Category Archives: Federal Criminal Law

Hope For Actually Innocent Offenders

More than 90 percent of criminal defendants plead guilty rather than go to trial. While some of these defendants are innocent and choose to…

Individual Innocence Redeemed – Faith In System Lost

How does the State repay innocence lost? And do the wrongfully convicted forgive the State? Michael Cosme, Devon Ayers and Carlos Perez were freed…

Public’s Right to Know V.S. Government’s Non-Disclosure

Statutes Criminalizing Leaking of Classified Information We believe strongly, as do most in the defense bar, in the public’s right to know—a right protected…

“PASSIVE PEDOPHILES”

U.S. Sentencing Commission Report Recommends New Sentencing Factors In Possession of Child Pornography Cases By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Who…

Bad Behavior and Federal Sentencing Guideline 3E1.1

Conduct After Finding of Guilt Can Negate Acceptance of Responsibility By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair A criminal defense attorney…

SECOND AMENDMENT DOES NOT PROTECT GUN POSSESSION FOR UNLAWFUL PURPOSES

18 U.S.C. § 924(c) (1): Unlawful Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and…

INDIVIDUAL PRIVACY VERSUS CELLPHONE PINGING

The Tension between Modern Technology, Constitution and the Courts By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair What is cellphone “pinging?” Pinging…

A TIME TO SPEAK OUR MINDS

Pressure Cookers, Ricin and JP Murders By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair We have become a nation of extremes. Moderation…

SCANDALS ENDEMIC IN STATE CRIME LABS

Thousands Convicted in Cases Touched by Faulty Forensic Analysis By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair “It’s a mess,” as grandmother…

FAILURE TO RECOGNIZE DUTY TO DISCLOSE FAVORABLE EVIDENCE WITHOUT REGARD TO MATERIALITY HAUNTS COURTS

U.S Court of Appeals Doubts that Prosecutors Promise Favorable Treatment as a Reward for Testifying…Really?!? By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy…

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