Today is April 20th, the annual day of marijuana celebration around the country. To the hundreds of thousands of Texas cannabis consumers, know that as a member of the NORML legal committee I am working tirelessly to a) defend you if you get caught and b) reform our state’s hopelessly…
For the third straight election cycle Kaufman voters have decided to vote out the incumbent District Attorney. Each situation was unique, but if there one thing you can count on in Kaufman county, it’s change. To that end, the Kaufman electorate nominated Mike McLleland as the GOPs candidate for DA…
For a class B misdemeanor in Texas the range of punishment is up to 180 days in county jail and a fine of up to $2,000. ROPs are the legislatures way of telling us exactly how outraged they are at particular conduct. They are in no way reflective of the…
Asset forfeiture is a cancer on our criminal justice system. When you remove constitutional protections and allow the government to steal private property and keep the proceed, you can expect injustice every time. Here is a video from the merry band of libertarian lawyers at the Institute for Justice detailing…
I just received my acceptance letter for the CJA (federal court appointed criminal defeense) panel. I am awaiting my first federal criminal appointment and devouring as much federal law as I can in anticipation. One book I highly recommend is “Busted by the Feds” by Larry Fassler. BBTF was written…
From Kaufman Bar President Keena Greyling The Kaufman County Bar Association endorses Rick Harrison for District Attorney, Wade Gent for Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2 and Joe Windham for Commissioner of Precinct 4. We had a secret ballot at the meeting today.
Texas Ranger’s Manager Ron Washington recently admitted that he used a little blow last year and that it was a one time deal. He’s really sorry and promises not to do it again. At least one local sportstwriter calling for Ron’s immediate termination. That’s a position that can be debated.…
Austin DWI lawyer Jamie Spencer has started Texas’ first collborative criminal defense lawyer blog- Affirmative Links.Until now every blawger had to be a solo publishing machine; capable of generating interesting new content on a regular basis. No other media model works this way. Newspapers, magazines, bar journals- are all collborative…
District Attorney vote totals from last night’s GOP primary- Rick Harrison- 3,110 Andrew Jordan- 2,764 Mike Mclelland- 3,479 It was an interesting development as the early vote totals had Mr. Jordan in 2nd and Mr. Harrison in 3rd, respectively. I quit watching before all the Forney precincts had been posted.…
Mother Jones writes an alarming expose on the abusive police tactics used in PI arrests. As part of their story they quoted an expert on the subject, yours truly. From Mother Jones- State courts have not only upheld the practice but expanded the definition of public intoxication to cover pretty…