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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?



 

Deferred Adjudication Means It 'Goes Away'... Right?

Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer  Wed, 07/02/2008 - 11:10pm

From an email:

If you have the time, and don't mind, may I have your perspective on Article 42.12 - the specified portion:



 

It Is Better For One Innocent Person To Be Convicted...

Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer  Thu, 06/19/2008 - 11:32am

Houston criminal defense lawyer Stan Schneider left a series of comments on former Harris County District Attorney candidate Kelly Siegler’s post There’s No Such Thing As ‘Closure’ over at Women in Crime Ink. His last comment in the thread ended with



 

Best Google Baiting Practice: Stock Phrases or Content?

Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer  Tue, 04/08/2008 - 1:46am

Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer**[see first comment] Mark Bennett pokes some good natured fun at me about a recent post and lists some of the phrases where he covets high Google SERPs:

Austin criminal defense lawyer Jamie Spencer talks about “how to rank high on Google’s natural results.”



 

Heartbreaking

Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer  Fri, 03/21/2008 - 4:08am

Houston criminal defense lawyer Randall Kallinen posted the link to this story on the newly formed Texas defense lawyers listserv:

Omaha, Nebraska (KMTV) - A 10-year-old Nebraska girl is slowly losing her life to brain cancer.

She has one wish will put her to ease: to see her dad. But it may not happen.

The little girl's name is Jayci Yaeger.



 

The Right Not To Testify Against Yourself (aka the 5th Amendment...

Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer  Tue, 12/11/2007 - 9:56pm

…supposedly can’t be held against you, right? It wouldn’t really be a ‘right’ if jurors were allowed to hold it against you. 

Houston criminal defense lawyer Mark Bennett points out though that the instruction read to the jury in the charge in Texas is:



 

The Right Not To Testify Against Yourself (aka the 5th Amendment...

Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer  Tue, 12/11/2007 - 9:56pm

…supposedly can’t be held against you, right? It wouldn’t really be a ‘right’ if jurors were allowed to hold it against you. 

Houston criminal defense lawyer Mark Bennett points out though that the instruction read to the jury in the charge in Texas is:



 

The Right Not To Testify Against Yourself (aka the 5th Amendment...

Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer  Tue, 12/11/2007 - 9:56pm

…supposedly can’t be held against you, right? It wouldn’t really be a ‘right’ if jurors were allowed to hold it against you. 

Houston criminal defense lawyer Mark Bennett points out though that the instruction read to the jury in the charge in Texas is:



 

Should a Lawyer's Mistake Kill the Client?

Austin Criminal Defense Lawyer  Wed, 10/17/2007 - 11:24pm

There’s been some poorly reasoned counter-arguments bandied about the blogosphere regarding the push to have Sharon ‘Killer’ Keller sanctioned, impeached and/or disbarred for her refusal to keep the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals open an extra 20 minutes so that a request to stay an execution could be filed.