Defense lawyers are not big fans of MADD, or any pro police state organization for that matter. However, one thing I will say is that their public policy liason, Bill Lewis, is an honest guy. DMN ran a round up of the various DWI bills this session. Most died sine…
Facing a DWI charge in Kaufman county? Have a serious drinking problem and/or a history of alcohol related offenses? DWI court may be in your future. What is the Kaufman County DWI court? This is from a handout I found in CC2. I think the DA’s office made this although…
I recently watched the Christohper Hicthens/Tony Blair debate on whether religion is a force for good in the world. To paraphrase Mr. Hitchens; “You can expect good people do good things, and bad people do bad things. To get a good person to do a bad thing you need religion.”…
When you show up in court without an attorney it’s not unusual for a judge to set you for trial, especially if you make multiple appearances sans counsel. Judges like to move their docket, and some believe that a trial setting may be what it takes to motivate a defendant…
I’ll say this. Kay Bailey Hutchinson will answer your email. Give her enough time, and you’ll get something back. I admire that, even if I don’t always agree with her answer. It’s been a while since I heard from Jim Pitts or Joe Barton. I’m probably in their SPAM folder…
Everyone on paper wants the same thing, to be off paper and done with probation. The best way to finish probation is to apply for judicial clemency under 42.12(20). This provision allows the judge to not only terminate your probation early, but to do so in a way that effectively…
If drugs were legal, if officers weren’t routinely confronted by thousands, ten of thousands, and hundreds of thousands in black market profits (in cash no less), John McAllister would still be a police officer. Instead, the former head of the Narcotics Unit of Mesquite PD is facing a federal charge…
Terry vs. Ohio gave us the Terry stop, in which cops can investigate a situation that looks an imminent crime, but where no crime has yet occurred. In Terry, an officer saw individual casing an establishment and he approached to see if a burglary was nigh. Since then, officers have…
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If there is one book every prosecutor, LEO, and judge should have to read it is The Economics of Prohibition by Mark Thornton (available for FREE here). TEOP explains, with a precision and clarity that can only be found in economic theory, the set-your-watch-by-it predictability of Prohibition’s horrible externalities. That…