Category Archives: Arrest and Indictment
Relevant Conduct in the Federal Sentencing Guidelines: Acquittals and Uncharged Conduct
Are federal judges limited to considering only final convictions in sentencing? Yes. After Nelson, arguably they must ignore facts of past acquittals, dismissals, or uncharged crimes. Federal criminal laws are violated all over the country. There can be money laundering and drug trafficking in Alaska or Hawaii just as well as North Texas or South…
The Early Part of a Texas Criminal Case in State or Federal Court
Why a Defense Lawyer is So Important in the First Stages of a Criminal Case Crimes that can get you arrested in the Dallas – Fort Worth Metroplex, as well as the rest of the Lone Star State, are defined by the Texas Penal Code as well as federal statute. Every single day, arrests are…
False Rape or Sexual Assault Claims: False Allegation is a Felony Charge
Last week in a North Texas courtroom up in Sherman, Texas, 19-year-old Breana Rachelle Harmon stood up before the 59th Judicial District court bench and pled guilty to filing a false rape claim back in March 2017. North Texas Teen Pleads Guilty to False Rape Accusation: Harmon Plea Deal Harmon was indicted on (1) two…
Texas Judges Gone Bad: Arrested and Charged for Felonies
Here in Texas, judges preside over all sorts of courts: municipal courts, county courts, district courts in both the state and federal jurisdictions. Courts where criminal charges are heard and defended. Judges make all kinds of rulings on law in these criminal cases, like whether or not a search was illegal or if evidence can…
How to Avoid Trouble When Pulled Over By State Troopers
My name is Michael Lowe. I’m a criminal defense lawyer here in Dallas, Texas, board certified in criminal law. I’ve been representing clients here in the State of Texas for 20 years. Today, I want to talk to you about drug investigations conducted by state troopers on Texas highways. I want to talk about five…
What is a Protective Sweep?
More on Police Entering and Searching Your Home without a Warrant Police officers cannot enter your home willy-nilly. They have to get a judge’s okay that there is “probable cause” to come inside your place, documented in a “search warrant” signed by that judge which they show you when they come inside. We’ve discussed various…
Steal Property and Get Life Behind Bars: Life Sentences for Theft in Texas
Here in Texas, sentencing for some crimes includes the death penalty – and we use it. The first execution of 2018 occurred here in Texas as Anthony Shore, “The Tourniquet Killer,” was given a lethal injection at the Huntsville Death Chamber as punishment for the killings of five women over in Houston during the 1990s. …
Marijuana Arrests in Texas in 2018: Federal Law vs State Statute
Marijuana Enforcement: that’s the subject of the January 4, 2018, memo that the United States Attorney General, Jefferson B. Sessions III, sent to all the United States Attorneys in this country last week. Every single federal prosecutor got the one-page memo from their boss; you can read it online in its entirety. What’s the big…
The 2018 Boom in Physician Arrests: Characteristics of the Arrested Doctor
It’s happening: more and more doctors are being arrested and imprisoned on federal charges. This isn’t a shocker, we’ve been warning about it for a while now. For details and background info, check out: Health Care Fraud Prosecutions in 2018: Money and Drugs Doctors in Texas Alert: Feds Are Targeting Health Care Fraud Arrests Doctor…
Resisting Arrest vs Excessive Force: Lessons from Fort Worth Police BodyCam
Back on a hot summer night this past August, a Fort Worth Police Officer named Sergeant Kenneth Pierce responded to a 911 domestic disturbance call. He had been on the job for over 20 years. Family violence calls weren’t new to him. He went to the home with a fellow officer, a rookie named Maria…
