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11 Feb 2009, 2:38 am
Executing the Insane: Past Witch Hunt; Current Shame By Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Just after noon on December 9, 2008 a corrections officer assigned to Texas' death row was making a normal security round in Building 10 when he observed what appeared to be blood on the face of condemned inmate Andre Thomas. [read post]
11 Mar 2011, 3:27 pm
Drug Mules/Smugglers Beware: Permanent Border Patrol Checkpoints in Texas Seize Tons of Drugs, Marijuana, Illustrate Inhumanity of Drug Laws By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair There are many problems with mandatory minimum sentencing as we have discussed in previous blogs, but the following is just one real life example. [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]
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]
22 Aug 2008, 11:53 pm
False Allegations of Rape, Convictions Based Exclusively on Uncorroborated Testimony By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Senior Paralegal Billy Sinclair 18 years ago Robert McClendon, then 34 years of age, was convicted and sentenced to 15 years to life in Franklin County, Ohio for allegedly raping a 10-year-old girl. [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]
18 Mar 2010, 12:28 am
Arrest of “Jihad Jane” Adds Fuel to Fight Against Racial Profiling By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Leonard Pitts is an excellent columnist. [read post]
6 Jul 2010, 3:21 pm
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel: Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Questions about Defendant’s Post Arrest Silence Opens Door to Cross Examination By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Criminal defendants have a Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel in criminal prosecutions against them. [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]
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 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]
28 May 2011, 10:29 am
Transgendered Issues Confound Courts and Prison Officials By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair The case of Justin Purdue has captured the interest and emotions of residents of Wharton County, as well as Harris County, for much of the past year. [read post]
30 Jun 2009, 4:04 pm
Supreme Court Blocks Ability for Wrongfully Convicted to Prove Innocence By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair George Rodriquez spent 17 years in the Texas prison system for a crime he did not commit. [read post]
1 Dec 2011, 4:18 pm
Serious, Widespread and Intentional Concealment of Evidence by DOJ and US Attorneys By: Houston Criminal lawyer John T. [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]
21 May 2011, 11:15 am
King: Warrantless Entry into Residence Reasonable When Exigent Circumstances Exist That Were Not Created By Police By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Billy Sinclair The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution has historically protected Americans from unreasonable searches and seizures by law enforcement officials. [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]
13 Apr 2011, 6:27 am
In re Commitment of Seth Hill: The Importance of Uncovering Bias Against Sexual Orientation in Jury Selection By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Every criminal defendant enjoys a right protected by the Sixth Amendment of the United State Constitution to a trial by an impartial jury chosen from a jury panel that represents a fair cross-section of the community. [read post]
10 Nov 2011, 12:20 pm
Defense Lawyer Intentionally Failed to Comply with Longstanding Pleading Requirements in Death Penalty Writ By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair It is not our habit, nor is it in our nature, to second guess any strategy employed by a fellow defense attorney, unless that strategy is patently harmful to the client. [read post]
21 Nov 2011, 10:07 am
Outrageous Allegations of Child Sexual Abuse and Failure to Report Devastate Presumption of Innocence and Shift Burden of Proof By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Contrary to the screaming media pundits, who have thrown the presumption of innocence out the window, we do not know if former Penn State defensive coordinator is guilty of the 40 child sexual abuse allegations leveled against him by a “Happy Valley” grand jury. [read post]
