Criminal Law Blog
DA Watch: Tarrant County DA Seeks Recusal Again in Death Row Case Due to Prosecutor Misconduct
Earlier this year, we posted about the Tarrant County DA recusing itself from the Michael Toney case after it was revealed that the District Attorney had failed to turn over extremely important evidence to the defense that might well have kept Toney from being convicted, much less sentenced to Death Row. In the Toney case,…
Cop Watch: Austin Cop Tasers 72 Year Old Woman TWICE – Watch Video
You know, this blog has posted about a cop using a Taser on his own wife. And that was bad. This blog has posted about cops using Tasers on the father of the bride during a wedding reception. And that was bad, too. There was also the recent post about the use of a Taser…
Cop Watch: Texas Rangers Investigating 2 Seguin Cops in 2 Separate Incidents
Seguin Police Chief Kevin Kelso, according to media reports, first became aware of some bad stuff going on within his department when he got word that the Texas Rangers were investigating one of his officers — so Kelso put this officer on paid leave. Sometime after that, a second set of facts revealed themselves about…
JUDGE WATCH: Judge Samuel Kent Resigns in 2010 (Next Year)
They may say a lot of things about Judge Samuel Kent but no one can say he’s not clever. As you know from earlier posts, Judge Kent took a plea deal and is set to start serving time next month for obstruction of justice in a case alleging sex crimes by the Judge against court…
Crime News: 20th Dallas County DNA Exoneration Walks Free Today
Today, Jerry Lee Evans will walk out of a Dallas courtroom a free man, at the age of 47, after spending 23 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit. What Happened to Put The Wrong Man Behind Bars This Time? Back in 1986, an 18-year-old woman in her first year at SMU…
JUDGE WATCH: Impeachments of Keller and Kent Advancing Side by Side
Just think. A year ago Christmas, you would have been reading about Sharon Keller, Chief Justice of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, and Samuel Kent, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas (Galveston Branch) with respect. The news reports would have been dealing with some case before them, or maybe some…
Cop Watch: Starr County Sheriff Rey Guerra Pleads Guilty to Drug Smuggling
Reymundo “Rey” Guerra was Sheriff of Starr County, Texas, for several years — in fact, he was running for re-election last year when the FBI arrested him on drug trafficking charges. That made it hard for the citizens of Starr County since Rey Guerra was the only name on the ballot. They re-elected Guerra despite…
Cop Watch: Galveston County Cops Use Taser and Man Dies
The news reports are still somewhat sketchy at this point, but on Sunday night a man was obviously under the influence of something — drugs or alcohol — and some cops in Galveston County tried to bust him. It happened in La Marque. It wasn’t that late — just a bit after nine o’clock last…
Recitivist Meth and GHB Distributor Gets Deferred Probation
Deferred Adjudication for Dallas Meth and GHB distributor
DA Watch: Whistleblower San Marcos DA Lynn Peach Resigned Yesterday
Lynn Peach went through law school and started building a legal career in what she thought would be a life as a career prosecutor. Lynn Peach thought she was one of the good guys, pursuing justice. And she is, just not in the way that she thought. On Monday, Hays County Assistant District Attorney Lynn…
