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General Petraeus Affair Raises Concerns About E-mail Privacy In Missouri

Sansone & Lauber | November 24, 2012 | Criminal Law

With all the coverage surrounding the recent fiasco involving General Petraeus, the extent of people’s personal electronic security has been given increased attention. After all, if the CIA Dire...

Supreme Court To Hear Case Concerning Late Presentation Of Evidence

Sansone & Lauber | November 22, 2012 | Criminal Law

A recent issue before the U.S. Supreme Court involves the late appearance of evidence that could prove a criminal defendant’s innocence. Though many people would assume that if evidence were to ...

Lawsuit Says St. Louis Citizens Sprayed With Radioactive Chemicals In Secret Military Experiment

Sansone & Lauber | November 19, 2012 | Personal Injury Blog

According to a recent report by a professor at St. Louis Community College, the United States military conducted top-secret experiments on the citizens of St. Louis, Missouri for years, going so far a...

Woman In St. Louis Sentenced For Armed Robberies

Sansone & Lauber | November 4, 2012 | Criminal Law

News reports indicate that a St. Louis, Missouri woman, Chrice Shunta Combs, 32, was recently sentenced to a whopping 16 years in federal prison for robbing three cash advance stores in 2010. The robb...

U.S. Supreme Court Will Consider Missouri Case About Warrantless Blood Testing

Sansone & Lauber | October 31, 2012 | DWI Law

The Supreme Court gave word last week that it would hear a case that concerned the power of police officers to give involuntary blood tests to those arrested on suspicion of drunk driving. The case co...

Missouri Meth Making Lands Man Behind Bars

Sansone & Lauber | September 29, 2012 | Criminal Law

A St. Louis alderwoman has begun pushing a new law which will require that people get a prescription for cold and allergy pills containing pseudoephedrine, a decongestant commonly used to make methamp...

Recent Incident Shows That Missouri Bank Robbery Doesn’t Pay

Sansone & Lauber | September 11, 2012 | Criminal Law

According to a recent article in the Huffington Post, the FBI is on the hunt for a serial bank robber thought to be responsible for heists in eight states, most recently two in Columbia and St. Louis,...

Missouri Court Says Initial Refusal Not Enough To Justify License Revocation

Sansone & Lauber | September 4, 2012 | DWI law in the news

Alicia McKay v. Director of Revenue This case involved an appeal by the Department of Revenue of a judgment to set aside the revocation of Alicia Lynn McKay’s driver’s license. The Departm...

St. Louis Crime Lab Falls Further Behind

Sansone & Lauber | September 2, 2012 | Criminal Law

According to recent and very troubling report out of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, drug cases in the area are met with a 6-8 month delay in the lab. The county lab is located in Clayton and services ev...

Woman Dies In Single Vehicle Accident, Was Not Wearing Seatbelt

Sansone & Lauber | August 31, 2012 | Trial Practice & Evidence

As a St. Louis car accident lawyer, an issue that always comes up is what type of safety precautions was the injured victim taking, such as wearing their seat belt. Jurors want to know that the claima...