It was Friday, April 20, 2018. A 19-year-old teenage boy shot a high school student at Forest High School in Ocala, Florida. Fortunately, the incident resulted in only one minor injury, but the teen now faces several charges, including terrorism…
Category: Violent Crimes
2017
Category: Prosecutorial Misconduct | Violent Crimes | Weapon Crimes
Two and one-half years after the bloody shootout between rival biker gangs at the Twin Peaks Restaurant in Waco, Texas on May 17, 2015 is no closer to resolution today than it was in 2015. As this blog is being…
2017
Texas law requires that criminal courts place “affirmative findings” in their judgment whenever it proven that a “deadly weapon” was knowingly used or exhibited during the commission of a felony. Such a finding has serious consequences on a convicted individual,…
2016
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Violent Crimes
Edgar Maddison Welch was a resident of North Carolina. In early December, he drove to Washington, D.C. where he walked into a pizzeria known as Comet Ping Pong. He was armed with an assault rifle. A fake news story had…