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Kemp Police Department Disbands

Some old news from last week, the Kemp, Texas police department is being shut down due to budgetary concerns. This isn’t the first small town Kaufman County PD officer to face massive layoffs. Last year, almost the entire Combine police force was jettisoned. How will this affect your Kemp PD…

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Dallas Court of Appeals Affirms Kaufman County Drug Conviction

I often have a hard time quickly explaining to my non-lawyer friends exactly how the appeals system is stacked against criminal defendants. Fortunately today’s case, Barnes vs. State, crystallizes how the constitutional rights of defendants are effectively waived through nonsense technicalities. It’s a Kaufman County Drug case, appealed to the…

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Dallas Court of Appeals Overturns Prohibited Weapon Conviction

Today’s case of the day is Michael Scott Page vs. The State of Texas. It’s a Kaufman County weapons case that was appealed to the 5th Circuit in Dallas. What happened? Michael was out on bond (agg assault). While on bond Michael told his neighbor he we was going to…

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Dallas Appeals Court Reverses Retaliation Conviction

Today’s Dallas Court of Appeals case of the day is- Lowell Merritt vs. The State of Texas! What happened? From the opinion. The events leading up to appellant’s indictment on a felony retaliation charge began in July 2007 when appellant’s neighbor reported that appellant “cussed” his wife. After reviewing the…

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Students loans are the new housing bubble, Law School is the equity line of credit on your McMansion

You can’t say you weren’t warned. Law school is a horrible idea right now. The industry is being outsourced and automated into oblivion. Every law job that doesn’t require a real person to appear in front of another real person is being outsourced or given to the lowest bidder. How…

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