This post is important. It’s a follow up to my first post on Should I Take a Plea Bargain? In that post I talked about a few considerations when you decided whether or not to take a plea. So here we are in Should I Take a Plea Bargain? Part 2. Taking a plea deal is
This post is about another of the exceptions to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement. In previous posts I explained some other exceptions. The Community Caretaking exception is similar to the Fourth Amendment Exception of Exigency. However, the difference between the two is very important. Exigency usually deals with the pressing needs of law enforcement, investigating
This post is going to focus on your home and the areas that surround it. The areas around the home, in the legal world, is called the curtilage. The curtilage has the almost identical constitutional privacy protections as does your home. The reason why is because this part of your property is so closely related to
This problem comes up more in older cases than new ones. Cell phones have become more and more important in our lives as time has gone on. Remember – ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS KEEP A PASSWORD ON YOUR PHONE. We’ve come a long way since flip phones and phones without text messaging. The reason why, is that
I’m writing about this issue because it has come up for me recently. This situation also deals with the Travis County Sheriff’s Office. But this post isn’t specific only to the TCSO. Most driver’s license suspension hearings are due to an arrest for DWI. If you read some of my previous posts, I explained the
The reason behind this blog post, like so many others, is to demystify the criminal defense process in Texas. I think that many of my clients come into my office with some false ideas about how their cases will end. As I’ve said before, I like to let my clients know what to expect right
In a previous post I explained the difference between deferred adjudication probation and “straight probation in Texas.” If you’re not sure about the difference between the two, or whether or not the difference matters, go back and read that post. Not all probation is the same. Normally, you’re placed on probation because of an agreement
Every day I spend time reading, writing, and filling out legal forms. Everyone hates filling out forms and I feel your pain 100%. The worst thing is being handed a clipboard in the doctor’s office with ten pages of boxes to check, lines to fill out, and explanations to write. Your eyes gloss over right
