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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]
15 Feb 2010, 3:27 pm
Original Article 02/15/2010 By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair (Email) In 1994 the United States Congress passed the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act which required all states to create programs mandating that certain kinds of sex offenders register with state or local authorities. [read post]
15 Feb 2010, 8:17 am
By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair In 1994 the United States Congress passed the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act which required all states to create programs mandating that certain kinds of sex offenders register with state or local authorities. [read post]
11 Feb 2010, 4:06 pm
By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair. [read post]
5 Feb 2010, 12:36 pm
The Tragic Case of the “The Gray Lady of Bagram” By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair The U.S. [read post]
3 Feb 2010, 6:47 am
And at the Wall Street Journal, James Taranto interviews Floyd Abrams, who in 2003 argued for the losing side in McConnell v. [read post]
29 Jan 2010, 1:51 pm
Criminal Defense Attorneys Must Question Findings, Conclusions of Forensic Experts By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair We have posted a number of blogs about the “junk science” associated with forensic evidence—a science popularized by network television with drams like “CSI” and its spin-offs. [read post]
28 Jan 2010, 6:32 am
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution hosts a discussion of the campaign finance decision, with Senator Mitch McConnell and law professor Floyd Abrams supporting the ruling and Fred Wertheimer, president of Democracy 21, criticizing it. [read post]
24 Jan 2010, 3:52 pm
Prison Systems Breed Future Violence By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair The Wall Street Journal (Jan. 8, 2010) carried a report about the decreasing violent crime rate across the country. [read post]
21 Jan 2010, 7:49 am
[See previous IPBiz post: The power in being the swing vote .]Curiously, the argument for the "conservative" winning position in the "Citizens United" case had been delivered by Floyd Abrams. [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]
13 Jan 2010, 10:55 pm
Civil Commitment: Pre-Emptive Strike against Future Acts by Convicted Sex Offenders By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair In 1999 John Charles Volungus plead guilty in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky to three federal criminal sex offenses: possession of child pornography; receipt of child pornography through interstate commerce by means of a computer; and use of a facility of interstate commerce… [read post]
9 Jan 2010, 12:06 am
Fear Mongers Continue Calls for Military Tribunals to Avoid Burdens of Complying with Constitution and Rule of Law By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair The day after we posted our blog “Argument Against Gitmo Closure Defeated By Act of Terrorism” (Dec. 28, 2009), in which we pointed out that Republican opponents of the Obama administration’s decision to close Guantanamo Bay, had not suggested that Christmas Day attempted… [read post]
5 Jan 2010, 9:11 am
To Regain Public Confidence Houston Police and Crime Labs Must Adhere to the Highest Standards of Competence, Independence and Integrity By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Houston’s Mayor Annise Parker announced recently that she will replace the city’s outgoing police chief, Harold Hurtt, with someone from within the command rank of the Houston Police Department (HPD). [read post]
28 Dec 2009, 10:04 am
Recent Arrest, Detention and Charging of Attempted Airplane Bomber Illustrate Fed’s Ability to Handle Terror Suspects in Civilian Courts By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Two recent decisions by President Obama’s administration has drawn intense criticism designed to manipulate the natural fear Americans have of terrorism since 9/11: the decision to try the 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM), and his co-conspirators,… [read post]
28 Dec 2009, 8:08 am
In this way the three agencies spread the burden, and the cost, to keep track of Floyd County's 100-plus registered offenders. [read post]
23 Dec 2009, 3:30 am
Probative or Prejudicial: Evidence of Previous Drug Convictions Admitted to Show Proof of Intent in Drug Case By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair We have written recently about the dangers of the use of extraneous offense evidence at the state trial level; specifically, that the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has virtually eliminated the availability of any defense in sexual assault cases, particularly those involving a child, when the… [read post]
22 Dec 2009, 5:26 am
On Sept. 28, 2005, the grand jury indicted Tom Delay and associates Jim Ellis and John Colyandro for conspiracy in the illegal scheme, and then on Oct. 3, a different grand jury indicted Delay on two new charges of money laundering. [read post]
19 Dec 2009, 6:09 am
By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair We have written on numerous occasions about the dangers of “extraneous offense evidence” when allowed into evidence in a criminal trial. [read post]
15 Dec 2009, 10:27 am
Defense Attorneys Fight Prosecutors Prejudicing the Jury with Extraneous Acts, Wrong, Crimes By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair It is the firm belief of among defense attorneys that a criminal defendant should only have to defend against the charge leveled in a charging instrument: a bill of information or a grand jury indictment. [read post]
