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	<title>CRIMINAL JURISDICTION &#187; child abuse</title>
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		<title>IMPACT OF CRIME VICTIMS RESTITUTION ACTS</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2011/09/18/impact-of-crime-victims-restitution-acts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 20:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Child Abuse Crimes Lawyer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fifth Circuit’s Decision on Restitution in Possession of Child Pornography Cases Creates Sentencing Nightmare

By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

In theory the criminal justice system has a fundamental obligation to provide restitution to crime victims. In practice this obligation has created a contentious and ongoing legal debate in federal appellate courts as to how this obligation must be met. Two recent decisions emanating out of the Fifth and Second federal circuits underscore the difficulties faced in deciding when and how restitution is appropriate, the level of harm caused to victims, and the statutory standards by which restitution can be awarded. Last year we dealt with the issue of restitution in child pornography cases which, we believe, has run constitutionally amuck (here). We feel it’s time to examine both the legislative history, and the statutory application, of crime victims’ restitution acts, both of which were discussed at some length by the Second Circuit on August 18, 2011 in United States v. Marino.]]></description>
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		<title>TEXAS MAKING FUTURE CRIMINALS</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2010/06/12/texas-making-future-criminals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2010/06/12/texas-making-future-criminals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 17:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Children in Foster Care Residential Treatment Centers at High Risk of Neglect, Mistreatment and Abuse

By: By Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

In a 2002 article for Child Trends, Dr. Richard Werthheimer, Ph.d, said there were more than 556,000 children in foster care in this country—many of whom suffered from serious emotional, behavioral, developmental, and other health problems. That figure represented an increase from 302,000 in 1980. While black children at the time accounted for 15 percent of the nation’s children, they represented 30 percent of those entering foster care and 42 percent of those living in foster care. Hispanic children, who represented 16 of the nation’s children, represented just 18 percent entering and living in foster care.]]></description>
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		<title>A TIP OF THE HAT FOR A JOB WELL DONE</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2010/02/24/a-tip-of-the-hat-for-a-job-well-done/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2010/02/24/a-tip-of-the-hat-for-a-job-well-done/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:18:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homicide Crimes Lawyer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Court Recommends New Trial for Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Capital Murder After Finding State’s Expert Testimony Incompetent

By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

We have blogged rather extensively about the “convict at any costs” agenda which has ruled the Harris County District Attorney’s Office for the past three decades. “Convict at any costs” means the frequent use of fabricated forensic evidence, knowingly allowing perjured testimony into a criminal trial, withholding exculpatory evidence from defendants (particularly those known to be innocent), and injecting race in its death penalty decision-making. ]]></description>
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		<title>THE REAL DANGER OF EXTRANEOUS OFFENSE EVIDENCE</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/12/19/the-real-danger-of-extraneous-offense-evidence/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/12/19/the-real-danger-of-extraneous-offense-evidence/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sexual Assault Crime Attorney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child sex crime]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[false accusations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Man Convicted on 2 Counts Indecency with a Child Found Actually Innocent After Nearly Two Decades in Prison: Extraneous Evidence False, Expert Testimony Wrong.

By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

We have written on numerous occasions about the dangers of “extraneous offense evidence” when allowed into evidence in a criminal trial. What is extraneous offense evidence?

Extraneous evidence is evidence of another crime, wrong or bad act that is not relevant to proving the specific allegation made in the charging instrument, information or indictment.  For example, a prior unrelated DWI conviction would be an extraneous crime in an arson case.  It would generally be inadmissible in the guilt/innocence stage of a criminal case because it is irrelevant to the arson charge and has no bearing on any fact that is of consequence in that case.]]></description>
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		<title>COURT TAKES HARDLINE STAND IN CHILD  EXPLOITATION CASE</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/09/23/court-takes-hardline-stand-in-child-exploitation-case/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/09/23/court-takes-hardline-stand-in-child-exploitation-case/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Video Taped Consensual Sex with Minor Gets Federal Time

By:  Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

The federal statute that governs the production of child pornography provides, in part, that “any person who employs, uses, persuades, induces, entices, or coerces any minor to engage in . . . any sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing any visual depiction of such conduct or for the purpose of transmitting a live visual depiction of such conduct, shall be punished as provided under subsection (e) . . . if that visual depiction was produced or transmitted using materials that have been mailed, shipped, or transported in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce by any means . . . .” 1/]]></description>
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		<title>FLDS REVISITED: ONE YEAR LATER</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/03/25/flds-revisited-one-year-later/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/03/25/flds-revisited-one-year-later/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 04:56:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aftermath of the Texas CPS Raid

By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

In the fall of 2003 members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (“FLDS”) arrived in Eldorado, Texas. They purchased a 1700-acre ranch four miles outside of town. They called it the “Yearn for Zion Ranch” (“YFZ”). More members arrived. They constructed a mammoth temple and created their own community. They lived in peace.]]></description>
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		<title>THE RACHELL REPORT</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/03/22/the-rachell-report/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/03/22/the-rachell-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sexual Assault Crime Attorney]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harris County District Attorney’s Office Discloses “Cascading, System-Wide Breakdown” Led to Wrongful Conviction and 6 Years Imprisonment of Innocent Man

By: Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

On December 14, 2008, we posted a blog titled The Conflicting Faces of Crime. One of those faces involved the wrongful conviction of Ricardo Rachell in 2003 for the aggravated sexual assault of an eight year old boy. Rachell was released from custody in December 2008 after he was exonerated by DNA evidence. The Harris County District Attorney’s Office and the Houston Police Department undertook a joint investigation to determine what went wrong in the Rachell case. On March 12, 2009, the two law enforcement agencies released the “Rachell Report” (“report”) which concluded that Rachell’s wrongful conviction was the result of a “cascading, system-wide breakdown.”]]></description>
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		<title>OBJECTIONS, BOLSTERING, AND APPELLATE REVIEW</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/02/14/objections-bolstering-and-appellate-review/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/02/14/objections-bolstering-and-appellate-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Feb 2009 23:33:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Child Abuse Crimes Lawyer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Objections to Bolstering Testimony Should Communicate Evidentiary Basis, The Texas Rules of Evidence, Article 103, requires that a timely objection be based on a specific ground in order to preserve for appellate review an alleged trial error concerning the admissibility of evidence.]]></description>
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		<title>CSAAS IN TEXAS CRIMINAL TRIALS</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/01/25/csaas-in-texas-criminal-trials/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/01/25/csaas-in-texas-criminal-trials/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sexual Assault Crime Attorney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Accommodation Syndrome]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rule 702 Expert Testimony v. Bolstering, Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome, By: Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair, In 1983, Roland Summit in a published paper coined the phrase “Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome” (CSAAS). See: 7 Child Abuse and Neglect 177 (1983).Summit’s syndrome set forth five specific characteristics children may exhibit following sexual abuse. Summit intended that CSAAS be utilized by law enforcement and child protective services investigators, as well as clinicians, to explain the coping behavior of children sexually abused by adults. He did not intend for CSAAS to be used, as it has been in some states, as a diagnostic tool to tell juries in criminal trials that sexual abuse has in fact occurred. The five CSAAS characteristics are listed below:]]></description>
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		<title>FABRICATION:</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2008/10/16/fabrication/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2008/10/16/fabrication/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 08:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Child Abuse Crimes Lawyer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Only Defense In Sexual Assault Cases Not Subject To Rebuttal Evidence, Keeping Extraneous Crimes, Wrongs, and Acts Out

By Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

Writing in her book “The Cross-Examination of a Young Child in a Sexual Assault Case: Voice for the Defense” (Oct. 1999), Annabelle Hall said that jurors following a sexual assault trial involving a child raise the following questions:

    * Why would a child lie about sexual abuse?
    * How can a child know so much about sex if she has not been abused?
    * Would a child lie about sexual abuse?
    * Why would a child make the story up?

These questions clearly demonstrate why a defense attorney in a sexual assault case faces such a difficult task establishing a “fabrication” defense. A “fabrication” defense in a sexual assault case is premised on the theory that the victim has “made up” or deliberately lied about the sexual assault. As difficult as it may be to logically wrap the mind around this concept, reliable studies (including the U.S. Justice Department) have revealed that anywhere between 25 to 60 percent of all sexual assault allegations are false. Put simply, somewhere between one-quarter to one-half of the rape allegations leveled in this country are fabricated for one reason or another. Many involve child victims.]]></description>
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