by georgeroland | Nov 6, 2014 | Drug Charges
Texas is a terrible place to be a defendant. This is no secret to anyone. Texas can be particularly hard on defendants, and is one of few states that still permits state-sanctioned murder for some offenders. But, Texas is actually surprisingly liberal in regard...
by georgeroland | Oct 24, 2014 | Drug Charges, Uncategorized
I have written about confidential informants (“snitches”) previously—those situations where police employ a person (whose identity the police know), but whose identity remains unknown to the accused. But, often enough, neither the police nor the accused know...
by georgeroland | Oct 8, 2014 | Drug Charges
In Denton County (and in most counties), if a person is arrested for possessing a controlled substance, the substance is sent off to a lab to be tested. This is true for all drugs, except for marijuana which can be determined to be pot based on the police officer’s...
by georgeroland | Sep 8, 2014 | Drug Charges
Part I: Possession, Exclusive Possession, and Joint Possession One of many issues surrounding drug charges is the idea of “possession” and “joint possession” (which means possession by one or more people, not the possession of a joint.) In Part I of this blog,...
by georgeroland | Sep 1, 2014 | Drug Charges
One of the most common problems in drug charges seems to be that the underlying reason for the police officer’s contact with the Accused is “bad”—i.e. a “bad stop.” Recently, I have had two such cases, and the issues these stops pose for citizens is interesting,...
