Investigators say that adverse weather may have been a factor in a deadly crash which occurred on South Loop 820 near the Highway 287 interchange. According to police and witnesses, a 19-year-old man apparently lost control of his vehicle, hit a guardrail, and...
Month: December 2019
Challenging the FSTs in a Tarrant County DWI
The conviction rate in DWI chemical test cases is about twice as high as the conviction rate in non-test cases. Even still, only about 20 percent of DWI defendants refuse to provide a breath or blood sample. Frequently, police officers bully suspects into submission...
Five Expungeable Results in Parker County
All criminal convictions have direct as well as collateral consequences. Many offenses are crimes of moral turpitude. CMTs could have immigration and other consequences. Additionally, criminal convictions usually make it difficult to obtain student aid, pursue certain...
Is Early Discharge from Probation Right for Me?
The high prison population in the United States gets lots of attention in the press. Yet the probation population is twice as high as the prison population. Court supervision is very restrictive, particularly in felonies. Generally, probationers must report at least...
Dog Bite Injuries: Three Things to Know
According to the Centers for Disease Control, dogs bite over 4.7 million Americans a year. A significant number of these incidents require emergency care for serious injuries. Legally, these victims have several options in Texas. The Lone Star State uses the one-bite...
Report: Fort Worth is Ground Zero for Fatal Crashes
Nearly half of all fatal car wrecks in Texas occur in the energy-producing zones centered around the Barnett Shale/Permian Basin areas of North and West Texas. Over 1,600 people lost their lives in this area during 2018, many of them along Interstate 20. According to...
What’s the Difference Between Deferred Disposition and Pretrial Diversion?
Both these things sound roughly alike and have long words that start with "D." Moreover, they are both a lot like probation, from a procedural standpoint. FInally, they both have the same happy ending. If the defendant successfully completes either program, the...
Did Grandma Really Get Run Over by a Reindeer?
One of the great novelty Christmas songs of all time may have involved a negligent Santa Claus who was not up on the housetops where he belonged. According to the song, Grandma left the house late Christmas Eve, although she had been drinking too much eggnog and had...
The Five Types of Driving Impairment
Most car crashes are not accidents. In fact, human error accounts for over 90 percent of these incidents. Frequently, that error involves one of the five types of impairment, as outlined below. Most jurors award rather large damages in driver impairment claims....
Overcoming Marijuana Possession Charges
Attitudes are changing about marijuana, but North Texas peace officers are more aggressive than ever when it comes to these charges. Nationwide, officers mad a marijuana-related arrest once every forty-eight seconds. Over 90 percent of these arrests involved simple...
