Friday, November 20, 2009

Court upholds suppression of blood test result

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Christi Lynn Johnston was stopped on suspicion of driving while intoxicated by an officer with the Dalworthington Gardens Police Department ...
Thursday, November 19, 2009

Not letting humanity get in the way of politics

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Despite a plea from the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole to commute the death sentence of Robert Lee Thompson to life in prison, Governor R...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

My day on the other side of the bar

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Here are my tweets - and commentary - from jury duty today... I have to be downtown an hour earlier than usual. Gotta get a move on. #jurydu...
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Embedded inside the jury pool

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On Wednesday (after having to reset my earlier appointment) I will be performing my civil duty by reporting for jury duty. While I suspect i...

Google launches legal search engine

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There's a new tool out there for anyone needing to conduct legal research on a shoestring. Google Scholar is a new tool for conducting ...
Monday, November 16, 2009

Due process rights? What due process rights?

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On November 10, 2009, the Harris County District Attorney's Office filed a motion seeking to recuse Judge Reagan Helm from hearing any ...
Friday, November 13, 2009

Facebook provides alibi for New York City teen

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We've all heard stories about people who were caught in a lie or committing a crime as a result of something they posted online , an e-m...
Thursday, November 12, 2009

Ambiguity and hate crime legislation

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Key Sun, Ph.D ., a psychologist and associate law professor at Central Washington University, has his own interesting take on what's wro...
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Farming out discipline

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Recently, in his blog "Simple Justice," New York criminal defense attorney Scott H. Greenfield wrote about zero tolerance and ...
Wednesday, November 11, 2009

DA looking into traffic fatality prosecutions

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The Harris County District Attorney's Office is in the middle of reviewing over 100 traffic fatality cases to determine if proper proto...
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Does it play both ways?

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If the Harris County District Attorney thinks she's right in seeking a judge's recusal on 74 family violence cases because his ...
Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Texas Senate holds hearings on state forensic commission

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The Texas Senate Committee on Criminal Justice met this morning to question Williamson County District Attorney John Bradley who was recentl...

And what do you think of the emperor's new clothes?

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About once a week I get a phone call from someone with some firm that does search engine optimization -- whatever that is. Everyone of these...
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Monday, November 9, 2009

You might hold off on going through the car wash

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I was reading an offense report for a case down in South Texas the other day in which an ordinary traffic stop turned into an arrest for pos...

Death penalty found to have little deterrent effect

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Over the weekend Houston Chronicle columnist Rick Casey wrote an interesting piece on whether or not the death penalty has any deterrent eff...
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Thursday, November 5, 2009

Forgive and forget

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Deer Park native Andy Pettite was one of the heroes of the Yankees' world series winning team. Pettite, as many of y'all remember wa...
Tuesday, November 3, 2009

My daughter and I

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Last night my oldest daughter got sick. To be on the safe side, my wife and I decided not to send her to school today. That left us in a qua...

Why doesn't this surprise me?

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According to the General Accounting Office the federal government is unlikely to recoup our full investment in either General Motors or Chry...
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Monday, November 2, 2009

Being first has its advantages

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A special shout-out is warranted for David DiSalvo , the author of the very interesting blog Neuronarrative for the material used in this p...

Zen and the art of lawnmower repair

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This weekend I set out to mow the yard at our new house for the first time. Since I've lived in apartments and townhouses for the past 1...
Sunday, November 1, 2009

A dose of reality

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A lot of times on this blog I talk about preparing and trying cases in the abstract. Thanks to Anne Reed (author of the terrific jury-ology...
Friday, October 30, 2009

State trooper, under investigation for use of excessive force, resigns

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The Texas Department of Public Safety today announced that State Trooper Arturo Perez received a preliminary notice of discharge for an inc...

Do as I say, not as I do

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Hmmm. It appears that the City of Houston is using a defense to toll tickets issued by the Harris County Toll Road Authority that doesn'...
Thursday, October 29, 2009

Giving credit where credit is due

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Yesterday's post on the New York attorney free speech case neglected one important detail. Mr. Bluestone's attorney was none other ...

A change in my comment policy

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Up until a couple of days ago I permitted any and all comments on my blog -- I believe that the free exchange of information and opinion ben...