Criminal Law Blog
Jail Watch: The Other Shoe Drops for Sheriff Bill Keating of Montague County
Drive north of Dallas/Fort Worth to Denton, and keep straight as the crow flies on a northwest path and very soon, you end up in Montague County, Texas. That’s where Sheriff Bill Keating reigned as the top dog of county law enforcement until a federal investigation toppled him from power. Last Friday, the State of…
Cop Watch: Feds Say 6 Dallas Cops Lied To Put Innocent Man Behind Bars for 10 Months
First, here are the names: Lawrence Coddington Jerry Dodd David Durica David Nevitt Frank Poblenz Randy Sundquist. These six men led relatively quiet lives, until now. They were cops. They led cop lives, wore the uniform, drove the car, raised the families. They got the respect that police get these days — kids waving at…
JUDGE WATCH: Pa Juvie Judges Get $$$ Rich Off Throwing Kids In Private Jails
Well, maybe the only good thing about this story – aside from the fact that they got caught – is that these judges aren’t from Texas. Up in Pennsylvania, they’ve got private companies that run the kid jails — you know, like the ones here in Texas that we call “juvenile detention centers.” And, the…
DA Watch: Brazoria County DA Holds Back Release of Hot XXX Stuff Found On Judge's PC
There’s always a story when a judge quits his job, and this time was no different. Back on August 29th, Brazoria County Court at Law Place 3 Judge James Blackstock resigned his bench and pled “no contest” to charges of official oppression and assault of five different women. Allegations Involved Touching, Kissing, and Lewd Computer…
Cop Watch: Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez Has Been Sued
There’s a new Sheriff in town, but does she hold a grudge? Mebbe. Four Dallas County Sheriff’s Deputies have sued their boss, Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, along with the Executive Chief Deputy Jesse Flores, alleging that the Sheriff transferred them to yucky jobs after she got elected because they had supported her opponent in…
Crime News: Judge Charlie Baird May Exonerate a Dead Man and Give Justice to Tim Cole
Tim Cole is dead. And you should know that Tim Cole died with integrity, consistently maintaining he was innocent of the crime for which he was accused. Now, it may be time that he finally receives justice. Tim Cole Took the Hard Road – He Went to Jail Rather Than Deny His Innocence Before we…
JUDGE WATCH: 10th Circuit Chief Justice Tom Gray of Waco Publicly Admonished by State Commission on Judicial Conduct
Judge Who Judges Judges Gets Judged. Say that three times fast. First things first, for those of you who don’t know, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals here in Texas is based in Waco and serves the surrounding Central Texas area (to be specific, 18 Texas counties are under its perview). It is a court…
JUDGE WATCH: Galveston Judge Samuel Kent Still Set for Trial on Jan 26 But With Big New Charges
Okay – here’s an update to an October 2008 post, and once again, I cannot make this stuff up. It all began when the first federal district judge in our nation’s history got indicted last year for sex crimes. And, sure – of course, it had to be some judge in Texas. Geez. So, right…
Jail Watch: Drop in the Bucket as Cameron County Jail Guard Caught Smuggling Drugs Into the Big House
Down in Cameron County, which is right on the Tex-Mex border, there was a Big Bust last month: a detention officer (read that, jail guard) was busted for smuggling drugs into the county jail (better known as the Carrialez Rucker Detention Center). Seems the Evildoing Guard was caught as he met with two guys and…
Not Guilty on Dallas DWI
Jury Finds Client Not Guilty in Less Than Five Minutes
