by Clara Carrera | Aug 2, 2026 | Federal Criminal Law, Sex Crimes
Richard Roosevelt Bahr, Jr. is an admitted sex offender. In 2003, he was convicted in Wasco County, Oregon of third-degree rape—a Class C felony with a person under 16 years of age. He was given a six-year term followed by three years of supervised release which...
by Clara Carrera | Aug 1, 2026 | Federal Criminal Law
Gov. Rick Perry and his defense team have characterized his recent two felony abuse of power indictments by a Travis County Grand Jury as “banana Republic politics.” The governor, and his defense team, is giving “banana Republic politics” a bum rap. Please let us...
by Clara Carrera | Aug 1, 2026 | Federal Criminal Law
On August 15, 2014, Texas Gov. Rick Perry was indicted on felony counts of coercion and official oppression. After the immediate hoopla settled, the serious inquiry began focusing on the motivation for the criminal charges. Any proper analysis of whether this...
by John Floyd | Feb 16, 2026 | Constitutional Law, Federal Criminal Law
Before a search warrant will issue, Fourth Amendment jurisprudence requires that it be supported by a probable cause affidavit—a sworn written statement that 1) identifies a specific offense that has been or is being committed; 2) identifies the particular place or...
by John Floyd | Feb 16, 2026 | Federal Criminal Law
While there are many legitimate complaints about overuse of guilty pleas in federal court, it remains the fact that roughly 98 percent of all federal criminal cases end with a plea bargain. A guilty plea is tantamount to a jury or judge’s verdict of guilt. In...
by John Floyd | Oct 30, 2025 | Federal Criminal Law
In the federal criminal justice system, sentencing enhancements can significantly increase the length of a defendant’s prison sentence. Sometimes, tripling the time served in actual custod compared to the baseline penalty for an offense. These enhancements are rooted...
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