Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Another attempt to microblog

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I am set to try a DWI case on October 1, 2008.  My client was involved in an accident with a motorcyclist and was subsequently arrested for ...

Ten things you need to know about DWI

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1.     You have the right to refuse to perform   roadside sobriety tests. 2.     You have the right to refuse the breath test. 3.     Yo...
Monday, September 29, 2008

Have you been drinking?

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I'm asked all the time whether someone should tell the truth if a cop asks them how much they had to drink.  My answer is always the sam...
Friday, September 26, 2008

A couple of random thoughts

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The Detroit Police Crime Lab has been shuttered after the Michigan State Police exposed serious problems with the firearms lab.  Detroit...
Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Calling their bluff

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If you followed my blogging on Twitter this morning, you know that I was set for trial in a domestic assault case in Harris County. Due to ...
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

The Bush legacy

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Last year George W. Bush vetoed a bill increasing spending on health care for the poor by $7 billion because, according to W, we couldn'...
Monday, September 22, 2008

Math, DWI style

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Just how precise is that breath machine at the police station?  That's the question you should ask yourself before you agree to provide ...
Thursday, September 18, 2008

Harris County's lack of humanity

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Harris County had the opportunity to do the right thing this week for its citizens accused of violating the law. While the Harris County Cr...
Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Sound off regarding the inmates at the Galveston County Jail

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If you, too, are disgusted at the callous disregard Galveston County Judge James D. Yarbrough showed our fellow citizens being held in the ...
Monday, September 15, 2008

My hurricane story

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As of tonight we still have no power at our house in Spring Branch, however, my in-laws, who live in a seniors complex, have power and exten...
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Thursday, September 11, 2008

Significant decisions by the Courts of Appeal, August 2008

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Honking your horn too loudly could give rise to reasonable suspicion In Rogers v. State  (No. 2-06-345-CR), the Fort Worth Court of Appeals ...
Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Update: Stay of execution granted in Hood case

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The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has stayed the scheduled execution of Charles Dean Hood. The Court's decision was not based on the ...
Monday, September 8, 2008

Update: Depositions ordered in Hood case

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State District Judge Greg Brewer has ordered retired Judge Verla Sue Holland and former Collin County D.A. Tom O'Connell to testify und...

The Hood saga takes another turn

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The hearing set for today in the Charles Dean Hood saga was cancelled after Mr. Bill Boyd, the attorney for retired Judge Verla Sue Holland,...
Saturday, September 6, 2008

Pseudo-science and the breath test

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According to the DWI statute, a person is intoxicated if they have an alcohol concentration 0f .08 at the time of driving. The alcohol conc...
Friday, September 5, 2008

More on the RNC

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Here's a heartwarming piece on how the RNC has embraced freedom of speech.

Update on Charles Dean Hood

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Finally someone in Collin County has come to their senses. State District Judge Greg Brewer has moved Hood's hearing date from Septembe...
Thursday, September 4, 2008

Justice, Collin County style

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In 1990, Charles Dean Hood was convicted for the murders of Ronald Williamson, his boss, and Tracie Wallace, Williamson's girlfriend. H...
Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Update on the RNC

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While the republicans were talking of the dawning of a new day in America, here's the reality of their vision .

Update on Judge Samuel Kent

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Last week in this blog I mentioned the historic indictment of federal Judge Samuel Kent on charges involving abusive sexual conduct. Today ...

Shameless self-promotion

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I'm featured in the Technology section of the September 2008 issue of the Texas Bar Journal .

DWI = murder?

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As I wrote about last week , Harris County has begun criminalizing automobile accidents.  Now the Dallas County DA's office has filed mu...
Tuesday, September 2, 2008

So much for the First Amendment

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Cheap Trick sang about them two decades ago -- the Dream Police have invaded the Twin Cities. This past weekend, while everyone else was f...

Is a Public Defender's Office the answer?

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For those of ya'll clamoring for a public defender's office here in Harris County, take a look at the first blog entry from two for...
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Monday, September 1, 2008

Twitter and Gustav

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I just wanted to send a special shout out to two microbloggers from New Orleans who made Twitter absolutely addictive over the past two day...