Thursday, September 30, 2010

Time keeps on slippin'

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Long lines snaking around the outside of the building. People lined up three-deep trying to catch an elevator to the 11th floor and above. ...

Bend over, here it comes

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The other day I had a client down on the island whose felony was dismissed and refiled as a misdemeanor as part of a plea agreement. Since h...
Wednesday, September 29, 2010

The news cycle rolls on

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The day after the Houston Texans upset the Indianapolis Colts, callers to SportsTalk 790 in Houston were ready to buy their Super Bowl tick...
Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Let me out!

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What would J. Edgar Hoover say if he were alive today? It appears that FBI agents, including supervisors, cheated on an open-book test co...
Monday, September 27, 2010

Feds seek to make it easier to eavesdrop on the internet

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According to this article from today's New York Times, the Obama administration is continuing in the footsteps of its predecessors in m...

Let the games begin

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This weekend marked the opening weekend of soccer season for my daughters' league. My oldest is beginning her fourth year of soccer whil...
Saturday, September 25, 2010

On the road again

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The fog rising from the ground between Wharton and El Campo on my way to Jackson County. Another shot of the fog en route to Jackson Cou...
Friday, September 24, 2010

Report documents prosecutorial misconduct

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A USA Today investigation revealed 201 cases between 1997 and today in which federal prosecutors committed various acts of misconduct that ...
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Thursday, September 23, 2010

Every second counts

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In so many aspects of our lives and work, timing is everything. Yesterday I had to drive down to League City for a legal matter. I left ab...
Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Big brother wants to ride with you

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A little known bill managed to slide under many radar screens this summer that may result in alcohol monitoring devices being installed on n...
Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Jets receiver grounded for DWI

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Braylon Edwards, a wide receiver for the New York Jets, was arrested early this morning in Manhattan for suspicion of driving while intoxica...
Monday, September 20, 2010

Saddle up, it's time to ride

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Charlie Dunn, he's the one to see Charlie done the boots that are on my feet It makes Charlie real pleased to see me walkin' with ...

Giving it the boot

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Well, I decided that, I'd get my cowboy hat and go down to Marble Arch Station. 'Cause when a Texan fancies, he'll take his ch...
Thursday, September 16, 2010

New article looks at juror's decision-making biases

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Earlier this month Keene Trial Consulting 's Douglas Keene reviewed an article on countering juror's decision making biases by Tar...
Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Rewriting history

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Ernest Withers, known by many as the "original Civil Rights photographer," who had access to the inner circles of the movement was...
Tuesday, September 14, 2010

What's good for the goose...

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"During your deliberations in this case, you must not consider, discuss or relate any matters not in evidence before you. You should no...

Belching his way to an acquittal

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The Kentucky Supreme Court is set to decide whether a burp is enough to invalidate a breath test . It seems that Bertrand E. Howlett exhib...
Monday, September 13, 2010

Busted on a Huffy

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Under the Texas Penal Code, a person commits the offense of driving while intoxicated if they operate a motor vehicle after having lost the ...
Sunday, September 12, 2010

The passing of a hero

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About 30 years ago in Conroe a manager for the Bellville High School volleyball team was raped and killed in a bathroom at Conroe High Schoo...
Thursday, September 9, 2010

Plugging in and tuning out?

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I never realized how addicted I had become to my phone until the trackball stopped working a couple of weeks ago. Suddenly I was unable to r...
Wednesday, September 8, 2010

A little break from the day-to-day

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While most of us were sleeping, an asteroid passed within 154,000 miles of Earth -- inside the moon's orbit. Another is expected to pas...
Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Don't forget the marshmallows

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Nothing like a good little old book burning to bring folks closer together, wouldn't you say? I'm certain that Terry Jones' c...
Monday, September 6, 2010

Constitution, be damned! Man the roadblocks!

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Never let it be said that Montgomery County Assistant District Attorney Warren Diepraam is one to let the law get in the way of his crusades...
Friday, September 3, 2010

I'll have an extra slice of garlic bread, please

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It's time to get your survival kits together for the Labor Day Weekend. If you're in the Houston area you are going to need: Garl...
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Thursday, September 2, 2010

The ordinary rules don't apply for DWI

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A ruling by Louisiana's 2nd Court of Appeals has expanded the arrest power of police officers outside their jurisdictions. Prior to the...
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