Criminal Defense Blog
Posted on Jan 23, 2012 By Plano Criminal Defense Lawyer
In the city of El Paso, a man from West Texas was placed under arrest by local police for theft crimes . Allegedly, the man known as J.V. stole an ambulance, drove it to a nearby grocery store, and ...
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Posted on Jan 16, 2012 By Plano Criminal Defense Lawyer
A former billionaire is scheduled to appear in court this month almost three years after he was first arrested for several white collar crimes . Although his lawyers tried to stall the proceedings, a ...
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Posted on Jan 9, 2012 By Plano Criminal Defense Lawyer
A famous rapper known for partaking in marijuana was arrested last week for having several joints. His tour bus was searched by border patrol agents who discovered three pill bottles filled with ...
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Posted on Jan 2, 2012 By Plano Criminal Defense Lawyer
A man known for his shooting abilities shot and wounded two teenagers last week in Texas. He has since been arrested, but is vehemently denying the charges. The 36-year-old suspect shot and severely ...
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Posted on Dec 26, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Lawyer
In Fort Worth, Texas, police have told news sources that two men are suspected of robbery . Allegedly, the pair lured people at gunpoint into a restaurant parking lot. The people would meet the men ...
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Posted on Oct 31, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
In New York a man was recently arrested and indicted for running eighteen child pornography websites. The websites were being marketed to people that spoke Chinese that were living in the U.S. The FBI ...
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Posted on Oct 14, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
Lauren Baumann created an investment pool that turned out to be a class Ponzi scheme. She would get loans from investors based on claims that the money would be used to create a Christian "battle ...
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Posted on Oct 12, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
Keeping with the theme from the last week-and-a-half, today's blog will evaluate a relatively new phenomenon. In San Diego, three women recently pleaded guilty to illegally creating an inventory ...
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Posted on Oct 10, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
The cost of insurance fraud in the insurance industry is $80 billion per year. Some forms of insurance fraud, according to the FBI, are Workers' Compensation Fraud , Disaster Fraud, Property ...
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Posted on Oct 7, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
The explosion of white-collar crime occurred in the late 2000s when the economy took a nose dive. As such, people lost money -- lots of money. The real estate market was devastated by the economic ...
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Posted on Oct 6, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
Bernie Madoff, in 2009, pleaded guilty to securities fraud, investment advisor fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, false statements, perjury, theft, and false filings with ...
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Posted on Oct 5, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
Embezzlement is a term that makes the crime seem like it would be a very complicated crime. Embezzlement is a criminal offense that is a form of financial fraud . This crime occurs when one has been ...
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Posted on Oct 5, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
A Ponzi scheme is a scheme that is promoted on the basis of high financial returns or dividends that are not traditionally available through run-of-the-mill investments. This kind of scheme was named ...
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Posted on Oct 4, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
The most common legal definition of fraud is when a person intentionally deceives another for personal gain or to damage a person. It is a common subsection of white-collar crime. There are untold ...
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Posted on Oct 3, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
White-Collar crime, a term used to describe non-violent economic crimes, was coined in the late 1930s. This has been defined as a "crime committed by a person of respectability and high social ...
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Posted on Sep 20, 2011 By Zendeh Del Law
In regards to changes that the Texas Legislature made to family violence statutes this past session, there was a whole lot of not much. However, in recent years we have seen the expansion of the ...
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Posted on Sep 19, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Lawyer
In Texas, there are a large number of murders committed every year. Every year, the State of Texas commits a substantial portion of money to the prosecution of those charged with murder. As Texas ...
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Posted on Sep 15, 2011 By Zendeh Del Law
As this blog has stated repeatedly, sexual assault crimes are starting to be prosecuted with more vigor and tenacity. The Texas Legislature has helped spur this along. The Texas Legislature passed ...
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Posted on Sep 14, 2011 By Zendeh Del Law
The Texas Legislature passed House Bill 215 to fight the onslaught of credit card skimming. This bill has now paved the wave to increase the prosecutions for those who used credit card/debit card ...
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Posted on Sep 13, 2011 By Zendeh Del Law
The Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 407 which now creates a new criminal offense for minors who sext with another minor. Before the passage of this law, if a Texas teenager possessed and sent ...
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Posted on Sep 12, 2011 By Zendeh Del Law
The Texas Legislature started to recognize the need to begin addressing the problem of young adult sex offenders. There has been an influx of sex crimes offenses commited by certain young adult ...
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Posted on Sep 9, 2011 By Zendeh Del Law
Yesterday, we addressed the Texas Legislature's adoption of Senate Bill 122. This now makes it easier for the defendant to obtain testing. As the Texas Legislature is responding to the influx of ...
Continue reading "Legislative Update: The 82nd Texas Legislature And DNA Evidence Preservation" »
Posted on Sep 8, 2011 By Zendeh Del Law
The Texas Legislature has paid attention to all of the exonerations that have taken place in Texas the last several years. They are obviously concerned with the preservation of DNA evidence and the ...
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Posted on Sep 7, 2011 By Zendeh Del Law
The 82nd Texas Legislature passed a groundbreaking bill this past session. Many of the seminars and coninuing legal education programs have focused on the problems associated with eyewitness ...
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Posted on Sep 6, 2011 By Zendeh Del Law
The 82nd Texas Legislature passed House Bill and Senate Bill 462 which now make it easier for those that have arrest records to expunge his or her criminal record. This legislation affects the waiting ...
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