Blog Posts in September, 2011
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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Posted on Sep 2, 2011 By Zendeh Del Law
In Brady v. Maryland, the Supreme Court addressed one of the most important aspects of the Due Process Clause and the defendant's right to a fair trial. In Brady v. Maryland, the United States ...
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Posted on Sep 1, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Lawyer
As a general rule, the right to discovery of evidence is very limited in Texas. Generally, most District Attorney's office will provide a defense attorney a copy of the offense report and any ...
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