The drug war is working so well we should consider expansion. Forget the salvia debate. Think broader. Why should we limit prohibitionist zealotry to actual drugs? If only we could expand the WOD to ban products named after street drugs. From the AG’s website Court prohibits the selling of a…
Your case is set for jury trial. The ADA makes a final plea offer (Offer A) to your defense lawyer.Your defense lawyer informs you that the offer was Offer B (Offer B is Offer A plus more fines, jail time, etc) but that he/she had worked the ADA down to…
DMN columnist Tod Roberson supports the drug war because he can’t understand how a legalization/decriminlization system would work. He knows that “tycoons”, “world leaders” and “smart” people support ending Prohibition, but to Tod the “details don’t add up.” Specifically, Tod has 3 concerns he can’t work through- addiction, cartels and…
Every year thousands of Texans plead guilty for deferred adjudication(DA) probation. A common fallacy among defendants, judges, prosecutors, and even some defense lawyers is that DA cases “won’t be on your record”, i.e. they can be expunged. Not true. In Texas, deferred cases can not be expunged. You can file…
St. Patrick’s, Old 97’s, and Greenville I spent my first St. Patty’s on Greenville. My wife and a few friends attended the Old 97’s concert at Energy Square (a parking lot on Greenville and University.) Our group missed the parade, arriving at 3pm. We did catch the last of the…
I’ve spent many keystrokes railing against the SEO industry. From spam comments to fake link building these companies are heavy on pitch but short on credibility. Let me offer some hope for lawyers looing for internet marketing help. Last year I decided to sell out and move from my gratis…
You are a criminal defendant. There is a witness in your case. Your defense lawyer want to subpoena relevant instant messages, emails, or other communications sent by the witness through MySpace to prepare for trial. Time for a quiz- According to MySpace’s legal compliance officer, Scott McFarland, which of the…
Recently, I was appointed to a misdemeanor pot case in Kaufman. Yet another reason you should support HB 902, so you can quit paying me to fight this nonsense. The appointment sheet listed the charge as possession of marijuana under 2 ounces; a class B misdemeanor and that bail was…
Over 60,000 thousand Texans were arrested last year for marijuana possession. How should we punish our fellow Texans for the “crime” of pot possession? Support House Bill 902- Currently possession of any usable amount of marijuana is at least a class b misdemeanor (2 ounces or less), the same level…
Here is a shocking video from MPP. The field drug tests used by police around the country are wildly inaccurate leading to false arrests. I can’t say I was shocked by these results. An open records request I filed last year found over 500 cases over a two year period…