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Objections to Bolstering Testimony Should Communicate Evidentiary Basis
By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair
The Texas Rules of Evidence, Article 103, requires that a timely objection be based on a specific ground in order…
Executing the Insane: Past Witch Hunt; Current Shame
By Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair
Just after noon on December 9, 2008 a corrections officer assigned to Texas’ death row was making a normal security round…
Category: Sex Crimes
Obscene Drawings, Cartoons, Sculpture, Paintings that Depict Minors Engaged in Sexually Explicit Conduct Not Protected Free Speech
By: Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair
On March 30, 2004, Dwight Whorley visited a public resource room…
Category: Federal Criminal Law
Actual Innocence Not Recognized Ground for Relief in Federal Habeas Corpus Jurisprudence
By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair
Is Larry Ray Swearingen guilty of capital murder? The State of Texas, through Montgomery County Assistant…
Moore and Spears: District Courts have Discretion to Reject the 100:1 Crack/Powder Cocaine Ratio
By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Mr. Billy Sinclair
Last October we posted a blog entitled “The Judicial Wars Invoked by Crack Sentencing”…
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).…
Disparate Treatment of Sex Offenders, Punishment and Public Policy
Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair
“Child predator” is now among the two worst words in the American lexicon. A 42-year-old Houston resident, we will call…
Client Falsely Accused of Child Sexual Abuse Wins Second Acquittal Against Determined Public Integrity Unit Prosecutor
By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair
In early 2008 the Harris County District Attorney’s Office launched an investigation…
Looking for Love in all the Wrong Places, Turning a Blind Eye
By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and
Paralegal Billy Sinclair
SexSearch is an “online adult dating service.” It charges a fee to assist its paid members…
Reasonable Doubt; Foundation of a Free Society
By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Mr. Billy Sinclair
Every one has heard of the phrase “proof beyond a reasonable doubt.” But there are three primary standards of proof: preponderance of…
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