Category Archives: Weapons Charges

Encryption and Law Enforcement Investigations: Police Access to Encrypted Data

Last month, Apple announced its new end-to-end encryption for data stored by its customers in iCloud, Apple’s cloud storage service. It’s being heralded as “police-proof” in the media. Read, “Apple Set to Launch New, Police-Proof, Full End-to-End Encryption,” written by the Associated Press and published in the Daily Sabah on December 9, 2022. Apple explains…

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Michael Lowe, on Child Pornography Charges, Drug Crimes, Evidence, InDepth Articles, Search and Seizures, Sex Crimes, Trafficking Charges, Weapons Charges |

Bail after Federal Arrest in Texas and The Bail Reform Act of 1984

Bail after an arrest by federal law enforcement is very different than when someone enters the state criminal justice system. Texas bail is allowed much more often than it is in federal court. It’s not that bail is not routinely considered a part of federal matters. News coverage is filled with federal bail stories. This…

Posted on January 17, 2023 by Michael Lowe, on Arrest and Indictment, Bail Bonds, Drug Crimes, InDepth Articles, Trafficking Charges, Weapons Charges |

Jalisco New Generation Cartel Arrests in Texas: 2023

The amount of law enforcement effort at every level (state, federal, international) to try and combat the growing global business empire of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel is undeniably extreme and well-funded. From a criminal defense perspective, few governmental efforts in recent memory have had this zeal and scope. In 2023, we should expect a…

Posted on December 27, 2022 by Michael Lowe, on Arrest and Indictment, Drug Crimes, InDepth Articles, Money Laundering Charges, Trafficking Charges, Weapons Charges |

Texas Domestic Violence Charges: the New 2022 Federal Gun Ban

The tragic shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24, 2022, claimed the lives of nineteen children and two adults. For details, read the coverage series provided online by the Texas Tribune. Understandably this had a tremendous and shattering impact not only for the local community who suffered personal losses, but for…

Posted on September 27, 2022 by Michael Lowe, on Arrest and Indictment, Family Violence, InDepth Articles, Weapons Charges |

Weapons Charges in Texas: Gun Laws and Gun Crimes under Texas Law

Sometimes, just possessing a piece of property can get you arrested in Texas if it is an “illegal weapon” under the law. Of course just because something can be used as a weapon, that’s not enough to put you at risk of being charged with a crime here in Texas. There are many things that…

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Michael Lowe, on InDepth Articles, Weapons Charges |

Mandatory Minimum Penalties in Federal Sentencing

Congress Decides Your Prison Sentence with Certain Federal Crimes Our modern system of mandatory minimum sentencing in federal cases arguably began with the passage of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986. Congress enthusiastically targeted drug “kingpins” for explicit punishment, mandating that the federal judge must sentence these defendants, upon conviction, to imprisonment in a federal…

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Michael Lowe, on Drug Crimes, InDepth Articles, Sex Crimes, Trafficking Charges, Weapons Charges |

Prosecutorial Misconduct in Twin Peaks: Waco DA Dismisses and AG Refuses to Prosecute

Two weeks ago, Waco Top Prosecutor Abel Reyna recused himself from the prosecution of two cases in the Twin Peaks shootout and successfully moved for dismissal of all charges against another 13 defendants. This happened on the same morning that there was a hearing scheduled on the corruption allegations filed against Reyna in his role…

Posted on February 21, 2018 by Michael Lowe, on DA Watch, Orwellian Threats to Rights, Weapons Charges, Wrongfully Accused |

New Texas Criminal Laws 2017

The regular session of the 85th Texas Legislature ended on Memorial Day. Bills not passed by the lawmakers and signed into law by the governor are dead in the water. (Abbott vetoed 50 of them.) For the bills that did not become law: well, maybe next year. Governor Abbott has called for a special session…

Posted on June 21, 2017 by Michael Lowe, on Jail Watch, Texas Government Watch, Weapons Charges |

Guns, Gun Rights, Gun Ownership in Texas, and Weapons Arrests: Things To Know After Orlando

The Gun Control Debate: What You Should Know About Owning and Carrying a Gun in Texas Time has passed, and still the country is reeling about the tragedy in Orlando, Florida, where a single individual was able to quickly kill 50 people and injure as many more in a matter of minutes. Lots of people…

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Michael Lowe, on Arrest and Indictment, Weapons Charges |

New Texas Open Carry Law: Gun Arrests and Weapons Charges in 2016

It’s only a matter of days until Texans will be able to carry firearms in a holster on their belt: the new Texas Open Carry Law goes into effect on January 1, 2016. However, lots of folk are confused about what this law will and will not allow them to do. They aren’t the only…

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Michael Lowe, on Cop Watch, Weapons Charges |

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