by John Floyd | Mar 4, 2025 | Child Abuse, Crimes Against Children, Indecency With A Child, Sexual Assault
Selecting a jury in a criminal case by a defense attorney is one of the most—if not the most—critical stages in a criminal trial. It begins by entering court on the day of trial with a thorough understanding of the case, being prepared with a specific defense but...
by John Floyd | May 27, 2024 | Crimes Against Children, Sex Crimes Against Children, Sexual Assault
Outcry testimony is frequently used in child sexual abuse cases in Texas. For years, the statutory procedural rules governing outcry testimony have worked like this: Tex. Code of Crim. Proc. art. 38.072(b) §2(a)(1), (2) carved out an exception to the rules of hearsay...
by John Floyd | May 27, 2024 | Crimes Against Children, Illegal Pornography, Methamphetamines, Sex Crimes, Sex Crimes Against Children, Sexual Assault
More than four decades ago, the First District Court of Appeals, based in Houston, defined an extraneous offense as: “… any act or misconduct, whether resulting in prosecution or not, which is not shown in the charging instrument and which was shown to have been...
by John Floyd | Apr 27, 2024 | Police Misconduct, Sex Crimes, Sex Crimes Against Children, Sexual Assault
Since 2016, the Houston Police Department (HPD) has received 2.8 million crime reports. During part of those eight years, HPD used a code called “Suspended – Lack of Personnel” to “suspend” investigations into as many as 264,000 crime reports. While 100,000 of those...
by John Floyd | Jun 23, 2021 | Sex Crimes, Sex Crimes Against Children, Sexual Assault
The rules of evidence generally prohibit the use of crimes, wrongs, or other bad acts to prove a person’s character to show that a person acted accordingly on a particular occasion. This rule assures that the person accused is tried based on the evidence of the case...
by John Floyd | Dec 4, 2020 | Sex Crimes, Sexual Assault
Most people associate sexual assault with rape. Under the Texas law, however, sexual assault covers both non-consensual sexual acts and consensual ones. That means a person can be charged with sexual assault even if they have what they believe is a consensual sexual...
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