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20 Nov 2011, 2:43 pm by Mark Bennett
When I read, at Simple Justice, commenters’ rationalization of a grad student’s failure to act when he saw a ten-year-old boy being raped by a football coach—typical of which was this: I would like to point out that Mike McQueary was a graduate student back then. [read post]
28 Dec 2011, 6:11 pm by Mark Bennett
In the voting on Popehat for Censorious Asshat Of The Year, I am torn between Thedala Magee and her lawyer Vicki Roberts, and Joseph Rakofsky. [read post]
21 Mar 2012, 1:45 pm by Mark Bennett
Mike Anderson: Is a small amount of cocaine, heroin, of methamphetamine against—is possession of it against the law, as written in Austin? [read post]
4 Oct 2010, 8:56 pm by Mark Bennett
Dear Chris Daniel: I see that you made the correction to your website that I noted in the last paragraphs here. [read post]
18 Mar 2011, 2:57 pm by Mark Bennett
My vision for our criminal-defense skunkworks is that each of us will choose a discipline that interests him or her, review the literature, attend classes or seminars, and try applying it in trial, all the while collaborating with the rest of us (who will have chosen different disciplines to investigate). [read post]
19 Sep 2010, 5:41 pm by Mark Bennett
Last Friday was Constitution Day, a day when, by law, every educational institution receiving federal funds has to educate its students about the constitution (Ruthann Robson, Constitutional Law Prof Blog). [read post]
15 Jul 2011, 6:20 pm by Mark Bennett
“This is a Defamation case that was filed only a couple of months ago; it is brand new. [read post]
15 Dec 2011, 7:20 pm by Mark Bennett
Murray Newman (why did his faithful commenters not nominate Life at the Harris County Justice Center, which has been doing sterling work all year, for the ABA Blawg 100…other than because they’re pendejos?) [read post]
29 Jun 2012, 12:47 pm by Mark Bennett
Writ lawyer (the man’s license plate says “HABEAS”) Brian Wice writes: I just spent two days testifying as an expert witness for the State Bar in a disciplinary action it brought against Larry Mitchell, a Dallas County Criminal District Court Judge, for conduct committed while he was a lawyer almost eight years ago. [read post]
24 Sep 2010, 5:31 pm by Mark Bennett
Add this to the list of reasons that Texas is a better place to practice criminal defense law: Art. 38.075. [read post]
14 Jan 2011, 6:46 pm by Mark Bennett
I want to talk about the proposed amendments to the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct and the State Bar of Texas’s war on flat fees, but to care about that you need to know why flat fees are good for people charged with crimes. [read post]
18 Sep 2010, 8:17 am by Mark Bennett
Texas judge bans cowboy boots from court, and criminal defense lawyers are up at arms. [read post]
24 Nov 2010, 4:29 pm by Mark Bennett
Tom DeLay has been convicted of Money Laundering and Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering. [read post]
3 Oct 2010, 11:01 pm by Mark Bennett
In recognition of the 40th anniversary of her October 4, 1970 death, this edition of Blawg Review is dedicated to Texas*-born blues wailer Janis Joplin. [read post]
23 Dec 2011, 9:58 am by Mark Bennett
Scott Greenfield is taking nominations for the best criminal-law blog post of the year. [read post]
26 Jul 2010, 1:34 pm by Mark Bennett
When you come to an intersection with a sign like this. . . . . .and you want to make a left turn, and the light is green, do not wait behind the stop line for a break in the oncoming traffic. [read post]
2 Dec 2010, 11:42 pm by Mark Bennett
The government wants the job of dealing with bullies; it doesn’t want our kids to learn to stand up for themselves or others because it wants a monopoly on lawful force. [read post]