According to the National Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, about 80,000 cases of child sexual abuse are reported each year in the United States, and it is presumed that many more occur but are unreported. In court, forensic psychology findings are important to determine if abuse has occurred. Knowing about why children are vulnerable …
If someone has downloaded pornographic images of children, should they automatically go to prison? For how long? Is mere possession of child pornography sufficient reason to send someone to prison for decades, even if the suspect never touched a child? Recently, a Payson man received 90 years in prison for merely possessing child pornography, for …
Should Possession of Child Pornography Mean Decades in Prison? Read More »
A felony charge is serious. A conviction (or plea bargain) can result in a punishment of one year or more in the Texas state prison system. If you or a member of your family has been arrested and charged with a felony, the next few days and weeks are critical to your future, as your …
You’ve Been Arrested in Texas. What Will the Felony Process Be Like? Read More »
What is a writ of habeas corpus? It is a common term often used on television shows, but few people really understand what it is used for. After being arrested and taken into custody, you must be booked on formal charges within 24 hours or released. The term habeas corpus is Latin that literally translates …
The use of breath analyzers in drivers dates back as far as the 1940s. While not the most accurate of tests, it is considered by law enforcement to be the best available test for detecting whether or not drivers are over the limit for driving without impairment. The breath detector is used based on its …
In early September wildfires roared through central Texas, affecting homeowners in Bastrop County, Steiner Ranch, and Cedar Park. The disastrous fires, fueled by drought conditions and high winds, ripped through homes, parks, and fields racking up millions of dollars in damages in the process. Residents and business owners alike were stunned by the speed of …
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It’s a Saturday night and you’re headed back to your apartment after a night of throwing back a few beers with friends. Halfway home, you glance in the rearview mirror and notice the police car behind you has turned on his red-blue lights. You’re not speeding; the dashboard shows a steady 65. So you pull …
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From the beginning of 2009 until August 31, 2010, about 11,500 drivers in Bexar County were arrested for DWI. In Texas, about 124,000 three-time offenders and 18,000 five-time offenders are arrested and convicted every year, and Texas’s DWI arrests account for about five percent of national DWI arrests. Each of these arrests means a trip …
What is an officer looking for in a DWI in Texas? Read More »
As a former prosecutor, I can tell you that any policy of the district attorney which limits or encroaches on individual prosecutors’ discretion is one which will inevitably lead to overcrowded dockets. This is so because cases which have problems of proof from the prosecution’s point of view require the full panoply of inventive plea …
Waiving a Jury: Bexar County District Attorney’s Office Bows to the Inevitable Read More »
