Criminal Defense

A Colorado county sheriff urged the Texas Legislature to re-think its plans to expand legal marijuana use in the Lone Star State. El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder says that legal marijuana in Colorado has led to "an uptick in criminal activity. Violent criminal activity." Sherr...

The rapper failed to appear in court and answer assault charges stemming from an incident in the Galleria Mall, so a Harris County judge revoked Tekashi69's bond. Earlier, Daniel Hernandez (Tekashi69's real name) allegedly grabbed a teenager who was trying to record the rapper o...

After officers pulled over Brian Morton for speeding, they found lots of sex crimes evidence. Later, after they executed a search warrant, they found even more on his cell phone. Highway Patrol officers stopped Mr. Morton for speeding in September 2018. In a subsequent vehicle s...

Strictly speaking, Texas criminal defendants do not need to hire lawyers. It's possible, yet extremely foolhardy, to represent yourself. And, the Constitution includes the right to counsel. Furthermore, there are also strict competency standards when it comes to public defenders ...

As a practical matter, there is basically no difference between these two types of court supervision. They both usually involve suspended jail sentences, payment of fines and court costs, reporting requirements, and other mandates, such as community service, self-improvement clas...

In July 2017, two men stormed into the Veritex Community Bank on Merrick in Fort Worth. Now, one of them just pleaded guilty, and another one awaits a competency hearing. 24-year-old Blake Taylor and his accomplice, 24-year-old Desmond Wells, entered the bank and, according to w...

According to a motion filed in district court a Tarrant County Assistant District Attorney (ADA) concealed evidence that would have exonerated Christopher Revill in a 2016 kidnapping case. Mr. Revill was arrested in October 2016, shortly after his ex-girlfriend disappeared. Typh...

Dallas County officials charged Amber Guyger with manslaughter. But she will now face murder charges when her case goes to trial sometime next year. The former Dallas Police Department officer shot and killed a neighbor after she claimed she accidentally went into the wrong apar...

In 2016, thirty-eight Tarrant County law enforcement agencies arrested over 63,000 people. The Sixth Amendment guarantees all these individuals the right to counsel, and there are many different attorneys to chose from. Public defenders and court-appointed lawyers are available, ...

One of the most bizarre incidents in Presidential history probably launched the so-called war on drugs. In December 1970, Elvis Presley, who was clad in a purple velvet suit, unexpectedly dropped in on President Richard Nixon at the White House. After presenting the somewhat befu...