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30 Oct 2009, 9:09 pm
Flagrant Exhibit of Unprofessionalism, Disloyalty to Executed Client Adds to Nationwide Scrutiny of Willingham Execution By Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair We're not in the habit of criticizing fellow criminal defense attorneys, but, and unfortunately, we feel compelled to discuss the antics of Mr. [read post]
25 Aug 2009, 12:27 pm
Judges Should Question Victims, Witnesses, About Offense Before Imposing Punishment By: Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer John Floyd and Billy Sinclair Under Texas law, a criminal defendant has the option of allowing either the jury that convicted him or the judge presiding over the trial to assess punishment. [read post]
17 Apr 2011, 8:42 am
Guilt by Association: Politically Inspired Fear of Muslims Continues to Infect Politics, Law Enforcement Investigations and Potential Jurors By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair The month of March was saturated with state and national news events which seem to underscore an unfortunate point about Texas and America: we are a society under siege from fear of those we do not understand and, therefore, do not trust. [read post]
26 Mar 2010, 3:29 pm
Continuing Bush’s War on Terror, Obama Continues Policy of Unfettered Presidential Power to Assassinate Americans Abroad and McCain Sponsorsthe Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010 By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Sen. [read post]
2 Jul 2009, 9:12 am
The Bail Reform Act of 1984 and the Presumption for Release on Bond By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair On June 18, 2009, a federal grand jury returned a 21-count indictment against Houston businessman and chairman of the Board of Directors of Stanford International Bank, Robert Allen Stanford (also known as "Sir Allen Stanford"). [read post]
16 Aug 2011, 2:31 pm
Confronting Witnesses with Prior False Allegations to Support Theory of Bias, Motive or Interest By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair One of the most devastating crimes that can happen to anyone is to be falsely accused of having sexually assaulted a child. [read post]
7 Feb 2009, 12:25 pm
Obscene Drawings, Cartoons, Sculpture, Paintings that Depict Minors Engaged in Sexually Explicit Conduct Not Protected Free Speech By: Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair On March 30, 2004, Dwight Whorley visited a public resource room maintained by the Virginia Employment Commission in Richmond. [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]
23 May 2011, 7:44 am
Habeas Claims of Actual Innocence Require “Herculean” Burden by Clear and Convincing Evidence By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair It was March 22, 1987. [read post]
6 May 2010, 3:23 pm
Houston Police Department Embroiled in Allegations of Brutality Again By Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair In a 2007 blog, Paul Craig Roberts wrote that “ … Americans are in a far greater danger from their own police force than they are from foreign terrorists … The only terrorists most Americans will ever encounter is a policeman with a badge, nightstick, mace and Taser. [read post]
10 Feb 2012, 5:44 pm
Clergy Privilege Protects Communications Made In Confidence, Waived if Called as Character Witness By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair In a previous post, we outlined the case of Ernest “Randy” Comeaux, an inmate serving six life sentences for a series of rapes from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. [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]
9 Oct 2010, 5:56 am
Connick; Jury Awards 14 Million Dollars to Man Who Served 18 Years in Prison for Crime he Did Not Commit After Prosecutors Hid Favorable Evidence By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Last year the 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]
18 Feb 2010, 3:01 pm
Politics of Terror Threaten Constitution By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair The recent election of Republican Senator Scott Brown in Massachusetts has effectively torpedoed the constitutional right to silence by any “terror suspect” arrested on American soil. [read post]
22 Jan 2011, 11:09 am
The Real Reason for Abolition: Texas Poses Greatest Risk of Executing an Innocent By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair For two days in December of last year Harris County Criminal District Court Judge Kevin Fine allowed attorneys representing accused capital murderer John Edward Green to present evidence that the process for carrying out the death penalty in this state is so flawed that it creates an unconstitutional risk that an innocent person could be… [read post]
2 Mar 2016, 7:39 am
Post-conviction, the principal witness (a security guard named Sinclair) sent the court an unsworn but notarized statement that clarified his trial testimony. [read post]
21 May 2011, 11:26 am
The New York Times profiles Anne Sinclair, wife of Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who is not only a famous television personality in France, but an heiress. [read post]
26 Aug 2011, 8:15 am
Life Sentences for DWI, Shoplifting for Habitual Offenders By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Two years ago the Houston Chronicle carried report about a Montgomery County jury imposing a life sentence on a criminal defendant who shoplifted five compact discs from a Wal-Mart in Conroe. [read post]
23 Oct 2010, 1:42 pm
Ashcroft to Determine if the Former Attorney General can be Held Responsible for Illegal Arrest and Detention of Muslim Man under Material Witness Statute By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair The U.S. [read post]
