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Arrest Archives — Texas Criminal Lawyer Blog
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Texas Criminal Lawyer Blog. Published By Michael J. Brown. Guidelines for Choosing a Lawyer. Texas Criminal Lawyer Blog. May 5, 2016. How the Misdemeanor Criminal Justice System Leads to Numerous Injustices in Texas and Around the Country. By Michael J. Brown. On a person’s life, however. Recent research. Texas law designates individual offenses as misdemeanors or felonies, and it also provides definitions based on the offense’s potential punishment. An offense is a felony if it is punishable by deat...
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Sale of Imported Animal Goods Results in Federal Charges by Texas Prosecutors — Texas Criminal Lawyer Blog
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Texas Criminal Lawyer Blog. Published By Michael J. Brown. Guidelines for Choosing a Lawyer. Texas Criminal Lawyer Blog. May 27, 2015. Sale of Imported Animal Goods Results in Federal Charges by Texas Prosecutors. By Michael J. Brown. For the illegal trade of various animal products, including rhinoceros horns. Several recent cases demonstrate the potential criminal consequences of buying or selling these types of items. Addresses animals and animal products obtained through illegal hunting, and it has a...
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Federal Crimes Archives — Texas Criminal Lawyer Blog
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Texas Criminal Lawyer Blog. Published By Michael J. Brown. Guidelines for Choosing a Lawyer. Texas Criminal Lawyer Blog. May 19, 2016. Fifth Circuit Affirms Conviction in Texas Ponzi Scheme Case. By Michael J. Brown. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed. The conviction of a Texas financier on multiple counts in connection with what the federal government called a $7.2 billion Ponzi scheme. United States v. Stanford. No 12-20411, slip op. (5th Cir., Oct. 29, 2015). The trial court denied the defend...
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Juvenile Archives — Texas Criminal Lawyer Blog
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Texas Criminal Lawyer Blog. Published By Michael J. Brown. Guidelines for Choosing a Lawyer. Texas Criminal Lawyer Blog. June 29, 2015. Expunction Allows the Removal of Some Criminal Information from the Public Record, With an Important Limitation Because of the Internet. By Michael J. Brown. Juvenile records are typically sealed at some point after a case concludes, Tex. Fam. Code 58.003. But expunction procedures are also available in many juvenile cases. If granted, the expunction order directs court ...
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Baltimore Protests Raise Questions About Excessive Bail, Eighth Amendment Protections — Texas Criminal Lawyer Blog
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Texas Criminal Lawyer Blog. Published By Michael J. Brown. Guidelines for Choosing a Lawyer. Texas Criminal Lawyer Blog. May 4, 2015. Baltimore Protests Raise Questions About Excessive Bail, Eighth Amendment Protections. By Michael J. Brown. Many arrestees found themselves subject to substantially large bail amounts. Which raises the question of how much bail, given the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on “excessive bail,” is too much. That question, unfortunately, has no simple answer. Maryland, however, ...
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U.S. Supreme Court Rules Police May Not Extend Duration of Traffic Stop to Wait for Drug-Sniffing Dog — Texas Criminal Lawyer Blog
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Texas Criminal Lawyer Blog. Published By Michael J. Brown. Guidelines for Choosing a Lawyer. Texas Criminal Lawyer Blog. June 9, 2015. US Supreme Court Rules Police May Not Extend Duration of Traffic Stop to Wait for Drug-Sniffing Dog. By Michael J. Brown. The US. Supreme Court issued an important ruling restricting the ability of police to use drug-sniffing dogs during traffic stops. Rodriguez v. United States. 575 US. (2015). Illinois v. Caballes. 543 US. 405 (2005). The officer acknowledged that the p...
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Texas Criminal Law Glossary Archives — Texas Criminal Lawyer Blog
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Texas Criminal Lawyer Blog. Published By Michael J. Brown. Guidelines for Choosing a Lawyer. Texas Criminal Lawyer Blog. Texas Criminal Law Glossary. May 28, 2016. 2015 Set New Record for Total Number of Exonerations, with Texas at the Top of the List. By Michael J. Brown. For any year in U.S. history. Texas accounted for more than one-third of the total, with 54 exonerations. The exonerees were serving an average prison sentence of 14 years. Exoneration. Since exoneration generally requires new evidence...
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Defendant in Major Cybercrime Case Sentenced to Life in Prison for Drug Distribution, Hacking, and Money Laundering — Texas Criminal Lawyer Blog
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Texas Criminal Lawyer Blog. Published By Michael J. Brown. Guidelines for Choosing a Lawyer. Texas Criminal Lawyer Blog. June 22, 2015. Defendant in Major Cybercrime Case Sentenced to Life in Prison for Drug Distribution, Hacking, and Money Laundering. By Michael J. Brown. In early 2015, a federal jury found the alleged proprietor of an online marketplace for illegal drugs guilty. United States v. Ulbricht. The defendant at a San Francisco public library in 2013, and FBI officials stated that he was logg...
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State Laws, Federal Policy Changes Offer Some Good News on Asset Forfeiture — Texas Criminal Lawyer Blog
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Texas Criminal Lawyer Blog. Published By Michael J. Brown. Guidelines for Choosing a Lawyer. Texas Criminal Lawyer Blog. May 23, 2015. State Laws, Federal Policy Changes Offer Some Good News on Asset Forfeiture. By Michael J. Brown. 18 USC. 981. This has resulted in many law enforcement agencies, according to various news reports, using civil forfeiture as a means of generating revenue, and even creating “ wish lists. Federal law allows law enforcement agencies to seize property based on suspicion. 8221;...
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