Legal Research free legal research site, very well done.
CounselQuest, a resource to facilitate finding legal information on the Internet
the Electric Law Library
Hieros Gamos Criminal Law International and National
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
West Legal Studies has links to over 220 legal web sites, over 750 state specific web sites, and access to the West "bookstore." This is a NEW site.
Federal Statistics One stop shopping for federal statistics
the Government Printing Office
The U.S. Census site provides a wealth of information
Romingerlegal research site is well laid out, very easy to navigate, and worth a look.
G.S.A. FEDLAW includes federal legislation and links to decisions of US Supremes, circuit court decisions, state and territory laws, and more. The site has basically no information beyond the collection (albeit extensive) of links. The web critic in me MUST point out that the choice of colors is POOR, and I wonder if a color blind person could make out the text over the background.
Thomas's Legislative Information
Nolopress law self help center has some interesting stuff.
Lexis For Lawschools
Georgetown Law Center-federal links
Colorado Resource page at the University of Colorado Law Library
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Immigration

Immigration Consequences Outline in WORD format or in .pdf format Dec. 1999
INS On Line
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Internet Investigation Tools, Software, Phone Books, and Search Engines

gogoshopper Excellent guide to net scams
Google is a wonderful search engine. Check out the advanced features.
Google for academic publications hard to find, expert background information.
Dogpile is also stupendous. If you cannot find it on the web with one of the two, try to revise your search.
Denver Court phone numbers and other Denver City Government phone numbers, searchable.
GeographyNetwork.com is a global community of data providers who are committed to making geographic content available. BRAND NEW 7/1/2000.
Adobe Acrobat Reader for reading and printing .pdf documents, free software.
Write Your Rep for E-mail to U.S. House of Representatives.
eGroups is a free service for setting up and managing your own listserv (professional, family, friends, etc.).
Browse anonymously on the Internet.
Card Catalogs for Colorado's major libraries

Virus and Virus Hoax sites

Stella Awards debunked. NO ONE got rich tripping over their toddler.
Vmyths.com is a useful site dealing with myths, hoaxes, and the like.
Symantec Encyclopedia of virii and hoaxes. This is the best.
Rob Rosenberger's wonderful site on virii and hoaxes, with links to other major similar sites, and many Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and definitions.
McAfee anti-virus and other computer maintenance type software.
Symantec is the home of Norton anti virus, WinFaxPro, and much more.
CERT Virus Advisories is the "horse's mouth" for ACTUAL computer virus information. The Computer Emergency Response Team and Carnegie Mellon's Dept. of Defense funded-computer security team.
Urbanlegends.com for checking out people waking up in tubs of ice with their kidneys removed.

Finding People, Addresses, Emails, Phones, and Maps

visualroute and analogx are on the technical side, and are tools for tracing the path taken by internet messages to and from your computer. Definitely for the techno-geek. Try running the command "tracert" (without the quotation marks) from your START>RUN on Win95/98/NT also.
PeopleSearch is the latest (10/20/99) for finding addresses, phones, and E-mails.
American Information Network charges $20 to search databases for Driver's License records, (47 states), locate people, and more. I've used this, and it was the best $20 I've spent in a long time. With name and state, I got addresses, dob, social security, and neighbors (addresses, names, and many phone numbers), going back to 1993.
Genealogy Library from Ancestry Co.
World Telephone Directories
Bigfoot People search
Delorme for driving directions and maps
Mapquest is a wonderful source of maps to and from anywhere, with detailed driving directions.
Lycos Maps and Directions
Four11 (now People.yahoo) is great for finding businesses and people.
WHOWHERE for finding people, Email, telephone, etc.
Reverse telephone listings! I think this is the current best site for this purpose.
Lawyers.com is the Martindale-Hubbell lawyer locator and links to other Martindale resources.

Search Engines

Google is a newer search engine, worth checking out. They have a "search government docs" special search option.
Dogpile Search Engine
Alltheweb reminds me of Altavista: thorough, very impressive search engine.
Altavista search engine for the Internet
Search.com has gotten me great, efficient results
Webcrawler search engine for the Internet
Excite search engine for the Internet
Hotbot search engine for the Internet
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Jury

Juryinstruction.com is a site with a free sample, and what appears to be a wealth of jury instruction information, language, case law, commentary, and more.

Juvenile Justice

Juvenile Clarion publication of the Arizona Assoc. of Counsel for Children and the Juvy Law Section of the Arizona Bar Assoc.
Justice Information Center
Office of Juvenile Justice Prevention of Delinquency
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Life After Law

Iguanalodge proves that there IS life after lawyering. Respected criminal defense lawyers Lauren and Toby Cleaver have closed shop in Colorado. They've moved to the Oso Penisula, Costa Rica, where they are looking forward to hosting us at their Bed and Breakfast! This is a premier vacation destination.
The Best Books ever Written in the opinion of Lenny Frieling, from "Adventure" to "Shakespeare."

Lists of Links

Megalaw Colorado legal links.
Richard Noble law firm has an EXTENSIVE list of interesting and useful links. Check it out.
CrimeLynx ™ Colorado Research Links by Jerri Merritt is, as always, very useful.
CrimeLynx ™ top rated Crimelynx site for Legal Research, Investigation Links, and more, by Jerri Merritt.
National Criminal Justice Information Center (Thanks Jerri Merritt) another wonderful source of criminal justice information.
Criminal Justice Megalinks Tom O'Conner, North Carolina Weslyan University, course material, WONDERFUL site.
Georgia Indigent Defense Counsel has put together a massive useful list of legal links.
About.com Crime & Punishment links and site is consumer oriented, and pretty cool.
New York State Assoc. of Criminal Defense Lawyers has an impressive site and a huge list of criminal defense links. This is a wonderful tool.
New York Assoc. of Criminal Defense Lawyers has a huge list of criminal defense links.
Palidan Internet Resources for Attorneys

Washburn Univ. School of Law has a very impressive site. They have a long list of list-servs that one can sign on to, as well as a wealth of links.
Kruglaw has a great list of links, including forensics.
25 Most Useful Sites is, I admit, here because I thought it was FUN. It is ALSO very useful, and well worth the price of the click.
NACDL Criminal Law Links
Jeff Flax's new location for a wonderful links for legal research.
Lawgirl.com is a site of some interest. Although the focus is intellectual property, there is wonderful copyright information.
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Media

New York Times has tomorrow's news NOW and free.
Troubleshooter.com is of course the Tom Martino, Colorado T.V. and radio consumer problem solver.
Colorado Media Outlets has links to newspapers and T.V. stations throughout the state.
Court T.V. has archives of interesting things at their website
Media Email Addresses for many newspapers.
New York Times
Washington Post
Los Angeles Times
The London Times
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Money Laundering

U.S. Treasury Search Engine
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network US Treas.
Money Laundering Trends 1997 by Financial Action Task Force, US Treas.
Money Laundering Trends 1998
Updated Anti-Money Laundering Standards from Financial Action Task Force, US Treas
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQS)Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
Federal Crimes Enforcement Network on money laundering
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Municipal Codes

Aspen Municipal Code
Boulder Municipal Code
Municode has municipal codes for a number of Colorado and other cities.
Colorado Municipal Codes and county codes, growing fast, from D.U. Law School Library.
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Organizations and Agencies

New Riders of the Purple Sage long time NORML supporters.
Criminal Law Section Colorado Bar Association, currently chaired by Lenny Frieling, 2004-2005.
Colorado Bar Association
Organization of Federal Defense Attorneys has cases and a brief bank.
Virginia Criminal Defense Bar has a very pretty site, and good links.
American Psychiatric Association with some resources for the insanity defense information.
California Attorneys for Criminal Justice have just opened their new (and very nicely done) site.
N.A.R.F.org Native American Rights Fund.
Journal of the American Medical Association
NORML National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws
Fully Informed Jury Association home page, dealing with jury nullification and other jurors's education issues.
Colorado Hispanic Bar Association
NCTI Full Catalog in PDF format includes their domestic violence classes, driving classes, road rage and anger classes, shoplift classes, and more.
National Corrective Training Institute list only of programs includes driving, shoplifting, anger, and more.
Colorado Federal Public Defenders with great federal resources.
Securities and Exchange Commission
Internal Revenue Service
U.S.Secret Service
D.E.A.
Central Intelligence Agency
Department of Justice Organizations
National Youth Gang Center
Terrorism Research Center
Cop Net Organization of U.S. Federal Police Agencies
Police Officer's Internet Directory presents thousands of police, law enforcement, and criminal justice links, including links to over 1500 police agencies.
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers NACDL is our parent organization, and the "voice" of American Criminal Defense.
Association of Federal Defense Attorneys has a wealth of resources.
The American Bar Association
Counsel Connect
Colorado Bar Association
Cecil Greek's Criminal Justice Page
Boulder County Bar Association a new, and promising site. Many of our Boulder Criminal Defense Bar members are members of the Boulder County Bar Association, and we maintain a wonderful relationship with them, working hand in hand with their Criminal Law Committee.
Colorado Criminal Defense Bar YOU'RE HERE NOW !
Boulder Criminal Defense Bar
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Police Links

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Polygraph

Stop Polygraph.com is devoted to dispelling the myth of the polygraph as a tool.
Anti-Polygraph.org is also helpful on attacking the polygraph.
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Restorative Justice

Center for Restorative Justice and Peacemaking University of Minnesota
Realjustice
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Victim Offender Mediation Association
Justice and Mercy
Restorative Justice Project and VORP training
Restorative Justice dot ORG is a huge resource
Restorative Justice and Mediation
Restorative Justice.com is a local site from Tom Cavanagh-Restorative Justice - Fort Collins CO
Restorative Justice in Australia
Northwest Institute for Restorative Justice
Justice Fellowship with Christian principles of restorative justice
VORP Victim Offender Reconciliation Program.
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Sentencing and Jails

NACDL Blakely Resources
The Sentencing Project
Association of Federal Defense Attorneys has 24 new research outlines on federal sentencing.
select 1046 to access the new codifictaion of the Colorado Sentencing scheme
BI's Webpage
Dept. of Corrections Time Comp Manual in pdf adobe acrobat format, or in Department of Corrections Time Comp Manual 2001 in WORD or in Word Perfect.
Federal Sentencing Statistics for all states.
Sexually violent predator community notification standards, Colorado Dept. of Corrections, final form, in .pdf
CDC inforamtion on Tuberculosis which is a very significant problem in jails and prisons, regardless of the brevity of the stay.
A letter from Lenny Frieling outlining the TB problem in jails, with some links.
Regulation 600-001 Inmate Classification from DOC Colorado in pdf format
DOC Colorado crime of violence definitions (regulations), 1999.
Department of Corrections Community Placement Regulations in .pdf format.
Dept. of Corrections Regulations in .pdf format.
Corrections News concerning the number of mentally ill people currently in jail. Hot news 7/12/99.
Guidline Links from the sentencing commission, in .pdf format.
Guideline Law.com has the latest federal guidelines.
Young v. Weston, 9th Cir says you cannot jail sexually violent predators for life if the purpose is punishment instead of treatment.
Mitchel case, US Supremet Court "no adverse consequences for remaining silent at sentencing regarding facts which are the circumstances or details of the crime.
NCTI Catalog in PDF format includes their domestic violence classes, driving classes, road rage and anger classes, shoplift classes, and more.
Parole Study Report to the Colorado Legislative Council
HB 98-1160 sometimes referred to as "super parole" may add 12 months of extra prison or parole in some violation situations.
Bureau of Prisons
Sentencing Projections in PDF format (Colorado 1997 Prison details) (Adobe Acrobat)
The Sentencing Project is a wonderful resource on many of the hot topics dealing with sentencing on a state and federal level. Raw research is discussed, as well as ongoing hot topics. The text colors are a tad difficult with the new AOL browser (fine with Netscape), but worth the extra reading effort.
NCIA Study
Cornell, Prisoners and Prisoner's Rights
U.S. Sentencing Commission and guideline related information
Federal Sentencing Guidelines Manual
Life Sentences for Sex Offenders and other new sentencing provisions for sex offenders.
DETAILS of Colorado prison population in PDF (Adobe Acrobat) format.
Colorado Felony Sentencing: Law and Practice
Challenging the Constitutionality of Sentences Through Proportionality Hearing
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Sexual Assault Materials

Sex Offender Management Board with links to treatment standards in pdf format from the State, on line. Should be current.
ODVSOM Colorado Office of Domestic Violence and Sex Offender Management has the sex offender offense specific treatment guidelines and more.
Sexually violent predator community notification standards, Colorado Dept. of Corrections, final form, in .pdf
Dept. of Justice DNA testing, what all officers should know, and post-conviction DNA testing (see What's New>Publications).
Colorado Draft Sex Offender Notification Criteria 10/99 in a shorter version without appendicies.
Colorado Draft Sex Offender Notification Criteria 10/99. 2 meg pdf file, with appendicies.
Institute for Psychological Therapies has sex assault resources.
Open Records has registered sex offenders listed on-line (not including Colorado yet).
Young v. Weston, 9th Cir says you cannot jail sexually violent predators for life if the purpose is punishment instead of treatment.
HB 99-1260 Pending, juvy sex offender records public, probation may include residential community corrections.
1 CCR 104-1 The Rules of Procedure which apply at hearings challenging Central Registry for Child Abuse listing challenges.
HB 98-1088 deals with a variety of issues, including the new rule regarding service of a subpoena duces tecum on parents to subpoena the child, new rules regarding record sealing and related identification information, central registry of restraining orders, and more.
HB 98-1177 deal with sex offender registration changes.
HB 98-1156 provides for life sentences and life probation for some sex offenders, and much more. The C.R.S. for this is 16-13-801, et. seq.
Sex Assault Resource Page
Federal Guidelines in final draft for dictating states' compliance with Megan's Law and the Jacob Wetterling Act regarding sex offender registration.
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Statistics and Criminal Justice Statistics

Tracks Federal Criminal Statistics

The U.S. Census site provides a wealth of information
National Archive Criminal Justice Data
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics
National Criminal Justice Reference Service
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Statutes and Regulations

Colorado Statutes searchable, free, from Lexis.
Session Laws 2003
U.S. Code
links to MANY state statutes in the United States. Full text, of course.
Write your Rep for contacting U. S. Representatives.
Colorado Municipal Codes and county codes, growing fast, from D.U. Law School Library.
U.S.Code in an easy to use format
Longmont Municipal Code
Thomas Federal Legislation Server
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure
Federal Rules of Evidence
Code of Federal Regulations is searchable
CURRENT legislative information for THIS legislative session, hot off the presses.
C.R.S. and Court Rules This is not a free site.
Denver Municipal Code
Municipal Codes including Aurora, and others.
Aurora Municipal Code is searchable
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Supersearch Sites

Where to do research.com is just that. A great starting place for general questions.
Reporter's Desk is a compendium of ways to get obscure facts.
Data Bases Public Records to the general public, including background checks, locations, and the like, small fee per search, comprehensive. Fabulous resources.
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Tools of the trade, Investigators

Internet Privacy
Colorado Employee locater with phone numbers
Bob Enzi, Zrod Investigations defendant/witness interviews, locates, process, or general information mining.
EZ Pass for E-470 Apply on line and have a transponder sent to you. This permits driving through E-470 tolls at 70 mph.
Write your Rep for contacting U. S. Representatives.
Lawyer's Life Coach offers a service which promises to help you be HAPPY in the practice of law
Adobe Acrobat Reader for reading and printing .pdf documents, free software.
The "BLUE BOOK" for finding correct forms for all legal citations.
Point.com , and LetsTalk.com are sites for locating hands-free mobile phone accessories. If you are not "hands-free" in the car already, you really should be. There is just no excuse for driving while holding a cell phone.
Casemap free 30 day trial version of case management software.
tiemaster.com will deliver Italian silk ties for the dapper attorney.
Rick Johnson & Assoc. investigators. You must check out the picture on their webpage.
Intellicast For Colorado leads to detailed radar, nexrad, etc., for many areas in Colorado. Get to court in one piece!
LMC Investigations is a full spectrum bi-lingual firm specializing in criminal investigations involving Spanish speaking clients and witnesses. Ten years experience with the Colorado State Public Defender's Office.
Millenium Investigative provides a variety of investigation services, with an emphasis on computer searching, locating, and more.
Shopper for price comparisons on just about anything.
Priceline is the site for "bidding" on airline and hotel rates.
Trip.com has links to major airlines for price and scheduling, as well as TRIPTRACKER, which permits you to check on the status and arrival time of flights, up to the minute.
Email Pager permits wireless e-mail to a small, hand held device, up to 8 pages of text
Spotted Horse does courtroom graphics, multimedia presentations, and more.
Colorado Dept. of Transportation Road Reports, to help you get to court.
Bindertek makes state of the art binders for trial and case files. They have seriously improved on the three ring binder.
Fountain Pen Hospital is a WONDERFUL place to buy pens of all types. Get their catalog.
Nibs Re-tipped to repair your favorite fountain pen nibs.
Artlite Fine writing instruments
Pendemonium Vintage writing collectibles.
the Goodman Law Firm showing what can be done with a law firm's website, with some work. Very easy to use links to a lot a legal information. I found the Vermont Court Rules in about a minute using this site. For anyone considering a web site for their firm, this is a must see site.
Philly Lawyer jobs page
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Treaties

Vienna Convetion regarding informing consulate when a foreign national is arrested.
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Treatment Agencies and Treatment

Locating alcohol treatment nationally

Substance Abuse Treatment Agencies nationally
Out of state alcohol classes by state
All Colorado Licensed Treatment Programs for DUI (Level 1/Level II)
Substance Abuse Treatment Locator has a national list.
Justice Ministries Network has an extensive list of resources for people in prison, and who have been released from prison.
NCTI schedule, enrollment forms, class description, etc. Email to NCTI
NCTI Catalog in PDF format includes their domestic violence classes, driving classes, road rage and anger classes, shoplift classes, and more.
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Weather

NOAA
Weather Underground has been around a long time, as is wonderful
The Farmer's Almanac weather site has prognostication AND weather data history
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Witnesses

Elizabeth Loftus the foremost expert in eyewitness identification
False Memories planted during interrogation
Eye Witness Identification, A Guide for Law Enforcement
Eyewitness Links from the Criminal Law Megalink site. Very helpful links.
Truth In Justice article on the basics of eyewitness identification and problems.
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