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Criminal Jurisdiction

A Criminal Law Blog from a Defense Perspective
BREACHING TRADE SECRETS CONFIDENTIALITY NOT ALWAYS A CRIME

Computer Program, Source Code, Does not Constitute “Goods” that can be Stolen for Purposes of National Stolen Property Act By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John…

THE GOVERNMENT’S HABIT OF HIDING EVIDENCE

U.S. Attorney’s Office Actively Decided or Consciously Avoided Compliance with Brady By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair A.B. Watley is…

CRY RAPE: FALSE ALLEGATIONS DESTROY LIVES

Rule of Court Make Overturning False Convictions Difficult By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair According to the Rape, Abuse…

EXTRANEOUS OFFENSE EVIDENCE:ERODING THE SIXTH AMENDMENT’S GUARANTEE OF A FAIR TRIAL

By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and paralegal Billy Sinclair Common law has long recognized the fundamental principle that an accused is entitled to…

JAMES HOLMES AND THE PSYCHOTHERAPIST/PATIENT PRIVILEGE

By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair During the initial minutes of Saturday, July 21, 2012, and only moments after the…

COMMUNITY SUPERVISION IN TEXAS

Probation, Deferred Adjudication, Shock Probation and Pre-Trial Diversion By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Prior to 1913 there were on…

THE PROTECTING CHILDREN FROM INTERNET PORNOGRAPHERS ACT OF 2011

Congress Uses Fear of Child Pornography to Justify Orwellian Surveillance of Private Internet Usage By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair…

THE EXECUTION OF ROBERT WAYNE WILLIAMS

The death penalty is state lynching. It is an evil response to the primal need in man to take revenge. This need was graphically…

THE HEAT IS ON FOR ROGUE PROSECUTORS

Fairness in Disclosure of Evidence ActSeeks to Address Growing Concern over Prosecutorial Misconduct and Wrongful Convictions By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal…

THE TIMOTHY COLE LEGACY

Lessons of Exonerations Fade, Reforms Needed By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Imagine, if you can, being falsely accused of…

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