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11 Nov 2020, 2:09 pm
Background In the wake of the death of George Floyd, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. [read post]
9 Oct 2010, 5:56 am
Connick; Jury Awards 14 Million Dollars to Man Who Served 18 Years in Prison for Crime he Did Not Commit After Prosecutors Hid Favorable Evidence By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Last year the U.S. [read post]
21 Jun 2007, 12:50 am
Floyd Wilcut was a truck driver who had been seriously injured in an accident. [read post]
17 Apr 2011, 8:42 am
Guilt by Association: Politically Inspired Fear of Muslims Continues to Infect Politics, Law Enforcement Investigations and Potential Jurors By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair The month of March was saturated with state and national news events which seem to underscore an unfortunate point about Texas and America: we are a society under siege from fear of those we do not understand and, therefore, do not trust. [read post]
1 May 2009, 11:14 pm
Gary Alvin Richard; Wrongly Convicted Man Released after 22 Years By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair They are called "experts. [read post]
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]
26 Jan 2012, 8:19 am
Politics and Profit Motive Lead to Unreasonable Conditions of Bond in First Time DWI Cases By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair The Texas Legislature in 1999 gave courts the general authority to impose “reasonable conditions” of pre-trial release. [read post]
27 May 2010, 10:39 pm
Know Your Legal Rights Before Talking to the FBI By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair The Fort Hood shooting massacre last year, the Christmas day bombing attempt, and the Times Square car bombing attempt have prompted the FBI to again increase its surveillance of the Muslim American community in this country. [read post]
12 Jul 2011, 10:42 am
DWI Forensic Laboratory Reports are “Testimonial” for Confrontation Clause Purposes By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair It is not often that a DWI case will find itself in the trenches of constitutional law before the Supreme Court of the United States. [read post]
31 May 2011, 12:23 pm
Right to Appointed Counsel Not Absolute: Courts Only Required to Appoint Counsel if Reasonable Grounds Exist for DNA Testing By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Ruben Gutierrez was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for the September 5, 1998 robbery/murder of 85-year-old Escolastica Harrison in Brownsville. [read post]
7 Nov 2009, 1:17 pm
Failure to Strike Prosecutor, Victim of Sex Crime, from Jury not Ineffective Assistance of Counsel By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair The Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees every criminal defendant a right to an impartial trial. 1/ Selecting a jury of twelve men and women to hear a criminal case is perhaps the most critical stage in the trial process where a defense attorney must provide effective representation. [read post]
26 Mar 2010, 3:29 pm
Continuing Bush’s War on Terror, Obama Continues Policy of Unfettered Presidential Power to Assassinate Americans Abroad and McCain Sponsorsthe Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010 By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Sen. [read post]
10 Feb 2012, 5:44 pm
Clergy Privilege Protects Communications Made In Confidence, Waived if Called as Character Witness By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair In a previous post, we outlined the case of Ernest “Randy” Comeaux, an inmate serving six life sentences for a series of rapes from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. [read post]
2 Jul 2009, 9:12 am
The Bail Reform Act of 1984 and the Presumption for Release on Bond By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair On June 18, 2009, a federal grand jury returned a 21-count indictment against Houston businessman and chairman of the Board of Directors of Stanford International Bank, Robert Allen Stanford (also known as "Sir Allen Stanford"). [read post]
25 Aug 2012, 3:13 pm
Rule of Court Make Overturning False Convictions Difficult By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair According to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (“RAINN”), there are 207,754 sexual assaults in this country each year. [read post]
5 Aug 2009, 9:59 am
Floyd McKissick of Durham County rescheduled the vote on what supporters call the Racial Justice Act from yesterday to today as he tried to round up votes. [read post]
7 Jun 2009, 12:56 am
20:1 Crack/Powder Ratio Still Flawed; Incarceration of Most Drug Offenders Absurd and Obscene By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair In May 2007 the U.S. [read post]
19 Aug 2009, 2:56 pm
Fabricating Fake DNA, Defending the Accused in the New World By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Billy Sinclair, Paralegal We have blogged on several occasions in the recent past about the fallibility of forensic evidence, sharing the opinion of others that more often than not it's "junk science. [read post]
29 Feb 2008, 2:44 am
Floyd Norris shows why he's one of the most respected business writers around -- and lives up to a journalist's highest calling, to demand government accountability -- in his "High & Low Finance" column today. [read post]
26 Jul 2011, 4:22 pm
Federal Crack Sentence Reductions: Defendants Sentenced Pursuant to 11(c)(1)(C) Agreements Eligible for 3582(c)(2) Relief By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair In 2007 the U.S. [read post]
