Friday, April 30, 2010

But who watches those who watch us?

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Jose Campos Torres . Randy Webster . Ida Lee Delaney . If you don't know these names then you are missing out on some of the sordi...
Thursday, April 29, 2010

Piling on in the Great White North

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Now I have railed on against the administrative license suspensions imposed by the Texas Department of Public Safety on motorists who were m...
Wednesday, April 28, 2010

NH Supreme Court rules police must preserve breath samples

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For now New Hampshire remains the only state that provides motorists arrested for DWI their breath samples . In a 3-2 advisory ruling , the ...

County approves hybrid public defender's office

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Harris County commissioners yesterday approved a proposal to create a hybrid public defender's office that would handle felony appeals ...
Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Turning drunk driving into a money-making enterprise

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A former state district judge from McLennan County, David Hodges, has joined the growing chorus of reasonable minds that believe the costs o...
Monday, April 26, 2010

Harris County seeks funding for PD's office

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Harris County Commissioners have requested a $4.4 million grant from the State to fund a public defender's office that would handle app...
Friday, April 23, 2010

Just because it's Friday

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For no reason other than it's Friday, here are some pictures I took of the Polk County Courthouse in Livingston, Texas (about 60 miles n...
Thursday, April 22, 2010

Forensic science commission meeting to be streamed online

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The Texas Forensic Science Commission will meet at 9:00 a.m. on April 23, 2010 (Friday) to discuss the Cameron Willingham case. Click her...

Looking for someone to coddle?

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I guess Rick Casey of the Houston Chronicle must consider me to be one of the "coddled" lawyers in Texas . Coddled? That's not...
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Reducing the carbon footprint

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And how have I celebrated Earth Day? Let's see. I had to print out several complaints and citations at the municipal courthouse for a cl...
Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Freedom, liquor and granite

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Well here's a little bit of irony for y'all. The state liquor commissioner in New Hampshire has been fired after refusing to blow in...
Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Happy marijuana freedom day!

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If you didn't already know it, today is Marijuana Freedom Day (4/20, get it?). The folks over at NORML are planning events around the c...
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Monday, April 19, 2010

The decompression chamber

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After three days in trial last week I had a serious need for decompression. I stopped off at Onion Creek on White Oak Boulevard and had a S...

Big Ben to sit down in 2010?

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While Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger's legal problems appear to have passed ( click here for excerpts from the poli...
Friday, April 16, 2010

Presumption of what?

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All persons are presumed to be innocent and no person may be convicted of an offense unless each element of the offense is proved beyond a r...
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Indigent by any other name

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I had an interesting experience sitting in Judge Jim York's court over in the Family Law Center this morning on an enforcement action. W...
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Saturday, April 10, 2010

Speak no evil, hear no evil

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In the neverending quest to criminalize everything, the Juneau County (WI) District Attorney has threatened to charge health teachers who te...
Friday, April 9, 2010

Missouri to allow vampires to wear badges

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The assault on the Constitution continues in Missouri as the state legislature is on the verge of passing a bill that would allow police off...
Thursday, April 8, 2010

Overheard at the courthouse

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I overheard a Harris County criminal judge say that Harris County would never adopt the "cite and release" plan approved by the st...
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Texas appellate court turns 4th Amendment on its ear

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Here's a head-scratcher for you. The Fort Worth Court of Appeals held that when arguing that a warrantless arrest is invalid that the  d...
Wednesday, April 7, 2010

The times they are a-changin'

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Come gather 'round people Wherever you roam And admit that the waters  Around you have grown And accept it that soon You'll be drenc...

Reptiles and health care

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What is it that's driving people to vandalize the offices of Democratic lawmakers who support the president's health care proposal?...
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Tuesday, April 6, 2010

The verdict isn't the whole story

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This is from  an obelisk outside the Polk County Courthouse in Livingston, Texas. Sometimes just getting the matter in front of a jury i...
Sunday, April 4, 2010

Spring dreaming

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Spring does bloom eternal. The smell of freshly-cut grass, the feel of the warm sun and the sound of balls smacking the mitt. Once again it...
Saturday, April 3, 2010

Fighting a rear-guard action

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The other day I had a conversation with a colleague who's still relatively new to the defense bar. My colleague had a client charged wit...