Category Archives: Federal Criminal Law

THE SCARY WORLD IN WHICH WE LIVE

Warrants for Government Eavesdropping, Targeted Killings and Torture By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair We live in a scary world!…

OUR SURVEILLANCE STATE

Technology allows Government to Cheat Constitutional Protections By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision inU.S.…

TECHNOLOGY INVADES PERSONAL PRIVACY

U.S. v. Jones: Government’s Attachment of GPS to Personal Vehicle Constitutes a Search under 4th Amendment By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal…

THE HISTORICAL JOURNEY OF THE SPOUSAL PRIVILEGE

Two Privileges Protecting the Husband-Wife Relationship: Confidential Communications and Refusal to Testify in Criminal Proceedings By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy…

A MODEL ACT TO IMPROVE THE PRACTICE OF CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS

Preventing Wrongful Convictions by Legislating Prosecutorial Accountability By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Angela Davis, professor at American University’s Washington…

SUPREME COURT DECISIONS THAT ENCOURAGE WRONGDOING IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

Perry v. New Hampshire: Courts not Required to Determine Reliability of Eye Witness Identifications Unless Improper Police Conduct By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd…

ATTORNEY WORK PRODUCT VERSUS GRAND JURY SUBPOENA

Protecting Attorney Client Relationship, Privileged Information from Government Subpoena By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair The attorney work-product and the…

JUDGE IN MICHAEL MORTON CASE FACES “COURT OF INQUIRY”

Investigation of Intentional Prosecutorial Misconduct by Williamson County DA’s Office By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair In the 1980s Michael…

SELF-DEFENSE: NO DUTY TO RETREAT

Core of Defense of Third Person Is What the Actor Reasonably Believes Concerning the Situation of the Third Person By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John…

THE CLERGY PRIVILEGE

Clergy Privilege Protects Communications Made In Confidence, Waived if Called as Character Witness By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair In…

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