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22 May 2012, 2:30 pm
State Argues Failure to Preserve Brady Violation Waives Claims of Innocence By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John T. [read post]
16 May 2012, 5:18 pm
State Controller John Chiang is considering a number of candidates to replace him. [read post]
11 May 2012, 6:23 pm
Preserving Error in Cases of “Contumacious” Prosecutorial Misconduct By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Let us say at the outset that many prosecutors are fine, decent people who honorably fulfill their charged task of seeking the truth and justice—to convict the guilty and free the innocent. [read post]
2 May 2012, 2:14 pm
Courts of Appeal Continue Struggle with Crawford and Progeny By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Reinaldo Berrios, Troy Moore, Angel Rodriquez, and Felix Cruz were charged, and ultimately convicted, of a series of violent felonies in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands in 2004, including the murder of an off-duty police officer during an attempted robbery. [read post]
25 Apr 2012, 2:33 pm
Testifying Witness and Prosecutor Absolutely Immune from Civil Rights Claims stemming from False Testimony before Grand Jury By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Just when you think you’ve heard the worst about rogue prosecutors (here and here), some nastier, seedier episode comes along to remind you back into the reality that some prosecutors are so rogue that it defies adequate definition—even in the South where… [read post]
19 Apr 2012, 1:31 pm
Ineffective-Assistance-Of-Trial-Counsel Claims Not Barred From Federal Habeas if Ineffective Counsel at Initial State Habeas Proceeding By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair The U.S. [read post]
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]
8 Apr 2012, 9:07 am
Tragedy Stirs debate on Stand Your Ground Laws and Racial Stereotypes By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair In February, 2012, we posted a piece about Texas’ version of the “stand your ground” law which was passed by the Legislature in 2007. [read post]
6 Apr 2012, 9:52 am
Warrants for Government Eavesdropping, Targeted Killings and Torture By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair We live in a scary world! [read post]
4 Apr 2012, 10:12 pm
On April 2, Isaacson gave a 20 minute presentation at the John Adams Institute in Amsterdam and then had an hour-long Q and A session. [read post]
3 Apr 2012, 11:00 am
(Bronx); Lillian Roberts, Executive Director, District Council 37, AFSCME; John Samuelsen, President Transport Workers Union Local 100; Gregory Floyd, President, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 237. [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]
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]
23 Mar 2012, 6:17 am
Two Privileges Protecting the Husband-Wife Relationship: Confidential Communications and Refusal to Testify in Criminal Proceedings By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair As we pointed out in a 2008 post, there are two marital/spousal privileges in Texas: the confidential communication privilege as defined by Rule 504(a) and the privilege not to testify in a criminal trial as defined by Rule 504(b) of the Texas Rules of Evidence. [read post]
15 Mar 2012, 2:39 pm
Preventing Wrongful Convictions by Legislating Prosecutorial Accountability By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Angela Davis, professor at American University’s Washington College of Law and former head of the D.C. public defender’s office, was quoted in the Washington Post last October as saying: Prosecutors “are the most powerful officials in our criminal justice system. [read post]
13 Mar 2012, 10:45 am
John Hudson’s verdict: “Alas, now that everyone hates super PACs, it’s clear that some of the media shaming has been exaggerated in terms of the rise of anonymous spending. [read post]
8 Mar 2012, 6:08 am
New Hampshire: Courts not Required to Determine Reliability of Eye Witness Identifications Unless Improper Police Conduct By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair In back-to-back days in January, the 10th and 11th, the U.S. [read post]
6 Mar 2012, 12:00 pm
(Bronx); Lillian Roberts, Executive Director, District Council 37, AFSCME; John Samuelsen, President Transport Workers Union Local 100; Gregory Floyd, President, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 237. [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]
27 Feb 2012, 2:51 pm
Investigation of Intentional Prosecutorial Misconduct by Williamson County DA’s Office By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair In the 1980s Michael Morton was wrongfully, and unjustly, convicted of the murder of his wife (here and here). [read post]
