Sexual Assault, Another Jury Trial, Another Guilty
Our client is a talented up-and-coming rap artist who was falsely charged with sexually assaulting a woman he met at a popular sports bar. Although video from the scene, sex assault exam, and other evidence failed to corroborate the allegations made by the complainant, the District Attorney’s office
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Justice Clarence Thomas Belittles Evidence of Actual Innocence of Man Condemned to Death
Richard Glossip was convicted and sentenced to death for being a party to the January 6, 1997, murder of an Oklahoma City motel owner. The murder was carried out by a violent 19-year-old “meth” addict named Justin Sneed, who beat the owner, Barry Van Treese, to death with a baseball bat. Sneed would later implicate…
“Custodial Interrogation Environment” Does Not Trigger Need for Miranda Warning
Miranda v. Arizona, probably the most recognized case in U.S. Supreme Court jurisprudence, has been controversial since it was published in 1966. For more than fifty years, Miranda was perceived by most people, both inside and outside the nation’s criminal justice system, as a Fifth Amendment-based constitutional right against self-incrimination—known as the right to…
H. Rap Brown: An Aging Revolutionary, Legend, and Imam Facing Death by Neglect
They are killing H. Rap Brown.
Born Hubert Gerold “Rap” Brown in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in October 1943, he morphed into one of America’s leading Black freedom fighters in the 1960s. His journey into political activism began at age 15 when he organized a student walkout at the racially segregated Southern High School in Baton…
Bell Co. Jury Finds Client Charged with Sex Assault of a Child Not Guilty
Our client was charged with Sexual Assault of a Child in Bell Co. after his stepdaughter made allegations of sexual abuse before he returned home from his final deployment abroad. Our client was a TSgt with the Air Force and was nearing his twenty years of service to this Country. He was highly decorated, had…
Voir Dire, Commitment Questions in Criminal Cases
Jury Selection, voir dire, is an inherent component of the Sixth Amendment right to a fair and impartial trial. It is also guaranteed by Section 10 of Article I of the Texas Bill of Rights. Selecting a jury in a criminal trial is known as voir dire. Both prosecutors and criminal defense attorneys generally consider…
Message to the President in Defense of the Legal Community
On March 6, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued an executive order that amounts to an illegal broadside assault against a prominent Seattle, Washington, law firm, Perkins Coie, which has in the past engaged in litigation against the corrupt interests of the President. This Order came on the heels of a February 25, 2025, executive…
Jury Found Client Not Guilty, But Stain is Hard to Remove
Our client was charged with Sexual Assault of a Child in Galveston, Texas after his step-daughter made false allegations. He was confused, perplexed, and scared. He had raised the child as his own, and it wasn’t until his marriage became extraordinarily hostile and divorce was imminent that an outcry was made that would change his…
Second Amendment Doesn’t Protect Suppressors
The U.S. Supreme Court has consistently ruled that the Second Amendment protects “the right of the people to keep and bear arms.”
Many gun rights advocates believe this constitutionally settled right includes any accessories associated with any firearm. That is not the case.
On February 6, 2025, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals made this…
Not Guilty After Trial by Jury
After trial by jury in Montgomery County, Texas, our client was acquitted and found NOT GUILTY of the charged offenses of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child and Indecency with a Child alleged by two children After days of testimony, it became clear that the two children, who complained of the sexual abuse, were not…