Does the passenger of a vehicle stopped for a traffic violation have standing to challenge the...
Passeger of Vehicle Has Standing to Challenge Unreasonably Prolonged Traffic Stop
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Flawed Jury Charge Leads to Reversal of Murder Conviction
A jury charge in Texas serves a specific purpose: to instruct the jury on the law applicable to the...
Defense Discovery of Evidence in Criminal Cases In Texas
Discovery in criminal cases in Texas has a tortured history. The State's discovery statute, Article...
Michael Morton, Art. 39.14, and Brady v. Maryland: An Affirmative Duty To Disclose As Soon As Practicable
Last month, we posted a piece about a landmark decision, Heath v. State, in which the Texas Court of...
No-Knock Warrants: A Travesty Against The Fourth Amendment
In the wake of the infamous 2019 Harding Street “no-knock” raid by the Houston Police Department...
Landmark Discovery Decision in Texas
Dwayne Robert Heath was arrested in 2017 in Waco, Texas, for the charge of injury to a child. He was...
