by John Floyd | Aug 1, 2018 | Drug Trafficking, Federal Criminal Law
Two years ago the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals said that a prosecutor’s role “is not that it shall win a case, but that justice shall be done.” In their too often misguided zeal to secure convictions, prosecutors will knowingly engage in misconduct to “win a case.”...
by John Floyd | Jul 17, 2018 | Drug Trafficking, Federal Criminal Law
Who is responsible for a drug overdose death? Dubuque, Iowa, the corn capital of the U.S., has a serious drug overdose problem. A local television station reported that through the first eight months of 2016, Dubuque had 23 heroin overdoses and nine overdose deaths....
by John Floyd | Jun 8, 2018 | Drug Crime, Drug Trafficking
A 36-year-old man was recently arrested for parking an RV with a large amount of marijuana across the street from Hondo High School in Medina County. While serving a search warrant, officers found 10 pounds of marijuana plants, dozens of cannabis oil cartridges, at...
by John Floyd | May 30, 2018 | Constitutional Law, Drug Trafficking
The Sanctity of The Home Reinforced by Second Circuit The U.S. Supreme Court has for nearly six decades has recognized the fundamental Fourth Amendment right of a person “to retreat into [their] home and there be from unreasonable governmental intrusion.” In 2013, the...
by John Floyd | May 29, 2018 | Drug Trafficking, Federal Criminal Law
On September 17, 2014, Terrence Byrd and a companion, Latasha Reed, went to a Budget car rental affiliate in Wayne, New Jersey. Ms. Reed rented a Ford Fusion, signing an agreement that she had a valid driver’s license and had not been involved in certain traffic...
by John Floyd | Feb 3, 2018 | Criminal Law, Drug Trafficking, Police Misconduct
A “fog line” is a white (usually bright) line painted on the right side of a roadway separating the roadway from what is known as an “improved shoulder.” Under Texas law, Transportation Code § 545.058(a), an operator of a vehicle “may drive on an improved shoulder to...
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