Wow. It only took nine months but Barack Obama actually moved to limit federal power and increase State’s rights. When Texas finally passes our MM laws (I’m guessing around 2109 after the other 49 states legalize), then our fellow Texans MM patients will not have to live in fear of…
Remember the right to counsel? In simpler times if you were in custody and asked for an attorney, the police had to wait for counsel to arrive before beggining their good cop/bad cop routine. Such antiquated rights like the 6th Amendment and Article 1 Section of the Texas Constitution are…
I got an email this week that caught my attention. Steve Fischer is seeking 5000 signatures to be placed on the ballot for Texas Bar President. Bar elections are something I usually ignore. I check the candidates at the last minute, see if I know anyone, or if someone is…
You know what America needs, more people in jail on federal drug charges. Why limit the tyranny of cannabis prohibition to Americans? Let’s spread Nixon’s WOD all over the continent and import Canadians for incarceration! Hope and Change! Our latest political prisoner in the war on weed is Marc Emery.…
The longer the recession goes on the more unfamiliar lawyers I see on Kaufman criminal cases. Here are a few quick tips for the noobs. 1. Your client always has to appear, with one exception (first setting in CC2). Kaufman isn’t Dallas and a lawyer appearing sans client is not…
I take a few minutes each week to answer questions on AVVO. AVVO is an attorney review website that also allows the public to post questions for lawyers to answer. Back in pre AVVO days I had a regular feature alled “You search I answer” in which I would answer…
The power of Google has made my site prominent to victims of Public Intoxication citations. Despite Google’s kind introduction very few of these defendants become clients. My preference is to set ticket cases for trial and force the State to meet their burden. Unfortunately a ticket trial setting is an…
Pain patients (and providers) are yet another sacrifice to the angry jealous god of Prohibition. Reason.TV hits a home run detailing the ongoing tragedy of those with chronic pain. In order to “sent the right message” to kids we sentence millions of Americans to a lifetime of under treated, or…
I was talking to a friend at the Kaufman courthouse who noted that I’ve won my last 3 DWI trials (2 bench/1 jury). Neither one of us could remember any attorney who had ever won 3 Kaufman county DWI trials in a row. I’m always proud to achieve my client’s…
I’ve seen a lot of drug cases and represented scores of drug defendants. The legal issues are generally the same- search and seizure, affirmative links, etc. What is always different is the defendant. Drug defendants can be broken down into three categories- addicts, users, and the innocent. By far, addicts…