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When Dating Leads to Arrest in Texas: Dating Violence Under Texas Family Code §71.0021
In Texas, romance that erupts into physical violence between two people who are married or live together is considered domestic violence that can form the basis of some serious criminal assault charges. For more, read our earlier discussions in: Family Violence in Texas: Crimes based upon Domestic Violence – It’s More Than a Fight That…
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Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child: Texas Penal Code §22.021
Perhaps no criminal prosecution is pursued more aggressively by Texas prosecutors than cases involving allegations of the sexual assault of a child. Today, more and more arrests and charges are being pursued by law enforcement regarding crimes involving child sexual abuse than ever before. Correspondingly, statistics report that in the State of Texas, 1 in…
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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…
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The Police Power to Search Your Car: SCOTUS May Change Things in Byrd and Collins
Things change. And in criminal law, sometimes things change because the Supreme Court of the United States changes them. Last month, we got a heads up that SCOTUS may be changing the law that controls when a police officer can search someone’s car. That’s because the High Court started its new term right off the…
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Carfentanil, Fentanyl Analogues, Heroin, China, the Police, and Felony Arrests
Heroin isn’t the big deal in the opioid crisis anymore. You might even say that heroin is Old School. Now, it’s what is being combined with heroin that’s being sold all over the country. Namely, fentanyl and the fentanyl analogues like carfentanil. And times are changing for everyone involved. The Popularity of Fentanyl Fentanyl is…
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The New DEA Drug Report: Drug Cartels, Doctors, and Health Care Fraud
The 2016 National Drug Threat Assessment Report from the Drug Enforcement Administration has been released. The biggest problem: controlled prescription drugs. This month, the latest annual report from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has been released. It’s filled with information concerning illegal drugs like heroin and street drugs like synthetic marijuana. Read the complete 2016…
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Probation, Jail, and Money: Do You Know About Probation Fees in Texas?
After you are arrested here in Dallas or Fort Worth, or elsewhere in North Texas (or the rest of the state, for that matter), you’ve got a prosecutor wanting to maximize their case against you as best they can. If you have a good criminal defense lawyer, then your attorney is going to be fighting…
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2016 Texas Gun Laws: Obama Action, Open Carry: Know Your Gun Rights
Prediction: More Gun Arrests in Texas Over New Gun Laws In the first week of the new year, not only did the new Texas Open Carry Law become effective, but President Obama announced his latest executive actions for federal government gun control. Talk to people; read the news media; listen to the news releases from…
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Drug Cartels in North Texas: Big Business and Felony Crimes
In Dallas and Fort Worth, as well as the surrounding area here in North Texas, illegal drugs are a big (very big) business. Criminal defense lawyers here as well as police and prosecutors in both the state and federal systems understand in ways that the general public does not about the commercial success of selling…
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Donley County 2nd Degree Money Laundering Reduced to Misdemeanor and Money Returned
Mr. Lowe’s client was stopped by DPS Trooper Danny Nunez and later prosecuted by District Attorney Luke Inman of the 100th Judicial District of Texas (Carson County, Donley County, Hall County, Collingsworth County and Childress County). Trooper Nunez is one of the most prolific Drug Interdiction Police Officers in the State of Texas. Trooper Nunez…
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