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	<title>CRIMINAL JURISDICTION &#187; sexual abuse</title>
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		<title>INTRODUCING EVIDENCE OF PRIOR FALSE ALLEGATIONS</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2011/08/16/introducing-evidence-of-prior-false-allegations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 21:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Confronting Witnesses with Prior False Allegations to Support Theory of Bias, Motive or Interest

By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

One of the most devastating crimes that can happen to anyone is to be falsely accused of having sexually assaulted a child. A significant number of potential jurors in child sexual assault cases readily admit in jury selection, voir dire, that they do not believe a child would “make up” a story about being abused. But we know it happens (here, here, and here). Children lie about sexual abuse for an endless assortment of reasons: mom told them to do it in bitter divorce custody disputes; they want to “get even” with a relative who was responsible for them being disciplined; they want to be removed from a household, especially in foster care, in which there are a lot of behavioral restrictions; they are emotionally unstable or mentally ill.]]></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>
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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>OVERZEALOUS FEDERAL PROSECUTION FOR PRODUCTION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY REVERSED</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2011/03/26/overzealous-federal-prosecution-for-production-of-child-pornography-reversed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2011/03/26/overzealous-federal-prosecution-for-production-of-child-pornography-reversed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011 15:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You would think that an Assistant U.S. Attorney, charged with prosecuting offenses against the laws the United States, would understand the laws upon which he elects to indict a criminal defendant. But far too often federal prosecutors, especially in “child sex cases,” are more concerned with securing convictions to “notch” the handle on their legal resume than in pursuing justice as they are legally and ethically required to do. Such was the apparent motive for the 2009 prosecution of a petty “voyeur,” Allen Steen, in federal court in Odessa, Texas under the child pornography law, 18 U.S.C. 2551(a)—a statute which carries a mandatory minimum of 15 years upon conviction.]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[Sexual Assault Crime Attorney]]></category>
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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>THE CONSTITUTIONAL QUICKSAND OF JESSICAS LAW IN TEXAS</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2010/11/18/the-constitutional-quicksand-of-jessicas-law-in-texas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2010/11/18/the-constitutional-quicksand-of-jessicas-law-in-texas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 10:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Texas Penal Code 21.02, Continuing Sexual Abuse of a Child, Thwarts Long Established Requirement of Unanimous Verdicts

By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

It’s been called arguably the second “most serious offense” in the State of Texas: Texas Penal Code 21.02, The Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child. The statute provides that a person commits the continuous sexual abuse of a child if (1) during a period that is 30 or more days in duration, the person commits two or more acts of sexual abuse, regardless of whether the acts of sexual abuse are committed against one or more victims, and (2) at the time of the commission of each of the acts of sexual abuse, the actor is 17 years of age or older and the victim is a child younger than 14 years of age. This law was enacted by the Legislature is 2007 and was part of Texas’ version of Jessica’s Law. These laws have met with serious constitutional challenges across the country.]]></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>
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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>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/10/07/rogue-juror-did-not-prevent-acquittal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/10/07/rogue-juror-did-not-prevent-acquittal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
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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>A GOOD FAMILY DOCTOR OR A SECRET PEDOPHILE?</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/07/29/a-good-family-doctor-or-a-secret-pedophile/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/07/29/a-good-family-doctor-or-a-secret-pedophile/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Child Pornography and Exploitation 

By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

Neighbors say the couple that lived in the $1 million home in the 11100 block of South Country Squire Road were “the sweetest on the block” who brought cakes to the new home owners that moved into the exclusive neighborhood. The 69-year-old orthopedic surgeon who lived at the residence was considered the “ideal grandfather figure.” He reportedly bought expensive gifts, including rent-free houses, for the economically deprived parents of several of his youngest child patients. Over a two-decade period he spent as much as $250,000 on these gifts.]]></description>
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		<title>JUDGE SAMUEL KENT: SHOULD HE BE IMPEACHED?</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/05/12/judge-samuel-kent-should-he-be-impeached/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/05/12/judge-samuel-kent-should-he-be-impeached/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 18:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[SHOULD HE CONTINUE TO RECEIVE HIS PENSION?

By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

These two questions have stirred considerable debate in both the legal community and general public in south Texas. Normally it is not a subject that would provoke a response by us. But the tenor of those demanding the impeachment of Judge Kent and those who have said he should not receive his pension have caused us some concern. Now that the federal judge has sentenced to 33 months in prison, we decided to weigh in on these two important questions.

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		<title>CHILD PORN: AN INCREASING PROBLEM IN ALL SEGMENTS OF SOCIETY</title>
		<link>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/04/11/child-porn-an-increasing-problem-in-all-segments-of-society/</link>
		<comments>http://www.johntfloyd.com/blog/2009/04/11/child-porn-an-increasing-problem-in-all-segments-of-society/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johntfloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Federally Funded Task Forces Make Online Crimes Against Children Top Priority

By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair

There has been a recent rash of media reports about local residents getting arrested or sentenced for possession of child pornography. For example, on March 13, 2009, the Houston Chronicle carried a report about a Houston attorney being given a six and one-half year sentence by U.S. District Court Judge Sim Lake. Williamson possessed 84 child pornography images on his computer. After he completes his prison sentence, the suspended attorney will be under “supervised release” for the rest of his life, must register as a sex offender, and attend a sex offender treatment program.]]></description>
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