Judge Stays Execution Pending Results of DNA Tests
By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair
The Larry Ray Swearingen case has been a difficult from its inception. We posted a blog about the case in February…
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Judge Stays Execution Pending Results of DNA Tests
By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair
The Larry Ray Swearingen case has been a difficult from its inception. We posted a blog about the case in February…
Category: Federal Criminal Law
Right to Appointed Counsel Not Absolute: Courts Only Required to Appoint Counsel if Reasonable Grounds Exist for DNA Testing
By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair
Ruben Gutierrez was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to…
Category: Federal Criminal Law
Habeas Claims of Actual Innocence Require “Herculean” Burden by Clear and Convincing Evidence
By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair
It was March 22, 1987. Near midnight. The Dallas Police Department received a report that a…
The Real Reason for Abolition: Texas Poses Greatest Risk of Executing an Innocent
By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair
For two days in December of last year Harris County Criminal District Court Judge Kevin Fine…
Nationally Recognized Experts, Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Cite Risk of Innocents Being Put to Death, State of Texas Replies “No Comment”
By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair
That question could reasonably be asked of any…
Category: Federal Criminal Law
Timothy Cole Advisory Panel on Wrongful Convictions Recommends Expanded Post-Conviction DNA Testing, Habeas Corpus Based on Changing Science
By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair
U.S. District Court Judge William T. Moore, Jr., who presides in…
Category: Federal Criminal Law
Judge Acknowledges Innocent People Have Likely been Executed
Harris County Criminal District Court Judge Kevin Fine on Thursday, March 4, 2010, created a tsunami of controversy in the Texas legal community when he reportedly made a comment that…
Category: Federal Criminal Law
Flagrant Exhibit of Unprofessionalism, Disloyalty to Executed Client Adds to Nationwide Scrutiny of Willingham Execution
By Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair
We’re not in the habit of criticizing fellow criminal defense attorneys, but, and unfortunately,…
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Uncategorized
Governor’s abrupt Dismissal of Chairman, Two Members of Texas Forensic Science Commission on Eve of Hearing Smacks of Political Cover-up
By: Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair
It is one thing for a governor to…
AN INDICTMENT BY A DEATH ROW SURVIVOR
By: Billy Sinclair
I am pleased to announce, through the website of the John T. Floyd Law Firm, that my wife, Jodie, and I have recently released our second book, Capital Punishment:…