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2 Nov 2011, 8:00 pm
Disturbing video of Aransas County, Texas Judge William Adams abusing his teenage daughter. [read post]
2 Nov 2011, 2:53 pm
Here (PDF) is the order requiring one of two Harris County prosecutors to appear before the 185th District Court, along with two grand-jury court reporters, next Monday to show cause why he should not be held in contempt and/or sanctioned under the Court’s inherent powers for (1) violating this Court’s October 18, 2011, order denying the Harris County District Attorney access to the Harris County Grand Jury for the 185th District Court, August Term; (2) violating this Court’s… [read post]
1 Nov 2011, 8:28 pm
In Harris-County-Prosecutor Land, there is a strong current of belief that Kelly Siegler a) should have won the 2008 Republican Primary instead of Pat Lykos; b) should be DA now; and c) should challenge Lykos for the position in 2012. [read post]
27 Oct 2011, 7:58 pm
(A chronology of Breath Alcohol Testing, or BAT, Vans in Houston. [read post]
26 Oct 2011, 9:29 pm
From page 26 of Joseph Rakofsky’s sworn Affidavit in Support, between his Notice of Motion and his Amended Complaint (OCRed copy of all 347 pages here, 55.4MB): MOTION FOR SANCTIONS 131. [read post]
24 Oct 2011, 5:28 pm
The criminal-defense lawyer’s Christmas that started last week with a grand jury going rogue and evicting the prosecutors while investigating possible wrongdoing in connection with HPD’s Breath Alcohol Testing, or BAT, vans, continues today with Pat Lykos giving the Houston Police Department a vote of no confidence: Lykos tells us she still doesn’t know what went wrong inside that grand jury room last week that nearly led to the arrest of two of her top assistants, despite the fact… [read post]
19 Oct 2011, 4:28 pm
You should check it out: http://blog.bennettandbennett.com/2011/10/your-latest-trick-with-bonus-lawyers.html Copyright © 2010 Mark Bennett. [read post]
17 Oct 2011, 9:40 pm
Today: I saw that your website http://blog.bennettandbennett.com has accepted guest posts in the past and I would like to write one for you as well. [read post]
15 Oct 2011, 12:50 pm
An Iranian man makes contact with a pretend Mexican killer, and arranges for the killing of the Saudi ambassador to the U.S.; the Iranian man makes it clear to his contact, who is to participate in the killing, that people in Iran were backing the plot. [read post]
15 Oct 2011, 8:25 am
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 62.003 provides: (a) For the purposes of this chapter, the department is responsible for determining whether an offense under the laws of another state, federal law, the laws of a foreign country, or the Uniform Code of Military Justice contains elements that are substantially similar to the elements of an offense under the laws of this state. [read post]
15 Oct 2011, 8:00 am
• This is taking “do not publish” just a little too far. [read post]
12 Oct 2011, 1:43 pm
Bryant Valdes to MWB, 1 April 2010: Mr. [read post]
11 Oct 2011, 6:03 pm
After writing this post, it occurred to me that, using allowable living-expense numbers from the IRS, the courts could create a rule of thumb for deciding whether defendants can afford counsel. [read post]
11 Oct 2011, 3:52 pm
Preservation of evidentiary error in a Texas criminal trial in a nutshell: If a trial court hears objections to proffered evidence outside the jury’s presence and rules that the evidence is admissible, the objections are deemed to apply to the evidence when it is admitted before the jury without the necessity of repeating the objections. [read post]
7 Oct 2011, 4:43 pm
If you're making ten dollars an hour and working full time you need to try to hire a lawyer. [read post]
6 Oct 2011, 7:31 pm
Until recently, Texas Penal Code § 31.03 provided that theft is “a state jail felony if,” among other things, “the value of the property stolen is less than $20,000 and the property stolen is insulated or noninsulated tubing, rods, water gate stems, wire, or cable that consists of at least 50 percent: (i) aluminum; (ii) bronze; or (iii) copper. [read post]
4 Oct 2011, 9:52 am
The Founders' principle that all men are endowed by their creators with certain unalienable rights has, in its implementation, been limited to those men who are fortunate enough to find themselves within U.S. borders, or holding the magical status of "citizen. [read post]
29 Sep 2011, 5:54 pm
Lawyer (and HCCLA member) Sesha Kalapatapu wrote a short essay—apropos of Brian Wice’s op-ed criticizing a prosecutor’s post-trial conduct and the prosecutor’s response—which I thought was too good not to share (with Sesha’s permission, of course): Nobody really knows what Brian “did” or “didn’t do,” or what Nathan “did” or “didn’t do” unless you were there. [read post]
29 Sep 2011, 2:32 pm
I am well-acquainted with the Imp of the Perverse. [read post]
27 Sep 2011, 11:04 am
These are the new leads. [read post]
