Under Texas law, a person who commits two or more acts of sexual abuse against a child younger than 14 years of age, during a period that is 30 days or more, can be tried and convicted for “continuous sexual…
CRIMINAL JURISDICTION
Criminal Jurisdiction:
A Criminal Law Blog from a Defense Perspective
2017
The Texas Penal Code § 49.04 prohibits the driving of a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Section 49.01(2)(A) defines intoxication as “not having the normal use of mental or physical faculties by reason of the introduction of alcohol, a controlled substance,…
2017
As of September 1, 2017, the State of Texas had 90,616 registered sex offenders.
Sex offender registration has been around a long time in Texas—since 1991, in fact. The state legislature has continually amended or tweaked these programs ever…
2017
Category: Sex Crimes | Sex Offender Registry
The Texas sex offender database has been made easier for the public to search for registered sex offenders.
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has doubled down on its commitment to protect children from sexual predators by creating…
2017
Category: Criminal Law | Sex Crimes
Drunken cowboys and cowgirls on a trail ride is a recipe for trouble—and that is precisely what a jury found happen in December 2012 when a Texas trail ride visited Dayton in Liberty County.
Allegedly, a drunken 54-year-old cowboy…
2017
Category: Drug Crime | Drug Trafficking
Since becoming the United States Attorney General, Jeff Sessions has continually misrepresented to the American public that the nation is facing a violent crime wave that poses a threat to our national security.
At the 63rd Biennial Conference of…
2017
Category: Criminal Justice Reform | Criminal Law
Some of the facts in the fatal shooting of Anthony Lamar Smith in December 2011 by former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley are not in dispute.
On December 20, 2011, Stockley and his partner Brian Bianchi witnessed a…
2017
Category: Constitutional Law | terrorism
The Terrorism Screening Center (TSC) is a multi-agency center created in 2003 in the wake of 9/11 terror attacks on the Twin Towers in New York City. The TSC is administered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation which is part…
2017
Category: Illegal Pornography
According to a January 2017 report by The Pew Charitable Trusts, the number of federal offenders serving a period of supervised release—post-prison community monitoring similar to state parole supervision—reached an all-time high of approximately 115,000 by end of 2015. By…
2017
Category: Fraud | Insurance Fraud
The Consumer Protection and Fraud Unit of the Texas Department of Insurance in 2016 investigated and close 688 fraud cases. The Section assessed $59,810,309 in restitution and another $1,331,515 in penalties.
In Texas, insurance fraud is filing false claims,…