The Kaufman County Bar Association is conducting our soon to be annual judicial evaluations. If you are a member of the Kaufman Bar, or a lawyer who practices in Kaufman county and interested in becoming a member shoot me an email and I’ll send you the forms. These forms are,…
Just got this in last week. It includes the testing procedures for controlled substances. In your typical dope case the DPS lab sends a short one page summary of the results of their testing. ADA’s never think to question the veracity of these results. The assumption is that the lab…
At any given time a few of my clients are in jail. Every defendant experiences the humilation of being booked in and bonded out, but a few are trapped in the county jail for extended periods of time. One things counties hate spending money on is inmate health care. Providng…
Auto accident reconstruction is an issue that comes up in intox assault/manslaughter cases. I know enough about accident reconstruction to know that I need an expert’s assistance. Being in the DFW area I don’t see a lot of boating while intoxicated (BWI) cases, much less a boating accident reconstruction scenario.…
Personal friend and criminal appeals guru has reentered the world of private defense practice. His website could use some SEO magic, so here it goes. www.souzalawdallas.com Chris designed his own website, I outsourced mine to Justia. Check out his page of significant decisions. It’s pretty significant. Chris is fluent in…
Sexting is the latest moral panic du jour. In Texas, we have decided that the best way to produce healthy young adults is for the State to criminalize normal consensual teen behavior. Lest our young adults grow up without a healthy fear for the arbitrary and limitless power of law…
Every defendant who is stuck in county jail wants the same thing- out. Inevitably the defendant, or a friend or family member asks- “Isn’t there some 90 day release law when a defendant is not indicted?” Actually there is, and it’s 17.151 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. I also…
Back in my prosecutor days I only ever lost two cases, both were jury trials. One was a speeding ticket (to a prepaid legal attorney no less), the other was a lawnmower theft case. The lawnmower theft went as follows- CW was inside house and testified she saw D pull…
No person shall ever be imprisoned for debt. Article 1, Section 18, Texas Constitution. Besides criminal defense I also take a limited number of family law cases. Most Texans understand that if you fail to pay child support the court can find the debtor/obligor in contempt, and jail that person…
Drug possession cases tend to be factually simple scenarios. The State must prove that you had care, custody and control of X, and that X is illegal. We’ll save possession for another day. Today let talk about proving X is marijuana. In most cases drug DPS labs provide analyze the…