Category Archives: Criminal Law
The Increasing Problem of Mentally Ill in Prison
Congress has always had its nose in the business of mental health, alternately responding and ignoring the issue with little success. Over all, politicians…
Supreme Court’s Practices in Excessive Force Cases Raises Questions about Fairness
Claims of excessive force against the police are difficult to prove. To make matters more difficult, until recently the evidence presented to justify the…
Black Fear, Militarized Police and Police Shootings
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…
Discovery in Criminal Cases and Prosecutorial Misconduct
On May 16, 2013, former Texas Governor Rick Perry signed into law the Michael Morton Act (“Morton Act”). It is one of the most…
Boomerang Kids and Shared Housing Create Forth Amendment Questions
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…
Confrontation Clause Violated When Court Prevented Questioning Wife about Affair
We have posted in the past, and quite recently, about the complexity courts face when trying to apply the Confrontation Clause in criminal cases.…
Texas Prosecutors Behaving Badly
As criminal defense lawyers we know all too well that there are prosecutors who daily walk right up to the line of professional misconduct.…
Are DOJ Findings on Racial Profiling in Ferguson Just the Tip of the Iceberg?
The Ferguson Police Department is not only an embarrassment to every law enforcement agency in this country but an embarrassment to the entire State…
Convicted Felons Possessing Firearms in Texas
(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…
Extraneous Offense Evidence During Punishment
What exactly is “extraneous offense evidence”? Texas courts generally recognize that extraneous offense evidence is any act of prior misconduct not shown in the…
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