The Facts Determined the Josh Brent Case Not the Affluenza Case

The punishment verdict in the Josh Brent Intoxication Manslaughter trial has received a lot of attention in the media. There was public outrage that […]

Texas Intoxication Manslaughter Case To Go To Jury

The Dallas Intoxication Manslaughter case of Ex Dallas Cowboy Player Josh Brent is going to go to the jury this Tuesday. Both sides […]

Should I Talk to the Police Detective?

In Texas almost every criminal investigation the investigating officer will eventually contact the person who is being accused of a crime and ask them to […]

Dallas County Animal Cruelty Case Set For Sentencing

A Dallas Animal Cruelty case was featured in the Dallas Morning News today. The defendant plead guilty as a jury was called up […]

Improper Relationship Between Teacher and Student Cases On the Rise in Texas

2013 showed an increase in the felony charge of Improper Relationship Between Teacher and Student cases in Texas. It seemed like these types of […]

Older Jurors More Likely to Convict

A study of 700 plus felony trials in Florida revealed that older jurors are more likely to convict than younger jurors. Researchers found that when […]

Jury Selection Theories of Sam Leibowitz

  I often read biographies of famous criminal trial lawyers. They have lead very interesting lives and one can always learn from other […]

David Dewhurst, Affluenza and ‘Apostrophe’ Laws

Eric Nicholson of the Dallas Observer makes a very good point in his recent post regarding Lt. Governors David Dewhurst’s comments expressing outrage […]

Confrontation Clause Still in Effect in Texas

Recently The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed The Court of Appeals in Burch v. State, 401 S.W.3d 634(Tex. Crim.App.2013) reversed and remanded a […]

The Prosecutor Work Product Exceptions to the Michael Morton Act

Exempted from discovery under the Michael Morton Act is “work product of counsel for the state in the case and their investigators and […]