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13 Apr 2011, 6:27 am
In re Commitment of Seth Hill: The Importance of Uncovering Bias Against Sexual Orientation in Jury Selection By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Every criminal defendant enjoys a right protected by the Sixth Amendment of the United State Constitution to a trial by an impartial jury chosen from a jury panel that represents a fair cross-section of the community. [read post]
9 Apr 2011, 9:07 am
While Some Politicians Question Cost Of Incarcerating Drug Offenders, Big Money and Bigger Forfeitures Keeps Texas Tough On Drug Crime By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair An increasing number of states have abandoned the traditional notion that the best way to combat drug use and trafficking is through the costly practice of extended incarceration. [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]
30 Mar 2011, 1:00 am
Decades old cases are prosecuted without any new evidence and with critical fact witnesses missing or dead, increasing likelihood of wrongful convictions By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Roy McCaleb was murdered in Harris County on September 22, 1985. [read post]
29 Mar 2011, 10:30 am
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19 Mar 2011, 4:25 pm
Schocking Allegations Of Sexual Assault In Cleveland, Texas By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Allegations of mass rape have literally ripped apart the social fabric of Cleveland, Texas, a Liberty County community of 7000-plus people just 45 miles north of Houston. [read post]
18 Mar 2011, 4:22 pm
In second place, but much less-known, is Susannah, by Carlisle Floyd. [read post]
16 Mar 2011, 10:25 am
The blog is produced by the litigation practice group at the law firm Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing, and its stated "mission is to update clients, colleagues and friends of our firm on legal news and significant cases, as well as to provide information and tips about litigating in Hawaii. [read post]
11 Mar 2011, 3:27 pm
Drug Mules/Smugglers Beware: Permanent Border Patrol Checkpoints in Texas Seize Tons of Drugs, Marijuana, Illustrate Inhumanity of Drug Laws By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair There are many problems with mandatory minimum sentencing as we have discussed in previous blogs, but the following is just one real life example. [read post]
8 Mar 2011, 3:42 am
Sentencing Guidelines, Mandatory Minimums, Safety Valve Encourage Snitches, Promote False Testimony, Prevent Just Sentences By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Anytime a new penal statute uses the term “reform” you can take to it the bank that the result will produce just the opposite; that its objective to correct a perceived and politically charged threat will, more than likely than not, harvest a new crop of worse injustices. [read post]
4 Mar 2011, 4:03 pm
Constitutional Right to Confront Witnesses Watered Down: Statements Describing Shooter Not Testimonial, Admissible Without Confrontation and Cross Examination By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair What a strange Supreme Court we have! [read post]
2 Mar 2011, 3:03 pm
Texas Legislature Pushing to Allow Concealed Guns on College Campuses, Penalties for Felon in Possession Increase By Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair The Texas Legislature appears poised to join Utah in enacting legislation that would allow guns on college campuses (an issue rejected in 23 other states). [read post]
24 Feb 2011, 8:19 am
Houston Police Department, Harris County Law Enforcement Gaining National Reputation for Police Abuse and Misconduct By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair We have blogged in the past about the travesty of police misconduct, especially the kind where brutality is inflicted upon criminal suspects for no reason. [read post]
19 Feb 2011, 10:24 pm
Computer Crimes and Prosecutions on the Rise: Cyber Espionage, Theft of Corporate Trade Secrets and Identity Fraud Continue to Increase By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Every human invention designed to benefit mankind has always been corrupted for illegal and immoral purposes. [read post]
14 Feb 2011, 5:12 am
"The family's lawyer, John T. [read post]
4 Feb 2011, 11:07 am
46,000 Innocent Lives Destroyed by False Allegations, Wrongful Convictions By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Seton Hall University School of Law Professor D. [read post]
31 Jan 2011, 9:12 pm
5,697,775; 5,897,308; and 6,093,017 claim "lighters having extended lighting rods (useful for lighting barbecue grills, for example)" with "automatic child-safety mechanisms for preventing accidental ignition. [read post]
30 Jan 2011, 11:41 am
Another Tool for Preventing Wrongful Convictions: Texas Needs a Statutory Definition of Reasonable Doubt By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Four decades ago in the case of In re Winship the United States Supreme Court firmly established that, as a matter of due process, a person charged with a criminal offense, including a juvenile as in Winship, can be found guilty only after the prosecution has proven every element of the crime… [read post]
25 Jan 2011, 9:30 am
They were: Andrew Floyd (1L), Eric Gans (3L), Benjamin Harville (2L), Megan McLean (1L) and James Mieding (1L). [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… [read post]
