Salinas v Texas: Your Silence During Police Interrogation Does Not Get 5th...
Well, prosecutors and police officers are happy today, because the United States Supreme Court just came down their way in the case of Salinas v. Texas (more about that pending case here). It’s not...
View ArticleTexas Police Interrogations: Constitutional Protections Exist, Do You Know...
Police interrogations happen all the time here in Dallas, and over in Fort Worth as well as the rest of Texas and around the country. Texas law enforcement officers (troopers, police officers,...
View ArticlePRE-ARREST CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS
Pre-Arrest Texas Criminal Investigations: Police Investigations, Federal Investigations before Arrest As a Texas Board Certified Criminal Lawyer, I have experienced first-hand the lengths to which...
View ArticleCarson County Money Laundering Case Dismissed
Mr. Lowe’s client was stopped by Danny Dawson, 100th Judicial District of Texas (Carson County, Donley County, Hall County, Collingsworth County and Childress County) Peace Officer for District...
View ArticleGrand Jury in Texas: Defending Witnesses and Targets of Grand Jury...
You read about grand juries all the time: just this month, there was national news coverage in the Tamir Rice case, because there was no indictment; the grand jury voted against it. Another example:...
View ArticleFalse Confessions: Police Get Them, Prosecutors Use Them – Three Recent...
Let’s talk about Confessions. False confessions. Think about this: you’re tried — and convicted — of a very public crime, let’s say a homicide, and sent off to prison. Your lawyers keep working; the...
View ArticleWitness Corroboration under the Texas Penal Code: Who Believes a Snitch?
People lie. That’s a sin, but it’s usually not a crime. However, when someone lies who is providing evidence in a criminal proceeding, they have become a “witness” under the law and lying becomes a...
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