Category Archives: Federal Criminal Law
Wrongful Convictions Inevitable in Texas
The State of Texas has made it easier to convict individuals charged with sex crimes against children by allowing evidence of completely unrelated bad…
Feds Prosecute Straw Purchasers of Guns
SUPREME COURT TAKES A LOOK AT “STRAW PURCHASES” UNDER ATF FORM 4473. On October 15, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to decide exactly…
Federal Courts Conflicted Over Restitution in Child Pornography Cases
The Violence Against Women Act of 1994(“VAWA”) is a remedial statute that contains specific categories of compensable losses. The VAWA was codified in 18…
Restitution in Child Pornography Cases Gets Another Twist
When she was eight and nine years old, Amy was repeatedly sexually abused by her uncle. The uncle photographed the abuse and uploaded the…
Threats Made on Facebook Lead to Federal Conviction
Divorce estimates vary in the U.S. It is safe to say that between 950,000 to 1.2 million occur in this country each year—an average…
Death Penalty Case Overturned for Prosecutorial Misconduct
The only evidence that linked Debra Milke to the death of her four-year-old son, Christopher, during her 1990 capital murder trial in Phoenix, Arizona…
Federal Felon in Posession of Firearm Prosecution after Deferred Adjudication
(Editor’s Note: Please do not contact us if you are seeking a pardon of restoration of rights to possess firearms. We do not do…
Convicted Felons Possessing Firearms in Texas
(Editor’s Note: Please do not contact us if you are seeking representation to restore your gun rights or to obtain a pardon. We do not…
Federal Prosecutor Withheld Favorable Evidence in State Death Penalty Case
In a recent post about prosecutorial misconduct, we opened with this question: Why do some prosecutors engage in misconduct? The Answer: Because they can. Why? Prosecutors…
FORMER GALVESTON CO PROSECUTOR ENGAGES IN EGREGIOUS MISCONDUCT County Faces 3 Million Dollar Lawsuit
There is prosecutorial misconduct, and then there is egregious, intentional prosecutorial misconduct. The misconduct that former Galveston County Assistant District Attorney Jon Hall engaged…
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