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Recent Searches

Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer  Tue, 02/09/2010 - 11:31pm

In bold, the search terms that Google Analytics tracked to my site:

Sect of liars – I belong to several different criminal defense lawyer associations, so it seems appropriate for me to rank highly for this term.

Bong hits for Satan – Turns out my wife was right.



 

"I'm The Neighbor!"

Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer  Thu, 01/14/2010 - 1:14am

An out of town felony probationer, who was charged with misdemeanor shoplifting, who had just a few weeks left before completing said probation, called me nearly in tears asking me whether or not I thought the probation might expire before “they” found out about the potential new arrest.



 

Answers From A Criminal Defense Lawyer On A Prosecutor's Blog

Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer  Fri, 12/04/2009 - 3:54pm

If, hypothetically, a prosecutor were to start a semi-regular series of posts, consisting of the same 4 or 5 questions, posed to and answered by individual criminal defense lawyers (and, of course, linking to the CDL’s blog or website), what should those questions be?



 

Not A Chance In H - E - Double Hockey Sticks

Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer  Sat, 11/14/2009 - 12:34am

Houston criminal defense lawyer Mark Bennett makes sure he follows through on those pesky little certificates of service, because he doesn’t want to be accused of a criminal offense, say, tampering with a governmental record.

So when a prosecutor filed a motion, and swore s/he had served Mark but hadn’t, he asked:

Are you laboring under the delusive belief that [the D.A.] won’t file charges against you?



 

More About Perry's Expunction Veto

Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer  Wed, 07/08/2009 - 10:00pm

On June 19th, Perry vetoed the unanimously passed expunction bill.



 

"I Could Be Doing Real Police Work"

Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer  Tue, 06/16/2009 - 1:57am

Quoting a member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, Nicholas Kristof sees the light in the cleverly and accurately titled “Drugs Won the War”:

He said he gradually became disillusioned with the drug war, beginning in 1967 when he was a young beat officer in San Diego.



 

Deterrence, Retribution or Rehabilitation?

Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer  Sun, 06/14/2009 - 7:00pm

From the New York Times:

On Monday, Judge Ricardo M.

Urbina of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, sentenced a former senior pharmaceutical executive to write a book.

Earlier this year the executive had pleaded guilty to making a false statement to the federal government about the company’s efforts to resolve a patent dispute over the blood thinner Plavix.



 

Anything to Reduce the Size of Government

Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer  Fri, 04/24/2009 - 1:20am

I’m not much for labels, and I refuse to say I’m a Democrat, or a Libertarian, and I assume it goes without saying I reject the notion that I am a Republican.

But if you had to pigeon hole me, I’m something of a little “l” libertarian, at least as far as that means I’m socially “liberal” and economically “conservative”.

I don’t like government waste any more than the next guy. Waste, that is, government waste.



 

We Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Programming

Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer  Tue, 04/21/2009 - 2:59pm

All the listservs are abuzz (Austin, Texas and national criminal defense lawyer association listservs, that is).

The Supreme Court has just handed down Arizona v.

Gant
, which from the non-binding syllabus portion reads:



 

Law School Advice

Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer  Tue, 04/21/2009 - 9:10am

Via email:

I've recently gotten serious about attending law school and started studying for the LSAT last week.

I have been speaking with as many lawyers I can in order to get a realistic outlook on law, however I have not spoken to any criminal defense attorneys.

If I could ask you a few questions about 1.) Law School 2.) Your career 3.) any thoughts/opinions on the profession, I'd greatly appreciate it.

My response: