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Fraud Charges: Texas Criminal Defense Overview

Fraud can mean many things, but for our purposes it involves an illegal act as defined by state or federal law. Almost a century ago, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) explained that to commit the crime of fraud is “to defraud” someone, by “… wronging one in his property rights by dishonest…

Posted on October 11, 2019 by Michael Lowe, on Fraud Charges, InDepth Articles |

Texas Drug Crimes: Criminal Defense Overview

Drug arrests in the State of Texas can be based upon either federal or state drug laws. These are crimes defined within two completely separate jurisdictions needing distinctly different defense strategies. From a criminal defense perspective, the outcome can be very different for someone arrested for state drug crimes compared to those who are charged…

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Michael Lowe, on Drug Crimes, InDepth Articles |

ICE Holds, Bail Bonds, and Getting Freed from Jail in Texas

Arrests are not the same as being charged with a crime. For instance, a police officer (or sheriff’s deputy or state trooper) can pull someone over here in Texas and place them under arrest. Here is when the Miranda rights must be given to the accused, which include explaining that the person has a right…

Posted on September 13, 2019 by Michael Lowe, on Arrest and Indictment, Bail Bonds, Federal Government Watch, InDepth Articles |

Sex Crimes in Texas: Criminal Defense Overview

Allegations of sex crimes under either state or federal law can destroy lives, even before charges are filed. A single sex crime conviction can follow someone for the rest of their days. The need for a vigorous and aggressive criminal defense cannot be underestimated. What is a Sex Crime? It’s not that easy to define…

Posted on August 30, 2019 by Michael Lowe, on InDepth Articles, Sex Crimes |

New Texas Sex Crimes: The Online Prostitution Laws Effective September 1, 2019

Texas Penal Code Amended to Address Human Sex Trafficking Over the Internet Human trafficking laws exist at both the federal and state levels; anyone arrested on these charges faces serious felony time if convicted. However, the reality has been that federal prosecutions have been fiercer and with more bite than those charges at the state…

Posted on August 16, 2019 by Michael Lowe, on InDepth Articles, Sex Crimes, Texas Government Watch, Trafficking Charges |

Loss Amounts in Federal Sentences: Calculating Economic and Financial Losses in Federal Felonies

Federal Sentencing Guideline 2B1.1 explains how to calculate monetary loss in a variety of crimes, such as tax evasion, structuring, wire fraud, money laundering, and mortgage fraud. Financial crimes prosecuted by the federal government usually involve a lot of money that builds into a large economic loss for its victims. Criminal creativity being what it…

Posted on July 26, 2019 by Michael Lowe, on Appeals, Arrest and Indictment, Credit Card Fraud, Cyber Crimes | Internet Fraud, Health Care Fraud, InDepth Articles, Mail Fraud, Money Laundering Charges, Mortgage Fraud Charges, Sentencing |

Photographs as Sex Crimes: Changes to the Texas Revenge Porn Law (Texas Penal Code §21.16)

Do Revenge Porn Laws Violate the First Amendment? Sexual Photograph Crimes and Free Speech Today, smart phones have made it so easy to take photographs or make videos that the temptation to capture images of a sexual nature is often overpowering for some people. These images can then be readily stored – and shared –…

Posted on July 12, 2019 by Michael Lowe, on InDepth Articles, Sex Crimes |

In Texas, We Need Laws That Force Police and Prosecutors to Do the Right Thing: the Criminal Defense Reality

BuzzFeed, working with Injustice Watch, recently published an article entitled “Good Day for a Choke Hold.” Written by Emily Hoerner and Rick Tulsky, the piece invites readers with the caption, “[a] review of the Facebook accounts of thousands of officers around the US — the largest database of its kind — found officers endorsing violence…

Posted on June 28, 2019 by Michael Lowe, on Cop Watch, Corrupt Cops, InDepth Articles |

Human Trafficking in Texas: Criminal Defense Perspective Part 2 of 2

In Texas, arrests are made by both state and federal law enforcement asserting violation of various crimes involving the human trafficking of individuals, with many of these cases alleging the sex trafficking of minors (those under the age of 18 years). For more on the various crimes involved in the trafficking of humans in Texas,…

Posted on June 14, 2019 by Michael Lowe, on InDepth Articles, Sex Crimes, Trafficking Charges |

Criminal Defense Take on 2019 Expunction Policy Reforms by Dallas County District Attorney John Creuzot

Across the country, district attorneys are building what is becoming known as their own criminal justice reform movement. Given that the top prosecutor in his or her respective jurisdiction gets to make the call in what cases get prosecuted – and what sentences are sought in those cases – there’s a tremendous amount of power…

Posted on May 31, 2019 by Michael Lowe, on Expungement, InDepth Articles |

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