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18 Dec 2010, 5:51 pm
Legislative Rush to Punish “Sex” Offenders Removes Punishment Alternatives, Probation, Unnecessarily Increases Prison Overcrowding By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair In 2008 we posted a piece about the restrictions the Texas Legislature had placed on the availability of probation. [read post]
7 Jul 2011, 5:09 pm
The Coast Guard medevaced Alvin Floyd and John Hodges from a commercial fishing vessel on the south end of St. [read post]
12 Aug 2009, 10:36 am
By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair That the Houston City Police Department's Crime Lab was a lawless, rogue unit serving the "convict at any costs" philosophy of the Harris County District Attorney's Office during the Johnny Holmes and Charles "Chuck" Rosenthal administrations, between 1980 and 2005, is no longer a subject of serious debate. [read post]
24 Jan 2010, 3:52 pm
Prison Systems Breed Future Violence By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair The Wall Street Journal (Jan. 8, 2010) carried a report about the decreasing violent crime rate across the country. [read post]
2 Mar 2011, 3:03 pm
Texas Legislature Pushing to Allow Concealed Guns on College Campuses, Penalties for Felon in Possession Increase By Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair The Texas Legislature appears poised to join Utah in enacting legislation that would allow guns on college campuses (an issue rejected in 23 other states). [read post]
23 Jan 2012, 11:20 am
Confessions after Illegal Search Should be Suppressed if Influenced by Underlying Illegality, Violation of Forth Amendment By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair There are primarily two types of unlawful confessions: custodial confessions obtained in violation of the Fifth Amendment and confessions obtained as products of an illegal search in violation of the Fourth Amendment. [read post]
30 Oct 2008, 9:44 am
Flawed, Suggestive Photo Lineups Resulting in Eyewitness Misidentification and Wrongly Convicted By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John T. [read post]
6 Sep 2008, 10:37 pm
By: Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer John Floyd and Senior Paralegal Billy Sinclair In July 2008 a Schleicher County grand jury indicted five members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, including FLDS leader Warren Jeffs, on sexual assault of children charges and a sixth member for failure to report a child abuse charge. [read post]
27 Jul 2013, 9:10 am
The John T Floyd Law Firm represents individuals charged with serious criminal charges in state and federal courts in Houston, throughout Texas and nationwide. [read post]
8 Jan 2009, 4:28 pm
Reasonable Doubt; Foundation of a Free Society By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Mr. [read post]
29 Jan 2012, 11:15 am
Evidentiary Privileges in the American Legal System By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Writing in the Pittsburgh Law Review, University of California Law Professor Edward J. [read post]
25 Sep 2007, 5:00 am
Floyd Irons and John Mineo, Jr., a Missouri restaurant operator, pled guilty to wire and mail fraud charges in connection with a million dollar mortgage fraud scheme. [read post]
28 Apr 2010, 11:14 pm
Legislatively Mandated Innocence Commission to Review Claims of Wrongful Convictions and Bring Accountability for Wrongful Convictions Needed By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair There have been 252 DNA exonerations in this country through April 2010. [read post]
18 Jul 2012, 3:10 pm
By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Brandi Grissom, writing in the July 5, 2012 edition of the Texas Tribune, reported that 25 percent of the 86 criminal convictions overturned in the State of Texas between 1989 and 2011 involved some form of prosecutorial mistake or misconduct. [read post]
12 Dec 2008, 9:13 am
Texas Juries Can No Longer Recommend Community Supervision When Victim is Child Under 15, Elderly or Disabled By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair Community supervision, or probation as most people know it, has been defined by federal courts as an "imprisonment substitute" because the criminal sentence is not served in a penal institution. [read post]
1 May 2010, 2:37 pm
By: Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair The postpartum depression debate has awakened once again in Harris County in the case of Narjes Modarresi, who is accused of killing her two-month old son. [read post]
6 Apr 2012, 9:52 am
Warrants for Government Eavesdropping, Targeted Killings and Torture By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair We live in a scary world! [read post]
4 Nov 2010, 2:40 pm
By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair We wrote about the Curtis Bass case last year (here). [read post]
26 Oct 2008, 7:45 pm
The Critical Need For Timely And Specific Objections During A Criminal Trial By Houston Criminal Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair There is rarely a time when a defense attorney does not find the need to object during a criminal trial because the prosecution either attempts to introduce inadmissible evidence or engages in some questionable conduct concerning the proffer of evidence. [read post]
8 Apr 2009, 11:46 am
Sexting Among Children; Criminal Behavior or Brash Sign of the Times By: Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair First, and foremost, "sexting" among teenagers can be a crime. [read post]
