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11 Apr 2012, 2:49 pm
Supreme Court Solidifies Right to Effective Assistance of Counsel during Plea Bargaining By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair There are two primary movers in our criminal justice system: criminal prosecution and criminal defense. [read post]
12 Jul 2011, 10:42 am
DWI Forensic Laboratory Reports are “Testimonial” for Confrontation Clause Purposes By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair It is not often that a DWI case will find itself in the trenches of constitutional law before the Supreme Court of the United States. [read post]
19 Jan 2012, 3:59 pm
High Court Misses Opportunity to Discuss Ethical Obligations of Prosecutors By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair For reasons we discussed in a previous post, the U.S. [read post]
4 Dec 2011, 2:35 pm
Disciplinary Action against Rogue Prosecutors Who Intentionally Engage in Wrongful Conduct, Brady Violations Rare By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Among lawyers practicing criminal law, “Brady violation” is probably second only to a “Miranda warning” as the most recognizable legal term in this country’s jurisprudence; and, significantly, both of these U.S. [read post]
12 Jun 2010, 10:05 am
Children in Foster Care Residential Treatment Centers at High Risk of Neglect, Mistreatment and Abuse By: By Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair In a 2002 article for Child Trends, Dr. [read post]
11 Nov 2010, 1:09 am
Unindicted Co-Conspirator in Holy Land Appeals Case in Fight to Clear Name By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair The Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, formerly the nation’s largest Islamic charity organization based in Dallas, Texas, and seven of its leaders were indicted in 2007 with providing “material support” to a terrorist organization, primarily to Hamas. [read post]
26 Jan 2012, 8:19 am
Politics and Profit Motive Lead to Unreasonable Conditions of Bond in First Time DWI Cases By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair The Texas Legislature in 1999 gave courts the general authority to impose “reasonable conditions” of pre-trial release. [read post]
5 Dec 2010, 12:42 pm
Siddiqui: Victory in Courtroom is Loss on Worldwide Public Stage By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair This website has maintained an ongoing interest in the bizarre case of Dr. [read post]
25 Jan 2009, 11:07 am
Bolstering, Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome, By: Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair, In 1983, Roland Summit in a published paper coined the phrase "Child Sexual Abuse Accommodation Syndrome" (CSAAS). [read post]
11 Jun 2009, 5:45 am
Past Abuses, Hopes for Better Future By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Three recent stories in the Houston Chronicle exposed serious flaws in the Harris County criminal justice system. [read post]
5 Mar 2012, 2:04 pm
Protecting Attorney Client Relationship, Privileged Information from Government Subpoena By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair The attorney work-product and the attorney-client privilege are often confused with each other. [read post]
9 Aug 2011, 8:10 pm
37.07: The Use of Prior Criminal Record, Bad Acts, Reputation and Character at Sentencing By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Once a defendant has been convicted in Texas, either by a jury or a judge, a separate hearing under Art. 37.07 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure must be conducted to determine the punishment of the defendant. [read post]
10 Aug 2010, 12:18 am
Unpopular Judge Deserves Humane and Fair Treatment While in Federal Custody By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Last year former U.S. [read post]
9 Jul 2010, 3:50 pm
By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair The Texas Supreme Court recently held that a child under the age of fourteen could not be found guilty of a Class B misdemeanor offense of prostitution. [read post]
7 Sep 2010, 11:34 pm
Legislature Willing to Lessen Constitutional Protections to Appease Mothers Against Drunk Driving By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair For the past fifteen years the State of Texas either led the nation or ranked in the top five states in DWI fatalities. [read post]
12 Nov 2011, 12:48 pm
ABA Files Amicus Demanding Disclosure of Exculpatory Evidence Regardless of Materiality, Boarder than Brady By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair The Orleans Parish and Williamson County district attorney offices have something in common: both have a disturbing history of withholding exculpatory information that resulted in innocent men being sent to prison (or death row) for long periods of time (here, here and here). [read post]
25 Aug 2012, 3:13 pm
Rule of Court Make Overturning False Convictions Difficult By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (“RAINN”), there are 207,754 sexual assaults in this country each year. [read post]
4 Mar 2011, 4:03 pm
Constitutional Right to Confront Witnesses Watered Down: Statements Describing Shooter Not Testimonial, Admissible Without Confrontation and Cross Examination By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair What a strange Supreme Court we have! [read post]
1 Jul 2012, 2:49 pm
Allegations in Federal Case Against Former Defense Lawyer, AUSA, Offer Extreme Examples of Abuse of Position By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair “No witness, no case” was the motto of former U.S. [read post]
19 Aug 2009, 2:56 pm
Fabricating Fake DNA, Defending the Accused in the New World By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Billy Sinclair, Paralegal We have blogged on several occasions in the recent past about the fallibility of forensic evidence, sharing the opinion of others that more often than not it's "junk science. [read post]
