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	<title>CRIMINAL JURISDICTION &#187; false accusations</title>
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		<title>THE REAL DANGER OF EXTRANEOUS OFFENSE EVIDENCE</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
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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>ROGUE JUROR DID NOT PREVENT ACQUITTAL</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another Not Guilty: Client Falsely Accused of Indecency with Child Acquitted After Trial by Jury

By: Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer John Floyd

Every prospective juror summoned to court for jury duty in a criminal case is questioned by counsel for the State and defendant as to his/her willingness to follow the law as given by the judge at the conclusion of the trial. A prospective juror who cannot, for whatever reason, state unequivocally that he/she will follow the law is excused for cause. Thus, a juror accepted by both the defense and the State for jury service has a solemn duty bound by a sworn oath to follow the law.]]></description>
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		<title>THE JUNK SCIENCE OF DOG SCENT LINEUPS</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Popular Law Enforcement Dog Handler Discredited After False Results, Exaggerated Claims of Accuracy Exposed

By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

We have blogged (False Forensics: An Attorney’s Worst Nightmare, May 1, 2009) in the past about the dangers of “false forensic” evidence being used in courtrooms to convict innocent people. The New York-based Innocence Project reported in 2007 that 65% of the nation’s first 200 DNA exonerations in this country involved fraudulent, unreliable or limited forensic science. Wrongful convictions based on false forensics—or what is commonly referred to as “junk science”—in the State of Texas occur with the same or at a greater frequency.]]></description>
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		<title>FALSE RAPE ALLEGATIONS</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:19:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd Discusses False Child Sexual Assault Allegations and Defending the Wrongly Accused

In April 2008, after coming home late from a party, a Wunsche High School student told her father that she had been sexually assaulted at the party by a fellow student. The following day 54-year-old Ruben Cuellar-Romo went with his daughter to her school, and when the daughter pointed out a student as her attacker, Cuellar-Roma stabbed the male student in the chest, stomach and hand. Police quickly determined that the assaulted student, Joshua Chapa, had not been at the party and, therefore, could not have assaulted the girl. Cuellar-Roma was arrested and charged with aggravated assault and remains in the Harris County Jail under a $30,000 bond.]]></description>
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