We have met with many potential new clients who know about a crime or fraud and are interested in blowing the whistle. Sometimes the client Read More
Modern society has conditioned people to look for off the rack solutions to all of life’s problems. “There is an App for that!”, or so Read More
While we are examining cases pending in the U.S. Supreme Court, it makes sense to take a look at Gamble v. United States, No. 17-646 Read More
With Kahler and the insanity defense, it seems fairly straightforward to see how a Supreme Court decision favorable to the petitioner could affect jurisprudence going Read More
Today (March 18, 2018), the Supreme Court granted cert in Kahler v. Kansas to consider whether the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments allow states to eliminate Read More
Last week, the Supreme Court decided Garza v. Idaho, No. 17-1026, giving defendants with appellate waivers a point on the scoreboard. In Roe v. Flores-Ortega, Read More
Timbs v. Indiana, No. 17-1091 (U.S. Feb. 20, 2019). So now we know: The Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause is an “incorporated” protection applicable to Read More
Yesterday was a good day for Mr. Solano-Hernandez, who’d been convicted and sentenced for illegal reentry in the Southern District of Texas. After the Supreme Read More
We’ve been considering the evolution of concepts of mens rea in the context of statutory rape, especially as that offense is defined in Texas. In Read More
Our discussion of mens rea started out with a brief exploration of statutory rape and Texas case law. Let’s go back to that context for Read More
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