Criminal Law Blog
Cop Watch: Texas Police Chief Tasers His Own Wife
About 100 miles south of Dallas is the little Texas town of Oakwood, and as of Monday night they’re looking for a new top cop. Seems their old police chief was arrested and fired on Monday after he was charged with aggravated assault and jailed over in Leon County, Texas. What did the police chief…
Cop Watch: Watch Dallas Police Officer Pull Over Texan Running Back While Mother in Law is Dying
Nothing tells this story like this video. Listen to Moats’ voice. Listen to Powell’s voice. “Shut your mouth.” Watch the nurses try to help and the cop ignoring them. This should make you very mad, and very scared the next time you see some flashing lights in your rearview mirror. Our condolences to the Moats…
JUDGE WATCH: Court of Criminal Appeals Chief Justice Sharon Keller Wants the State to Pay for Her Attorney
First things first: here is the actual response that Chief Justice Sharon Keller has filed in her defense to the trial proceedings before the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct (for details, see earlier post). Please, take the time to go read that .pdf document. Heck, you might even want to print it. Why? Justice Keller…
Dallas Drug Case Dismissed
Dallas Methamphetamine Case Dismissed
Court Opinions: Court of Criminal Appeals Says Andre Thomas May Be "Crazy" (Duh) But He's Sane Enough for Death
Warning – this is gruesome stuff here…. Andre Thomas is 26 years old, and he’s living on Texas’ Death Row for the killing of his wife’s 13-month old daughter. His wife and their 4 year old son were also murdered by Andre during this violence. Each victim was stabbed and then their hearts were ripped…
Cop Watch: Galveston Cops Disciplined For Excessive Force On Wedding Guests
One 19-year-old kid, some beer, and 30 Galveston cops … mix well, and get a wedding fiasco and police suspensions. Oh, and the arrest of Houston Astros’ pitcher Brandon Backe…. Galveston Wedding Makes National News Thirteen cops just got suspended for their over-zealous behavior at a Galveston wedding last year, and it’s making the national…
Jail Watch: Houston Chronicle Releases Report on Jailer's Smuggling Contraband Goods Into Prisons
The Houston Chronicle has just published the results of its looksie into Texas prisons and how commonplace it is for goods to be smuggled behind bars to the prisoners or inmates. It’s pretty darn common. Surprise, surprise. The Houston Chronicle Reports on Contraband Discovered When Jailers Were Caught Now, all the Chronicle is reporting about…
Cop Watch: Tenaha Police Highway Robbery Scheme Subject of Fed Class Action Suit
Tenaha is a small Texas town, but it’s on a big traffic route. It sits smack dab in the pathway between Houston and Louisiana’s gambling spots, on US 59 – a highway that’s also known to be a major route for drugs being transported up from Mexico to the South and Midwest. Lotsa cash in…
JUDGE WATCH: Montgomery County Judge Sadler Slips Past DWI (For Now)
Judge Alan “Barb” Sadler over in Conroe must have slept well last night, because he’s not been charged with driving drunk. Yet. He did get himself arrested last week, though. Seems Judge Sadler was driving his 2008 Chevy Avalache on North Loop 336 over there in Conroe about 8:30 on a Wednesday evening, when he…
DA Watch: Harris County DA Hires Lobbyist for Rest of Texas Legislative Session
Now, here’s something to ponder over … district attorneys (elected officials) hiring private, third-party lobbists to lobby for them with lawmakers (other elected officials). So, the lawmakers don’t just check with the DAs on the repercussions of changing the Penal Code as part of their job? Apparently NOT. Over in Houston, the District Attorney has…
