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2 Jan 2009, 2:35 pm
Online Solicitation of a Minor Statutes and Free Speech By: Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair In 2005 the Texas Legislature enacted Article 33.021, Texas Penal Code, which prohibits "sexually explicit" communications between someone who is 17 years or older and someone who "represents himself or herself to be younger than [...] [read post]
4 Feb 2012, 5:09 pm
Special Rule of Privilege in Criminal Cases Provides Greater Protection to the Criminally Accused By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Ernest “Randy” Comeaux is currently an inmate serving six life sentences, without the benefit of parole, at the David Wade Correctional Center in Homer, Louisiana. [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]
13 Aug 2008, 7:35 pm
By Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Mr. [read post]
5 Oct 2009, 9:46 am
Governor's abrupt Dismissal of Chairman, Two Members of Texas Forensic Science Commission on Eve of Hearing Smacks of Political Cover-up By: Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair It is one thing for a governor to have possibly presided over the execution of an innocent man but quite another for that governor to effectively shut down an official investigation into whether the forensic evidence used convict the man was reliable. [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]
8 Mar 2011, 3:42 am
Sentencing Guidelines, Mandatory Minimums, Safety Valve Encourage Snitches, Promote False Testimony, Prevent Just Sentences By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Anytime a new penal statute uses the term “reform” you can take to it the bank that the result will produce just the opposite; that its objective to correct a perceived and politically charged threat will, more than likely than not, harvest a new crop of worse injustices. [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]
2 Oct 2008, 10:38 pm
"Role Playing" in Cybersex Conversations Could be a Legitimate Defense in § 2422(b) Internet Solicitation Cases By: Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer John Floyd and Mr. [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]
20 Sep 2019, 3:30 am
This panel I shared with Erica Barnes, John Floyd, and Jamila Hall about “Big Data” at the recent ABA Southeastern White Collar Crime Institute was fun and, one hopes, useful. [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]
7 Jul 2011, 5:09 pm
The Coast Guard medevaced Alvin Floyd and John Hodges from a commercial fishing vessel on the south end of St. [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]
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]
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]
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]
30 Oct 2008, 9:44 am
Flawed, Suggestive Photo Lineups Resulting in Eyewitness Misidentification and Wrongly Convicted By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John T. [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]
27 Jul 2013, 9:10 am
The John T Floyd Law Firm represents individuals charged with serious criminal charges in state and federal courts in Houston, throughout Texas and nationwide. [read post]
