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18 Jul 2012, 3:10 pm
By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Brandi Grissom, writing in the July 5, 2012 edition of the Texas Tribune, reported that 25 percent of the 86 criminal convictions overturned in the State of Texas between 1989 and 2011 involved some form of prosecutorial mistake or misconduct. [read post]
12 Aug 2009, 10:36 am
By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair That the Houston City Police Department's Crime Lab was a lawless, rogue unit serving the "convict at any costs" philosophy of the Harris County District Attorney's Office during the Johnny Holmes and Charles "Chuck" Rosenthal administrations, between 1980 and 2005, is no longer a subject of serious debate. [read post]
23 Nov 2008, 8:14 pm
Erasing Criminal Records After Dismissal, Acquittal, Pardon or False Identification By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Criminal Defense Lawyers often get call from potential clients wanting their criminal records expunged/destroyed. [read post]
6 Sep 2008, 10:37 pm
By: Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer John Floyd and Senior Paralegal Billy Sinclair In July 2008 a Schleicher County grand jury indicted five members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, including FLDS leader Warren Jeffs, on sexual assault of children charges and a sixth member for failure to report a child abuse charge. [read post]
28 Dec 2010, 12:52 am
Promoting Fear of Muslim Terror Government Continues Invasion into Privacy, Civil Rights By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Did you know that the nation’s Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) has given $31 billion in grants, including $3.8 billion in 2010 alone, to state and local governments to find and protect Americans from terrorists? [read post]
30 Apr 2011, 8:53 am
Defense Lawyers Sound Objection to Lesser Included Offense Causes Appellate Mental Madness By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Billy Sinclair The law is rarely ever clearly defined. [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]
27 Apr 2013, 6:00 am
In INDIVIDUAL PRIVACY VERSUS CELLPHONE PINGING: The Tension between Modern Technology, Constitution and the Courts, Houston criminal lawyer John Floyd and paralegal Billy Sinclair describe cell phone pinging and how it can be subject to abuse, e.g. violation of privacy. [read post]
8 Jan 2009, 4:28 pm
Reasonable Doubt; Foundation of a Free Society By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Mr. [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]
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]
12 Dec 2008, 9:13 am
Texas Juries Can No Longer Recommend Community Supervision When Victim is Child Under 15, Elderly or Disabled By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Community supervision, or probation as most people know it, has been defined by federal courts as an "imprisonment substitute" because the criminal sentence is not served in a penal institution. [read post]
8 Sep 2011, 2:05 pm
By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Jury selection has begun in the high profile criminal case against Dr. [read post]
13 Aug 2008, 7:35 pm
By Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Mr. [read post]
25 Jun 2010, 12:47 am
Freedom of Speech and Association By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Founded in 1974, the Partiya Karkeran Kurdistan (PKK) was established as a Marxist-Leninist insurgent group composed of Turkish Kurds who formed to seek Kurdish independence from Turkey. [read post]
23 Jan 2012, 11:20 am
Confessions after Illegal Search Should be Suppressed if Influenced by Underlying Illegality, Violation of Forth Amendment By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair There are primarily two types of unlawful confessions: custodial confessions obtained in violation of the Fifth Amendment and confessions obtained as products of an illegal search in violation of the Fourth Amendment. [read post]
18 Dec 2010, 5:51 pm
Legislative Rush to Punish “Sex” Offenders Removes Punishment Alternatives, Probation, Unnecessarily Increases Prison Overcrowding By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair In 2008 we posted a piece about the restrictions the Texas Legislature had placed on the availability of probation. [read post]
28 Apr 2010, 11:14 pm
Legislatively Mandated Innocence Commission to Review Claims of Wrongful Convictions and Bring Accountability for Wrongful Convictions Needed By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair There have been 252 DNA exonerations in this country through April 2010. [read post]
6 Oct 2012, 6:22 pm
“Convict At Any Cost” Mindset of Criminal Prosecutors Has Become Way of Doing Business By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair We believe in balanced and fair reporting. [read post]
17 Dec 2008, 11:05 pm
Ethical Lapses, Forensic Impropriety and Extreme Carelessness; Another Day at the Harris County Criminal Justice Center By Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair In October 2002 two young boys were playing together in downtown Houston when they were approached by a stranger who offered them money in exchange for removing some trash. [read post]
