Friday, October 31, 2008

Imperfect information

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A couple of weeks ago my colleague, Mark Bennett, posted an article on his blog,  Defending People , about  David Sklansky's theory of p...
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

More fallout from the intoxilyzer mess

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Last Thursday the Galveston County ADA handling my client's DWI case called me and proposed reducing the charge from DWI to obstruction ...
Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Update on faked intoxilyzer records

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Deetrice (Dee) Henderson Wallace, a contracted technical supervisor for the Texas Department of Public Safety (and the subject of this posti...
Monday, October 27, 2008

Court grants stay of execution in Davis case

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On Friday, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted Troy Anthony Davis a  stay of execution  and set the stage for another appeal to b...
Friday, October 24, 2008

State's expert faked intoxilyzer maintenance records

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An internal Department of Public Safety investigation has revealed that an unnamed Technical Supervisor faked inspection records of the Int...
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True lies

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Oh what tangled webs we weave... Ashley Todd's story of being attacked and mutilated by an Obama supporter is just the latest that fall...
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Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Deterrence and DWI

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Doug Berman, the author of the  Sentencing Law and Policy  blog, has chimed in with his  opinion  regarding the "leniency" courts ...
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Feedback on the Troy Anthony Davis case

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Since  I wrote  on the US Supreme Court's decision not to hear Mr. Davis' appeal in his murder case I have read some very interestin...
Monday, October 20, 2008

Austin to implement a cite and release policy

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Some time ago I wrote about why the police should issue citations with a promise to appear (cite and release) for some minor offenses.  Acc...
Friday, October 17, 2008

Harmless error?

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Apparently a visiting judge in a Galveston County misdemeanor court is a little bit confused about the rights the 5th and 6th Amendments are...
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Update on Judge Edward Nottingham

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It looks like U.S. District Judge Edward Nottingham's days on the bench are coming to an end . The latest relevations come from a prost...
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Thursday, October 16, 2008

Some quick hits for a Thursday afternoon

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Houston's own Katherine Scardino posted this entry on Women in Crime Ink regarding a confession actually being tossed out by a Federal ...
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

It's not cruel or unusual to execute an innocent man

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Yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court decided that it is okay for a state to execute a citizen who has a strong claim of innocence.   Troy Antho...
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Monday, October 13, 2008

Judge not lest you be judged

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U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent is not the only federal jurist in hot water for misbehavior. While Judge Kent's alleged misconduct has ...
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Friday, October 10, 2008

A couple of quick hits

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So, Justice Scalia thinks the time for the exclusionary rule has passed because the police are more professional now than they were "i...
Thursday, October 9, 2008

Another knee-jerk reaction

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According to the Houston Chronicle , the Texas Department of Public Safety has decided that, as of October 1, 2008, an applicant for a Texas...
Wednesday, October 8, 2008

What we can learn from twelve mighty orphans

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I just got finished reading Twelve Mighty Orphans by Jim Dent which was a birthday present from my brother-in-law and his wife. The book fo...
Tuesday, October 7, 2008

An open request to the candidates for Harris County District Attorney

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Dear Mr. Bradford and Ms. Lykos,   My name is Paul B. Kennedy.  I am a criminal defense attorney in Houston, Texas and I publish the blog...
Monday, October 6, 2008

Coaching and communicating

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I can't help but think that coaching a U6 (under 6-year old) soccer team has to have some benefit when it comes to communicating with a ...
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Saturday, October 4, 2008

Non sequitur

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I have no idea what the message means or why it was on the sidewalk but I saw it on my way to the Harris County Jail on Friday and was intri...
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Thursday, October 2, 2008

The truth about the statutory warning

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If you've been arrested for DWI a cop read you a statutory warning informing you of your rights under Texas' implied consent law.  T...
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...