2008

March

• There Are Two Sides To Every Story

• It Is SO Easy To Accuse, And Convict, When ...

2007

October

• Austin Criminal Defense Attorney Blog: Get Through Traffic Stops Without Getting Shot With A Taser

• 10 Commandments On What To Do On The Roadside To Avoid A DWI Conviction.

September

• This is why I warn clients who call me from the jail: "don't say anything you don't want recorded"

June

• How to stay updated on your case

May

• First on the agenda for the next legislative session: stop future Tom Craddicks

• Score: Richard Nixon 1, Tom Craddick 0

• Parents: Watch Your Little Boys and Your Laser Pointers. Both, preferably.

April

• March was a good month for dismissals!

March

• The police fooled another driver suspected of DWI. Do they say "Ha!" to themselves?

February

• Explaining "Examining Trials"

January

• Be Careful Mr. Stimson, There’s Another John Henry Faulk Out There Somewhere.

• President Bush can open your mail if he damned well wants to!

2006

November

• Plea Negotiations

• Explaining the Difference Between a Deferred Adjudication and a Regular Probation

• Explaining What a Section 12.45 Means

October

• Explaining "3g" or "Aggravated" offenses

• DWI Dismissal Because Of Driver's Medical Condition

August

• Police Officers: Please Think Before You Follow The Bouncing Eyeball

July

• Question: When Can The President Promote Himself To King?

June

• Lives Lost and Values Held (or Sacrificed)

• If anybody asks you why you should not blow in the breathalyzer, ask them to imagine

April

• Why Bother Hiring A Lawyer? For A Dinky Case Like Mine? Lawyers Are Too Expensive.

• What Is the Difference Between A Jury Docket Call Setting and a Jury Trial Setting?

• If You Don't Fight For Your Freedom, Who Will?

February

• Bush, the NSA Violations, and Austin P.D. Violations of the 6th Amendment

• DWI: Getting Blood With Warrants Won't Mean Fewer Lawsuits

January

• What Does It Mean To “Bust” A Jury Panel?

2005

December

• Field Sobriety Tests

• One Jury Trial After Another.

November

• Do You Really Need A Lawyer After A DWI Arrest?

• Austin Criminal Lawyer Blogs On the Defense's Advantage

October

• Austin Criminal Lawyer's Blog: The State's Advantage

• Austin DWI Attorney: Why Convert DWI Videotapes To DVDs?

• Criminal Defense Lawyer Who Can Do a Cop's Job

• Austin Criminal Lawyer Blogs: The Price Of Freedom Is Vigilance, Both Abroad And At Home.

September

• DPS Surcharges and Social Security Cards: How the Government Denies Itself Money

• If You Give Up Your Right To Remain Silent, They Won't Pretend They Didn’t Hear You

• Criminal Attorney Blogs: Using Your Cell Phone In Movie Theater Could Be A Felony

• Legislature Takes Aim At Felony DWIs and Misses ... Again

August

• DWI: Texas Legislature Says "People Can't Change."

• Don’t Just Watch The DWI Videotape; Listen To It, Too

• I Was Arrested and the Police Did Not Read My Miranda Rights to Me

• No More Trying To Force Handicapped Offenders to Clean Animal Cages?

July

• Austin Criminal Lawyer Blogs On Outlawing Fake Marijuana Brownies

• Don't Take Deferred Adjudication When You Can Get Deferred Disposition

• Austin Criminal Attorney On Pretrial Diversions and Deferred Prosecutions

• Austin Criminal Lawyer Blogs On Surviving Probation

June

• Austin Criminal Lawyer Blogs Expunctions Mean Something Now

• Austin Criminal Attorney Blogs On Plea Negotiations

• Austin Criminal Attorney Blogs On Early Release From Probation

May

• austin criminal lawyer blogs on difference between DWI and DUI

• Dismissals Keep On Coming

• Don't Fear the Breathalyzer

• Shauna Jacobson Was One Hell Of A Cop

April

• The DWI Lawyers' Employment Relief Act of 2005

• Applications To Be God Now Available At City Hall

• Sobriety Checkpoints Won’t Do What MADD Wants

• When criminal law world collides with immigration law world, the people caught between the two can g

• Austin Criminal Lawyer Blogs On How Cops Are Treated When They're Suspects

March

• Austin Criminal Attorney on the differences between probation and deferred disposition

• Austin DWI Defense Attorney: Heavy-Handed DWI Enforcement Means the Innocent Are Arrested With the G

• Do the innocent feel compelled to plead guilty part 2

• Austin DWI Lawyer Talks About Listening to Clients.

February

• Austin Criminal Lawyer Explains “Affidavits of Non-Prosecution.”

• Austin Criminal Lawyer Explains Who Can “Drop Charges.”

• Austin Criminal Attorney Explains What Happens On Your First Court Appearance.

• Austin DWI Lawyer: If You Are Pulled Over For DWI, Do Not Do Field Sobriety Tests

January

• Austin DWI Attorney Explains What Happens After You Get Out Of Jail On A DWI Charge

• Austin DWI Lawyer Explains Why You Should Not Blow

• Do the Innocent Feel Compelled to Plead Guilty?

• Jail credit

2004

December

• Do I Need an Investigator?

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