Archives
- 2012.05.07: Death of Volunteer Border Patrolman Raises Questions About Border Patrol's Priorities
- 2012.04.24: Texas Senator Claims That Border Violence Is Harming the Texas Economy
- 2012.04.19: Federal Government Threatens to Cut Funding for Juvenile Justice Programs
- 2012.04.09: President Obama Signs Law That Could Make Congressmen Guilty of Insider Trading
- 2012.04.04: U.S. Supreme Court Endorses Prison Strip Searches in Florence v. Board of Freeholders
- 2012.03.29: Innocence Project Finds That Texas Prosecutorial Misconduct Has Gone Unpunished Since 2004
- 2012.03.20: Computer Hacker "Geohot" Arrested at Sierra Blanca Checkpoint for Drug Possession
- 2012.03.09: Obama Fights Back Against the NSA's Plan to Constantly Survey the Internet
- 2012.03.05: New Report Finds That Federal Sentencing Varies Dramatically Depending Upon the Judge
- 2012.02.27: Anti-Drug Official From El Paso Indicted for Smuggling Marijuana
- 2012.02.24: Synthetic Marijuana: A Bigger Threat Than Ordinary Marijuana?
- 2012.02.16: Texas Officials Search for Health Care Options for Aging Prison Population
- 2012.02.07: Despite Drop in Border Apprehensions, Border Patrol Collects $331 Million in Overtime
- 2012.01.28: Will Obama's New Federal Mortgage Fraud Unit Push the Investigation Too Far?
- 2012.01.25: Supreme Court Rules That GPS Tracking Violated Suspect's Fourth Amendment Rights in United States v. Jones
- 2012.01.14: Does Illegal File Sharing Belong in the Same League as Other Cyber Crimes?
- 2012.01.08: Texas Congressmen Prepare to Introduce New Security Legislation in 2012
- 2011.12.27: Number of Border Apprehensions Plunges to Its Lowest Level in More Than a Decade
- 2011.12.16: Judge Finds That Man Accused of Twitter "Cyber Stalking" Was Exercising First Amendment Rights
- 2011.12.07: Border Patrol's New Policy Bars Agents from Visiting Transit Hubs Except in Cases of Threats
- 2011.12.07: Supreme Court Will Decide Whether Probable Cause Bars a First Amendment Claim in Reichle v. Howards
- 2011.11.29: A Question of Legality: Texas Drug Laws and Out of State Medical Marijuana Prescriptions
- 2011.11.07: Gangs Like the Bloods and Crips are Expanding Into White Collar Cyber Crime
- 2011.11.07: Texas Judicial Conduct is Sometimes Left for the Voters to Judge
- 2011.10.27: Gun Traffickers Take Advantage of Inconsistent Gun Laws Between the States
- 2011.10.27: Supreme Court to Determine Whether a GPS System Violates the Fourth Amendment in United States v. Jones
- 2011.10.05: Supreme Court to Decide Whether Miranda Rights Apply to Prisoners in Howes v. Fields
- 2011.10.05: Innocent People Tricked Into Smuggling Drugs Across the U.S.-Mexico Border
- 2011.09.28: Governor Perry Claims That We are Safer in Texas Border Cities Than in Austin, Houston
- 2011.09.28: Concerns About Federal Trend Toward Weakening Mens Rea
- 2011.09.13: New Head Appointed to the ATF After Failed "Fast and Furious" Program
- 2011.09.13: On Tenth Anniversary of 9-11, a Look at Bourmediene v. Bush
- 2011.08.15: Texas Allows Private Guards to Police Properties Near the Border
- 2011.08.15: Judge Who Accepted a $1 Million Dollar Kickback from Juvenile Prison Builder Sentenced to Life in Prison
- 2011.08.08: What Really happened to Willie Nelson's Marijuana charge in Sierra Blanca, Texas
- 2011.08.04: Texas Closes First Prison Thanks to Falling Crime Rate, Rise in Rehabilitation
- 2011.08.04: U.S. Beefs Up Northern Border Patrol in Effort to Increase Security
- 2011.07.22: Department of Justice Taking a Softer Approach to White Collar Crime
- 2011.07.14: Willie Nelson and the Federal Government's War on Marijuana
- 2011.07.07: Homeland Security Vows to Stop International Cyber Crime
- 2011.07.07: Could a New Gun Smuggling Law Mean More Illegal Searches and Seizures?
- 2011.06.23: Shortage of Judges Creates a Crisis in the Federal Court System
- 2011.06.21: Federal Judges Now Running State Prisons?
- 2011.06.17: Federal "Three-Strikes" Law Applies at the Time of Conviction in McNeill v. United States
- 2011.06.09: Crimes of the Juvenile Criminal Justice System
- 2011.06.09: Police-Created Exigent Circumstances Allowed in Kentucky v. King
- 2011.05.24: Odessa Workplace Raid and the State of Immigration Today
- 2011.05.24: State Conservatives Pushing to Reform Sentencing Guidelines
- 2011.05.13: Texas Death Row Inmate Denied DNA Testing
- 2011.05.10: Obama Addresses Advocates of Border Security
- 2011.04.21: The Best Representation You Can Afford
- 2011.04.19: Miranda 45 Years Later
- 2011.04.12: U.S. Border Patrol's Success Does Not Erase Its Failures
- 2011.04.10: FBI and White Collar Crime: Beware of Overreach
- 2011.03.24: ICE is Everywhere in Federal Criminal Law Enforcement
- 2011.02.28: Bad Cases Make Bad Law in Federal Courts
- 2011.02.13: Drugs, Guns and Money: Federal Law Vs. the Wild West in Texas's Big Bend
- 2011.02.08: The Ongoing Battle Between Free Speech and Internet Sex Crimes
- 2011.02.06: Bibles and Burger Wrappers--Reasonable Suspicion and Probable Cause in Texas
- 2011.01.29: Willie Nelson Sierra Blanca Fallout Continues: Rise of the Teapot Party?
- 2011.01.07: What to Expect in Federal Court
- 2011.01.07: The Tragic Personal Cost of our War on Drugs
- 2011.01.07: Stopped By The Cops? Know Your Rights
- 2010.12.06: Yes, The Federal Sentencing Guidelines Are Unfair. Here's What To Do About It.
- 2010.12.06: 10 Tricks You Need to Know If You Are Stopped By The Police
- 2010.12.01: The Big Bend Area of West Texas is No Country for Old Men
- 2010.11.30: The Five Most Outrageous Federal Drug Stories of 2010
- 2010.11.28: Willie Nelson arrest puts spotlight on Sierra Blanca checkpoint
- 2010.11.18: Conflicting Stories and Reasonable Suspicion Lead to Drug Arrests in Texas
- 2010.10.22: West Texas Drug Charges Increasing due to Violence in Mexico
- 2010.10.22: Historic Marijuana Bust in Tijuana - Over 100 Tons of Drugs Seized in Dramatic Shootout
- 2010.10.15: Basics of Federal Criminal Appeals: Part I
- 2010.10.15: The Controlled Substances Act: The Bare Bones Basics
- 2010.10.09: A Quick Summary of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA)
- 2010.10.09: Embezzlement or Misappropration of Funds Can Be a Serious Crime in Texas Federal Courts
- 2010.10.09: Have You Been Arrested for Money Laundering in Texas?
- 2010.10.05: A Practical Guide to Federal Prosecutors
- 2010.09.28: West Texas Juries Not Interested in Theories of Punishment
- 2010.09.28: What Factors Influence Federal Prosecutors?
- 2010.09.21: All About the Drug Conspiracy Statute
- 2010.09.21: New Study Highlights Hazards of False Confessions
- 2010.08.16: Federal Sentencing Guidelines -- The Importance of United States v. Booker
- 2010.08.16: Common Criticisms of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines
- 2010.08.16: Federal Sentencing Guidelines - The Six Criminal History Categories
- 2010.07.31: Federal Drug Charges in Texas Require an Experienced Criminal Defense Lawyer
- 2010.06.26: What is a Federal Grand Jury?
- 2010.06.25: What to Do or Not Do at a Border Stop Like Sierra Blanca, Texas
- 2010.06.08: Sierra Blanca Checkpoint in Hudspeth County, Texas is Still Doing a Booming Business
- 2010.06.08: Seven Reasons to Choose a Former Prosecutor to Defend You in Texas
- 2010.06.08: What it Takes to Get Board Certified in Criminal Defense by the Texas State Bar
- 2010.06.08: Federal Internet Crimes Are Often Prosecuted in Texas Federal Courts
- 2010.04.30: Federal Sentencing Guidelines - The 43 Offense Categories
- 2010.04.25: Why Choose an Attorney with Jury Trial Experience?
- 2010.04.25: Federal Income Tax Crimes require an Experienced Federal Trial Lawyer
- 2010.03.18: Internet Sex Addiction Can Lead to Federal Criminal Charges
- 2010.03.12: Six Things Not to Do if Accused of a Federal Crime in Texas
- 2010.03.12: United States Sentencing Commission Might Be Important to Your Case
- 2009.09.26: U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Have a "Trial Tax"
- 2009.09.07: Western District of Texas Covers Huge Area of West Texas
- 2009.03.31: Forfeiture of Contraband is Big Money in Texas
- 2009.02.09: San Angelo,Texas criminal defense is often a long process
- 2008.11.28: Texas Traffic Stops--Just Say "NO" to Automobile Search
- 2008.08.19: Expunction of a Criminal Record in Texas is Almost Never a Routine Procedure
- 2008.07.28: In Texas, a Consent Search is not always a Legal Search
- 2008.07.24: Wanderings of a West Texas Criminal Lawyer
- 2008.07.07: Religious symbols no longer reasonable suspicion for search of vehicles in Texas
- 2008.07.02: Law West of the Pecos
- 2008.06.20: Nondisclosure of Criminal Records in Texas apply to Deferred Adjudication
- 2008.06.04: Sierra Blanca, Texas has busy border patrol checkpoint
- 2008.05.30: Motions for Nondisclosure of a Criminal Record in Texas
- 2008.05.30: Expunction of Criminal Record in Texas
- 2008.05.28: Capital Crime in Texas
- 2008.05.23: Federal Conspiracy Laws in Texas
- 2008.03.09: White Collar Crimes in Texas
- 2008.03.04: Texas Indictment procedures
- 2008.02.26: Subpoena
- 2008.02.18: Hearsay testimony
- 2008.01.29: A Federal Grand Jury serves two roles in white collar cases
- 2007.12.31: Federal Mortgage Fraud Prosecutions
- 2007.12.13: U.S.Supreme Court Strengthens Sentencing Powers of Federal Judges
- 2007.12.06: Four men can be charged in Shawn Taylor's death by the law of principals
- 2007.11.26: The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals--Justice Closes at Five
- 2007.11.07: Texas Highway Searches: Not Always By Consent To Search
