Helping North Texans Erase Criminal Records
Under Texas law, you do not have a duty to retreat. You are able to stand your ground. This is an important part of many self-defense claims. In some other states, you have to try to retreat, if able, before engaging in a physical altercation. But in Texas, if...
Reports of the police using deception during interrogations are not uncommon. These include lying about possessing nonexistent evidence linking the suspect to the crime; claiming an accomplice/co-defendant has already confessed and implicated the suspect; claiming...
The right to remain silent is a Fifth Amendment protection that protects you from being forced to self-incriminate when interacting with law enforcement. Therefore, you cannot be forced to answer questions or provide evidence that could be used to convict you of a...
The punishment for many criminal convictions is incarceration. For some minor crimes, this could just be a few months or up to a year. For more serious offenses, people could serve over a decade. Often, the goal of incarceration is presented as stopping people from...
Most people are aware that police cannot typically search a person’s cellphone without their consent or a search warrant. We discussed this in a recent blog post. But, can law enforcement use their resources to find out if someone’s phone was in the vicinity of a...
If you discover or suspect that you are under investigation for a crime, it’s important to tread carefully going forward. Certain actions can worsen your situation, while others could potentially improve it. Here are three things you need to remember when you’re in...
Many people’s lives are intrinsically tied to their phones. The phone contains location data showing where the individual was, it keeps records of text messages or direct messages, it stores pictures and videos, and much more. As such, it is natural that police...
People who are facing criminal charges often want to get their case over and done with as soon as possible. One way that this may happen is with a plea deal, which is an agreement between the prosecution and the defense regarding the outcome of the case. While a plea...
When you face criminal charges in Texas, you deal with a complex dual-court system. A single action can violate both Texas statutes and United States federal law simultaneously, allowing both governments to prosecute you for the same conduct. The jurisdiction handling...
Television tells us that police must read people their rights the moment an arrest happens. It doesn’t happen that way in real life. In Texas, for example, officers can arrest you, search you and take you to jail without reading your Miranda rights. Waiting to hear...