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20 Sep 2008, 8:31 am
Floyd and Senior Paralegal Billy Sinclair Several years ago the Federal Bureau of Investigation created a Cold Case Initiative designed to bring to justice persons who committed horrific racially motivated crimes during the 1950s and 1960s civil rights era. [read post]
16 Jul 2011, 2:13 pm
Lack of Evidence and Reasonable Doubts Lead to Acquittal By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Now that Casey Anthony has been acquitted on the most serious charges resulting from the death of her young daughter, Caylee, and is scheduled for release next week, virtually every media pundit, along with their side-kick “expert” attorneys has had their say about the case. [read post]
25 May 2010, 1:07 am
By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair The United States Supreme Court finally addressed for the first time a long debated issue: whether juveniles can be sentenced to life without parole (“LWOP”), a sentence normally reserved for the very worst offenders. [read post]
15 Feb 2012, 10:55 am
State: 38.072 Outcry Hearing not Adequate Opportunity to Cross Examine for Sixth Amendment Purposes By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair The Law Who is an “outcry witness? [read post]
23 Jul 2010, 11:48 pm
Criminal Defense Attorneys Must File Objections to Pre-Sentence Report in Federal Criminal Cases to Protect Appellate Rights By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair The United States Congress, with the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, established the U.S. [read post]
10 Sep 2008, 11:26 pm
Billy Sinclair Would you want a Judge presiding over a criminal case against you sleeping with the District Attorney prosecuting that case? [read post]
1 Apr 2011, 12:59 pm
Supreme Court Allows Prosecutors to Hide Evidence Favorable to the Accused without Consequence By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair John Thompson spent over 18 years in a Louisiana prison, 14 isolated on death role, after a prosecution described as fundamentally unfair by prosecutorial design. [read post]
26 Jul 2012, 12:08 pm
Congress Uses Fear of Child Pornography to Justify Orwellian Surveillance of Private Internet Usage By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Let us be clear at the outset. [read post]
10 Aug 2012, 10:12 am
By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair During the initial minutes of Saturday, July 21, 2012, and only moments after the commencement of a special midnight showing of the Batman movie, Dark Night Rises, James Holmes, armed with an arsenal of weapons and dressed body armor, walked into the Century 16 Theater in Aurora, Colorado, announced the Joker was present, and began indiscriminately shooting moviegoers. [read post]
20 Jan 2010, 10:28 am
Court Describes Federal Sentencing Disparities as “A Picture of Injustice” By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair In 1984 the United States Congress enacted the Sentencing Reform Act (“SRA”), and as part of the Act, Congress created the United States Sentencing Commission (“Commission”) to “establish sentencing policies and practices for the Federal criminal justice system. [read post]
5 Apr 2009, 2:34 pm
Successful Batson Challenge Reveals Racial Discrimination in Harris County Jury Selection By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Assistant District Attorneys Mark Donnelly and Rifian Newaz are considered seasoned, professional prosecutors by their colleagues in the Harris County District Attorney's Office. [read post]
13 Sep 2010, 3:09 pm
Current Eyewitness Identification Procedure Reinforce False Memories and Lead to Wrongful Convictions By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair There have been 258 DNA exonerations in this country over the last two decades, according to the New York-based Innocence Project. [read post]
28 Mar 2012, 12:12 pm
Technology allows Government to Cheat Constitutional Protections By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair The U.S. [read post]
16 Jan 2011, 2:02 am
Courts Stretch Logic and Allow Government Land Grab in Child Porn Case By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Former President George W. [read post]
31 Aug 2010, 12:55 am
Tunnel Vision By Investigators and Prosecutors Convicts, Imprisons the Innocent By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Last year we blogged about the tragic wrongful convictions of three innocent Texas inmates, Ricardo Rachel, Timothy Cole (here and here), and Ernest Sonnier. [read post]
30 Oct 2010, 1:02 am
Charles Sebesta Sent Innocent Man to Death Row for 18 Years By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair A recent Iowa State University study, conducted by sociology professor Matt DeLisi, found that the total cost to society for a single murder in the United States is $17.25 million. [read post]
29 Jul 2009, 10:09 am
Child Pornography and Exploitation By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Neighbors say the couple that lived in the $1 million home in the 11100 block of South Country Squire Road were "the sweetest on the block" who brought cakes to the new home owners that moved into the exclusive neighborhood. [read post]
23 Sep 2009, 7:53 am
Video Taped Consensual Sex with Minor Gets Federal Time By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair The federal statute that governs the production of child pornography provides, in part, that "any person who employs, uses, persuades, induces, entices, or coerces any minor to engage in . . . any sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing any visual depiction of such conduct or for the purpose of transmitting a live visual depiction… [read post]
26 Mar 2012, 1:50 pm
Jones: Government’s Attachment of GPS to Personal Vehicle Constitutes a Search under 4th Amendment By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair In a split but unanimous decision, the U.S. [read post]
19 Jun 2010, 5:22 pm
Growing Practice of “No Bond” and Unreasonably Harsh Sentences for Some Child Sex Crimes Sparks Judicial Concern By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair In July 2006 former President George W. [read post]
