Monday, June 29, 2009

Next we'll tack on a portion of the electric bill as a court cost...

›
I was down in Missouri City Municipal Court this morning with a couple of traffic scofflaws. The judge came out and explained to those gath...

Madoff to spend the rest of his life behind bars

›
Bernie Madoff's sentence of 150 years (read: life) in prison may satisfy his victims' psychological need for revenge but it certain...
3 comments:
Friday, June 26, 2009

Clear as mud

›
Over the past week details have begun to emerge about Harris County D.A. Pat Lykos' plan to offer pretrial diversion on first-time DWI o...

Kent resigns, for real

›
Disgraced Federal judge and convicted felon, Samuel Kent, tendered his resignation from the bench effective June 30, 2009, on the eve of a ...
Thursday, June 25, 2009

Supreme Court upholds right of confrontation

›
The U.S. Supreme Court today strengthened a citizen's right to confront the witnesses against him in a criminal trial . In a 5-4 decisio...
Wednesday, June 24, 2009

No kidding

›
Are these signs really necessary on the front door of the Galveston County Courthouse?
Monday, June 22, 2009

Mexico to decriminalize minor drug possession

›
The Mexican legistlature has voted to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of drugs ranging from marijuana to heroin to methamphet...

White collar crime and punishment

›
R. Allen Stanford is just the latest in a long line of accused con men to face the prospect of prison time for his alleged misdeeds. He cer...
8 comments:
Sunday, June 21, 2009

The two-edged sword of social media in the courtroom

›
While looking over the newspaper this Father's Day morning, I stumbled across an Op/Ed piece in the Houston Chronicle about the intrusio...

Shirking personal responsibility

›
I'd like to send a special shout out to the jerk who scraped up the right rear bumper on my car at the Galveston County Courthouse on Fr...
Saturday, June 20, 2009

Perry vetoes expunction bill

›
On Friday, Gov. Rick Perry vetoed a bill ( HB 3481 ) that would have allowed a citizen charged with a crime to expunge all records from the...
3 comments:
Friday, June 19, 2009

Now for something (completely) different

›
Although this is a blog dealing with criminal justice issues, this article has nothing to do with criminal law. On Thursday I tried a divorc...

House votes to impeach Kent in record time

›
Disgraced federal judge and convicted felon Samuel Kent found out just how far he's fallen since pleading guilty to obstruction of justi...
Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Legislating thought

›
US Attorney General Eric Holder said new hate crimes legislation was necessary to protect us from "violence masquerading as political ...
3 comments:
Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Cleveland Browns' star pleads guilty to DUI manslaughter

›
Cleveland Browns' wide receiver Donte Stallworth today pled guilty to DUI manslaughter in a Miami-Dade County court this morning. As pa...

Using the HGN test to your advantage

›
"I am going to check your eyes. Keep your head still and follow this stimulus with your eyes only. Keep following the stimulus with you...
6 comments:

Passing before our eyes

›
I find it a bit ironic that the most "scientifically valid" standardized field sobriety test is also the one that jurors are the l...
Saturday, June 13, 2009

Tarrant County District Attorney may be removed from death row appeal

›
The Tarrant County District Attorney's Office is facing the prospect of being removed from the death row appeal of Chelsea Richardson d...
2 comments:
Friday, June 12, 2009

Government declares war on online poker players

›
If you play online poker you might have a bit of a problem withdrawing your winnings thanks to los federales . The U.S. Attorney for the Sou...
2 comments:
Thursday, June 11, 2009

Disgraced judge to report to prison on Monday

›
Disgraced federal judge and convicted felon Samuel Kent's life is over as he knows it . On Monday he is to report to the Devens Federal ...

Some helpful advice from a public defender

›
This is from a posting on Craig's List that's been forwarded around the internet. If you're in the practice you'll get a ki...

So you couldn't outrun a bike?

›
1 comment:
Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Beware the song of the Sirens

›
I had an interesting conversation this afternoon with a gentleman (and I use that term rather loosely) we will call Attorney X. Attorney X i...
4 comments:

A pandemic plague sweeping over Harris County

›
So Harris County is in the midst of a " pandemic plague " according to Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos. What is this pla...
4 comments:
Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Time running out for disgraced federal judge

›
Today a panel of the House Judiciary Committee voted 10-0 to refer four articles of impeachment against disgraced federal judge and convict...