Tuesday, August 31, 2010

The floor is yours

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I've heard through the grapevine that I upset some of my colleagues with a recent post regarding defense attorneys (who also serve as mu...
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Monday, August 30, 2010

Facebook post lands juror in hot water

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Think a juror's fondness for social media won't affect your client? Think again. A Macomb County (Michigan) judge removed a juror fr...
Friday, August 27, 2010

Tinkering with jury selection

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A while back, my colleague, Houston criminal defense attorney Mark Bennett, blogged about an experiment he conducted at trial. Using a set ...
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It's life on the island, mon

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My island home-away-from-home is at 59th and Broadway. A very open and airy design with only four floors makes the Galveston County Courth...
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Thursday, August 26, 2010

Um, excuse me

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Prosecutor: "Judge, that's the case I asked you if I needed to subpoena witnesses and you told me we could try it on what's in ...
Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Where's the fire marshal when you need him?

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Sign in the lobby of the Harris County Criminal (In)justice Center.

Crowded (court) house

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Might something actually be done to alleviate the overcrowding at the Harris County Criminal (In)justice Center ?  Although defense attorney...
Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Putting the genie back in the bottle

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Sometimes there is strength in numbers. Houston Police Chief Charles McClelland drafted a memo back in July that forbade officers to spea...
Monday, August 23, 2010

One fewer alternative

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And so the number of alternative voices on the Houston airwaves is about to get even smaller with the plan for Rice University to sell the t...

Hunting for the hold-out

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Most folks will hold to an opinion until a tipping point has been reached and their opinion is no longer a popular belief. Rare is the perso...
Friday, August 20, 2010

We're here for the DWI seminar

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Jim Butler, yours truly and David Ryan in Austin.
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Thursday, August 19, 2010

Just which hat is it I'm wearing tonight?

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Thank you so much for agreeing to be the magistrate on duty for one night of Harris County's No Refusal Weekend. As I mentioned on the p...
Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Separation of powers? What separation of powers?

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Judge Mejia -- Thank you for your assistance this past weekend with our No Refusal Program. I'm cc'ing the new chief of the Vehicula...
Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Going for the gut

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We've all heard through anecdotal research that most jurors make up their mind on a case after opening statements. Is it because one att...

A judge voices her concerns

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Judge Susan Criss of Galveston County's 212th Judicial District Court left the following comment on my Facebook page with regard to Thu...
Monday, August 16, 2010

An outsider's perspective on drunk driving

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Michael Landauer, assistant editorial page editor for the Dallas Morning News, makes some very astute observations in his most recent blog p...

What are they hiding?

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Last month I filed a request under both Chapter 552 of the Texas Government Code (Open Records Request) as well as Rule 12 of the Texas Rule...
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Friday, August 13, 2010

Oh, look what I found in my notes!

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According to this report from KPRC-TV, seven officers with the Houston Police Department were expelled from an accident investigation class ...
Thursday, August 12, 2010

Vampires on the bench

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"Thank you again for agreeing to help out with the Holiday No Refusal program. I know that you've been very generous with your time...
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Four whom the bell tolls

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The scene fades in... A lawyer walks into an unnamed courtroom on the 5th floor of the Civil Courthouse. He places his briefcase down on the...
Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Expunction order? What expunction order?

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In Texas, as in most states, if a person is found not guilty at trial, he is entitled to expunge all records relating to his arrest and pros...
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Monday, August 9, 2010

That big white envelope

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I recently received a large plain envelope from the State Bar of Texas that said personal and confidential  on the front. I held it in my ha...
Sunday, August 8, 2010

Be careful what you write, the feds may be watching

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We all know that whatever we post out there in the aether of cyberspace will be around forever. But now we have an even bigger reason to be ...
Thursday, August 5, 2010

A little blue lie

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I recently received a phone call from a former client who found out there was a warrant for his arrest. He said the officer had called his h...
Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Walking a mile in another man's shoes

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Disgraced former federal judge and convicted felon Samuel Kent wants out of prison because of the humiliation, torture and horrors of the p...