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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]
9 Jan 2011, 3:57 pm
Government Avoids 4th Amendment Requirement of Probable Cause By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair In 1970 it was discovered by a gentleman named Christopher H. [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]
12 Jan 2011, 10:56 pm
John Whitmire, D-Houston, recommends that the state unbind itself from federal laws that provide for minimum offender registration requirements – clearing the way for the state to devise its own methods of... [[ This is a content summary only. [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]
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]
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]
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]
29 Oct 2011, 12:15 pm
Innocence Project Strikes Again: Henry James Freed After 30 Years By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Thanks to the efforts of the New York-based Innocence Project, Henry James became the 273rd inmate in this country to be exonerated by DNA evidence. [read post]
15 Aug 2009, 12:49 pm
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas Finds Lawyer's Careful and Repeated Objections did not Preserve Error By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Criminal trials are governed by strict rules of evidence and procedures. [read post]
28 Jan 2009, 12:13 am
Rambis Chu, a physics professor at Texas Southern University, is accused of copying a proposal written several years earlier by John Miller, a physics professor at the University of Houston. [read post]
10 Sep 2008, 11:26 pm
By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John T. [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]
26 Feb 2010, 12:57 pm
Leading Cause of Wrongful Convictions: Mistaken Identification by Eyewitnesses By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair There have been 251 innocent people exonerated in this country by DNA evidence over the last two decades. [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]
14 May 2011, 5:16 pm
Texas Must Afford Due Process before Imposing Sex Offender Conditions on Parolees By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair The Center for Missing and Exploited Children has reported that there are, on average, 234 registered sex offenders per 100,000 residents in the United States—a total of nearly 730,000 such offenders, with more than 61,000 residing in the State of Texas, making this State second only to California’s approximately… [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]
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]
10 Oct 2010, 10:10 pm
Austin’s police chief wants to criminalize driving on 0.05 blood alcohol — which for many people means a beer or two — and state senator John Whitmire of Houston is sympathetic: “Some people shouldn’t be driving after one drink. [read post]
10 Oct 2018, 8:56 pm
A tourist riding in a taxi cab has been accused of using a gun while robbing the driver of her personal items and money. 30-year-old Houston resident John Cleveland, who was reportedly visiting Florida on vacation, ordered a cab to pick him up from the Hilton Miami Airport Blue Lagoon around 2:00 am on October 4. [read post]
