by georgeroland | Nov 21, 2023 | Drug Charges, Uncategorized
Below are some things I have come to believe after more than a decade in criminal defense law, more than five years on the county drug court, and 41 years of experience in life, about the War on Drugs. Some thoughts are my own some are thoughts of other’s I have come...
by georgeroland | Nov 21, 2023 | Drug Charges, Uncategorized
The outrage, sadness, and fear of fentanyl’s spread across the cities and small towns of the United States is understandable. No doubt about it. I have suffered through the loss of a family member, multiple clients, and many others to fentanyl. So, again, the need to...
by georgeroland | Jun 2, 2023 | Drug Charges, Uncategorized
It is not an overstatement to suggest the appearance of fentanyl on our streets has caused panic of an unparalleled level among Americans. This panic is warranted to large extent, insofar as fentanyl is exponentially more likely to produce overdose and fatal overdose...
by georgeroland | Jan 31, 2022 | Drug Charge News, Drug Charges, Uncategorized
Occasionally, they do get it right… Curlee v. State (PD-20-0624-20)(Texas Court of Criminal Appeals)(April 14, 2021): a playground on the premises of a church which is surrounded by chain-link fence and padlock that was not completely locked (but nevertheless showed...
by georgeroland | Jan 31, 2022 | Drug Charges, Uncategorized
It is no secret that the Fourth Amendment, which enshrines the “right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures” has been dying a slow death for about the past twenty years. Slowly, but...
by georgeroland | Oct 14, 2021 | Drug Charge News, Drug Charges, Uncategorized
Until June 2021, it was well-established that a person staying in a hotel had a reasonable expectation of privacy in the rented room. Equally well-established was that this expectation of privacy was “[n]o less than a tenant of a house.” Thus, a person could expect to...
