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…
Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog
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…
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…
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…
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…
Economics of Prohibition- Video
What’s the definition of insanity again? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSXKHLkK4jI
DPS tracks your prescription information
The most frightening Texas law enforcement story of the day comes from CBS in Dallas. It appears that DPS has an online database that stores your prescription information. DPS has been hacked in the past, one can assume it’s only a matter of time before this database is also breached.…
New Dallas County Deferred Adjudication/Non Disclosure Admonishment
“Will this be on my record?” is a common client concern. After all, in the information age employers, friends, enemies et al, all have access to your complete criminal history with only a few clicks of the mouse. Criminal cases can leave a permanent scar. You can spend a lifetime…
Texas DPS Driver License Eligibility Lookup
I get a lot of clients who have driver license issues. Most can’t get beyond the DPS run around and walls of beuracratic nonsense and get one simple question answered- What do I need to do to get my license back? Which is why this new link is so ecxiting.…
Texas Dog Bite Law 101
I was attacked by a dog two days ago. Here’s the short version. I was doing my usual walk to the park and back when a giant lab mix (let’s call him Kujo) took two bites out me. I fell and twisted my knee, and went to the ER for…