Criminal Law Blog
Prosecutor Caught Withholding Evidence from Defense – AGAIN
Last week, Assistant District Attorney Stephanie McFarland stood before a Texas district court judge for the second time in 15 months to hear the court’s findings that she had illegally and improperly withheld evidence from the defense. That’s right. A prosecutor in front of the bench being told she’s done something wrong. The same thing, for…
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Hank Skinner Wins Again: US Supreme Court Grants Cert in His Quest for Post-Conviction DNA Testing
Remember last fall, when Texas Death Row inmate Hank Skinner sued District Attorney Lynn Switzer? Within months of his scheduled execution, Hank was fighting hard — and he filed a new lawsuit, arguing that his civil rights had been violated because the prosecutor refused to allow Skinner to test evidence from the case for DNA. Hank…
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Fort Worth Makes Record Breaking $2,000,000 Settlement Offer in Cop Taser Killing of Michael Jacobs
Around a year ago, Michael Jacobs died after his family called the police to help them get Michael under control. Michael was a dianosed schizophrenic, and his loved ones knew they needed help on that April afternoon. What they got instead was to witness a Fort Worth police officer Taser Michael to death when it…
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Dallas Aggravated Sexual Assault Case Dismissed
1st Degree Case Dismissed in Dallas County
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Texas DA’s Drug Investigator Busted for Drugs He Got Via Forged Prescriptions
In every district attorney’s office across the State of Texas, there are men and women employed as investigators for the State. They’re gumshoes just like the private detectives you see on television — they go out and talk to people, track down facts, get information that the attorneys then use to supply evidence in support…
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Sharon Keller, Chief Justice of the Highest Texas Criminal Court, Gets Highest Ethics Fine in Texas History
Late last week, the Texas Ethics Commission officially fined the Chief Justice of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals $100,000 — making history as the highest fine ever issued by the TEC since it began. Seems the TEC found that Justice Keller’s omissions from her disclosure statements were pretty darn serious. The basis of this…
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Collin County Family Violence Case Reduced to Class Class “C”
Class “A” Assault/Family Violence Case Reduced to Class “C”
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DWI Surcharges – Rules Changes Being Considered by Public Safety Commission
Today, the Texas Public Safety Commission continues its hearing all about the current Texas Driver Responsibility Program, which many (as in, many criminal judges) are reporting is the reason that there is around a 2 year backlog of DWI cases across the state — because those accused of driving drunk and charged with DWI (driving while intoxicated) are wanting trials…
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