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Thursday, August 13th, 2015
Our own Buck Files has been honored once again, this time by the Texas Bar Foundation, which named him one of six Outstanding 50-Year Lawyers for 2015. Election to the Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation is one of the highest honors that can be bestowed upon a member of the State Bar of Texas, representing the top one-third of one percent of Texas attorneys.
Thursday, August 13th, 2015
20 | Pictures from the Fourth of July Readings - By Robb Fickman
24 | Intoxilyzer™ 9000 in Texas - By Mark Ryan Thiessen
31 | Jeopardy Should Attach to an Acquittal in the Court of Appeal - By Stan Brown
36 | Joining the Military with a Juvenile Record - By Betty E. Rodriguez
Columns
Friday, July 10th, 2015
Kudos
In May, Sam Bassett had two separate motions to suppress granted in DWI cases. In Burnet County, Sam won on a McNeely issue in felony DWI case with an alleged .24 blood test result. The timing of the Court of Criminal Appeals couldn’t have been better.
Friday, July 10th, 2015
Thursday, July 9th, 2015
Features
21 | Pictures from the Rusty Duncan Advanced Criminal Seminar
23 | Can We Please—Finally—Have a Rational Discussion on the Subject of Sex Offenders? - By Armando Simón
27 | DNA Evidence—New Tactics to Use in Challenging - By L. T. “Butch” Bradt, Betsy L. Grubbs & Kim Hart
Thursday, July 9th, 2015
Voice for the Defense Volume 44, No. 5 Edition
Editors: Tim Crooks, Kathleen Nacozy
Thursday, May 21st, 2015
Voice for the Defense Volume 44, No. 4 Edition
Editors: Tim Crooks, Kathleen Nacozy
Thursday, May 21st, 2015
Kudos
In March, Patty Tress, Lisa Fox, and Oni Groves received a not guilty verdict on a murder case in Dallas County. In a hard-fought battle over 5 days of testimony and many hearings, the jury heard very little testimony as the defense team came prepared with the rules of evidence and objections to evidence. After deliberating for 3 hours, the jury returned the two-word verdict.
Thursday, May 21st, 2015
21 | Extending Riley and Wurie: Warrantless Privacy Intrusions on Location Records of Texas Defendants - By Drew Willey w/ Angela Cameron
26 | Learning the Rules of Evidence the Hard, Slow Way - By Ed & Sara Stapleton
34 | Shifting Burdens of Proof in a Motion to Suppress - By Kyle Therrian
Sunday, April 12th, 2015
Voice for the Defense Volume 44, No. 3 Edition
Editors: Tim Crooks, Kathleen Nacozy
Supreme Court
The Fifth Circuit erred in holding that a federal habeas petitioner who prevailed in district court must file a separate certificate of appealability to respond to the State’s appeal. Jennings v. Stephens, 135 S. Ct. 793 (2015).
Sunday, April 12th, 2015
Kudos
TCDLA members W. Alan Bennett and Susan Kelly (also a board member) heard the two-word verdict in a Waco murder trial after nine hours of jury deliberation. A big problem for the state was the testimony of one of its witnesses—a prison inmate serving 50 years for 5 aggravated robberies.
Sunday, April 12th, 2015
23 | 'If DNA, Then Guilty': Strategies for Overcoming Juror Assumptions About DNA Evidence in Criminal Trials - By Christina T. Kline, Demosthenes Lorandos & Michael Spence
31 | Win Through Emotion, Not Facts! - By John J. Eastland
34 | Jury Trial of Dzhokhar “Johar” Tsarnaev—Day 27 - Judy Clarke opening statement
Thursday, March 5th, 2015
Voice for the Defense Volume 44, No. 2 Edition
Editors: Tim Crooks, Kathleen Nacozy
Wednesday, March 4th, 2015
Kudos
Kudos to board member and DWI Resources Chair Mark Thiessen for walking the walk. Mark first tried a 0.16 breath test case in Houston where the client was pulled over for speeding, looked normal on the SFSTs, but was still arrested.
Wednesday, March 4th, 2015
23 | Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: The Undefinition - By Craig Jett
27 | The Current Legal Landscape of the U.S. Government’s Bulk Collection of Telephone Record Metadata, August 2014 - By Mick Mickelsen
29 | Literature as a Portal into Human Nature for the Defender - By Ed & Sara Stapleton
Thursday, February 12th, 2015
22 | 28th Annual Rusty Duncan Advanced Criminal Seminar: By the Numbers
25 | Cops Are Now Using Body-Worn Cameras: Will You Be Ready at Trial? - By Bryan Wilson
32 | Anxiety and the Trial Lawyer - By Tony Vitz
35 | The Other Hat - By T. W. Davidson
Thursday, February 12th, 2015
Voice for the Defense Volume 44, No. 1 Edition
Editors: Tim Crooks, Kathleen Nacozy
Supreme Court
Police generally may not without a warrant search information on a cell phone seized from an individual who has been arrested. Riley v. California, 134 S. Ct. 2473 (2014).
Thursday, February 12th, 2015
Thursday, February 12th, 2015
Kudos
Members of the Strike Force saw action in Comal County, when the DA’s office filed a motion for contempt against Mike Baseluos. Don Flanary and Clay Steadman answered the call (Don has dealt with the office in the past). As a result, the court has abated the contempt action until the trial is concluded.
