This is a guest blog post written by Angela Dockrey Crawford. Angela has extensive experience working on CPS cases. Due to their nature, CPS Cases can often overlap with criminal cases. Angela is a family law and CPS attorney practicing in Williamson, Travis and surrounding counties. Her website can be found at: www.dockreylaw.com Time Limits
I want to give clients an idea of what it’s like working with me and the costs involved. You want to know what to expect during our first meeting. If I was you, I’d want to know too. No one likes surprises. Especially big, expensive, surprises when it comes to arrest and criminal issues. I
If you’re thinking of going to trial on your case, one question gets asked over and over again – Should I testify in my own defense? The short answer here is generally NO. Why? Because you don’t have to and the risk is great. This post relates to your Fifth Amendment right against self incrimination.
This post is a follow up to my post on “My Son Was Arrested and Charged With a Felony. Is There a Way to Get the Charge Dismissed?” I think that a lot of people don’t understand a few things about our criminal Juries and our legal system. There are Grand Juries and Petit Juries
You want your warrants cleared up. You want to put them behind you and not be worried every time you see a police officer. You’re even afraid that the police will show up to your home, or even worse, your job. It’s like the fear of lighting striking. It could happen anywhere and at any
Clients regularly call me and ask me to represent them in Court for a variety of reasons. Every so often some of those clients that call tell me that they’re unhappy with their current lawyer. They might even tell me that they’ve fired their previous lawyer. While firing their lawyer is within their right, I
This is a problem that a lot of people run into when they’re out in Downtown Austin. Rainey Street and Sixth Street have a lot of bars and are popular tourist attractions and bar hopping spots for students from Texas State and UT. Whether you’re a tourist or not, you’ve probably gone out to the
One topic that I’ve done small presentations on has to deal with DWI’s in Texas. What do I do if I’m pulled over for DWI? DWI’s are one area of law that can affect the richest of the rich and people living from paycheck to paycheck. At the end of the day, few sights can
The attorney client relationship begins when someone consults a lawyer about their legal issues. I’m going to refer specifically to this relationship in the area of criminal law. The attorney client relationship, and its protections under the law, have existed for centuries. This relationship is included in the Texas Rules of Professional Conduct for Lawyers,
This post closely relates to a previous post on whether or not you should take a plea bargain. As I talked about before, the decision on whether to take a plea is a major life decision. Don’t take it lightly whether it’s a Class C Misdemeanor or a felony. It can have long lasting consequences
This post is about two types of Court “Settings” before you have a trial. These are the beginning stages. These two types of settings are the Designation of Attorney Setting and Announcement Setting. When a criminal charge is filed against you, like I talked about in a prior blog post, you have the right to
This post relates to a previous post on the Sixth Amendment’s guarantee of the right to an attorney in the U.S. Constitution (the Sixth Amendment also includes the right to a jury trial). This right to a jury trial is also found in TWO places in the Texas Constitution. In the Texas Constitution Article 1,
