“Ignorance of the Law is Now an Excuse”
Here’s my take on another inauspicious decision by the United [...]
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02, 2015
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01, 2015
The Art of Trial Advocacy for the Criminal Defense Attorney
Paul Looney and Clay Conrad’s article in the November 2014 issue of “Voice for the Defense” [...]
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12, 2014
“Quick-and-Dirty Phlebotomy Basics”
The DWI blood test case is becoming the stock-in-trade of [...]
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10, 2014
Using the Texas “Motion for New Trial” Like a Surgeon
On June 25, 2014, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals [...]
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10, 2014
“Who Should Polygraph Our Clients?”
For young criminal defense attorneys learning the ropes, “who should [...]
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09, 2014
Know Thy Adversary – How Prosecutors are Trained to Anticipate Us
Anticipation is one of the defense lawyer’s most effective tools [...]
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08, 2014
Be Prepared for Trial
I’ve tried my share of jury trials, especially those trials [...]
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07, 2014
Actual & Apparent Authority in Consent Searches
Consent searches are the bane of the Bryan-College Station criminal defense [...]
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07, 2014
In Jury Selection We Go Last and That’s Our Advantage.
Prosecutors typically don’t care how prospective jurors truly feel about [...]
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06, 2014
Our Cell Phones Matter to SCOTUS!
Finally, a good Fourth Amendment search and seizure decision from [...]
