Category Archives: Federal Criminal Law
Interrogation of Sleeping Suspect Causes Reversal of Conviction
No one would ever accuse Curtis Taylor, Antonio Rosario and Sam Vasquez of being rocket scientists. The trio was convicted in Federal court for…
911, Anonymous Tip Not Enough To Give Police Reasonable Suspicion for Stop
911, “Anonymous Tip” Not Enough To Give Police Reasonable Suspicion for Stop Police rely heavily on anonymous tips to solve crimes. But anonymous tips…
Warrantless Searches of Parolee’s Residence Limited?
Inmates released on parole by state parole authorities must sign “conditions of release” forms. One of the specified conditions is that the parolee consents…
Lifers: Life in Prison Without Possibility of Parole a “Living Death”
The American Civil Liberties Union last fall released a comprehensive report about life sentences that must be served without the benefit of parole. The…
Lifers: Life in Prison Without Possibility of Parole a “Living Death”
The American Civil Liberties Union last fall released a comprehensive report about life sentences that must be served without the benefit of parole. The…
Texas Court Recognizes Expectation of Privacy in Cell Phones
On February 26, 2014, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in State v. Granville addressed the issue of whether a person retains a legitimate…
Consent to Search Valid after Objecting Occupant Arrested, Removed
Judges are ruled by the law. But judges are also human (some more than others), and they sometimes view the law through the human…
GPS Tracking Devices and the Good Faith Exception to Exclusionary Rule
In 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. Jones held that attaching a magnetic GPA tracking device to the exterior of a vehicle constituted…
Supreme Court Addresses Use of Firearms in Drug Trafficking
18 U.S.C. § 924(c) is a federal criminal statute which prohibits either the use or carrying of a firearm “during and in relation to…
Texas’ Statute Criminalizing Sexually Explicit Online Communications with Minors Declared Unconstitutional, Cases Dismissed
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (TexCrimApp) this past October upset district attorneys and “tough on crime” legislators throughout the state when it declared…
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