Austin judge throws lawyer in jail for obscene gesture

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I’ll be following up fellow Austin lawyer Todd Smith’s latest Blawg Review with one of my own over at my DWI blog, so please… all you criminal defense lawyers out there in...

Yogurt Shop Murder Suspects Back in a Travis County Court
On Wednesday, a Travis County judge declined to lift a gag order related to the case of four teenage girls murdered in a North Austin yogurt shop in 1991.

Austin Lawyer Who Make Lewd Gesture to Judge Gets Appeal
The highest criminal court in Texas will hear the appeal of an Austin lawyer jailed for making a lewd gesture in a Travis County courtroom.

Number arrested with no charges filed closer to 2% than half,...
Fact checking data told to the US Supreme Court by a local lawyer during oral arguments last week (via Grits for Breakfast)

Do they really have to appoint you a lawyer when you ask for...
SCOTUS will hear oral arguments today in an Austin lawyer's first case to decide when defendants get appointed counsel (via Grits for Breakfast)