5 Ways To Defend Against Date Rape Charges

Texas Date Rape charges are very serious and can carry life changing consequences. If you are being investigated for Texas Date Rape charges […]

Texas Date Rape and Yes Means Yes Laws

Responding to increased scrutiny on college date rape allegations California Legislators passed a Yes Means Yes law this past week. The new law […]

South Texas Man Aquitted of Murder

The aquittal of a Southeast Texas man serves as an excellent example of the how a sympathetic defendant can effect a jury’s verdict. […]

Ponder Man Sentenced to Life In Prison

On Thursday Denton County jury sentenced a Ponder man to life in prison for plotting to have his wife murdered. The trial had lasted […]

Shooting to Scare and Not To Kill: Texas Self Defense

When using self-defense when defending as murder case the defendant must admit to  causing the act the ended the victims life. Usually that […]

Denton Murder Charge Brought 30 Years After Crime

Texas authorities filed an arrest warrant for a Minnesota man for a murder in a Denton hotel room that happened over 30 years […]

Texas Juvenile Must Stand Trial As Adult On Murder Charge

A Collin County judge ruled that teenager Adam Staup must stand trial as an adult on a murder charge. The case involves the […]

Who Has The Burden of Proof In Texas Self-Defense Cases

Texas self-defense law is some times called an ordinary defense as opposed to an affirmative defense. That is important because under Texas law […]

Two Ways To Prove Self-Defense Without The Defendant Testifying

Under Texas Self-Defense law the defendant must almost always testify at trial in order to get a self-defense instruction to a jury. At […]

3 Factors To Determine If a Communication Falls Under Texas Husband-Wife Privilege

Under Texas  Husband-Wife privilege certain communication are considered privileged and the state can be prevented from obtaining testimony regarding privileged matters. This rule […]