Digital Receiver Technology, Inc. manufactures a security surveillance device called DRT 1301C. The devices are known in law enforcement and military circles as “dirt boxes.” It is referred to by that name because the police and military use it to…
Category: Constitutional Law
Nov.07
2017
2017
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Constitutional Law | Corruption | Government
By: Houston Criminal Defense Lawyers John T Floyd and Christopher Choate
Between March 19, and August 19, 2016, longtime Republican political operative Paul Manafort played a significant role in the presidential campaign of Donald Trump, including being named campaign manager…
Oct.22
2017
2017
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Constitutional Law | Criminal Law
With a population of less than 21,000 people, Worth County, Georgia is hardly a speck on the nation’s map. But, thanks to Worth County Sheriff Jeff Hobby, the county finds itself at the center of a major legal controversy after…
Sep.17
2017
2017
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Constitutional Law | terrorism
The Terrorism Screening Center (TSC) is a multi-agency center created in 2003 in the wake of 9/11 terror attacks on the Twin Towers in New York City. The TSC is administered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation which is part…
Sep.06
2017
2017
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Constitutional Law | Federal Firearms
Ezra Griffith was a member of a Washington, D.C. gang.
In 2012, Griffith became one of several suspects in the shooting death of a rival gang member. The D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) had surveillance footage of a getaway…
Aug.03
2017
2017
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Constitutional Law | Internet Sex Crimes
The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children reports that there are roughly 747,000 registered sex offenders in the United States. The Parents for Megan’s Law says that more than 46,000 of these offenders are registered in Texas.
Over…
July30
2017
2017
The King can pardon for any reason or for no reason at all.
The U.S. Constitution became the official governing document of the United States of America on June 21, 1788.
Art. II, § 2, cl. 1 of…
June19
2017
2017
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Appeals | Constitutional Law | Drug Crime
It was an issue of first impression for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (TCCA): whether a college dorm room is an exception to the guarantee of the Fourth Amendment against unreasonable searches and seizures.
This issue was resolved…
May08
2017
2017
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Constitutional Law | Criminal Justice Reform | Criminal Law
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, more than half of the jail population in the U.S. has never been convicted of a crime. That’s some 420,000 people, give or take a few thousand. They are in jail because they…
May04
2017
2017
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Constitutional Law | Federal Criminal Law
The federal courts have on occasion pointed out that the immunity found in the Supremacy Clause is a “seldom litigated corner” of constitutional law. Supremacy Clause immunity governs the extent to which states can impose civil or criminal liability on…
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