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Blind Mule Novel by Russell S. Babcock Well, it about time!  After three years Russell Babcock finally has published his novel, The Blind Mule.  The book is a legal thriller that calls upon his many years of defending blind mules, those who without their knowledge carry drugs from outside...

I want to express my deep feeling of gratitude to you for your unswerving and steadfast faith and my case, and the staggering amount of work you did in preparing for trial . . . I will always remember with fondness our harried and frantic work together in preparing for trial…. and...

Starting this week, all adult U.S. citizens must show proof of their citizenship when returning from Mexico. This means that the inspectors will no longer rely on an oral declaration of citizenship. What this means is that U.S. citizens should carry passports or a birth certificate. It remains unclear what will happen...

Mr. Officer you need one of those warrants if you are going to look in there. Today the United States decided the cases of Riley v. California. Like many individuals stopped by the police, Mr. Riley had his cell phone searched without a warrant. The police searched the...

Lawyers and clients both must work hard at maintaining their professional relationship.
In criminal cases, clients usually feel the same mental and emotional strain as a patient who is seriously ill. Especially in federal cases, where the stakes are so high, or serious state cases such as murder, sexual offenses, or cyber crime,...

I just got back from a vacation.  Yes, a vacation for me is taking three days off, driving 500 miles to go fishing, worrying about my clients, putting out a fishing line, catching no fish, worrying more about my clients, and coming home wondering why I didn't stay away longer.  As I...

On February 5, 2013 federal defense attorney Russell Babcock argued what is probably the most important blind mule case in many years to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena, California. Russell will reserve comment on the case until the the three judge panel has a chance to issue their written...

M.S. admitted from the beginning that robbed the cell phone. But he denied ever using a handgun during the robbery. The victim did not tell the 911 operator that a gun had been put in his face, but he  told this to the jury during the three week trial last week in...

San Diego Criminal Defense Attorneys Russell Babcock and  his office acheived what Russell characterized as the most lenient sentence that he has ever seen in a federal alien smuggling case. Last week in the United States District Court Southern District of California, S.R. was sentenced to only time served,...

While many Americans are aware from the news media of every new haircut Justin Bieber gets or the sex of Kim Kardashian's baby, few Americans are aware of the more important revelations in the press in the last week. The FBI has been secretly harvesting data from our  email...

1.5 kilos of methamphetamine and no jail time! V.R was stopped along the Interstate 15 corridor where agents encountered 1.5 kilos of methamphetamine in her purse. It is curious how the agents call the major freeway I-15 a “corridor” —sounds kind of spooky– I always thought I-15 was just...

It makes you wonder what took the Obama administration five years to wake up. Attorney General Eric Holder announced this week that he will ask his Assistant United States Attorneys ( prosecutors) to not specify the amount of drugs in drug charges for low level drug dealers who are...