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So-called “no refusal” weekends were established to combat drunk driving in Texas. The police want you to believe that “no refusal” means that the police will collect your blood regardless of whether you refuse or not, and that you don’t have the option to refuse, so...

“How long am I going to be in jail?” is, by far, the most common question that I get from people who are in jail after having been arrested under suspicion of having committed an offense. (An understandable question, to be certain.) If the Accused can make bail, then...

  Failure to Identify is one of the more confusing misdemeanor offenses in the Texas Penal Code. If a cop approaches you and asks you to identify yourself, can you refuse to answer? What are the consequences of making up a fictitious name? What if there is a...

  On September 1, 2013, switchblades became legal to possess in Texas.   House Bill 1862 repealed that provision of the Texas Penal Code that had previously made it unlawful to possess a switchblade knife, via a unanimous vote. Based in large part on a new...

How James Dean and Broadway Frightened America   ‘”Switchblade knife’ means any knife that has a blade that folds, closes, or retracts into the handle or sheath that opens automatically by pressure applied to a button or other device located on the handle or opens or...