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“And I’m Wondering Why You’re Wondering”
I had a client a few years ago who was stopped by Frisco Police one evening around 8pm. My client was a young black male, and the officer who stopped him had received a dispatch about a young black male who had robbed a Sonic twenty or so minutes earlier. The cop had...
Flight From Police: self-preservation or evidence of guilt?
It is no secret that police are on-pace to shoot and kill as many people this year as they did in 2015. As of September 22, 2016, police have shot and killed 706 people; in 2015, police shot and killed close to 1,000 people. Texas has been responsible for 58 (8.22%)...
Consensual Encounters With Police
Three distinct types of interactions with police exist, for purposes of classification under our laws: (1) consensual encounters; (2) investigatory detentions; and (3) arrests. When a motion to suppress is filed, the State generally attempts to characterize the...
Weighing Drugs: what the law says
Drug charges are complicated. And sometime crazy—particularly where adulterants and dilutants are concerned… Determining the Level of Offense To determine what level of offense possession of a drug is, four factors generally come into play. First, the specific...
PCS PG 3
“PCS PG 3 <28G” might as well mean nothing to the average person looking at charge information or at a booking sheet. “PCS,” as I have explained before, is an abbreviation for “possession of a controlled substance.” “PG” is an abbreviation for “penalty group” and...
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