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Last November USATODAY reported that data from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report showed that in 2013 the police fatally shot 461 felony suspects—the highest number in two decades. In the wake of the Michael Brown shooting in Ferguson, Missouri last…
Category: Criminal Law | Federal Criminal Law
On May 16, 2013, former Texas Governor Rick Perry signed into law the Michael Morton Act (“Morton Act”). It is one of the most significant pieces of criminal justice legislation Gov. Perry turned into law with his signature.
In…
Category: Criminal Law | Drug Trafficking | Federal Criminal Law
In 2012, the U.S. Census Bureau reported (“Sharing a Household”) that the number of shared family households in this country increased by 11.4 percent between 2007 and 2010. A majority of shared households consist of adult children, and their families,…
Category: Criminal Law
We have posted in the past, and quite recently, about the complexity courts face when trying to apply the Confrontation Clause in criminal cases.
The U.S. Supreme Court in 1974 in Davis v. Alaska held that the Sixth Amendment’s…
As criminal defense lawyers we know all too well that there are prosecutors who daily walk right up to the line of professional misconduct. It is infuriating to witness prosecutors derive pleasure from winning at all cost, forgetting their sworn…
Category: Criminal Law
The Ferguson Police Department is not only an embarrassment to every law enforcement agency in this country but an embarrassment to the entire State of Missouri.
Last year the nation witnessed their unprofessional conduct in scores of incidents as…
Category: Criminal Law | Federal Criminal Law | Guns | Uncategorized
(Editor’s Note: Please do not contact us if you are seeking representation to restore your gun rights or to obtain a pardon. We do not do that kind of legal work. We will not give advice or answer questions about…
Category: Criminal Law | Sex Crimes | Sexual Assault
(Updated May 22, 2017)
What exactly is “extraneous offense evidence”?
Texas courts generally recognize that extraneous offense evidence is any act of prior misconduct not shown in the charging indictment or information. This misconduct does not have to…
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