Blog Posts in June, 2011
Posted on Jun 24, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
Continuing our examination of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, we now turn our attention to Double Jeopardy. The second main clause of the Fifth Amendment to the United States ...
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Posted on Jun 23, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
A grand jury has some very important roles in the criminal justice system. As noted, the initial role (or the reason for its initiation in the middle-ages) was to provide a buffer from the prosecution ...
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Posted on Jun 22, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
As we noted in a previous blog , the framers considered the use of grand juries vital to our democratic system. That is why is contained within the Fifth Amendment (an amendment concerned with the ...
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Posted on Jun 21, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
We often hear the phrase "the case is before the Grand Jury" or, for example, "Barry Bonds was subpoenaed to testify before the grand jury.' What the heck is a grand jury and why, ...
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Posted on Jun 20, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution states that "No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand ...
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Posted on Jun 17, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
The celebration pictures looked great. They were having so much fun (and they deserved it). After a grueling NBA season where the Dallas Mavericks overcame great odds to win a World Championship. The ...
Continue reading "DeShawn Steven Of The World Champion Dallas Mavericks Arrested" »
Posted on Jun 16, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
In our blog yesterday , we discussed the right of an individual to seal arrest and court records for a juvenile arrest and probation or detention. In order to have your records sealed, a person must ...
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Posted on Jun 15, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
We all acted out as a juvenile. We all did things that we look back upon and cringe and ask, Why did I do that? Most of us don't have a record of our mistakes on file with DPS and other police ...
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Posted on Jun 14, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
If you read our blog post concerning the expunction of criminal records then you know that not all arrests will stay on your record forever. It is possible to get it removed from your record and clean ...
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Posted on Jun 13, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
Our clients often ask us if this arrest, conviction, or probation will show up on my record? This is an extremely important concept to understand because of the ramifications that an arrest record ...
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Posted on Jun 10, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
Matthew James Overstreet, a former youth minister, was accused of sexually assaulting a Plano teenager. According to the alleged victim, the sexual activity began when she was thirteen-years-old and ...
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Posted on Jun 9, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
Perhaps, this is the most pathetic mugshot of all time. This guy had a bad day (notice the tears). During an argument over Game 1 of the NBA Finals last week, Donald Jones, killed his friend. While ...
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Posted on Jun 8, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
As a general rule, police will not chase those bikers that perform stunts or tricks in the highway. The reason for this is that a pursuit with a bike can result in a lot of physical damage. However, ...
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Posted on Jun 7, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
As we noted yesterday , there are two types of community supervision in Texas. The first is deferred adjudication community supervision and the second is community supervision probation. The latter, ...
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Posted on Jun 6, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
In Texas, regardless of whether the defendant is placed on probation or deferred adjudication, the proper term is called community supervision. Essentially, community supervision means that a person, ...
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Posted on Jun 3, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
Chelsea Richardson made a splash in Tarrant County six years ago - she was the first woman from that county to be sentenced to death for murder . For the victim's there was closure. However, as ...
Continue reading "Due To Brady Violation, Tarrant County Prosecutors Nobly Agrees To Set Aside Death Penalty For Woman" »
Posted on Jun 2, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
In an interesting discourse that is normally contained out of the realm of this blog, there has been a well-known criminologist making the rounds discussing his new book, which is entitled: "In ...
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Posted on Jun 1, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
Wow, it looks like James Beavers, a Dallas bail bondsman, was too close to the abyss and suddenly fell into it. He is charged with paying $2,000 to Shawn Lewis to kill Beaver's business partner, ...
Continue reading "Owner Of Dallas Bail Bonds Accused Of HIring Hit Man To KIll Partner" »