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Constitutional or not, court allows registration requirement for sex-offenses predating registry law
22 Feb 2014, 4:23 am
The plain language of the resulting statute requires everyone convicted of a registerable offense after 1970 to now register with DPS. [read post]
19 Feb 2014, 12:26 pm
That leaves motorists in a precarious position when it comes to driving on smaller Texas roads. [read post]
5 Feb 2014, 5:27 pm
Houston DPS Crime Lab Analyst Trading Out Lab Results Puts 1000s of Convictions into Question One man working in one crime lab can cause tremendous damage. [read post]
17 Jan 2014, 8:52 am
The other day Grits linked to and offered initial thoughts on the unanimous Texas Court of Criminal Appeals decision in Ex Parte Coty, in which the court reversed course regarding how to handle habeas corpus writs related to drug convictions based on lab analyses from fired and discredited DPS crime lab worker Jonathan Salvador. [read post]
15 Jan 2014, 12:53 pm
Reversing course from its prior rulings that would have overturned nearly every conviction in which former DPS crime lab employee Jonathan Salvador analyzed evidence (nearly 5,000 cases), a Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruling today cleared the way for many if not most of those convictions to be upheld.The court established a two-part test, dividing the burden between the state and defendants. [read post]
7 Jan 2014, 6:51 am
The law in Texas states that after being arrested you have 15 days to call DPS and ask for an ALR hearing to challenge your license suspension. [read post]
4 Jan 2014, 3:45 pm
The Texas Forensic Science Commission meeting next week in Austin (Friday, Jan. 10, see their agenda) will include discussions of the ongoing arson review by the state fire marshal, the review of hair and fiber microscopy cases whose scientific basis has been called into question, "Brady" training for forensic scientists, as well as pending litigation over the DPS-Houston crime lab fiasco stemming from misconduct by analyst Jonathan Salvador and a number of other interesting… [read post]
31 Dec 2013, 7:06 am
Imagine if the Harris County Public Defender suffered the same sort of conflict when the Jonathan Salvador fiasco arose at the DPS crime lab in Houston? [read post]
26 Dec 2013, 10:30 am
DPS backs off roadblocks. [read post]
8 Dec 2013, 11:03 am
In the Salvador case, the DPS officials IMO behaved with great integrity and that wouldn't have been necessary. [read post]
5 Dec 2013, 6:55 am
Texas roadblocks after lame justification debunkedOn the dubious constitutionality of DPS roadblocks [read post]
29 Nov 2013, 1:32 pm
., was the most populous in 2012, with 440 residents, followed by Turkey, Texas (415), Turkey, N.C. (295) and Turkey Creek, Ariz. (294). [read post]
29 Nov 2013, 6:54 am
DPS is a good example. [read post]
26 Nov 2013, 1:14 pm
Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa put drug task forces under DPS management and the agency implemented performance measures of just the sort the report advocates. [read post]
21 Nov 2013, 8:28 am
McCraw replied, "I am sure we can do honorary Texas Ranger. [read post]
15 Nov 2013, 6:55 am
Texas DPS officer found 5 pounds of premium grade marijuana in the client’s trunk. [read post]
11 Nov 2013, 12:00 pm
When driving the speed limit is breaking the law'An only in Texas moment from attorney-blogger Paul Kennedy, following up on a Houston Chronicle report that DPS has begun cracking down on drivers who remain in the left lane after/instead of passing. ... [read post]
7 Nov 2013, 1:52 pm
Texas roadblocks after dubious justifications debunkedOn the dubious constitutionality of DPS roadblocksHarris Co. [read post]
30 Oct 2013, 9:50 am
The Austin Statesman has more on roadblocks conducted in the Rio Grande Valley last month by the Texas Department of Public Safety and the possibility that courts could find them unconstitutional ("Follow up: Could DPS checkpoints face legal challenge?" [read post]
24 Oct 2013, 8:48 am
Yesterday morning, Grits attended oral arguments at the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals regarding the pivotal habeas corpus writ for Leroy Coty, one of thousands of defendants, including several hundred out of Harris County, whose cases were tainted by having drug evidence evaluated by fired and disgraced DPS-Houston crime lab analyst Jonathan Salvador. [read post]
