On Tuesday, July 30, 2019, the Harris County Commissioners Court resolved a class-action lawsuit regarding the constitutionality of the county bail system by approving a historic settlement. The agreement is intended to solve what a federal judge referred to as the “irreparable harm” caused by th...
Although the recent arrest of three intoxicated pilots in less than a week has generated headlines nationwide, the reality is that incidents related to intoxicated airline pilots are rare. In fact, out of the 117,000 American pilots tested for alcohol from 2010 through 2018, only 99 were above th...
A private company has announced that it has come up with a way to detect THC, the active and hallucinogenic component in marijuana, on someone's breath. The development could be a game-changer for charges of driving while intoxicated (DWI) that involve marijuana in Houston and beyond. However, if...
A pair of developments in the solicitation case against New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft highlights how far prosecutors are willing to go to create a conviction. Kraft's Lawyers File Motion to Exclude Video Evidence We covered the setup for the new developments in an earlier blog: Defens...
A famous actor has been charged with driving while intoxicated (DWI) after crashing his car into a utility pole. The news is all over the tabloids and contains an interesting detail that may confuse lots of people in Houston, Texas: He faces multiple charges for a single incident. DWI defense la...
A local Houston teenager is facing criminal charges after he was arrested for bringing a gun and drugs into a high school in his backpack. Teenager Arrested for Having Gun and Drugs in Backpack The arrest happened on Wednesday, April 25, 2019, at the Austin High School in Houston, Texas. Accor...
It seems like there has been an explosion in the number of stores that sell hemp & CBD products in the Houston area overnight. Simply put, an important federal law changed the definition of hemp products, de-listing them from the Controlled Substances Act and legalizing many of them but not all o...
A serious car crash in Houston could have been caused by driving while intoxicated (DWI). The case, however, highlights how unfair Texas' laws of intoxication assault and intoxication manslaughter can be. Child in Serious Condition After Suspected DWI Crash The crash happened just before midnig...
Robert Kraft, the owner of Kraft Foods and the New England Patriots football team, was recently arrested in Florida and charged with solicitation. Now, his defense attorneys are fighting to exclude a potentially incriminating video of him at the massage parlor. Their arguments, however, are surpr...
Several of our recent blog posts have covered the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court case, State v. Mitchell. The case deals with DWI law and the six exceptions to the warrant requirement and will likely build on the last DWI case that made it to the Supreme Court, Birchfield v. North Dakota, which show...
A driver in Houston is being charged with a felony-level offense of driving while intoxicated (DWI) after she allegedly caused an accident that ended in a fatality. The charges are for intoxication manslaughter, an allegation that can lead to a steep jail sentence in Harris County, Texas, if it e...
The fallout continues from the botched drug raid in Houston back in January that left two suspects dead, several officers wounded, and the police union scrambling for answers. Now, multiple officers involved in the case have filed for retirement, while another has been relieved of duty. Neverthel...
A handful of people are being charged with solicitation after a police sting in Houston led to them allegedly trying to meet a minor for sexual favors. As with many of these incidents, entrapment might be a strong defense for those facing these serious accusations. Nine Arrested in Houston Child...
In a recent blog post, we looked at the last time the Supreme Court of the United States talked about the law of driving while intoxicated (DWI): The case Birchfield v. North Dakota. That case dealt with an important topic that will return to the Court in a pending DWI case, State v. Mitchell: th...
Police have cleared two bars in Houston of wrongdoing related to a fatal accident involving a driver who was driving while intoxicated (DWI). While the driver is facing felony DWI charges including intoxication manslaughter and intoxication assault, no charges have been filed under the state's dr...
Houston police have opened their ongoing investigation surrounding a fatal accident last June to the media. According to the police, the driver in that fatal crash was driving while intoxicated (DWI) but was not arrested. Police have now charged him with three counts of intoxication assault, one ...
With a new case for driving while intoxicated (DWI) making its way to the Supreme Court of the United States, it is helpful to review where we are in DWI law to fully understand the implications of the new case, State v. Mitchell. Much of the newest developments in DWI law have dealt with implie...
The Houston police officer behind the botched drug raid in the Pecan Hills neighborhood had a suspicious history of sloppy police work, according to local news reports. The fact that he was allowed to continue conducting “investigations” that led to search warrants in spite of all of these red fl...
While details of the incident are still sketchy, reports indicate that a suspected drunk driver hit a police patrol car near Pinehurst, just north of Houston. If the deputy is found to have sustained a serious bodily injury, then the fact that he was in the line of duty could drastically elevate ...
In theory, at least, laws are supposed to reflect the interests, concerns, and views of the people behind them. In a representative democracy like the one we have in the U.S., that should mean that the laws we have on our books – especially the criminal laws – reflect what we think is important i...
A fatal accident in Houston involving a drunk driver is an excellent example of how a single incident of driving while intoxicated (DWI) can quickly amass numerous criminal allegations, each one more severe than the last. Drunk Driver in Fatal Crash With Lyft Car On March 1, 2019, a 21-year-old...
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is one of the strongest advocacy and lobbying groups behind some of the most draconian laws against driving while intoxicated (DWI). Recently, they have been focusing on the movement to legalize marijuana. As one recent interview indicates, MADD is more than ...
The law of driving while intoxicated (DWI) seems like it should be simple and straightforward. It is not. And the U.S. Supreme Court's newfound interest in taking a DWI case shows that the law has been evolving at a rate that requires input from the highest court in the country, once again. The...
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to accept a case involving driving while intoxicated (DWI) is a strong indication that it is unhappy with the state of DWI law surrounding blood draws, breath tests, and a suspect's consent to a search. Of particular importance in the current case, State v. Mitch...
The fallout in the Houston Police Department from the deadly drug raid in the Pecan Hills neighborhood last month continues. Now, the FBI is investigating the case, and the Harris County District Attorney is reviewing all of the cases involving the police officer, who has yet to be charged for fa...
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