Sunday, January 16, 2011

Could a forced blood draw be hazardous to your health?

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Earlier this month the Triad Group issued a voluntary recall for alcohol prep pads, alcohol swabs and alcohol swabsticks made by Triad but...
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Friday, January 14, 2011

Texas court gives checkpoints the thumbs-up

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Back in February 2006, Gerardo Lujan and a passenger were driving around when they came across a checkpoint set up for the (alleged) purpose...
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Warrant must support probable cause within its "four corners"

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On January 11, 2008, Sam Farhat was driving 10 miles below the speed limit in Denton County, Texas. An officer from the Highland Village P.D...
Thursday, January 13, 2011

The State Bar strikes back

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Earlier today I received the following e-mail from Frederick Moss, a law professor at SMU and a member of the State Bar's ethics rules c...
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When is a horse a motor vehicle?

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In the State of Texas, a motorist commits the offense of driving while intoxicated if he operates a motor vehicle in a public place. Moto...
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State Bar says those opposed to rules changes are liars

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Every year I receive a dues notice from the State Bar of Texas. In exchange for my annual dues payment I receive the Texas Bar Journal  - wh...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Harris County Sheriff looks to ankle monitors to reduce overcrowding

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Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia is looking into allowing low-risk inmate at the county jail to serve their time at home with ankle monit...

It's time we stop criminalizing school discipline

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Texas Appleseed , a public interest organization whose mission is to promote social and economic justice for Texans, recently released a rep...
Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Head of new PD's office speaks to press

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The new public defender's office in Harris County will debut in February. The office will handle criminal cases for indigent defendants ...
Monday, January 10, 2011

Blawg Review #293

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Dr. Samuel Alexander Mudd died 127 years ago today. For those of y'all not familiar with Dr. Mudd's story, he was imprisoned for co...
Sunday, January 9, 2011

Reflections on Tucson

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I don't really know where to start today. I'm still trying to comprehend exactly what went down in Tucson yesterday and why a federa...
Friday, January 7, 2011

The scarlet D

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Texas State Representative Pete Gallego (D-Alpine) wins the Hester Prynne Award for his proposal to require a special symbol on the driver...

Reviewing the nation's blueprint

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This morning members of the House of Representatives read the Constitution. Of course, they couldn't agree on how the document should be...
Thursday, January 6, 2011

Stop, thief!

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I was a victim of crime. True story. Yesterday I arrived downtown at a few minutes after 9 a.m. for two court appearances in the Criminal ...
Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Legislature takes critical look at citing students for misbehavior

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While surfing on Google Reader this morning at the municipal courthouse, I came across a post over at Grits for Breakfast  about the goings-...
Tuesday, January 4, 2011

The rational defendant

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Most of us are familiar with the Prisoner's Dilemma - a basic exercise in game theory. Two people are arrested for the same crime. Ther...