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Category: Appeals | Corruption | Criminal Law
Open meetings laws are often referred to as “sunshine laws.” These laws require that meetings, decisions and records, with some exceptions, of state and federal agencies and regulatory bodies be open and readily available to the public.
The public…
Category: Appeals | Death Penalty
The term “mental retardation” was formally changed to “intellectual disability” in the Federal Register on August 31, 2013. This formal terminology adjustment began in 2007 when the American Association on Mental Retardation (AAMR) changed its name to American Association on…
Category: Appeals | Murder | Prosecutorial Misconduct
Known as the “Railroad Killer,” Angel Resendiz was no angel. During his forty-seven years on this earth, his Wikipedia entries say he killed as many as 23 people. Just weeks shy of his 40th birthday, Resendiz surrendered to Texas authorities…
Category: Appeals | Capital Crimes | Criminal Justice Reform
Robert Jennings was 31 years old when he entered a Houston adult book store on July 20, 1988 with the intent to rob it. He had already established an extensive criminal history, including some violent crimes. What Jennings didn’t anticipate…
Category: Appeals | DWI | Homicide/Murder
In the early morning hours on Christmas Eve, 2014, there was a horrific car accident in El Paso, Texas. According to news reports, local police believed that Joel Garcia was both intoxicated and speeding when he ran a red light…
Category: Appeals | Drug Distribution | Drug Trafficking
Federal/state drug task forces were established in the United States in the early 1970s. The 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act institutionalized the DEA Task Force Program which has led to thousands of joint federal/state task forces being established in every state…
Category: Appeals | Capital Crimes
The capital murder case of Roberto Moreno Ramos is extraordinary—not because of the crime that sent him to his death on November 14, 2018 in hands Texas death chamber but rather because of the international attention his case attracted.
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Category: Appeals | Criminal Law
In October 2013 Terri Regina Lang was shopping at an HEB store in Burnet County, Texas. She was observed by a store employee taking unpaid-for-items and placing them in a reusable shopping bag tied to her cart. When Lang went…
Category: Appeals | Foreign Corrupt Practices
The federal government’s case against Dr. Silvia Beatriz Perez-Ceballos collapsed completely on October 30, 2018 when the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed her conspiracy to commit bank fraud conviction.
The Perez case is one that never should have…
Category: Appeals | Constitutional Law | Illegal Pornography | Sex Crimes Against Children
The Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees a criminal defendant the right to counsel at every critical stage of the proceedings against him or her, including the physical presence of counsel during trial.
This fundamental constitutional principle does…
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