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	<title>CRIMINAL JURISDICTION &#187; Sexual Assault Crime Attorney</title>
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	<description>CRIMINAL JURISDICTION: Criminal Law Blog by Defense Lawyer John Floyd and Mr. Billy Sinclair</description>
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		<title>THE JERRY SANDUSKY CASE</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2011/11/21/the-jerry-sandusky-case/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Outrageous Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse and Failure to Report Devastate Presumption of Innocence and Shift Burden of Proof

By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

Contrary to the screaming media pundits, who have thrown the presumption of innocence out the window, we do not know if former Penn State defensive coordinator is guilty of the 40 child sexual abuse allegations leveled against him by a “Happy Valley” grand jury. We certainly do not presume his guilt. As a criminal defense law firm, we are deeply disturbed, although not surprised, that Sandusky has already been tried, convicted, and sentenced in the court of public opinion. The presumption of innocence and the right to a fair trial has been eroded into oblivion by the cable news networks, like former prosecutor and HLN’s guilt-announcing host Nancy Grace. We would caution the general public to remember the California McMartin “preschool” child sex abuse scandal that began with outrageous allegations of child sex abuse, three years of investigation and six years of trials which did not produce a single conviction, but ended with exposure an array of misconduct by the media covering the story, law enforcement investigators prosecutors who brought it to trial, the child victims and their parents. ]]></description>
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		<title>ANOTHER INNOCENT MAN FREED AFTER MISTAKEN IDENTIFICATION</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2011/10/29/another-innocent-man-freed-after-mistaken-identification/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 19:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Innocence Project Strikes Again: Henry James Freed After 30 Years

By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

Thanks to the efforts of the New York-based Innocence Project, Henry James became the 273rd inmate in this country to be exonerated by DNA evidence. The first inmate exonerated by DNA came in 1989, and according to the Innocence Project, there have been 206 DNA exonerations since 2000. James, who was 20 years of age when arrested for the aggravated rape of a neighbor, served one month sigh of 30 years in the Louisiana prison system for that wrongful conviction. The average amount of time served by all the DNA exonerees is 13 years.]]></description>
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		<title>ROMEO AND JULIET, MEET ADAM WALSH</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2011/09/13/romeo-and-juliet-meet-adam-walsh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Texas law Allows Removal/Avoidance of Sex Registration for Youthful, Non-Violent Consent Based Sex

By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

Former President George W. Bush in July 2006 signed into law the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act. Title I of this act is called the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (“SORNA”) which expanded the National Sex Offender Registry, including sanctions up to a maximum of twenty years for sex offenders who do not comply with the law’s registration requirements. This includes juveniles convicted, or adjudicated as delinquent in juvenile court, who are 14 years of age or older and who have been convicted of an offense either more serious or similar to federal aggravated sexual assault. It is this juvenile registration issue that has caused many states, including Texas, to have serious reservations about complying with SORNA.]]></description>
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		<title>IMMUNITY DENIED FOR ROGUE PROSECUTOR</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2011/08/23/immunity-denied-for-rogue-prosecutor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2011/08/23/immunity-denied-for-rogue-prosecutor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sexual Assault Crime Attorney]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reasonable Prosecutors Should Know Constitution is Implicated When Person is Deprived of Liberty by State Sponsored Seizure and Detention

By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

We have posted up several posts this year about prosecutorial misconduct and the tendency by the courts to tolerate, if not bless, this increasing phenomenon which is a disgrace to our criminal justice system. Well, we’re pleased to report that last month the U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit, in Schneyder v. Smith, held a rogue prosecutor accountable for her misconduct.]]></description>
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		<title>TEXAS RAPE-SHIELD-RIGHT TO PRIVACY VS THE SIXTH AMENDMENTS CONFRONTATION CLAUSE</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2011/08/04/texas-rape-shield-right-to-privacy-vs-the-sixth-amendments-confrontation-clause/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2011/08/04/texas-rape-shield-right-to-privacy-vs-the-sixth-amendments-confrontation-clause/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 23:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[TRE 412 Permits Use of Past Sexual Behavior in Limited Circumstances

By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

Every state in these United States have what is known as “rape shield statutes”—laws that limit a criminal defendant’s ability to cross examine sexual assault victims about their past sexual behavior. Texas’ rape shield statute lies in Rule 412 of the Texas Rules of Evidence and explicitly applies only in sexual assault cases.  The, however, Rule is qualified to permit the use of “past sexual behavior” in certain situations: when it is necessary to rebut or explain scientific or medical evidence offered by the State, Subsection(b)(2)(A): when it is offered by the defendant upon the issue of whether the victim consented to the sexual behavior which is the basis for the charged offense, Subsection (b)(2)(B); and when it is relevant to show “motive or bias” on the part of the victim, Subsection (b)(2)(C).]]></description>
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		<title>UNTESTED RAPE KIT CASES AN ONGOING PROBLEM</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2011/06/12/untested-rape-kit-cases-an-ongoing-problem/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2011/06/12/untested-rape-kit-cases-an-ongoing-problem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Delay in Testing Delays Justice for Victims and Wrongly Accused

By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

In a June 4, 2011 article titled “Justice Delayed in Rape Cases,” Houston Chronicle staff writer Anita Hassan reported that five years ago the Houston Police Department crime lab had more than 4,000 “rape kits” sitting untested in its “property room freezer.” Some of these cases date back to the 1990s, according to Hassan, and more of them are still sitting idle in neglect waiting to be tested. The crime lab has only tested “200 cases” over the last five years, citing “a lack of manpower” in getting the job done. ]]></description>
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		<title>SPECIAL CONDITION X-DESIGNATED AS A SEX OFFENDER</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2011/05/14/special-condition-x-designated-as-a-sex-offender/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2011/05/14/special-condition-x-designated-as-a-sex-offender/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 May 2011 00:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Texas Must Afford Due Process before Imposing Sex Offender Conditions on Parolees

By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

The Center for Missing and Exploited Children has reported that there are, on average, 234 registered sex offenders per 100,000 residents in the United States—a total of nearly 730,000 such offenders, with more than 61,000 residing in the State of Texas, making this State second only to California’s approximately 123,000 registered sex offenders. An inherent tragedy behind these figures is that it is too easy for state officials to wrongfully classify a parolee as a sex offender while it is so hard to undo such a classification.]]></description>
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		<title>A GOOD LOOK AT POTENTIAL JUROR BIAS</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2011/04/13/a-good-look-at-potential-juror-bias/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2011/04/13/a-good-look-at-potential-juror-bias/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In re Commitment of Seth Hill: The Importance of Uncovering Bias Against Sexual Orientation in Jury Selection

By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

Every criminal defendant enjoys a right protected by the Sixth Amendment of the United State Constitution to a trial by an impartial jury chosen from a jury panel that represents a fair cross-section of the community. A voir dire examination of a jury venire exists primarily to allow the parties the opportunity to reveal a potential bias among prospective jurors. While a trial court’s discretion at both the state and federal level is virtually unfettered when it comes to controlling voir dire questioning, there are occasions when the appellate courts find an abuse of that discretion when the trial court arbitrarily restricts a specific line of questioning designed to elicit bias among potential jurors. For example, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that a trial court was required to conduct an in-depth inquiry, or permit such an inquiry by the parties, into racial bias when a reasonable potential for bias existed because feelings among prospective jurors toward African-American defendant were unknown and he was being tried by a white jury in a predominantly white area.]]></description>
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		<title>CONSENSUAL SEX WITH A MINOR-RAPE AND MASS HYSTERIA</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2011/03/19/consensual-sex-with-a-minor-rape-and-mass-hysteria/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2011/03/19/consensual-sex-with-a-minor-rape-and-mass-hysteria/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Mar 2011 23:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Schocking Allegations Of Sexual Assault In Cleveland, Texas

By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

Allegations of mass rape have literally ripped apart the social fabric of Cleveland, Texas, a Liberty County community of 7000-plus people just 45 miles north of Houston. The town has never been known as a bastion of racial harmony, but the sexual assault of an 11-year-old Hispanic girl there last Thanksgiving by as many as two dozen suspects—most of whom African-American—has splintered the town’s racial coexistence, which according to some was already as tattered as the neglected American flag flying above so many double-wide trailers in small Texas towns like Cleveland.]]></description>
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		<title>FEDERAL INMATE SAMUEL KENT DESERVES FAIR TREATMENT</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2010/08/10/federal-inmate-samuel-kent-deserves-fair-treatment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2010/08/10/federal-inmate-samuel-kent-deserves-fair-treatment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:18:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unpopular Judge Deserves Humane and Fair Treatment While in Federal Custody

By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

Last year former U.S. District Court Judge Samuel Kent pleaded guilty to an obstruction of justice charge and received a 33-month sentence. He was committed to the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. Kent’s attorneys, Dick DeGuerin and Sean Buckley, recently filed a comprehensive motion in the U.S. District Court for the Houston Division to vacate and correct his prison sentence because of the physical and psychological abuse he has endured at the hands of federal prison officials. The abuse includes being mislabeled a “sex offender”—a status which precludes him from participating in certain substance abuse counseling programs—and being held in harsh solitary confinement while being transferred from one federal or state penal facility to another.]]></description>
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