Category Archives: Federal Criminal Law

TEXAS DISCOVERY PROCEDURES

Discovery, Brady Rules in Need of Reformation to Prevent Wrongful Convictions By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Last month the…

PREVENTING FALSE CONFESSIONS

Requirement That Interrogations Be Recorded Is the Best Way To Preserve Integrity Of Confessions By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair…

RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE TIMOTHY COLE ADVISORY PANEL ON WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS

Current Eyewitness Identification Procedure Reinforce False Memories and Lead to Wrongful Convictions By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair There have…

NO REFUSAL BLOOD DRAWS AND SOBRIETY CHECKPOINTS-CONSTITUTIONAL DILEMMAS

Law Enforcement Willing to Lessen Constitutional Protections to Appease Mothers Against Drunk Driving By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair For…

WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS-TRAGIC RUSH TO JUDGMENTS

Tunnel Vision By Investigators and Prosecutors Convicts, Imprisons the Innocent By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Last year we blogged…

ROGER CLEMENS TAKES THE MOUND AGAINST U.S. GOVERNMENT

False Statements, Perjury and Prosecutorial Over-Charging By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Between 1984 and 2006, Roger Clemens, a seven-time…

THE SKILLING EFFECT

18 USC 1346, Honest Services Prosecutions Require Bribes or Kickbacks By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair The Enron Corporation was…

ARSON MURDER-TOO MANY MISTAKES DEMANDS SCRUTINY

Flawed Forensics in Arson Cases: One Executed, One on Death Row, Four in Prison By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair…

APPELLATE COURTS DO NOT ALWAYS GET IT RIGHT EITHER

U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Corrects itself by Holding Overt Act Not Element of Conspiracy to Launder Money, 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h) By:…

NO EXCUSE FOR POLICE BRUTALITY

Misdemeanor Charges for Beating of Handcuffed 15-Year Old Lead to Community Outrage By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Four Houston…

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