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Criminal Jurisdiction

A Criminal Law Blog from a Defense Perspective
SIGNIFICANT FOURTH AMENDMENT CASES BEFORE U.S. SUPREME COURT

Court Hears Significant Cases Regarding Police Searches of Home and Body By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair The U.S. Supreme…

THE DIFFICULTY WITH CRIMINAL EVIDENCE

Rule 403: Courts Should View Child Porn if Defense Moves to Exclude as Unfairly Prejudicial… By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy…

THE IMPACT OF DODD-FRANK ON FRAUD SENTENCING GUIDELINES

Sentencing Guidelines Increase Federal Prison Sentences for Organized Insider Trading By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair The Dodd-Frank Wall Street…

CRIME, CELL PHONES, AND BIG FOOT

Fourth Amendment: No Reasonable Expectation of Privacy in the GPS Data and Location of Cell Phone By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal…

DISCREDITED POLICE TESTIMONY

Court of Appeals Vacates Conviction after Finding Prior Lies By Police Officer Probative and Relevant, Cross-Examination Should Have Been Allowed By: Houston Criminal Lawyer…

“ACTUAL INNOCENCE”

Determining Eligibility for Compensation for Wrongful Conviction and Incarceration By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair The Tim Cole Act (TCA)…

BREACHING TRADE SECRETS CONFIDENTIALITY NOT ALWAYS A CRIME

Computer Program, Source Code, Does not Constitute “Goods” that can be Stolen for Purposes of National Stolen Property Act By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John…

THE GOVERNMENT’S HABIT OF HIDING EVIDENCE

U.S. Attorney’s Office Actively Decided or Consciously Avoided Compliance with Brady By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair A.B. Watley is…

CRY RAPE: FALSE ALLEGATIONS DESTROY LIVES

Rule of Court Make Overturning False Convictions Difficult By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair According to the Rape, Abuse…

EXTRANEOUS OFFENSE EVIDENCE:ERODING THE SIXTH AMENDMENT’S GUARANTEE OF A FAIR TRIAL

By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and paralegal Billy Sinclair Common law has long recognized the fundamental principle that an accused is entitled to…

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