Tyler J. White, Attorney & Counselor at Law, LLC

We all have something that we do in our line of work that is really important and we have to make sure that we are at our best when that time comes. For me, that time is during trial because when you’re in a jurisdiction like I’m in when all the prosecutor has to do is read the indictment or information and get a conviction then being average at the time isn’t enough. Or when all a department of revenue attorney has to do is say the department is going to offer Respondent’s ...exhibit A subject to section 302.312 of the revised statutes of Missouri and get a conviction because few judges have the courage to rule against them then being average at that time in not enough. So for me and other trial lawyers, we gotta do something to stop this conviction machine. Part of doing something is taking care of ourselves. Part of doing something is pumping ourselves up and getting ourselves in the right attitude. One of the things that I do to pump myself up is watch a video clip of Gerry Spence because one of my favorite lines is It’s better to be terrorized and not to sleep because you are in the process of working and working and preparing and working and doing it over again and doing it again and again. It’s much better to stay awake at night fighting the fight that you’re gunna fight than it is to stay awake and see him walk out the door in shackles. Take your choice! Video Below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS_5VLJ54Ik

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On October 13, 2017, Lamaonte Mcintyre regained his freedom after spending the last 23 years of his life in prison for a double murder that he was wrongfully convicted of in Kansas City, Kansas at the age of 17. Mr. Mcintyre was convicted of shooting and killing two men with a shotgun that were sitting in a Cadillac on Hutchings Street. The case against Mr. Mcintyre included no gun, no motive, no physical evidence tying him to the crime, and no evidence that he knew who eithe...r victim was. Nor was there any such evidence that the Kansas City, Kansas police ever searched for such evidence. I want to use this forum to give credit where credit is due for all of the hard and effective work put into this case by my former professors at UMKC School of Law, my former classmates at UMKC, and to the Midwest Innocence Project and their attorneys in Kansas City. UMKC professors and students conducted interviews with jurors and discovered a relationship between a juror and the presiding judge that wrongfully convicted him 23 years ago. Additionally, other extraordinary improprieties were discovered in this case such as the lead detective on the case, Roger Golubski, coerced witnesses into being witnesses against Mr. Mcintyre. That Mr. Golubski had informants that were African American women in poor neighborhoods addicted to drugs that he would have testify in cases for him or he would put a case on them and he forced them to have sex with him or face being arrested. I’ve attached an article that details all of this information very well, but good job UMKC! There is a celebration being held for Mr. Mcintyre at UMKC school of law at 5 p.m. today. https://www.injusticewatch.org//convicted-23-years-ago-ka/

Two days ago, a Kansas City man attempted to put a ring on his girlfriend’s finger, but his proposal slipped away and ended in heartbreak for the local couple. Under Missouri law, an engagement ring is seen as a conditional gift given in contemplation of marriage. The marriage is an act or event that must occur before the gift is completed. So, if a man proposes to a woman and they break up before marrying, then the man is the rightful owner of the ring. Happy Wednesday!

I think that everybody knows it is a violation of a person’s 4th amendment rights if a police officer comes up to you and demands a sample of your blood when you are not under arrest and he does not have a warrant, but why didn’t this cop know this? Alex Wubbels certainly did. Any reasonable, prudent, properly trained police officer would be able to "surmise" something so obvious. Prudent, cautious, trained police officers are familiar with the law and make valid arrests-this... officer is not one of those officers. Bodycam video shows a Salt Lake City police detective grabbing Alex Wubbels, a 2 time Olympian and frightened nurse, forcing her into handcuffs and then to his police cruiser, all because she cited policy not allowing him to draw blood from an unconscious patient that was not under arrest and that he did not have a warrant for. Wubbels is seen in Payne’s bodycam footage holding a piece of paper in one hand and a cell phone in the other. On the line was a man named Brad, presumably a hospital employee or administrator, whom Wubbels wanted to hear the interaction with Payne. Wubbels read aloud the document’s heading: obtaining blood samples for police enforcement from patients suspected to be under the influence. The hospital policy forbids drawing blood from an unconscious patient, unless there is prior consent, a warrant or the patient is under arrest. This is something that you guys agreed to with this hospital, the nurse told Payne. I'm just trying to do what I'm supposed to do. That's all. So I take it, without those in place, I'm not going to get blood. Am I fair to surmise that? Payne asks rhetorically. The tension builds when from Wubbels’s phone, Brad is heard saying, Alex, you're not representing the University Hospital, to which the nurse responds with her voice breaking, I have no idea why he's blaming me. Why are you blaming the messenger, sir? Brad asks the detective. She's the one that has told me, no, Payne answers. You're making a huge mistake right now, because you're threatening a nurse, Brad says, and at that moment, Payne becomes fed up and reaches for Wubbels’s cellphone. No, we're done, you're under arrest, Payne says, as he pulls the nurse’s arm behind her back, forcing her outside of the hospital. What does everyone think of this? Do you think this cop should lose his job? I do. Do you think Mrs. Wubbels should be compensated for being so wrongfully treated? I do.