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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 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 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 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 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 ...
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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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Posted on Aug 31, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
Simply because someone is in jail awaiting his or her trial does not mean that they waive some fundamental rights to a fair trial. Yesterday , we addressed the issue of whether a defendant can be ...
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Posted on Aug 30, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
We have discussed a defendant's right to a fair trial . Apart of this concept, is the right of the accused to be presumed innocent by an impartial jury. Many times, a trial court will set the bond ...
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Posted on Aug 29, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
What is the process that occurs if a defendant raises serious doubts about whether he or she can receive an impartial jury because of inflammatory news coverage? Generally, the proper remedy is to ...
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