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4 Nov 2008, 11:38 pm
Multiple Counts, Lesser-Included Offenses and Double Jeopardy By Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair One of the quiet abuses in the nation's criminal justice system is prosecutors overcharging criminal defendants. [read post]
8 Mar 2012, 6:08 am
New Hampshire: Courts not Required to Determine Reliability of Eye Witness Identifications Unless Improper Police Conduct By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair In back-to-back days in January, the 10th and 11th, the U.S. [read post]
25 Jul 2009, 2:11 pm
Texas Legislature Joins the Hunt By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair. [read post]
13 Aug 2010, 10:44 am
Misdemeanor Charges for Beating of Handcuffed 15-Year Old Lead to Community Outrage By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Four Houston police officers were indicted on June 23, 2010 on misdemeanor charges of “official oppression” in connection with the beating of a handcuffed 15-year-old black burglary suspect—an incident “caught on tape” by a private business surveillance camera. [read post]
31 Mar 2010, 9:46 pm
Shatzer: Why Criminal Suspects Should Never Talk to the Police Without an Attorney By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair In December 2008 police officer Timothy Abernethy was chasing a suspect through a Houston apartment complex when the suspect, M. [read post]
16 Apr 2010, 10:53 am
State; Court Reverses Conviction Obtained After Finding Investigator Used False Fingerprint Lab Report to Obtain Confession By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair It was New Year’s Day, 2006. [read post]
12 Jun 2011, 9:15 am
Delay in Testing Delays Justice for Victims and Wrongly Accused By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair In a June 4, 2011 article titled “Justice Delayed in Rape Cases,” Houston Chronicle staff writer Anita Hassan reported that five years ago the Houston Police Department crime lab had more than 4,000 “rape kits” sitting untested in its “property room freezer. [read post]
30 Sep 2011, 8:35 pm
Federal Judge Says Threat of Mandatory Sentences Used as “Chip” to Coerce Pleas By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair John L. [read post]
18 Oct 2008, 9:05 pm
Hearsay Statements of Child Abuse Victims and Delayed Outcry By Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair "Hearsay" is a statement, other than one made by the declarant while testifying at a trial or hearing, offered into evidence to prove the truth of some matter being asserted. [read post]
27 Apr 2009, 3:17 pm
Youthful Pirate Faces Life in Federal Prison if Convicted on Piracy Charges By: Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse, the lone survivor of the four Somali pirates who attacked the United States flagged-ship Maersk Alabama on April 8, 2009, was recently indicted in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on five criminal counts, including piracy under Section 1651 of the Title 18 of the United… [read post]
3 May 2021, 7:35 am
***For more background, check out the special, two-part podcast from Just Liberty on the Texas George Floyd Act: Here's Part One and Part Two. [read post]
9 Nov 2017, 12:25 am
Floyd LJ made a few interesting observations about who is the end user of a taxi. [read post]
6 Aug 2011, 6:52 pm
The Floyd County coroner pronounced him dead. [read post]
22 Apr 2011, 2:12 pm
Wiretaps and Secret Video Taping by Spouses in the Home Can Lead to Criminal and Civil Exposure By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Marriage may well begin in bliss but during divorce often ends in mutually destructive acrimony between the spouses. [read post]
1 Jun 2010, 2:52 pm
Abandoning Miranda in Terrorism Cases Contrary to Constitution and Beginning of Slippery Slope towards Neo-Con Police State By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair The United States Supreme Court in 1966 handed down Miranda v. [read post]
9 Jul 2012, 2:25 pm
” By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair There was a time when a 5 to 4 Supreme Court ruling was simply considered a “split decision” indicating legitimate close legal differences of opinion. [read post]
29 May 2010, 7:46 am
Indefinite Detention: Preemptive Punishment for Future Sex Crimes By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair On May 17, 2010 the United States Supreme Court in United States v. [read post]
15 Aug 2010, 10:10 am
§ 1956(h) By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Money laundering is a process through which either the source or use of proceeds from illegal financial transactions are concealed. [read post]
17 Feb 2023, 6:40 am
In the summer of 2020, the United States was experiencing both the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic and nation-wide outrage over the police killing of George Floyd. [read post]
21 Feb 2009, 1:52 pm
Defense Lawyers Must Prepare for Federal Sentencing By: Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair The United States Supreme Court in 1996 held that federal district court judges had discretion to depart from the recommendations of the U.S. [read post]
