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...
by georgeroland | Oct 5, 2021 | Drug Charge News, Drug Charges, Uncategorized
September 1, 2021, the Jessica Sosa Act (also known HB 1694, and by its “long title” as “an act relating to a defense to prosecution for certain offenses involving possession of small amounts of controlled substances, marihuana, dangerous drugs, or abusable volatile...
by georgeroland | Sep 30, 2021 | Drug Charge News, Drug Charges, Uncategorized
On September 1, 2021, Texas decided to get “tough” on fentanyl. Problem is, the Legislature decided to issue something closer to a political statement on fentanyl than an actual, workable law. Effective September 1, 2021, the Texas Legislature has added a “new”...
