Generally, officers must have search warrants to seize physical evidence, such as illegal drugs. However, in many of these cases, things happen so quickly that officers do not bother with search warrants. Despite the prohibition against warrantless searches in the Fourth Amendmen...
Month: February 2020
Grocery Store Slip and Fall Injuries: What You Need to Know
Fall injuries are the leading cause of ER visits in Tarrant County. Nationwide, some eight million fall victims are rushed to hospital emergency rooms every year. Many of these falls occur inside grocery stores, or in grocery store parking lots. Generally, grocery store owners a...
Taking on the DWI Field Sobriety Tests
If officers have probable cause, they can demand that DWI suspects provide chemical breath or blood samples which determine their Blood Alcohol Content. If the BAC level is above the legal limit, which is usually .08, the defendant might be guilty as a matter of law. About 80 per...
Dangerous Curves Ahead in Fort Worth
For the second time in two years, a vehicle jumped a curve on South Hulen Street, causing massive property damage. Following a similar incident in 2018 at the same location, the City of Fort Worth promised to make the intersection safer. Some of those plans, such as a lower spee...
The Three Standards of Evidence in Criminal Cases
Most people know that defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty. The presumption of innocence is rather unique to American law. In many other parts of the world, defendants are presumed guilty until they prove their innocence. However, not everyone knows how much evid...
Three Types of White Collar Crime
White collar crime is an umbrella term for a number of nonviolent crimes which usually involve theft of money or services. Some people think “nonviolent” is synonymous with not serious. Indeed, public and policymakers viewpoints have changed some in this area, mostly with re...
How Do I Get Off the Sex Offender List in Texas?
California passed the first sex offender registration law way back in 1947. These laws became increasingly common beginning in the 1980s, culminating with the federal Jacob Wetterling Act in 1994. Patty Wetterling, who lobbied extensively for this legislation following the death ...
Boning Up on Dog Bite Law (No Pun Intended)
It is spring once again in North Texas. So, both dogs and people will once again be out and about in force. Every year, dogs bite about five million people. A significant number of these victims go to hospital emergency rooms, where they later require extensive surgery and physic...
Undermining the FSTs in Parker County
Whether or not the defendant provides a chemical sample, the Field Sobriety Tests are important in DWI cases. As for test cases, the FSTs allow Parker County prosecutors to establish probable cause. A mere suspicion of DWI, such as erratic driving or an odor of alcohol, is usua...
Vehicle Collision Ends High-Speed Chase
One person is in the hospital after Arlington police continued pursuing a robbery suspect into Fort Worth. When officers tried to apprehend two robbery suspects, the men got into a car and fled. The chase eventually ended with a crash near the intersection of Wilbarger Street an...
