Texas Criminal Lawyer Blog
"Covers criminal defense case law, news and events dealing with criminal defense."
Author: Michael J. Brown is a solo practitioner in Snyder, Texas.
Blawg Related Categories: Criminal Justice • States • Texas • Solo / Small Firm • Private Defense
Recent Posts from Texas Criminal Lawyer Blog
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Expunction of a Criminal Record in Texas is Almost Never a Routine Procedure
In my experience, Expunction of a criminal record requires a great deal of care. First of all, the facts must be exact: exact date of arrest, date of offense, and place where the offense was…
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In Texas, a Consent Search is not always a Legal Search
Many cars are searched by Texas Department of Public Safety Troopers on Texas highways and interstates. Most are the result of stops for various traffic violations, which escalate to search of the vehicle by state…
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Wanderings of a West Texas Criminal Lawyer
West Texas is a vast, sparsely populated area west of Fort Worth to the north and San Antonio to the south. The region's major cities are Amarillo, Lubbock, Midland-Odessa, San Angelo, and Abilene; only the…
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Religious symbols no longer reasonable suspicion for search of vehicles in Texas
A Federal Judge in the Western District of Texas has recently limited the right of Texas state troopers to use the presence of religious symbols as reasonable suspicion for the search of cars stopped on…
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Law West of the Pecos
As a West Texas Criminal Lawyer, I frequently travel to remote parts of the state in defense of clients who have been arrested for small quantities of marijuana or drugs found in their cars as…
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Nondisclosure of Criminal Records in Texas apply to Deferred Adjudication
Texas Motions for Nondisclosure are only available to those who have been granted Deferred Adjudication by a Texas judge. Deferred Adjudication means that a judge will defer, or put off, finding the defendant guilty and…
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Sierra Blanca, Texas has busy border patrol checkpoint
Sierra Blanca is the county seat of Hudspeth County, located in far West Texas. For a tiny little town of 535 people, Sierra Blanca has a very busy courthouse. The reason for all this courtroom…
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Motions for Nondisclosure of a Criminal Record in Texas
There is a procedure available in Texas which is short of Expunction, but which limits the disclosure of a criminal record to law enforcement agencies only. A person placed on Deferred Adjudication probation who is…
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Expunction of Criminal Record in Texas
There is some good news and some bad news about the Expunction of criminal records in Texas. The good news is that a person placed under a custodial or noncustodial arrest for the commission of…
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Capital Crime in Texas
Black's Law Dictionary defines "Capital" as "affecting or relating to the head or life of a person; entailing the ultimate penalty.....A Capital Crime or Case is one for which the death penalty may, but need…