Thursday, September 17, 2015

Detroit Parolee's Facebook Post Lands Him Back in the Joint

Once you have a felony conviction, you are no longer eligible to possess a firearm; that's the law in Michigan and the price of being a convict. Parole officers in the 313 have their hands full keeping up with burgeoning caseloads as our local communities are awash in weapons of all stripes.

But this dude, Denzel Biggs, made it really easy for his PO. He posted a pic on his Facebook pointing two semi-automatic pistols directly at the camera.

The DPD's gang unit saw the pic and alerted his PO and the FBI; BAM, right back to the joint.

This time, Denzel, only 20 years old, brought his game to federal court as the FBI convinced the U.S. Attorney in Detroit to bring federal weapons charges when they noticed, from the picture posted in Facebook, that the weapon Biggs held was manufactured outside Michigan thereby triggering the interstate commerce clause and, in turn, the federal charges.

We here at the Motor City Law Blog have made plenty of trips to the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice to represent clients facing added counts of either felon in possession or felony firearm.

Just as a convicted felon, a parolee, cannot possess a firearm, if someone commits a felony while in possession of a firearm, that becomes an extra felony count available for the prosecutor to add to the predicate felony.

The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution protects our right to possess firearms. When you are convicted of a felony, however, you lose some of your fundamental constitutional rights.




2 comments:

  1. I wouldn't recommend timothy Flynn aka Clarkston legal for anything criminal or traffic related. I used Tim for A traffic misdemeanor Reckless driving. He was always soliciting business in a liquor store I worked in so I hired him due to his knit ties to the court. In my case i passed a car to avoid an accident in a non pass zone I was chased by an unmarked silver minivan with no markings on the car or flashing lights by an off duty police officer beeping his horn And I was threatened. I immediately hired Timothy P Flynn and Tim encouraged me to take a bench trial. I was looking For emotion from the jury because I'm still getting flashbacks today. I was really feeling uneasy with having a bench trial but timothy told me it would be fine and i trusted him because he was a customer in the store i worked in. I also wanted to file a complaint with the police department and he encouraged me not too?? Tim also didn't order a video of the officers that arrived on the seen which was important to my case! Tim implied that his ties to the court would make it a sure win (a fictitious trial) and jury trials are 50/50 at best. I trusted him I was vulnerable. He gave me the perception that if I waived a jury trial I could get one later if we don't do well. He he led me to believe we could talk about it at the judge and prosecutors houses. He told me in the end to take a plea (careless driving). I made it clear in the beginning I would not. I told him once again I expect a jury trial and hes going to pay me financially if I lost if he wishes to continue in efforts to get him to resign. He wasn't sincere with the situation and he didn't genuinely care. It was more of a game he was playing to manipulate me to plea bargain. After a brief argument he said fine when I told him my expectations. Before we entered the court I witnessed tim Shake the very same officers hand the same officer that threatens my life and tells me he owns Oakland County and that I was a punk kid that I don't have a car it's your moms car and if he ever sees me again he will arrest me. the officer said don't expect the prosecutor to offer a deal because i'm a punk kid. It was used against me by the prosecutor in trial that I didn't report it to the police department when I followed Tim P Flynn's poor advice. I should have fired him then and their when I witnessed him shake the officers hand and I should have asked for A new attorney and a jury trial. If the trial was fake why did the prosecutor cross examine me? He was supposed to rest the prosecution! I'm sorry I ever met him at all. It obviously says a lot about an attorney who supports this kind of police brutality!!! I thought he was a nice man for charging $500 but now I know his only intention was to McDonald's it!

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  2. I wouldn't recommend timothy Flynn aka Clarkston legal for anything criminal or traffic related. I used Tim for A traffic misdemeanor Reckless driving. He was always soliciting business in a liquor store I worked in so I hired him due to his knit ties to the court. In my case i passed a car to avoid an accident in a non pass zone I was chased by an unmarked silver minivan with no markings on the car or flashing lights by an off duty police officer beeping his horn And I was threatened. I immediately hired Timothy P Flynn and Tim encouraged me to take a bench trial. I was looking For emotion from the jury because I'm still getting flashbacks today. I was really feeling uneasy with having a bench trial but timothy told me it would be fine and i trusted him because he was a customer in the store i worked in. I also wanted to file a complaint with the police department and he encouraged me not too?? Tim also didn't order a video of the officers that arrived on the seen which was important to my case! Tim implied that his ties to the court would make it a sure win (a fictitious trial) and jury trials are 50/50 at best. I trusted him I was vulnerable. He gave me the perception that if I waived a jury trial I could get one later if we don't do well. He he led me to believe we could talk about it at the judge and prosecutors houses. He told me in the end to take a plea (careless driving). I made it clear in the beginning I would not. I told him once again I expect a jury trial and hes going to pay me financially if I lost if he wishes to continue in efforts to get him to resign. He wasn't sincere with the situation and he didn't genuinely care. It was more of a game he was playing to manipulate me to plea bargain. After a brief argument he said fine when I told him my expectations. Before we entered the court I witnessed tim Shake the very same officers hand the same officer that threatens my life and tells me he owns Oakland County and that I was a punk kid that I don't have a car it's your moms car and if he ever sees me again he will arrest me. the officer said don't expect the prosecutor to offer a deal because i'm a punk kid. It was used against me by the prosecutor in trial that I didn't report it to the police department when I followed Tim P Flynn's poor advice. I should have fired him then and their when I witnessed him shake the officers hand and I should have asked for A new attorney and a jury trial. If the trial was fake why did the prosecutor cross examine me? He was supposed to rest the prosecution! I'm sorry I ever met him at all. It obviously says a lot about an attorney who supports this kind of police brutality!!! I thought he was a nice man for charging $500 but now I know his only intention was to McDonald's it!

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