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Texas DUI Defense Attorney Discusses Possible Relief for Job Seekers with a DUI or Other Offense on Their Records
When you have a DUI on your record, you may be facing an uphill battle when it comes to pursuing a career or even just finding a job that will help you put food on the table and a roof over your head. Fortunately, one lawmaker from Dallas, Representative Eric Johnson, is trying to make…
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Texas Criminal Defense Attorney Discusses Weapons Offenses
If you own a weapon (or several weapons, for that matter), you may find yourself in a position where you are charged with one or more state or federal weapons offenses. Weapons offenses often carry severe punishments, like steep fines and lengthy periods of incarceration. Also, a conviction can have effects on other areas of…
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Texas Criminal Defense Attorney Explains the Crime of Identity Theft
While the public is often made aware of the violent crimes that occur in their communities because homicides, armed robberies, and the like are often discussed on the television news and in the newspapers, there are many other crimes which can go unnoticed, even by the victims, for weeks or even months at a time.…
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Texas Criminal Defense Attorney Discusses Possible Legislative Reforms
The next Legislative Session won’t start until January of next year, but there are a couple of issues which are likely to be debated during that Session which may be of interest to young Texans. The first of these issues is a possible reform of anti-truancy laws, and the other is the possible reform of…
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Texas DUI Defense Attorney Discusses Boating While Intoxicated
Did you know that in Texas, it is against the law to operate a boat while you are intoxicated? Texas law recognizes an offense called “boating while intoxicated”, or BWI, and it is different from the more familiar offense of “driving while intoxicated”, or DWI. Since law enforcement officers do patrol bodies of water, it…
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East Texas Criminal Lawyer Discusses the Crime of Stalking
Stalking is something which people sometimes refer to in a joking way, but it is, in fact, a serious crime which causes a great deal of harm to many people across Texas every year. It is estimated that nearly a million and a half women in Texas have experienced at least one incidence of stalking…
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Understanding Your Right to Have a Translator Present at Your Criminal Trial
Last month Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Elsa Alcala issued a dissenting opinion which accused the majority of failing to protect the constitutional right of a Hispanic defendant to have a translator present at his criminal trial. In her dissent, Judge Alcala, who was joined by Judge Cathy Cochran and Judge Cheryl Johnson says…
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What is the Michael Morton Act?
The case of Michael Morton brings to mind something which no criminal defendant wants to think of – the fact that innocent people are sometimes put behind bars for years, crimes that they did not commit. In Morton’s case, when the prosecutor failed to present all potentially exculpatory evidence at Michael’s trial for the brutal…
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Could You Benefit From a Search and Seizure Defense?
One topic upon which many criminal drug cases are successfully defended is the area of searches and seizures. The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution protects all Americans from unreasonable searches and seizures. Despite our right to be free from searches and seizures which are not conducted for valid reasons, they happen every day…
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What is Organized Crime?
When it comes to criminal charges, there are some which can carry more substantial penalties than others. When a charge alleging organized criminal activity is added to another criminal charge, it increases the stakes substantially. It is important that people understand the difference between acts which are truly part of an organized crime scheme and…