Month: January 2018

Here in Texas, DWI violations come with heavy consequences for those who receive criminal charges. Not only do suspects face immediate revocation of their license if they fail a breathalyzer test, should they refuse to take the test altogether, they may lose their...

Sometimes you need an attorney's help to bond out of jail in Collin County. Some counties in the Dallas Ft-Worth area, like Collin County, use pre-determined bond amounts on misdemeanor cases. In order to trigger those bond amounts, Collin County has a system in place...

The words "bail" and "bond" are often used interchangeably around the Collin County Courthouse, and for the most part the distinction doesn't matter. Technically, bail is the amount of money the accused must deposit with the Collin County Sheriff to be released from...

Even if someone accused of indecency with a child receives deferred adjudication, or probation from a jury after conviction, the person must still register as a sex offender. The length of time that sex offender registration is required depends upon which part of the...

Indecency with a child accusations are vigorously investigated and prosecuted in McKinney, Plano, Dallas, Allen, Denton, Frisco, Sherman, Ft. Worth, and Rockwall. This blog post will provide an overview of indecency with a child charges and how they are investigated...

Unlike most criminal offenses in Texas, it is impossible to get deferred adjudication probation (or non-conviction probation) for DWI and DWI related offenses, like DWI 2nd, DWI 3rd, intoxication assault, and intoxication manslaughter. That means one of three things...

Prior to September 1, 2017, non-disclosure of criminal records was unavailable in Texas for Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) offenses. That all changed with the passage of House Bill 3016, known as the "Second Chances" bill for DWI convictions. Texas law now allows a...

The late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia wrote in an dissenting opinion that, "This Court has never held that the Constitution forbids the execution of a convicted defendant who has had a full and fair trial but is later able to convince a habeas court that...

Facing a sexual offense charge anywhere in Texas, and especially in ultra conservative cities like McKinney, Plano, Allen, Dallas, Denton, Frisco, Ft. Worth, and Rockwall, is a life-changing, terrifying matter. Texas law provides severe penalties for those convicted...

In Part One of my blog post on the investigation of child sex offenses in McKinney, Plano, Dallas, Denton, Frisco, Ft. Worth, Sherman, and Rockwall, I discussed how police begin these investigations, how they make an arrest, and matters related to bonding out of jail....