Legal Oddities: Criminal Hairspray
Posted on May 26,2023
Defending the Online Solicitation of a Minor Case
Posted on May 23,2023
How to Choose the Best Drug-Possession Lawyer for Your Case
Posted on March 26,2023
Choosing the Best Sex-Crime Attorney for Your Case
Posted on March 26,2023
The Complex World of Enhanced Penalties in Criminal Cases
Posted on March 26,2023
How to Choose the Best Criminal Lawyer Near You
Posted on March 25,2023
Talking About Opening Statement
Posted on March 21,2023
Talking About Voir Dire
Posted on March 21,2023
Defenses and Affirmative Defenses in Texas
Posted on March 20,2023
Entrapment in Texas: A Hard Sell
Posted on March 19,2023
What Does PCSWID PG1 >400G Mean in Texas?
Posted on March 19,2023
Robbery and Aggravated Robbery in Texas
Posted on March 19,2023
Conspiracy and Aiding and Abetting: Texas and Federal Law Compared
Posted on March 17,2023
Unraveling the Complexities of Money Laundering in Texas
Posted on March 17,2023
The Difference Between Appeal and Habeas Corpus in Texas Criminal Cases
Posted on March 17,2023
Defense of Forgery Cases in Texas
Posted on March 17,2023
Short Take: Understanding Texas Prostitution and Solicitation Laws
Posted on March 16,2023
Short Take: Jury Instructions in Texas
Posted on March 16,2023
Ex parte Lo
Posted on March 16,2023
Conflicts of Interest in Criminal Defense: How to Avoid Them
Posted on March 16,2023
Only the Client's Interests Matter in Criminal Defense
Posted on March 16,2023
What Makes a Top Houston Criminal-Defense Lawyer?
Posted on March 16,2023
Short Take: Expunction
Posted on March 16,2023
Short Take: The Motion to Suppress
Posted on March 16,2023
Short Take: Jury Selection
Posted on March 16,2023
Short Take: Pretrial Litigation
Posted on March 16,2023
Understanding Penalty Group I: The Most Serious Drug Offenses in Texas
Posted on March 16,2023
Texas Controlled Substances by Penalty Group
Posted on March 16,2023
Defending Non-Death Capital-Murder Cases in Texas: An Overview
Posted on March 16,2023
The Rule Against Hearsay: An Overview
Posted on March 16,2023
Why Hiring a Criminal-Defense Lawyer is Essential for Your Case
Posted on March 16,2023
Why You Should Never Talk to the Police Without Your Lawyer Present
Posted on March 16,2023
Fighting False Allegations of Online Solicitation of a Minor in Texas
Posted on March 16,2023
Assault Charges in Texas – A Brief Overview
Posted on March 16,2023
Understanding Texas Burglary Charges
Posted on March 16,2023
Texas Theft Laws and Penalties
Posted on March 16,2023
Navigating False Accusations: Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child
Posted on March 16,2023
Postconviction Relief: Direct Appeals and Habeas Corpus
Posted on January 27,2023
Defense of Family-Violence Cases
Posted on January 19,2023
Defense of Drug Cases in Texas
Posted on January 14,2023
Dismissals
Posted on December 25,2022
Do not talk with anyone but the lawyer.
Posted on December 24,2022
Get It in Writing!
Posted on December 17,2022
We've got your back.
Posted on December 11,2022
Hello, World
Posted on December 11,2022
Top 100 Lawyers in the Galaxy
Posted on December 10,2022
Moving On
Posted on June 22,2020
The Trump Impeachment in Voir Dire
Posted on January 11,2020
PSA: Ten-Year Sex-Offender Registration Offenses in Texas
Posted on November 04,2019
Revenge Porn: Peanut Gallery Weighs In
Posted on October 23,2019
Illinois Supreme Court Gets Revenge Porn Wrong
Posted on October 21,2019
Revenge Porn Questions and Answers (Updated)
Posted on September 28,2019
Texas National Send a Butt Pic to the Governor Day.
Posted on August 29,2019
You're Using Microsoft Word Wrong
Posted on August 24,2019
The Kim Ogg Credibility Shitshow
Posted on August 12,2019
Texas Court Holds Harassment Statute Unconstitutional
Posted on August 10,2019
Jeffrey Epstein's Forlorn Hope
Posted on July 07,2019
2018 Word of the Year
Posted on July 07,2019
What's Wrong with Moral Clarity
Posted on April 14,2019
The Keystone of American Freedom
Posted on April 06,2019
Respect Your Betters, Peon!
Posted on April 05,2019
Why
Posted on April 05,2019
Another Model of Charisma
Posted on November 20,2018
Things to Make Congruent
Posted on October 29,2018
A Charismatic Leadership Loop
Posted on October 29,2018
So What Was That About?
Posted on October 28,2018
Do This For Me
Posted on October 26,2018
Some Thoughts on Loops in Interpersonal Relationships
Posted on October 26,2018
Loops, Charisma, and War
Posted on October 25,2018
Follow Up on MGA Garage Door Yelp Laundering
Posted on September 07,2018
Spotting Yelp Review Laundering (Houston's MGA Garage Door)
Posted on September 05,2018
… I Hate People
Posted on September 03,2018
Please Explain this Scam
Posted on August 27,2018
Are Jury Trials Alive and Well in Texas?
Posted on August 11,2018
The State's Embarrassing Revenge-Porn Briefs
Posted on May 15,2018
Free Speech: It's Not That Complicated.
Posted on May 06,2018
Two Wins to Sandwich that Loss
Posted on April 26,2018
Add 43.262 to The List
Posted on April 26,2018
Randy Sorrels for State Bar President
Posted on April 26,2018
A Loss
Posted on April 25,2018
Overbreadth: It's Simpler than You Think
Posted on April 21,2018
Against My Better Judgment
Posted on April 21,2018
Lawyers Needed to Litigate Against R.W. Lynch
Posted on April 17,2018
Never Argue Angry
Posted on April 10,2018
Michael Corleone Gave Money to the Church
Posted on March 02,2018
Contempt for the System? I Can't Imagine Why!
Posted on March 02,2018
Sometimes an Argument is Really an Argument
Posted on February 16,2018
Declare Victory and Go Home
Posted on February 14,2018
The Chase Bank Whodunnit
Posted on February 06,2018
One More Thing
Posted on February 02,2018
Dishonest but Undivided
Posted on February 02,2018
How is a Criminal Law not a Prior Restraint?
Posted on February 02,2018
The State's Revenge Porn Arguments 5: “Essentially Intolerable Invasions of Privacy.R
Posted on February 01,2018
The State's Revenge-Porn Arguments 4: Speech Integral to Criminal Conduct
Posted on January 31,2018
The State's Revenge-Porn Arguments 3: Obscenity
Posted on January 31,2018
All But Their Four Fastest.
Posted on January 31,2018
The Defections Begin
Posted on January 26,2018
Word of the Year, 2018
Posted on January 25,2018
Trial Lawyer Lesson: The Risk of “So You're Saying”
Posted on January 24,2018
Defection Time
Posted on January 23,2018
The State's Revenge-Porn Arguments, Part 2: Is it Content Based?
Posted on January 20,2018
The State's Revenge-Porn Arguments, Part 1: Is it Speech?
Posted on January 19,2018
The State's Arguments for Revenge-Porn Criminalization [updated]
Posted on January 19,2018
Revenge-Porn Oral Argument
Posted on January 19,2018
Hagstette at Nuremberg.
Posted on January 18,2018
“Yes” Sets, Compliance Sets, and Cross-Examination
Posted on January 17,2018
Cargo-Cult Judging
Posted on January 10,2018
Another Shot at Injustice
Posted on January 08,2018
Too Little, Too Late
Posted on January 08,2018
You Can't Put Too Much Water in a Nuclear Reactor
Posted on January 07,2018
Felonious Political Advertising
Posted on January 03,2018
Credibility and Charisma for Criminal-Defense Lawyers
Posted on December 26,2017
The Wrong Place for Common Sense
Posted on December 26,2017
Origin Story
Posted on December 25,2017
Lies We Tell (About) Juries
Posted on December 13,2017
The Criminal Trial Lawyer's Place in the World
Posted on December 12,2017
My Attention, and Barriers to it
Posted on December 12,2017
Why the Lo Test Will Prevail
Posted on October 21,2017
Sterner Days for Texas Free-Speech Law
Posted on October 21,2017
Texas's New Nondisclosure Law
Posted on October 09,2017
Let Squawk Do The Job
Posted on October 03,2017
List of Harris County Jail Inmates Entitled to Immediate Release
Posted on September 06,2017
The masochist says “Beat me!” …
Posted on August 14,2017
Such an Alpha, He Even Piddles Himself Dominantly
Posted on July 08,2017
Small Progress Against Implicit Corruption in Harris County Courts
Posted on May 15,2017
Meet the ACLU's Free-Speech Trojan Horse [updated]
Posted on April 27,2017
Theory: Direct or Indirect Criminal Trial Advocacy
Posted on April 09,2017
Old-School Ethical Heresies
Posted on April 08,2017
Criminal Defense and the Societal-Good Heresy [updated]
Posted on April 05,2017
Criminal-Defense Reading List
Posted on March 24,2017
Attention, Rapport, and Loops
Posted on March 19,2017
Meditations
Posted on March 17,2017
The Seven Ws of Content-Based Restriction
Posted on February 21,2017
Hate-Crime Laws' Natural Consequence
Posted on January 23,2017
There Goes a Man
Posted on January 16,2017
Ogg? More Like Ugh, Amirite?
Posted on January 05,2017
Harris County Corruption: You're Soaking In It! (Update X2)
Posted on January 04,2017
Pay Attention to Attention
Posted on January 01,2017
A Blue-Star Push of Corruption in the HCDAO
Posted on December 20,2016
The CRFA: Don't Start Celebrating Yet.
Posted on December 17,2016
Requisite Variety: More than Just a Good Idea
Posted on November 28,2016
Is Your Mind Set?
Posted on November 21,2016
Prophecy
Posted on November 10,2016
Revenge-Porn Civil Litigators (and Those Who Are Not)
Posted on November 08,2016
Fixing University Justice
Posted on November 06,2016
Foundations and Empire
Posted on November 03,2016
Alice's Adventures in Lovett Hall
Posted on November 02,2016
Free Speech in Georgia: Alive but Unwell
Posted on October 31,2016
No Good Deed
Posted on October 29,2016
2016.041: Administrative
Posted on October 24,2016
2016.040: Frivolity
Posted on October 19,2016
Beware The Friggerogenic Video
Posted on October 13,2016
Trial By Myspace
Posted on October 12,2016
2016.037: Before You Plead that Online-Solicitation Case …
Posted on October 11,2016
2016.036: More Feedback for John Casement [edited]
Posted on October 09,2016
2016.035: John Casement's Feedback
Posted on October 07,2016
2016.034: It Is About the Truth
Posted on September 15,2016
2016.033: Trial Theory (Part Two of Several)
Posted on September 01,2016
2016.032: Safe From Suit, But Not From Prosecution
Posted on August 30,2016
2016.031: Trial Theory (Part One of Several)
Posted on August 29,2016
2016.030: Voir Dire and Cross Examination in Dallas
Posted on August 11,2016
2016.029: Thank You
Posted on August 04,2016
2016.028: Capital Murder and the Law of Parties in Texas
Posted on August 02,2016
2016.027: Law of Parties and Felony-Murder Rule
Posted on August 01,2016
2016.026: Jury Selection Magic — Dallas in September
Posted on July 25,2016
2016.025: Carl David Ceder Learns The 12 Rules of The Blawgosphere
Posted on July 20,2016
2016.024: #AllPeopleLie
Posted on July 20,2016
2016.023: Law Profs Love Media Attention
Posted on July 17,2016
2016.022 hangoutwithmark
Posted on July 15,2016
2016.020: The Intimate Privacy Protection Act of 2016
Posted on July 14,2016
2016.019: Scurry Scurry, Scurrae
Posted on July 14,2016
2016.018 Why It's Time to Repeal the First Amendment
Posted on June 14,2016
2016.017: I'm The Asshole the Robs Deserve
Posted on June 13,2016
2016.016: Jill Filipovic Makes Readers Stupider
Posted on June 08,2016
2016.014: Gawker, Thiel, and the Future of Free Speech
Posted on May 30,2016
2016.013: An Apology
Posted on May 30,2016
2016.012: Voir Dire Seminar in Dallas
Posted on May 19,2016
2016.011: Followup on Three Good Deeds
Posted on May 19,2016
2016.010: Brown & Musslewhite
Posted on May 18,2016
2016.009 Three Good Deeds
Posted on May 11,2016
2016.008: The Texas Criminal Subpoena
Posted on May 10,2016
2016.007: Why Online Impersonation Matters
Posted on February 26,2016
2016.006: Ethics in Legal Journalism, or Katheryn Tucker
Posted on February 26,2016
2016.005: Conservatism in Court
Posted on February 25,2016
2016.004: Why Criminal First Amendment Cases Matter
Posted on February 25,2016
2016.003 Memento Mori
Posted on February 23,2016
2016.001: My Free-Speech Wish List
Posted on January 01,2016
2015.105: Bah, Humbach
Posted on December 26,2015
2015.104: What Common Sense Is
Posted on December 13,2015
2015.103: Seth Kretzer and James Volberding, Unethical Lawyers
Posted on December 01,2015
2015.102: This Article Friggered Me
Posted on November 29,2015
2015.101: The Thanksgiving Truce
Posted on November 28,2015
2015.100: Sotomayor on Kretzer and Volberding
Posted on November 23,2015
2015.99: A Little Texas Ethics Law for Volberding and Kretzer
Posted on November 20,2015
2015.98: Fidelity Says “No” to Matthew's Scheme
Posted on November 20,2015
2015.97: Volberding and Kretzer Just. Give. Up.
Posted on November 19,2015
2015.96: Wilco Water
Posted on November 19,2015
2015.95: WTAF STCL
Posted on November 19,2015
2015.94: Matthew's Lawyer Letter (And Randazza's Response)
Posted on November 18,2015
2015.93: Spaghetti Prosecution in Waco
Posted on November 17,2015
2015.92: Matthew Responds
Posted on November 12,2015
2015.91: Will Anyone Help Matthew Out? [Updated]
Posted on November 12,2015
2015.90: Poor Unfortunate Souls
Posted on November 09,2015
2015.89: “Oops,” he explained.
Posted on November 09,2015
2015.88: Cocks AND Glocks
Posted on November 05,2015
2015.87: Texas's Disorderly Conduct Statute Unconstitutional
Posted on November 03,2015
2015.86: Texas First Amendment Update
Posted on November 01,2015
2015.85: Reputation Management Expert Patrick Zarrelli Weighs In
Posted on October 30,2015
2015.84: Dear Gary Ostrow (updated)
Posted on October 29,2015
2015.83 Dean Boland's Threats Untethered From Truth
Posted on October 25,2015
2015.82: More Gaslamp Legal Follies
Posted on September 26,2015
2015.81: Campaign to Eliminate Air Hand Dryers
Posted on September 25,2015
2015.80: #MasculinitySoFragile? Man Up.
Posted on September 24,2015
2015.79: Cook / Lawyer Tim Sutherland's Attempts to Cover Up Gaslamp Racism
Posted on September 22,2015
2015.78: A Taxonomy of Bad Writing
Posted on September 20,2015
2015.77: Texas's Hoax-Bomb Law
Posted on September 19,2015
2015.76: Citron's Baby is Unconstitutionally Ugly, Says Koppelman
Posted on September 15,2015
2015.75: Phil Grant's Ethics, or Lack Thereof
Posted on September 09,2015
2015.74: Kim Davis is a Greedy Bureaucrat
Posted on September 04,2015
2015.73: Opportunist Dan Patrick and the Goforth Murder
Posted on September 02,2015
2015.72: Black Lives, Cop Lives, Dangerous Rhetoric
Posted on August 31,2015
2015.71: The Judo Lesson
Posted on August 28,2015
2015.70: Okay, Stan. Okay.
Posted on August 16,2015
2015.69: The Montgomery County Online-Solicitation Litigation
Posted on July 30,2015
2015.68: A Texas Online-Solicitation Law Roadmap
Posted on July 30,2015
2015.67: Texas Legislature Outlaws Sex
Posted on July 18,2015
2015.66: The Unlawful Sweetcakes Order
Posted on July 12,2015
2015.65: Teach. For America.
Posted on July 11,2015
2015.64: Functional Mindfulness II
Posted on July 09,2015
2015.63: Functional Mindfulness for Trial Lawyers I
Posted on July 09,2015
2015.62: An Apostrophe Too Far
Posted on July 08,2015
2015.61: Unlawful Disclosure or Promotion of Intimate Visual Material
Posted on July 07,2015
Another Day, Another Lawyer Ego Scam
Posted on July 07,2015
2015.59: Revenge Porn Statutes and Confidentiality
Posted on May 24,2015
2015.58: New Jersey's Revenge-Porn Statute
Posted on May 20,2015
2015.57: 170 in Waco
Posted on May 20,2015
2015.56: HB2777 Is Unconstitutional
Posted on April 28,2015
2015.55: Texas SB344 vs. HB861
Posted on April 22,2015
2015.54: Statute of Limitations Law Geekery
Posted on April 19,2015
2015.53: Get a Grip, Gaas
Posted on April 15,2015
2015.52: Hot Texas First Amendment Action
Posted on April 15,2015
2015.51: Trends in Policing
Posted on April 15,2015
2015.50: Possibly the Worst Scaled Question Ever
Posted on April 12,2015
2015.48: To the Potential Client
Posted on March 28,2015
2015.47: HB101, HB 496, HB603 Unconstitutional
Posted on March 10,2015
2015.46: Boom Goes the Thoughtcrime.
Posted on March 09,2015
2015.45: Problems in Evidence Tampering I
Posted on March 04,2015
2015.44: One out of Seven—an F for McBrayer
Posted on March 03,2015
2015.43: Don't Worry, Be Happy …
Posted on February 28,2015
2015.42: Harris County Welcomes Dallas Prosecutors
Posted on February 28,2015
2015.41: Citron and Richards on Revenge Porn
Posted on February 26,2015
2015.40: Thinking is Not What You Think
Posted on February 12,2015
2015.38: Greenfield Takes a Hill He Can't Hold
Posted on February 09,2015
2015.37: Never to Forget
Posted on February 05,2015
2015.36: The Unconstitutionality of Section 33.021(c)
Posted on February 04,2015
2015.35: Jury Selection Rule: Pull Back the Curtain.
Posted on February 04,2015
2015.33: In Which I Gertrude About Gertruding about Gertruding
Posted on January 30,2015
2015.32: Texas Lawyers, Don't Be That Guy
Posted on January 30,2015
2015.31: Ethical Question—Privilege vs. Best Interest
Posted on January 30,2015
2015.30: For Shame, Professor Franks.
Posted on January 26,2015
2015.29: We Have Seen the Enemy…
Posted on January 26,2015
2015.28: Billy Harmon, Hubris, and Defilement
Posted on January 25,2015
2015.27: Stalin is Smiling
Posted on January 24,2015
2015.26: Standard Disclaimers Always Apply
Posted on January 23,2015
2015.25: Deceivers and Truth-Tellers
Posted on January 20,2015
2015.24: What's the Message?
Posted on January 20,2015
2015.23: Hacking the DWI Checkpoint
Posted on January 19,2015
2015.22: Illinois's Revenge-Porn Statute
Posted on January 17,2015
2014.21: How to Ask for Advice
Posted on January 16,2015
2015.20: Listen!
Posted on January 15,2015
2015.19: Get It?
Posted on January 14,2015
2015.18: Texas Law Shield and Second Call Defense
Posted on January 13,2015
2015.17: F**king Samir Chopra
Posted on January 11,2015
2015.16: Another Proposed Texas Revenge-Porn Statute
Posted on January 09,2015
2015.15: F**king Danielle Citron
Posted on January 09,2015
2015.14: Je Suis Charlie, Mais Pas Français
Posted on January 09,2015
2015.13: When is a Model Not a Model?
Posted on January 08,2015
2015.12: “In the Public Interest”
Posted on January 07,2015
Je Suis Charlie.
Posted on January 07,2015
2015.11 Also, in Mary Anne Franks's Perfect World
Posted on January 06,2015
2015.10: A Fox in the Civil-Liberty Henhouse
Posted on January 06,2015
2015.9: Texas HB101 and Arizona HB2515
Posted on January 06,2015
2015.8: Let's Play Servant and Master
Posted on January 05,2015
2015.7: Justin Keiter
Posted on January 05,2015
2015.6: Dallas Lawyer Robert J. Davis
Posted on January 04,2015
2015.5: The Press and Professors
Posted on January 03,2015
2015.4: Another Proposed Revenge-Porn Statute
Posted on January 02,2015
2015.2: Grammar Peeve
Posted on January 01,2015
2015.3: A Few Thoughts on Trial Advocacy
Posted on January 01,2015
2015.1
Posted on January 01,2015
A Williamson County Online-Solicitation Indictment
Posted on December 19,2014
One in Thirty
Posted on December 12,2014
Journalism!
Posted on December 11,2014
In Which New Vistas Open Up
Posted on November 19,2014
In Which Texas Sex-Assault Law is Bizarre
Posted on November 05,2014
In Which Some Lawyers Are Suckers at Best [Updated]
Posted on November 05,2014
In Which We Look at Plea Numbers
Posted on November 03,2014
In Which Cultures Clash
Posted on October 31,2014
RIP Brad Frye
Posted on October 31,2014
In Which We Find the Game
Posted on October 29,2014
In Which the News is Good
Posted on October 27,2014
In Which Math is Still Hard
Posted on October 18,2014
In Which We Are Being Lied To
Posted on October 18,2014
In Which My Good Deed is Punished
Posted on October 16,2014
In Which I Defend, Against Franks and Citron, Your Right to Sext
Posted on October 14,2014
First Amendment 101
Posted on October 06,2014
Robert S. Bennett (Absolutely No Relation)
Posted on September 05,2014
¡Justice, Sí, Safety, No!
Posted on September 04,2014
Free to Be Stupid
Posted on August 31,2014
On Twitter, Be Your Own Censor.
Posted on August 28,2014
Texas Criminal First Amendment Action
Posted on August 26,2014
The Psychology of Expensive Paper
Posted on August 25,2014
Victimocracy Because Reasons
Posted on August 24,2014
Where Improv and Lawyering Meet
Posted on August 24,2014
Stupid Lawyer-Email Disclaimer
Posted on July 17,2014
Programming Note
Posted on July 17,2014
Victimocracy is for Sociopaths
Posted on June 25,2014
Another Bad Texas Statute
Posted on June 12,2014
Karenev Starts to Crumble
Posted on June 05,2014
Sacred Duty [Updated]
Posted on June 04,2014
Class Acts
Posted on June 03,2014
Moron Dallas Lawyer Everett Newton [Updated]
Posted on May 20,2014
Mark Sandoval and Christopher Ernest Braughton (Updated)
Posted on May 12,2014
The State's Argument in Ex Parte Thompson
Posted on May 12,2014
The Grumpy-Cat Rule
Posted on May 06,2014
Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure
Posted on March 31,2014
Harris County Criminal-Defense Residency
Posted on March 26,2014
The Ethics of Decolletage
Posted on March 25,2014
Dirty-Talk Statute Dead in Texas, and a Misquote
Posted on March 19,2014
True Believers Redux
Posted on February 23,2014
In Which I Am Not Happy With Steve Greenleaf
Posted on February 22,2014
Lying Law Prof Mary Anne Franks Comes to Town
Posted on February 22,2014
Arizona's Revenge-Porn Bill, HB 2515
Posted on February 18,2014
Zealous Representation: Not an Option
Posted on February 17,2014
It's All Connected
Posted on February 17,2014
Great Cicero's Ghost
Posted on February 15,2014
Bring a First Aid Kit: Online Damage Control for Lawyers
Posted on January 23,2014
Fake Carl Ceder
Posted on January 23,2014
SWRVs Hate Truth
Posted on January 20,2014
Trial Lawyers of the World, Unite!
Posted on January 06,2014
In Comal County, a Big Deal for Indigent Defense
Posted on January 06,2014
Avoiding the Criminal-Defense Confidence Game
Posted on January 05,2014
Everyone Hiring a Criminal-Defense Lawyer Should Read This
Posted on January 05,2014
A Few Words for Dr. Michael Parsa
Posted on December 22,2013
5th (and Final?) Annual Criminal-Law Blog Post of the Year
Posted on December 22,2013
Parsa and Cabanillas, Medical Abusers
Posted on December 20,2013
The Lawyer and the Psychic
Posted on December 20,2013
Affluenza?
Posted on December 13,2013
A Rakofsky Do-Over
Posted on December 11,2013
Unmockable
Posted on December 10,2013
All Shootings Good Shootings
Posted on December 01,2013
Lying Law Prof Lies.
Posted on November 27,2013
Three Things [updated]
Posted on November 27,2013
What Is This I Don't Even
Posted on November 26,2013
Morals Policing
Posted on November 25,2013
Dallas Morning News' Credulity = Incredibility [updated because math is hard]
Posted on November 23,2013
A Defense in a Failure-to-Report-Child-Abuse Case
Posted on November 22,2013
Untitled
Posted on November 21,2013
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals: Client's File is Client's.
Posted on November 20,2013
Meet Scarecrow's Mother
Posted on November 19,2013
Compliance Testing
Posted on November 19,2013
Pop Law
Posted on November 18,2013
Fake Scott Greenfield
Posted on November 17,2013
Law-Talking Dude
Posted on November 17,2013
On Mitigated Speech
Posted on November 17,2013
Another Writing Sample
Posted on November 17,2013
Setting up Obihai OBi100 and Vocalocity
Posted on November 16,2013
Law Geek: Writing is Thinking
Posted on November 16,2013
Be the Student, or Be the Lesson
Posted on November 15,2013
Not So Egregious? Not So Severe?
Posted on November 14,2013
Online Solicitation in Conroe
Posted on November 13,2013
Law Geek: More Karenev
Posted on November 13,2013
Montgomery County is Definitely Different
Posted on November 13,2013
How Democracy is Supposed to Work
Posted on November 13,2013
You call it a “syndrome” as though it's a bad thing.
Posted on November 12,2013
Book Review: The Marble and the Sculptor
Posted on November 11,2013
Guest Post By Robb Fickman
Posted on November 11,2013
Hired Guns and Heroes
Posted on November 10,2013
Law Geek: Texas Appellate Nightmare—Karenev [Update]
Posted on November 08,2013
Legal Malpractice Nightmare
Posted on November 07,2013
Arguing Massachusetts's Peeping-Tom Statute
Posted on November 07,2013
This?
Posted on November 06,2013
One Thing Male Feminists Need to Stop Saying
Posted on November 06,2013
Anally Raping the Constitution, Plus Tort Reform
Posted on November 05,2013
New Revenge-Porn Statute Policy
Posted on November 04,2013
Blawg Review #325.3 [updated]
Posted on November 03,2013
Another Suspect Texas Statute: 33.021(c)
Posted on November 01,2013
Post-Halloween Parade of Horribles
Posted on November 01,2013
What Happens Next
Posted on October 30,2013
Part of Texas Online Solicitation of a Minor Statute Unconstitutional
Posted on October 30,2013
Guess Who (No Fair Googling)
Posted on October 29,2013
You See a Gun, I See a Lever
Posted on October 29,2013
A Better Revenge-Porn Statute
Posted on October 26,2013
Scholarship or Activism, but Not Both
Posted on October 25,2013
More JD Underground Lulz
Posted on October 24,2013
Revenge Porn: More Made-Up First Amendment Law
Posted on October 23,2013
No, We're Not Doctors [updated]
Posted on October 21,2013
Police Aggravated Assault Caught on Video
Posted on October 20,2013
State of Texas v. Hunter Thomas Taylor [Updated]
Posted on October 17,2013
Is California's Revenge-Porn Statute Constitutional?
Posted on October 17,2013
Avvo, Endorsement, Fraud.
Posted on October 16,2013
Is New Jersey's Revenge-Porn Statute Constitutional?
Posted on October 16,2013
Are Statutes Criminalizing Revenge Porn Constitutional?
Posted on October 14,2013
I Am A Whore.
Posted on October 13,2013
Six Ways to Screw Up Your Persuasive Writing
Posted on October 10,2013
All the Wrong Reasons
Posted on September 26,2013
Teacup Texans (and New Yorkers)
Posted on September 23,2013
Isn't the Coverup Always Worse?
Posted on September 21,2013
The Illusion of High Standards
Posted on September 21,2013
Tom DeLay, Innocent Man
Posted on September 19,2013
The Ethics of Judicial Support
Posted on September 15,2013
Texas Free-Speech News
Posted on September 14,2013
Stuff & Nonsense
Posted on September 14,2013
Road Rage With Missiles
Posted on September 09,2013
We Are Out of Luck
Posted on September 02,2013
NSA T-Shirts for Sale
Posted on September 01,2013
Cats and Other Strays
Posted on August 26,2013
The Sound of Tiny Rattles
Posted on August 23,2013
A New Day Dawning
Posted on August 21,2013
Corruption
Posted on August 12,2013
Signs and Portents
Posted on August 03,2013
Malediction for the Retributive
Posted on August 01,2013
Terrorist…ic…al…ish? Threat
Posted on August 01,2013
What We Know That Ain't So
Posted on August 01,2013
DPS Twitter Subpoenas
Posted on July 31,2013
Stand-Your-Ground in the Zimmerman Case
Posted on July 21,2013
Standing Your Ground
Posted on July 20,2013
The Stupid. It Burns.
Posted on July 18,2013
Zimmerman Verdict Confirms What We All Knew All Along
Posted on July 18,2013
Ten Commandments of Courtroom Humor
Posted on June 26,2013
Ignore This Post
Posted on June 21,2013
Friedman, Freedom, and Temporary Safety
Posted on June 12,2013
Prosecutor Gives Good Advice; is Fired.
Posted on June 07,2013
What Was Roger Thinking? Five Hypotheses
Posted on May 29,2013
Andrew DeLuca's Delusion
Posted on May 27,2013
SB187: Panic in Austin
Posted on May 25,2013
Lerner and Immunity: Dershowitz is Wrong
Posted on May 23,2013
Math is Hard: Fear is Not Danger
Posted on May 14,2013
Book Review and Giveaway: Mistrial
Posted on May 12,2013
Texas SB 834: The Star Chamber Bill
Posted on May 09,2013
Lawyernomics 2013
Posted on April 23,2013
Limitations and the Ken Anderson Prosecution
Posted on April 23,2013
Quarles and its Progeny: Tsarnaev
Posted on April 22,2013
Spousal Privilege, Illustrated
Posted on April 17,2013
Justice and Revenge, Rosenbaum Trolling
Posted on April 09,2013
The Sandwich Theory
Posted on April 09,2013
Mea Maxima Culpa
Posted on April 07,2013
Yo Ho Yo Ho The Pirate's Life For Me
Posted on April 02,2013
The Relationship Card
Posted on April 02,2013
“I really thought you were the real deal…”
Posted on March 23,2013
Is This How Kid Lawyers Think?
Posted on March 18,2013
Microsoft Word 2011 Bloated PDFs
Posted on March 11,2013
Rand Paul Surrenders
Posted on March 08,2013
TCDLA's Position on Reciprocal Discovery
Posted on March 05,2013
Why You Gotta Be So…Mean?
Posted on March 04,2013
Prosecutor Exceptionalism
Posted on March 01,2013
Reciprocal Discovery: Federal Rule 16 vs. Texas SB 91
Posted on February 26,2013
Texas SB 91—The Discovery Bill
Posted on February 24,2013
Please Don't Hesitate, Lady
Posted on February 24,2013
Cop's Lawfare Fails
Posted on February 12,2013
This Guy Needs Me
Posted on February 11,2013
¡SpiderOak, Sí. Dropbox, No!
Posted on February 10,2013
Revenge Porn and “Rape Culture” Culture
Posted on February 10,2013
Isn't Revenge Porn Constitutionally Protected?
Posted on February 09,2013
Behind the Jury-Selection Curtain: Challenges for Cause
Posted on February 09,2013
Jury Selection Behind the Scenes
Posted on February 08,2013
More Working-Class Jurors
Posted on February 08,2013
Bad Salesman
Posted on February 07,2013
Teri Buhl Followup: “Libel…no wait, copyright!” (updated with two more theories)
Posted on February 05,2013
Doin' it Wrong on Twitter (updated)
Posted on February 03,2013
Encouraging Words from an Unlikely Source
Posted on January 31,2013
Law Tech: AppointmentReminder.org
Posted on January 29,2013
Let My People Go
Posted on January 28,2013
Cultivating Requisite Variety?
Posted on January 27,2013
A Proud Moment
Posted on January 25,2013
ProTip:What to Do if There's a PI Surveilling You
Posted on January 24,2013
Peter A. Barone: Asshat Prosecutor of the Day
Posted on January 24,2013
I Don't Watch Law And Order Either.
Posted on January 23,2013
Personal Sovereignty and the Guns of New York
Posted on January 23,2013
PSA: Disability Insurance
Posted on January 22,2013
The Uncashed Check
Posted on January 21,2013
TSA: Rule 407 Does Not Apply
Posted on January 20,2013
You're Soaking in it.
Posted on January 19,2013
The “Gun-Show” “Loophole” and Tort Law
Posted on January 18,2013
…Same As the Old Boss?
Posted on January 17,2013
Mad Feminists: Developing the Argument
Posted on January 17,2013
Judge Joan Campbell's Legacy
Posted on January 16,2013
Writing Better
Posted on January 15,2013
You're Fired. No, Really. Stop Laughing.
Posted on January 14,2013
The Mad Feminist
Posted on January 13,2013
The Final Hack
Posted on January 12,2013
Eight Words Every Lawyer Should Use Often
Posted on January 11,2013
A Lie Told Often Enough…
Posted on January 10,2013
Third-World Problems
Posted on January 09,2013
Lies, Damn Lies, and Infographics [Updated With Links]
Posted on January 08,2013
Two Names to Remember in Delhi
Posted on January 08,2013
A Board-Certified Criminal-Defense Lawyer
Posted on January 07,2013
A Time for Heroes in Delhi
Posted on January 06,2013
Beergoggle Lawmaking
Posted on January 06,2013
Judge Hill and the Appearance of Impropriety [Updated]
Posted on January 05,2013
Batty People Need Lawyers Too
Posted on January 05,2013
Arizona Cribs its Online-Impersonation Statute from Texas; Still Unconstitutional
Posted on January 04,2013
Narcissists Who Need Narcissists…
Posted on January 04,2013
Curse You, Bill of Rights!
Posted on January 03,2013
Still Trying to Keep the Chronicle Honest
Posted on January 02,2013
The Nonaggression Principle and a Question
Posted on January 01,2013
The Parable of the Knife
Posted on December 20,2012
Jason Howard: Are You E-X-P-E-R-I-E-N-C-E-D?
Posted on December 06,2012
Three Overbroad Texas Penal Statutes
Posted on November 29,2012
Fired Judge Suddenly Realizes …
Posted on November 27,2012
Ladies: Is Compliance Sexy?
Posted on November 27,2012
looking to lose on appeal – s4ll
Posted on November 26,2012
Criminalizing Dissent
Posted on November 25,2012
The Ethical Masochist's Dilemma
Posted on November 24,2012
Conrad Black on BBC
Posted on November 23,2012
Outsource Your Marketing: Jared Pomranky / Net Profit Marketing Edition (Updated)
Posted on November 21,2012
TSA: All That is Wrong With America
Posted on November 21,2012
TSA: Anonymity Breeds Contempt
Posted on November 18,2012
The Secession Petition: The President's Response
Posted on November 16,2012
Outsource Your Marketing, Guest Post Edition
Posted on November 15,2012
Outsource Your Marketing, DC Courts Edition
Posted on November 08,2012
Harris County: A New Equilibrium?
Posted on November 07,2012
More Fun With TBLS
Posted on October 17,2012
My Evaluations from the Advanced Criminal-Law Course
Posted on October 16,2012
New York City? Get a Rope.
Posted on October 16,2012
Gurstel Chargo: Welcome to Hell, Merolo and Kulpers [Updated X2]
Posted on October 16,2012
Meet Gurstel Chargo, “Honest Americans” {updated twice}
Posted on October 14,2012
Great T-Shirts, Quick and Cheap
Posted on October 14,2012
We Are Afraid to Name and Shame
Posted on October 10,2012
Fun With UCE
Posted on October 08,2012
My Jury Selection Lecture (Video Fixed)
Posted on October 05,2012
“Legal Brand Marketing” Ethics Fail II
Posted on September 30,2012
Conditioning Proceeds as Planned
Posted on September 28,2012
You Keep Using That Word…
Posted on September 28,2012
When Your Only Tool is a Hammer…
Posted on September 25,2012
I Was Half Right About Dionne Press's Assisted-Suicide Case
Posted on September 21,2012
“Legal Brand Marketing” Ethics FAIL
Posted on September 19,2012
AG Abbott Nonresponsive
Posted on September 17,2012
Eggs Win Trials
Posted on September 09,2012
Judge the Judge
Posted on September 05,2012
Commingling in IOLTA?
Posted on September 04,2012
Judge Ruben Guerrero Fails to Bully Me
Posted on September 03,2012
Algebra?
Posted on August 29,2012
A Ridgeback-Shaped Hole
Posted on August 28,2012
Good News
Posted on August 26,2012
Untitled
Posted on August 25,2012
“The Other Threat”
Posted on August 23,2012
“I Want More Cops Because I'm Afraid of Tyranny”
Posted on August 23,2012
Harris County Democratic Party to Voters: Screw You.
Posted on August 22,2012
Don't Say I Haven't Warned You.
Posted on August 22,2012
A Motivational Poster for Our Harris County Judges
Posted on August 22,2012
The Lesson of Todd Akin
Posted on August 21,2012
Butthurt Prosecutrix
Posted on August 20,2012
The UVDQ
Posted on August 16,2012
My Prediction in Dionne Press's Assisted-Suicide Case
Posted on August 14,2012
Masad “Max” Baba, Roni Buff Greenberg, and Other Thieving Swine
Posted on August 13,2012
A Comment…
Posted on August 06,2012
New Improved Docket Policy
Posted on August 03,2012
Jury Selection: Scrap the Script
Posted on August 03,2012
Nothing New Under the Sun
Posted on August 03,2012
Interesting Mandamus Case
Posted on August 02,2012
Fear Not.
Posted on August 01,2012
When in Doubt, Choose “D is Screwed”
Posted on July 31,2012
Dionne Press, Helping Keep the Trains Running on Time
Posted on July 30,2012
Ten Years of Windypundit
Posted on July 30,2012
Less Government! More Bacon!
Posted on July 30,2012
Same Continent, Different Worlds
Posted on July 29,2012
Pass the Popcorn
Posted on July 28,2012
Puppets Without Puppeteers
Posted on July 28,2012
Defend Well and Prosper
Posted on July 27,2012
Loose Ends
Posted on July 27,2012
No Hero
Posted on July 26,2012
Winter is Coming
Posted on July 26,2012
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Posted on July 25,2012
There's No Pleasing Spammers
Posted on July 09,2012
They're Heartless, but at Least They're Incompetent
Posted on July 07,2012
What's an Onlya?
Posted on June 13,2012
Indiana Steps Away from the Brink
Posted on June 12,2012
Hate Speech AND Porn, Please
Posted on June 12,2012
9 June 1954
Posted on June 09,2012
Emmette Flynn, and Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge
Posted on June 07,2012
Why Do Criminal-Defense Lawyers Cuss?
Posted on June 07,2012
Erratum
Posted on June 06,2012
Screw the DHS
Posted on June 05,2012
Ethics Redefined
Posted on June 04,2012
Kimberlin v. Internet: Not a Partisan Issue
Posted on May 31,2012
The Popehat Signal
Posted on May 30,2012
Vial = Trial
Posted on May 30,2012
The Great DA Purge of '12
Posted on May 30,2012
Harris County Primaries
Posted on May 30,2012
More Diverse Juries
Posted on May 29,2012
DA Primaries
Posted on May 28,2012
Where's Your Soulcraft?
Posted on May 28,2012
Blog-About-Brett-Kimberlin Day
Posted on May 25,2012
…And Besides, Intellectual Honesty Doesn't Win Elections
Posted on May 17,2012
Back to METRO
Posted on May 15,2012
Shout It From The Rooftops
Posted on May 15,2012
Another Victim of the Wars on Terror and Drugs
Posted on May 13,2012
On Fictionalist Craig Malisow
Posted on May 12,2012
The Best Tradition…and Bad Judgment
Posted on May 08,2012
Last Week's Reasonable Doubt
Posted on May 03,2012
For the METRO Board
Posted on May 02,2012
METRO to The People: “Up Yours!”
Posted on May 01,2012
TSA Agents Violate Texas Law [Updated]
Posted on April 28,2012
Our Natural Allies
Posted on April 27,2012
Things Everybody Knows
Posted on April 26,2012
METRO Board Meeting Streaming Now
Posted on April 26,2012
Thirteen Million Dollars
Posted on April 24,2012
Earl Musick's VIPRgate Letter
Posted on April 23,2012
Harris County GOP and the PD Redux
Posted on April 20,2012
About Those Eight METRO Felony Arrests
Posted on April 20,2012
Happy Birthday Clarence Darrow
Posted on April 18,2012
TSA and METRO: The Denials Begin
Posted on April 18,2012
John Brennan, Naked American Hero
Posted on April 18,2012
A Couple of Updates
Posted on April 17,2012
The Grudge DBA
Posted on April 17,2012
TSA Takes Over a Bus Stop
Posted on April 16,2012
Blawg Review #317
Posted on April 16,2012
Unintended Consequences
Posted on April 13,2012
David Prater Gets It? and Just Say No to Stipulations
Posted on April 13,2012
Controversy Between Lawyer and Client?
Posted on April 11,2012
Winning Friends and Influencing People
Posted on April 10,2012
Birmingham Jail and Blawg Review
Posted on April 10,2012
Disappointment (Updated Again 12 April 2012)
Posted on April 07,2012
Judge Bill Harmon
Posted on April 06,2012
Things to Read
Posted on April 03,2012
Blawg Review is Back
Posted on April 02,2012
This Might Cramp My Style A Bit
Posted on April 02,2012
Blind-Squirrel Lieberman Finds Acorn [updated 4/2/12]
Posted on April 01,2012
Crystal Cox
Posted on March 31,2012
Trayvon Martin: A Little Florida Law
Posted on March 29,2012
Trayvon Martin: Strange Bedfellows
Posted on March 28,2012
Harris County DA Leadership Vacuum
Posted on March 26,2012
Is the Texas Wealth Club a Scam? [Updated 23 March]
Posted on March 22,2012
Bad Question, Deceptive Video?
Posted on March 21,2012
You Don't Always Get What You Pay For
Posted on March 19,2012
John C. Osborne, Again
Posted on March 19,2012
Five Years
Posted on March 19,2012
Our Criminal-Defense Clinic in Havana
Posted on March 19,2012
The Harris County GOP and the PD
Posted on March 12,2012
What the Hell is Ron Paul Thinking?
Posted on March 12,2012
TSA Thuggery: First Amendment Edition
Posted on March 09,2012
Why Do We Oppose Mandatory Minimum Sentences?
Posted on March 08,2012
On Innovation in the Practice of Law
Posted on March 08,2012
Homeless People and Cats
Posted on March 07,2012
Essential? Little? Temporary?
Posted on March 07,2012
Bennett, Dissenting
Posted on March 04,2012
An Interesting Way to Do It
Posted on February 29,2012
The Trial Lawyers College is Not a Cult
Posted on February 17,2012
Dr. Emmette Flynn: Second, Do No Harm…?
Posted on February 17,2012
Baby Prosecutor Bingo
Posted on February 17,2012
Why Greenfield Will Return
Posted on February 15,2012
Dr. Emmette Flynn: Scoping Gray's Anatomy
Posted on February 13,2012
You Got the Wrong Guy, Mister.
Posted on February 12,2012
From Frying Pan to Fire?
Posted on February 02,2012
Sadistic Harris County Jailers. And the Streisand Effect.
Posted on February 01,2012
On U.S. v. Fricosu and Word Magic
Posted on January 27,2012
The Uncashed Check
Posted on January 16,2012
Unpublished Comments
Posted on January 14,2012
Joseph Rakofsky in the Happysphere
Posted on January 13,2012
Harris County Grand Jury News Parts One and Two
Posted on January 07,2012
A Brief Political Thought
Posted on January 07,2012
Dave Boyle, 1948-2011
Posted on January 01,2012
So You've Been Disappeared
Posted on January 01,2012
Rakofsky or Roberts? Help Me Decide
Posted on December 28,2011
Best Criminal-Law Blog Post of the Year
Posted on December 23,2011
Could it Be?
Posted on December 20,2011
Tannebaum Takes One for the Team
Posted on December 16,2011
Your Fifth Amendment at Work
Posted on December 15,2011
Right Now
Posted on December 15,2011
WWWWD?
Posted on December 14,2011
Smart Cops and Ridgebacks
Posted on December 12,2011
An American Political Spectrum
Posted on December 12,2011
Apropos of Nothing…
Posted on December 08,2011
Meet Ronald Ray, Sr.
Posted on December 08,2011
The Sky is Definitely Not Falling
Posted on December 08,2011
Keeping America Safe From Granny
Posted on December 06,2011
At What Point?
Posted on December 05,2011
The Legality of DIVERT
Posted on December 03,2011
Dispatch from the Contempt Front
Posted on December 03,2011
Two Solzhenitsyn Quotes
Posted on December 03,2011
I Would Have…
Posted on December 03,2011
Last Week in DA Politics
Posted on December 03,2011
Harris County District Clerk Chris Daniel Done Good
Posted on December 02,2011
UC-Davis: Sauce for the Gander
Posted on November 20,2011
Buttercup Nation
Posted on November 20,2011
Read This
Posted on November 19,2011
Law Geek: Beaumont Court Gets Double Jeopardy Wrong.
Posted on November 18,2011
What We're Up Against: Harmless Error
Posted on November 09,2011
A Politicized Timeline, and a Lie. But I Repeat Myself. [Updated, with Transcript]
Posted on November 08,2011
The BAT Van Contempt Hearing, Interpreted
Posted on November 08,2011
The Brain and the Law
Posted on November 07,2011
My BAT Van Contempt Guess [Updated]
Posted on November 06,2011
This Is Supposed to Help?
Posted on November 04,2011
The Secret Lives of Judges (corrected and updated)
Posted on November 02,2011
The BAT Van Show-Cause Order
Posted on November 02,2011
Live by the Hatchet, Die by the Hatchet
Posted on November 01,2011
Houston DWI “BAT” Vans—A Timeline
Posted on October 27,2011
¡Que Pendejosidad!
Posted on October 26,2011
Falsus in Unum…
Posted on October 24,2011
Welcome to the Blog, Amy Reynolds
Posted on October 19,2011
Your Latest Trick (With Bonus Lawyers)
Posted on October 17,2011
False Flags and Simpletons
Posted on October 15,2011
Other States' Offenses Requiring Sex Offender Registration in Texas
Posted on October 15,2011
Couplathree Thoughts
Posted on October 15,2011
Taking Back “Reasonable”
Posted on October 11,2011
Don't Do This
Posted on October 11,2011
The Problem of the Working Poor, Illustrated
Posted on October 07,2011
That's Just How We Roll
Posted on October 06,2011
Guest Post: Sesha Kalapatapu on Rule 3.06
Posted on September 29,2011
Letting the Imp Drive
Posted on September 29,2011
Stop NACDL LeadRival Spam
Posted on September 27,2011
[Not So] Good Expunction News
Posted on September 26,2011
I Hope There's a Fourth Amendment in Heaven
Posted on September 25,2011
My Amazon Bookstore
Posted on September 24,2011
Aristotle Wept
Posted on September 23,2011
Moral Foundations Matter
Posted on September 22,2011
When Happy Thoughts Are Valued More Than True
Posted on September 21,2011
Redemption Theory: All Stocked Up.
Posted on September 21,2011
Federal Jury Selection: No Google for You!
Posted on September 19,2011
Opray Onobay Ublicopay
Posted on September 15,2011
Countering TSA Deindividuation
Posted on September 15,2011
Not News
Posted on September 14,2011
Fifteen at One Blow
Posted on September 14,2011
Respond?
Posted on September 14,2011
Too Honest to Be President
Posted on September 14,2011
Today, Every Busybody's a King
Posted on September 13,2011
California: The Vacuous State
Posted on September 13,2011
Law Geek: The Circular 230 Ward Against Evil
Posted on September 13,2011
TSA Mission Creep
Posted on September 13,2011
Guest Post: Robb Fickman on Judicial Disrespect
Posted on September 13,2011
Safe Enough?
Posted on September 11,2011
A Public-Service Announcement, and What Did Dennis Baranowski Know?
Posted on September 11,2011
Soliciting Criminal Clients by Mail After 1 September
Posted on September 09,2011
From the Archives
Posted on September 07,2011
TSA Thug Thedala Magee Threatens Suit
Posted on September 06,2011
Racist Cops: Thanks for the Reasonable Doubt!
Posted on September 01,2011
Two Lawyers Behaving Badly
Posted on August 30,2011
Outsourcing and the Virtual Law Practice
Posted on August 29,2011
CCP 21.15
Posted on August 29,2011
NLSes Revisited
Posted on August 29,2011
Ethos and the Two Johns
Posted on August 20,2011
Harris County PD New Hires
Posted on August 19,2011
A Court of Criminal Appeals Excrescence
Posted on August 18,2011
John M. Regan, Jr.'s Bad Beat
Posted on August 16,2011
Scare ‘Em
Posted on August 16,2011
Overcivilization
Posted on August 07,2011
Texas Civil Liability for Barratry
Posted on August 06,2011
From the Mailbag: Rachel Kugel
Posted on August 05,2011
LegalMatch Ethics
Posted on August 03,2011
Branding Week, with Bonus Andy Nolen [Update]
Posted on August 03,2011
For Future Reference
Posted on August 01,2011
Selling Out?
Posted on July 31,2011
Child Prostitutes = Nails?
Posted on July 31,2011
Still Crazy After All These Years
Posted on July 25,2011
Stanford and the Loss of Innocence
Posted on July 25,2011
Help Put Steven Kramer's Arm on the Door
Posted on July 23,2011
Good-Citizenship Tip
Posted on July 19,2011
Disbar Nancy Grace for Being Repugnant? Are You High?
Posted on July 18,2011
Another Bad Screening Arrest
Posted on July 17,2011
Rakofsky's Ad to Replace Richard Borzouye
Posted on July 15,2011
Carolyn Piphus is a Fool
Posted on July 13,2011
19 States in 19 Days
Posted on July 13,2011
Advertising in the News
Posted on June 13,2011
A Lesson From the Casey Anthony Trial
Posted on June 12,2011
Another Lawyer Being Fake Online
Posted on June 11,2011
A Practice Tip
Posted on June 10,2011
Was Joseph Rakofsky Ineffective?
Posted on June 03,2011
RIP Jdog
Posted on June 03,2011
Loose Ends: TSA Admits that its Security is Superfluous
Posted on May 26,2011
Travis's Letter from the Alamo
Posted on May 26,2011
NM: TSA to Oversee Prom Searches
Posted on May 26,2011
Future's Hope
Posted on May 24,2011
Who Doesn't Want Broader Jury Pools?
Posted on May 20,2011
Nothing for Nothing
Posted on May 18,2011
Indiana Cops Get the Keys to the Castle
Posted on May 15,2011
Richard Borzouye: No Bad Publicity?
Posted on May 15,2011
Compendium of Rakofsky (and Borzouye) v. Internet Blog Posts
Posted on May 13,2011
The Rakofsky v. Internet Lawsuit(s)
Posted on May 13,2011
Dear Texas Legislative Republican Cretins
Posted on May 13,2011
Follow the Bouncing Hackneyed Ball
Posted on May 12,2011
Texas Padilla Retroactivity News: Good and Weird
Posted on May 12,2011
Notes on a Killing
Posted on May 09,2011
Mean But Stupid
Posted on May 07,2011
Krav Maga and Me
Posted on May 01,2011
TCDLA Strike Force FTW
Posted on April 26,2011
A Sound Basis
Posted on April 16,2011
Home of the Craven
Posted on April 14,2011
Give Generously; Make the Fat Man Run.
Posted on April 07,2011
Texas Lawyers: Time to Vote Again
Posted on April 04,2011
The Object Lesson of Joseph Rakofsky
Posted on April 04,2011
NYT Punked. Again.
Posted on April 01,2011
A Damn Good Start
Posted on March 28,2011
In Your Face, Brett Ligon!
Posted on March 25,2011
Potential Topics for the Criminal-Defense Skunkworks
Posted on March 19,2011
Fleshing out the Criminal-Defense Skunkworks
Posted on March 18,2011
Building the Criminal-Defense Skunkworks
Posted on March 18,2011
A Bully Rorschach Test
Posted on March 17,2011
Warning: 11-28-3 Lawyer Aloose on the Community
Posted on March 12,2011
A Bad Lawyering Combination: 11-28-3
Posted on March 10,2011
Dear FBI:
Posted on March 08,2011
Pat Lykos: Wrong Once More
Posted on March 03,2011
Results-Oriented Jurisprudence
Posted on March 03,2011
Casuistry
Posted on March 01,2011
TSA Grooming
Posted on February 26,2011
“The Texas Supreme Court Made Us Do It!”
Posted on February 22,2011
We Win. For the Moment.
Posted on February 17,2011
Another Dispatch From Mr. X
Posted on February 15,2011
Battle of the Neuropeptides
Posted on February 15,2011
Texas Disciplinary Rules Referendum: Former Committee Member Urges “No” Vote
Posted on February 14,2011
Law Geek: Retroactivity of Padilla v. Kentucky
Posted on February 10,2011
A Tiger for HCCLA
Posted on February 09,2011
Vote Now (and Vote No)
Posted on February 02,2011
Texas Legislator Against Theocracy
Posted on January 25,2011
Steve Fischer to Chief Justice Jefferson on the Bar Rules Amendment Referendum
Posted on January 23,2011
Why Straight-Ticket Referendum Voting Is Right
Posted on January 20,2011
Because We Said So
Posted on January 20,2011
Other Blawgospheric Voices on the Referendum
Posted on January 19,2011
An Unlawful Referendum
Posted on January 19,2011
SBOT General Practice, Solos, and Small Firm Section: Vote “No.”
Posted on January 18,2011
Where to Go to Vote “No”
Posted on January 18,2011
The Referendum: A Former Chief Disciplinary Counsel's View
Posted on January 17,2011
The Referendum: A PI Lawyer's Opinion
Posted on January 17,2011
Ethos, Fleas, and Awesomeness
Posted on January 17,2011
Flat Fee Fight: What's Really Going On?
Posted on January 17,2011
Question D
Posted on January 16,2011
The Rest of Question A
Posted on January 16,2011
Are 10,000 Texas Criminal-Defense Lawyers Wrong on Flat Fees?
Posted on January 16,2011
What the State Bar Thinks About Flat Fees
Posted on January 15,2011
Refundability: When is a Fee Earned?
Posted on January 15,2011
Freedom to Contract and Flat Fees
Posted on January 15,2011
Do You Trust the State Bar?
Posted on January 15,2011
Why Flat Fees Are Good for Clients
Posted on January 14,2011
Texas Lawyers: “No” to the Proposed Amendments to the Texas Disciplinary Rules
Posted on January 12,2011
Diverse Thoughts on a Great Tragedy
Posted on January 12,2011
Extra! Extra! Some Guy Gets a 5K1!
Posted on January 04,2011
Schadenfreude, Irony, and The Defense Function [Update: Photo Added]
Posted on January 01,2011
Harris County's Appellate PDs. [Updated 29 December 2010]
Posted on December 28,2010
But, Hey, it's Just Light Yellow.
Posted on December 28,2010
Another Bad DWI Idea in Austin
Posted on December 27,2010
Someday. Maybe. If I'm Really Good
Posted on December 27,2010
Christmas Wrapup
Posted on December 24,2010
Defense's First Brief in Opposition to Mandamus
Posted on December 23,2010
Briefs in Texas v. Green Mandamus
Posted on December 22,2010
Mandamus in Texas and the Green Case
Posted on December 22,2010
Leaked Memorandum
Posted on December 22,2010
Write Better Now
Posted on December 19,2010
DOJ on Immigration Consequences
Posted on December 14,2010
Fun With Stats, and Sex-Offender Registration All Around
Posted on December 13,2010
The Science of SWRVs
Posted on December 12,2010
Shame on You, Brett Ligon
Posted on December 12,2010
God Help America
Posted on December 12,2010
Attorney John C. Osborne
Posted on December 10,2010
Crazy Days
Posted on December 10,2010
Sgt. William Palmer
Posted on December 09,2010
Chain of Fools
Posted on December 09,2010
Mandamus in John Green Case
Posted on December 07,2010
Sometimes Polite Language Will Not Suffice
Posted on December 06,2010
John Green Death-Penalty Hearing and Pat Lykos's Game
Posted on December 06,2010
Many Murderers Are No More Mentally Ill than You
Posted on December 06,2010
Defense Experts in State v. Green
Posted on December 04,2010
Bullies, Betas, and Unquestioning Compliance
Posted on December 03,2010
How I'll Be Spending My Days
Posted on December 03,2010
Robert's Rule #_
Posted on December 02,2010
If He Offers to Show You His Wand, Refuse.
Posted on December 02,2010
Why “Whatever it Takes” is Relevant
Posted on November 30,2010
My Perspective on AIr Travel
Posted on November 30,2010
Not Worth It
Posted on November 29,2010
Blawg 100
Posted on November 29,2010
More “Whatever it Takes” Quislings
Posted on November 27,2010
Opt-Out Day an Unqualified Success
Posted on November 27,2010
More Statistics
Posted on November 27,2010
Domestic Extremists, Unite!
Posted on November 27,2010
Okay, But Let's Haggle About the Price
Posted on November 25,2010
Transportation Economics [Math Fixed]
Posted on November 25,2010
Tom DeLay, Convicted Felon
Posted on November 24,2010
Submit!
Posted on November 22,2010
Lie Back and Think of England
Posted on November 22,2010
The Big DIfference
Posted on November 20,2010
Moral Foundations: Four Out of Five Ain't Bad
Posted on November 19,2010
Smoke
Posted on November 19,2010
Liberate the Mallcops!
Posted on November 19,2010
Cooking the Books in Arizona
Posted on November 17,2010
The Opposite of Irresponsible
Posted on November 17,2010
Mallcops and Molesters
Posted on November 17,2010
Avoid These Airports
Posted on November 15,2010
Book Review: Typography for Lawyers
Posted on November 15,2010
Introducing your Secret Name
Posted on November 11,2010
QED
Posted on November 09,2010
Harris County's First Public Defender
Posted on November 09,2010
Yodle: because hytlr.com was already taken.
Posted on November 08,2010
Yodle and NACDL
Posted on November 08,2010
Yodle's “Stellar Record”
Posted on November 05,2010
Yodle Lawyer Marketing Sucks
Posted on November 04,2010
Bullying, Government, Betas
Posted on November 03,2010
No Easy Cases. Please.
Posted on November 02,2010
Vote for Loren Jackson
Posted on October 28,2010
At Last.
Posted on October 28,2010
Bring in the Real Lawyers
Posted on October 27,2010
Is It Anything Like a “Concierge Attorney”?
Posted on October 26,2010
Fake Ad Hominem, Cowardice, and Real Lawyers
Posted on October 26,2010
Praise the Lord and Pass the Witness
Posted on October 25,2010
The Great Lawyers' Strike of '10
Posted on October 25,2010
It Only Looks Easy.
Posted on October 24,2010
The Sobe Study
Posted on October 22,2010
“On Behalf Of”
Posted on October 22,2010
Totalitarianism Starts With Those Whom Society Hates
Posted on October 21,2010
Don't Be Carlos Romious [Updated]
Posted on October 20,2010
So You Want to Be a Lawyer
Posted on October 20,2010
Sometimes the Power Elites Get it Right
Posted on October 20,2010
The Blind Leading the Blind...
Posted on October 14,2010
Too Much to Mock
Posted on October 14,2010
Empathy and Cross-Examination
Posted on October 13,2010
Witnesses Playing God
Posted on October 09,2010
I Swear Loyalty to the Flag...
Posted on October 07,2010
Brickbats for Lykos
Posted on October 07,2010
Chris Daniel's interview, part 6 (in which I wrap it up)
Posted on October 05,2010
Chris Daniel's interview, part 5 (in which he speaks out for illegal immigrants)
Posted on October 05,2010
Chris Daniel's interview, part 4 (in which there is a vast conspiracy against him)
Posted on October 05,2010
Chris Daniel's interview part 3 (in which he demonstrates the Dunning-Kruger effect)
Posted on October 05,2010
Chris Daniel's Interview, part 2 (in which he waffles on terror and fudges on jury duty)
Posted on October 05,2010
Chris Daniel's interview, part 1 (in which he removes all doubt)
Posted on October 05,2010
Chris Daniel's Endorsement Lies
Posted on October 04,2010
Blawg Review #284
Posted on October 04,2010
Be Careful What You Ask For
Posted on October 01,2010
Today Only?
Posted on September 29,2010
There's Always a Prosecutor
Posted on September 28,2010
Sometimes the Texas Legislature Gets it Right
Posted on September 24,2010
Scared White Republican Fear of the Day: Third-World Document-Review Terrorists
Posted on September 24,2010
Blogging Rules
Posted on September 24,2010
Not Unethical, But Still Not Right
Posted on September 23,2010
No Bono
Posted on September 23,2010
One California Bankruptcy Lawyer Steps Into the Breach
Posted on September 23,2010
Harris County District Clerk Candidate Chris “Lightweight” Daniel
Posted on September 22,2010
Always... Except.
Posted on September 21,2010
Scene at the Courthouse
Posted on September 20,2010
Blawg Review #282
Posted on September 19,2010
Hard Work and Quick Thinking
Posted on September 18,2010
Nedlog's Rule
Posted on September 18,2010
This Looks Like a Job For ACDLA!
Posted on September 18,2010
The Grand Misdirect [With Final Update]
Posted on September 17,2010
TM vs. TMI
Posted on September 16,2010
Kenneth R. Kratz: “The Prize”
Posted on September 16,2010
Trench Menu: Find Scott Greenfield
Posted on September 15,2010
2010 Judicial Endorsements
Posted on September 14,2010
2010 Harris County Judicial Races
Posted on September 14,2010
The Reasonable Alternative Hypothesis Defense
Posted on September 13,2010
From the Mailbag
Posted on September 13,2010
20 Rules for Being a Criminal Defense Lawyer
Posted on September 11,2010
Texas's Accomplice Witness Rule
Posted on September 10,2010
After a Year of DIVERT
Posted on September 09,2010
Trial Bonding
Posted on September 08,2010
The TCDLA Politburo at Work
Posted on September 08,2010
How Eyewitness Identification Works
Posted on September 04,2010
Frendship and Friendship
Posted on August 29,2010
PDs and Private Lawyers: Last Thoughts
Posted on August 25,2010
PDs and Private Lawyers: The Missing Data
Posted on August 25,2010
PDs and Private Lawyers: What the Numbers Mean
Posted on August 25,2010
PDs and Private Lawyers: More Likely Than or As Likely As
Posted on August 25,2010
Of PDs and Private Counsel
Posted on August 25,2010
Now, What Else Can We Get “Clarified”?
Posted on August 21,2010
“Years of Trial Experience”
Posted on August 21,2010
Mmmmm…Chicha!
Posted on August 18,2010
Partisan and Interested Magistrates?
Posted on August 13,2010
Greenfield and the Teacup
Posted on August 11,2010
Meet Carl
Posted on August 11,2010
Attribution Redux
Posted on August 04,2010
Justice, Injustice, And In Between
Posted on August 03,2010
Property of the United States Taxpayer
Posted on August 03,2010
The Determinist Libertarian
Posted on August 03,2010
The Hunting of Justice (An Agony in Eight Fits)
Posted on August 01,2010
Small Lesson
Posted on July 30,2010
A(n Ex-)Prosecutor's Principles
Posted on July 26,2010
PSA: The Left-Turn Yield
Posted on July 26,2010
The Meat of the Coconut: Yet Another Aspiring Victim
Posted on July 25,2010
Business Plan: Never Lose
Posted on July 23,2010
A Legal Irony—Federal Firearms Law
Posted on July 19,2010
10 Practical Rules for Dealing with the Borderline Personality
Posted on July 16,2010
Texas's Non-Sex Sex Registration Offenses
Posted on July 16,2010
Sparta Townson, “Internet Guru Girl”
Posted on July 15,2010
Something We Learned at City Hall
Posted on July 14,2010
The HPD “Don't Talk to Defense Lawyers” Memo
Posted on July 14,2010
To An Anonymous Document Review
Posted on July 13,2010
Thanks, Snake
Posted on July 09,2010
Blog à Clef, for Now.
Posted on July 09,2010
The Debriefing
Posted on July 07,2010
Implicit Bias and Common Sense
Posted on July 06,2010
Fighting Back Against Common Sense
Posted on July 04,2010
Happy Revolution Day
Posted on July 04,2010
The Declaration of Independence
Posted on July 04,2010
Why Prosecution? Be Realistic.
Posted on July 02,2010
Trick Questions
Posted on July 02,2010
Mark's Typical Trial Schedule
Posted on June 30,2010
Small Step Toward Scientific Jury Selection
Posted on June 22,2010
Warning: This is Not the Happysphere
Posted on June 22,2010
More Great UTMB Ideas
Posted on June 19,2010
Actually, There Are Stupid Questions
Posted on June 18,2010
They'd Have to Be Crazy
Posted on June 18,2010
Trawling For Terrorists
Posted on June 08,2010
... and, Erica, You're No Larry Joe
Posted on June 06,2010
Criminal Defense Trial Lawyering = Chess
Posted on June 04,2010
Shows Promise
Posted on June 04,2010
Team Sport
Posted on June 04,2010
A Class Act
Posted on June 04,2010
Democracy Wins
Posted on June 03,2010
Means and Ends
Posted on May 30,2010
But My Way is Really Best
Posted on May 28,2010
Fine News
Posted on May 26,2010
At Least I'm Enjoying the Ride
Posted on May 26,2010
More on Submission in Federal Criminal Court
Posted on May 25,2010
If You Lose the Will to Win, You Will Lose.
Posted on May 22,2010
Know What? Never Mind.
Posted on May 20,2010
Unwaveringly Unwaiving
Posted on May 19,2010
Desert-Island Book
Posted on May 18,2010
One Thing I Learned Today
Posted on May 18,2010
Back to Federal Court
Posted on May 17,2010
Goosing Their Religion
Posted on May 16,2010
How to Run for TCDLA Director or Officer
Posted on May 13,2010
TCDLA's Broken Election Process
Posted on May 12,2010
Steve Swanger / Olschwanger, Spammer
Posted on May 12,2010
On Triage and Semantics
Posted on May 12,2010
“I need a lawyer just to...”
Posted on May 12,2010
Jury Suppression in Texas
Posted on May 07,2010
HPD Officers Suspended
Posted on May 07,2010
15 Years
Posted on May 05,2010
The Trespass Problem I
Posted on April 30,2010
Trial in Court 14: Voir Dire III
Posted on April 29,2010
Trial in Court 14: Voir Dire II
Posted on April 29,2010
Trial in Court 14: Voir Dire I
Posted on April 29,2010
May Be Liveblogging Jury Trial
Posted on April 29,2010
God Bless Judge David Hittner (Updated)
Posted on April 28,2010
Ask Avvo
Posted on April 27,2010
Rethinking Peeler
Posted on April 26,2010
Judge Susan Brown: Praise the Lord and Bring Your Toothbrush [Updated]
Posted on April 23,2010
Insurance [updated]
Posted on April 22,2010
The New Kids on the Blawck
Posted on April 21,2010
Use Immunity and Perjury
Posted on April 20,2010
Clearing Criminal Records in Texas
Posted on April 18,2010
What's Wrong With This Picture?
Posted on April 14,2010
The Presumption of Innocence in Harris County
Posted on April 08,2010
Jack Marshall, the Elmer Gantry of Ethics
Posted on April 08,2010
The Tip of the Iceberg
Posted on April 07,2010
No, Jack, That Blog Post Doesn't Make Your Butt Look Fat
Posted on April 06,2010
Motion to Recuse in John Edward Green Case
Posted on April 01,2010
And The Trail Has Its Own Stern Code
Posted on April 01,2010
Padilla v. Kentucky
Posted on March 31,2010
Take 2.8 Seconds. Be Thankful.
Posted on March 27,2010
Hover Through Fog and Filthy Air
Posted on March 26,2010
Procedure Geek: The Skinner Case [Updated 25 May 2010]
Posted on March 24,2010
Ten Social Media Sex Secrets for Lawyers
Posted on March 24,2010
Anonymous Quote of the Day
Posted on March 24,2010
Nope, No Balm in Gilead. Sorry.
Posted on March 23,2010
Three Years
Posted on March 18,2010
John Coby Writes Blog Post With Words “Gay Nigger”
Posted on March 18,2010
What is the Code for Lawyer?
Posted on March 18,2010
Why is the Trial Lawyers College Afraid of these Three Women? [Updated]
Posted on March 15,2010
Two New Blogs
Posted on March 14,2010
Students' Responses to Judge Standley's Talk
Posted on March 14,2010
Subpoenaing Out-Of-State Witnesses
Posted on March 12,2010
Judge Standley and the MADDing Crowd
Posted on March 11,2010
Crazy Days
Posted on March 09,2010
Tried to Comment on Texas Lawyer Blog
Posted on March 09,2010
Judge Fine and the Chronicle Back Off
Posted on March 09,2010
Go Go Godzilla
Posted on March 08,2010
Parsing the Made-Up News
Posted on March 07,2010
Legal Education or Experience Not Required
Posted on March 05,2010
Harris County Death Penalty Update: They Report, I Explain.
Posted on March 05,2010
Judge Fine on the Constitutionality of 37.071
Posted on March 04,2010
Even in Texas, Death Penalty Still Constitutional
Posted on March 04,2010
Chris Dorbandt and Catalyst Design: Partners in Crime
Posted on March 03,2010
An X-Gen Lawyer's Manifesto
Posted on March 03,2010
Input Needed: Reptile in Criminal Cases
Posted on March 03,2010
Reptiles Revisited: Lizards Don't Label [updated]
Posted on March 02,2010
Chew on This, Losers!
Posted on February 24,2010
Melissa Martin Wins in the Court of Criminal Appeals
Posted on February 24,2010
Somebody Call the Tort Reformers.
Posted on February 20,2010
Support Loren Jackson
Posted on February 18,2010
Don't Pitch Me
Posted on February 17,2010
CCCL3: Anyone But Sharolyn Wood
Posted on February 17,2010
Lawyers For All
Posted on February 14,2010
The Anthony Graves Retrial Pregame Show
Posted on February 12,2010
Punishing the Prosecutor to Fit the Crime
Posted on February 12,2010
Lawyer David DeCosta Cleared
Posted on February 09,2010
Accidental DIVERT Coercion
Posted on February 08,2010
If Halle Smith Had Been White, Would She Be Alive Today?
Posted on February 07,2010
If He's an Expert, Then So Is My Dog
Posted on February 05,2010
Anonymous Comment Reminder
Posted on February 05,2010
Even If or Especially Since
Posted on February 04,2010
Roeder, Padilla, Terry, Mohammed Part 1:Roeder
Posted on February 03,2010
Read This Today
Posted on February 03,2010
Google Blog Bundle
Posted on February 01,2010
Internet Marketers and Other Scoundrels
Posted on January 30,2010
“Awesome” Indeed.
Posted on January 27,2010
Three Questions for Kerrville Lawyer Guy James Gray
Posted on January 26,2010
16 Simple Rules, All Together
Posted on January 23,2010
The Four Most Powerful Words in the Criminal Courthouse
Posted on January 22,2010
Losing Sucks
Posted on January 21,2010
The Uncashed Check
Posted on January 18,2010
Petty Attorney Bullshit
Posted on January 11,2010
The Question: Seven Answers
Posted on January 08,2010
Federal Grand Jury in Maricopa County
Posted on January 07,2010
Call this “Notice”
Posted on January 06,2010
Michael Sokolow's Good Call
Posted on January 06,2010
Harris County DUI/DWI DIVERT Agreement
Posted on January 05,2010
Arizona Reading Comprehension Fail
Posted on January 04,2010
Another Snitching Lawyer
Posted on January 04,2010
More Mail from Arizona
Posted on January 03,2010
From the Mailbag [Updated]
Posted on January 01,2010
Two Things to Read Today
Posted on December 30,2009
A Job for Fools (and Other Humans)
Posted on December 28,2009
Fake Edmund Burke Was Wrong
Posted on December 24,2009
New Podcast: Interview with Jim Belanger
Posted on December 22,2009
This Might Cost Him the Chosen Vote
Posted on December 21,2009
That's What They're Paying Him For, For One Thing
Posted on December 18,2009
Maybe We Can Fix It At The Auto De Fe
Posted on December 17,2009
Does Daniel Barrera Want To Ruin Defendants' Lives?
Posted on December 15,2009
Bringing the Light to Maricopa
Posted on December 12,2009
Why Do Maricopa County's Voters Hate the Constitution?
Posted on December 12,2009
The First Annual Bloggers' Best Awards
Posted on December 11,2009
Recent Maricopa County Blog Posts (Updated)
Posted on December 10,2009
Why Maricopa County Matters
Posted on December 10,2009
The Trace Experiment
Posted on December 10,2009
Trial Lawyer Esoterica
Posted on December 08,2009
“I've Handled Lots of These Cases”
Posted on December 07,2009
How to Choose a (Cheaper) Criminal Defense Lawyer
Posted on December 07,2009
They Skipped Those Days in Sunday School
Posted on December 07,2009
New Blog
Posted on December 03,2009
Without a Trace
Posted on December 03,2009
The Ethics of Pathos, Part II
Posted on December 03,2009
The Ethics of Pathos, Part I
Posted on December 02,2009
Thoughts on Nobility, Justice, and Frblniz
Posted on December 01,2009
Bradley Johnson Offers a Free Four-Part Symposium on Internet Marketing for Lawyers
Posted on December 01,2009
Lizards Don't Laugh.
Posted on November 30,2009
Getting Out of DIVERT?
Posted on November 28,2009
Avvo Answhores (Updated 11/30/2009)
Posted on November 26,2009
Outsource Your Marketing, 3000 Words Edition
Posted on November 25,2009
The Potential Value of Naming Names
Posted on November 21,2009
Jurisprudential Retardation: Rodriguez-Parra
Posted on November 21,2009
Specialty Blog: Houston DWI
Posted on November 18,2009
Convergence: Personal Sovereignty and Google Scholar
Posted on November 18,2009
What the Hell is Wrong With the Maricopa County Criminal Bar?
Posted on November 18,2009
Sixteen Rules for Lawyers Who (Think They) Want to Market Online
Posted on November 16,2009
Why Federal Court is No Place for Amateurs
Posted on November 16,2009
The Motion to Recuse
Posted on November 13,2009
The Motion to Recuse
Posted on November 13,2009
Prosecutors: Please Be More Careful
Posted on November 13,2009
Tyler Flood Postscript
Posted on November 10,2009
Your Witness... No, Not Literally
Posted on November 10,2009
Comment Bug?
Posted on November 09,2009
In Favor of Lawyer Exceptionalism
Posted on November 08,2009
Waaaahhhh. Mine Hurts Too!
Posted on November 07,2009
Everything Old is New Again
Posted on November 07,2009
New Blog on the Blogroll
Posted on November 07,2009
Lessons in Media Relations and Blogging, from Tyler Flood [Updated, and Again]
Posted on November 07,2009
How to Choose a Criminal-Defense Lawyer
Posted on November 06,2009
Disbar the Connecticut 5
Posted on November 06,2009
Tyler Flood: The Drunk Driver's Lawyer?
Posted on November 06,2009
Tyler Flood Can't Help Himself
Posted on November 05,2009
Andy Nolen, Move Over!
Posted on November 05,2009
Schmomises
Posted on November 04,2009
Criminal Practice: The Treadmill
Posted on November 04,2009
The Mississippi of the West
Posted on November 04,2009
On Behalf of Matt Brown, You're Welcome.
Posted on November 03,2009
The Victimocracy Strikes Back
Posted on October 30,2009
Free Adam Reposa!
Posted on October 30,2009
Stuff I Don't Want to Miss Mentioning
Posted on October 30,2009
Coming Soon: Windshield Flyers
Posted on October 28,2009
Couch Fees in Texas
Posted on October 26,2009
Racehorse in Conflict
Posted on October 23,2009
To What End?
Posted on October 23,2009
Power, Responsibility
Posted on October 21,2009
Honor, Integrity, Honesty, and Dignity
Posted on October 21,2009
I'm Not Sure What to Think About...
Posted on October 18,2009
The End of an Era?
Posted on October 17,2009
The Jew With a Gun Next Door
Posted on October 17,2009
The Media
Posted on October 16,2009
I Confess, I Get All My Pop Culture From Randazza
Posted on October 16,2009
David Martin, Willingham's Trial Lawyer, Speaks Up (Updated With New Links)
Posted on October 16,2009
Injustice Through Ignorance
Posted on October 14,2009
Waiving Conflict II
Posted on October 14,2009
Waiving Conflict of Interest
Posted on October 13,2009
Referrals
Posted on October 12,2009
I Wish I'd Said It
Posted on October 08,2009
Case Oddity
Posted on October 08,2009
On Competence
Posted on October 06,2009
“Ten Grand to Start”
Posted on October 05,2009
A Better Way to Find Cellco Providers
Posted on October 01,2009
Small-Town Client Myth
Posted on September 30,2009
Please Join the NMDP.
Posted on September 28,2009
The One Percent
Posted on September 28,2009
Quote of the Day
Posted on September 28,2009
On Blogging Ethics
Posted on September 18,2009
No Easy Cases (Please!)
Posted on September 16,2009
Cute. That's what you're going for?
Posted on September 16,2009
Blog Problems?
Posted on September 14,2009
Blatant Shoutout to Three New Blogs
Posted on September 14,2009
The “Expert” Also Known as “Lunch”.
Posted on September 13,2009
Jail Hell
Posted on September 11,2009
Jury Selection: Simple Rule 16: The Herd Rule
Posted on September 10,2009
Jury Selection: Simple Rule 15: The Bat Rule
Posted on September 10,2009
Jury Selection: Simple Rule 14: The Atticus Finch Rule
Posted on September 10,2009
Jury Selection: Simple Rule 13: The Undertow Rule
Posted on September 10,2009
Reiteration
Posted on September 10,2009
Two-Way Street
Posted on September 08,2009
Jury Selection: Simple Rule 11: The Playing Doctor Rule
Posted on September 08,2009
Stark Raving Ignorance
Posted on September 05,2009
More Andy Nolen Marketing Follies.
Posted on September 04,2009
Is it Just Me?
Posted on September 04,2009
Helpful Hint
Posted on September 03,2009
Criminal Liability for Judicial Murder in Texas
Posted on September 02,2009
It's Never too Late to Repent, John and Johnny
Posted on September 02,2009
Barrelscraping.
Posted on September 01,2009
Jury Selection: Simple Rule 10: The Marathon Rule
Posted on August 31,2009
Jury Selection: Simple Rule 9: The Beer Pong Rule
Posted on August 31,2009
Jury Selection: Simple Rule zero: One Rule to Rule Them All
Posted on August 29,2009
Want Revenge? Gain? Attention? Be a Witness!
Posted on August 29,2009
To the New Blogger Asking for a Reciprocal Link
Posted on August 26,2009
Jury Selection: Simple Rule 8: The Shrink Rule
Posted on August 25,2009
Jury Selection: Simple Rule 7: Improv Rule II
Posted on August 25,2009
Jury Selection: Simple Rule 6: Improv Rule I
Posted on August 25,2009
Jury Selection: Simple Rule 5: MacCarthy's Bar Rule
Posted on August 21,2009
Lethal Generosity Revisited
Posted on August 20,2009
Tragedy Tomorrow...
Posted on August 18,2009
Andy Nolen: Today's Last Chapter
Posted on August 17,2009
Andy Nolen: Total Fraud?
Posted on August 17,2009
The Continuing Adventures of “Lawyer” Andy Nolen
Posted on August 17,2009
The Further Adventures of “Lawyer” Andy Nolen
Posted on August 17,2009
Andy Nolen, “Lawyer” [Updated Again]
Posted on August 17,2009
Jury Selection: Simple Rule 4: The 90/10 Rule
Posted on August 14,2009
Jury Selection: Simple Rule 3: The Shrek Rule
Posted on August 14,2009
Rules
Posted on August 11,2009
Jury Selection: Simple Rule 2: The Blind Date Rule
Posted on August 05,2009
Treatment For People Who... Don't Need It?
Posted on August 04,2009
Jury Selection: Simple Rule 1: The Nike Rule
Posted on July 31,2009
Reasonable Doubt Tonight, 7/30
Posted on July 30,2009
Surgin' Diversion Coercion
Posted on July 29,2009
Boucher Revisited
Posted on July 26,2009
Simple Rules for Better Jury Selection [Updated]
Posted on July 25,2009
Accessibility
Posted on July 24,2009
A Man Among Prosecutorial Bloggers
Posted on July 24,2009
Beverly Hills 78701
Posted on July 17,2009
Odd.
Posted on July 17,2009
Work-Life Balance, Explained
Posted on July 17,2009
DWI Diversion in Harris County
Posted on July 16,2009
Anita Mugeni: Criminal Defense Hero of the Day
Posted on July 15,2009
New Additions to the Blogroll
Posted on July 15,2009
No, You Are Not Publius.
Posted on July 14,2009
Around the Blogs
Posted on July 13,2009
Another Houston Superhero
Posted on July 08,2009
Legal Ethics Heresy
Posted on July 07,2009
Declaration: The Author's Cut, Restored
Posted on July 04,2009
The Declaration of Independence
Posted on July 03,2009
Proof that Lawyers Can Survive Without Honor.
Posted on July 03,2009
The UCC: Ban it Fully, or Not at All.
Posted on June 30,2009
Justice vs. The Law
Posted on June 27,2009
Law and Justice Explained.
Posted on June 25,2009
Fifteen Books for Becoming a Better Criminal Defense Trial Lawyer
Posted on June 25,2009
The Hair in the Food, and Jury Selection
Posted on June 25,2009
Keep the NPMSRP Alive!
Posted on June 24,2009
Woody: Diddy?
Posted on June 19,2009
Federal Criminal Defense Lawyers: How We Doin'?
Posted on June 16,2009
Cop Blogs
Posted on June 14,2009
The Credit Privacy Number (CPN) Scam
Posted on June 14,2009
Asshat Lawyer of the Day Kirk Bernard
Posted on June 12,2009
DIP... Stuff
Posted on June 12,2009
Coming Soon: Retard Kolaches
Posted on June 12,2009
New Post at Chron.Commons
Posted on June 09,2009
Blogging on Chron.commons
Posted on June 07,2009
The Club
Posted on June 06,2009
The Rich Pay to Play; Let the Poor Eat Cake.
Posted on June 06,2009
Pretrial Diversion for DWI
Posted on June 04,2009
I Wouldn't Hire Your Kine.
Posted on June 01,2009
This is the Guy that Texas Prosecutors Have Teaching them Ethics.
Posted on May 29,2009
HCDP Judicial Candidates: Who Are These People?
Posted on May 29,2009
Press Release
Posted on May 28,2009
Legislating Policy from the Bench: Five Examples
Posted on May 27,2009
Warren, What's Your Tribe?
Posted on May 23,2009
Liability for Court-Appointed Counsel
Posted on May 19,2009
Mental Health First Aid Class
Posted on May 19,2009
Fred's Day in Court
Posted on May 19,2009
The Blind Leading the Blind
Posted on May 15,2009
Read Defending People on Your Kindle
Posted on May 14,2009
Because The Customer Is, At That Point, Often Wrong
Posted on May 13,2009
Paladin Didn't Charge Split Fees.
Posted on May 09,2009
DA's Office Does Right
Posted on May 07,2009
The “Prosecuting Policy” Argument
Posted on May 03,2009
Guantanamo Newspeak
Posted on May 03,2009
Torture Segue #1
Posted on May 01,2009
The Right Way and the Wrong Way
Posted on April 30,2009
Happy Victims' Week!
Posted on April 28,2009
George Weissfisch's Ideas Two Through Six
Posted on April 28,2009
Sausage
Posted on April 27,2009
Support Ovarian Cancer Research
Posted on April 27,2009
Keller Impeachment
Posted on April 25,2009
Geoff Berg's News Wrap With Judge Ken Wise and Me
Posted on April 25,2009
Why the Torture Memos Upset Me
Posted on April 24,2009
Texas House Resolution to Investigate Sharon Keller
Posted on April 23,2009
Bad Judicial Behavior
Posted on April 22,2009
A Couple of Questions on Torture
Posted on April 22,2009
Arizona v. Gant
Posted on April 21,2009
Why Someone Has to Go to Prison for Waterboarding
Posted on April 21,2009
New Ideas at HCDAO? Unwelcome!
Posted on April 20,2009
Dispatch from Rock Bottom
Posted on April 20,2009
The Defending People Contest Contest
Posted on April 20,2009
Shame on You, Jeff Bezos.
Posted on April 19,2009
TLC Alumni Blogs
Posted on April 18,2009
New Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog
Posted on April 16,2009
Last Week's Reasonable Doubt
Posted on April 16,2009
Quanell X on Reasonable Doubt
Posted on April 16,2009
Revisiting the Problem of the Working Poor
Posted on April 14,2009
Easter Bunny Pwnd
Posted on April 13,2009
Save it for Court
Posted on April 12,2009
My Latest Non-Lawyering Project
Posted on April 12,2009
Are You Gonna Make Me Beg?
Posted on April 09,2009
2.25 GB Free
Posted on April 08,2009
It's Not Just Cops
Posted on April 07,2009
Why I Don't Make the Big Decisions
Posted on April 07,2009
Meet Your Overlords
Posted on April 07,2009
The End Result
Posted on April 07,2009
Reasonable Doubt With Jim Leitner
Posted on April 03,2009
Voir Dire Notes: The Accused
Posted on April 03,2009
Jury Selection Catch-22
Posted on April 03,2009
DEA Agent Manual Notes
Posted on April 03,2009
Could You Send Me Some Comment Spam Instead?
Posted on April 01,2009
Strange Comment Spam
Posted on April 01,2009
ICE: Policy's Effect on Immigration Would Be Minimal
Posted on April 01,2009
This'll teach her.
Posted on March 31,2009
Another Brilliant Idea from Lykos and Company
Posted on March 30,2009
Sharon Keller's Been a Bad, Bad Girl
Posted on March 30,2009
A Quick Study
Posted on March 27,2009
Rick Casey Gets it Right
Posted on March 27,2009
Pat Lykos is Wrong. Again.
Posted on March 27,2009
At the Republican Party Banquet
Posted on March 26,2009
HCDA Whale Fail!
Posted on March 26,2009
Sharon Keller's Response
Posted on March 25,2009
Straight Into Solo
Posted on March 24,2009
An Embarrassment Even to Criminal Defense Lawyers
Posted on March 23,2009
Stupid Neologism of the Day
Posted on March 23,2009
Brother Dave and Immanuel Kant
Posted on March 16,2009
HCCLA Reasonable Doubt August 14, 2008
Posted on March 15,2009
HCCLA Reasonable Doubt August 7, 2008
Posted on March 15,2009
HCCLA Reasonable Doubt July 31, 2008
Posted on March 15,2009
HCCLA Reasonable Doubt March 12, 2009
Posted on March 14,2009
HCCLA Reasonable Doubt March 5, 2009
Posted on March 13,2009
HCCLA Reasonable Doubt
Posted on March 12,2009
Criminal Law Band-Aids
Posted on March 12,2009
Today's Houston Criminal Law News
Posted on March 11,2009
Praise Where Due
Posted on March 10,2009
Convergence
Posted on March 09,2009
An Apology
Posted on March 08,2009
Aggressive Criminal Lawyer? No, Thanks.
Posted on March 08,2009
Here Comes the Judge
Posted on March 08,2009
I'll Take the “Over”
Posted on March 06,2009
Why Challenges for Cause Aren't Enough
Posted on March 06,2009
On Reasonable Doubt
Posted on March 05,2009
Peremptories — Love ‘Em or Leave ‘Em?
Posted on March 05,2009
My Brother Russ, in His Garden
Posted on March 04,2009
Applied Ethics
Posted on March 01,2009
Reprise: Prosecutors and Judges: How is this Possibly Okay?
Posted on February 27,2009
R.W. Lynch Raises Its Ugly Head Again
Posted on February 27,2009
Don't Dial 9-1-1
Posted on February 25,2009
Prosecutors Are So Dreeeeeeamy!
Posted on February 22,2009
A Defending People Retrospective
Posted on February 22,2009
Post #999 – A Taste of Things to Come
Posted on February 19,2009
Pat Lykos's Diversity Record
Posted on February 19,2009
When Official Woman Kills
Posted on February 19,2009
Steenking Batches
Posted on February 18,2009
Cross is Not Supposed to Be Angry
Posted on February 17,2009
Blog for Profit. Please.
Posted on February 16,2009
Blawg Review #199
Posted on February 15,2009
Corporate Bully Nordstrom Speaks With Forked Tongue
Posted on February 14,2009
The Law on Poisoning the Jury Pool
Posted on February 11,2009
A Letter to Blake Nordstrom
Posted on February 11,2009
The NAS TBI Report
Posted on February 10,2009
AGs, “Predators”, and Manufactured Fear
Posted on February 10,2009
Bravest of All at 451 Degrees
Posted on February 10,2009
Several Recent Additions to the Blogroll
Posted on February 10,2009
Blawg Reviews 198 and 199
Posted on February 09,2009
Stand and Deliver in Tenaha
Posted on February 08,2009
The Colorado Supreme Court Notices Francis M. Pignatelli
Posted on February 04,2009
Newbie Defense Lawyers
Posted on February 03,2009
Linxmonster = Pwned
Posted on February 02,2009
How to Fix the System
Posted on February 02,2009
Very Conservative Politics, Very Liberal Spelling
Posted on February 02,2009
To a Criminal Defense Lawyer Who Just Lost a Case
Posted on February 02,2009
Ghost-Town Marketing Morons: Linxmonster
Posted on January 31,2009
Prosecutors Help People, But How Often?
Posted on January 31,2009
Criminal Liability Under the CPSIA
Posted on January 30,2009
Ex-Judge Hanger
Posted on January 30,2009
Transcript of CharonQC's John Kane Interview
Posted on January 30,2009
Williamson County Discovery
Posted on January 30,2009
More for Our Colleagues Across the Pond
Posted on January 29,2009
Entitled Asshat of the Day
Posted on January 29,2009
Pignatelli Revisited
Posted on January 29,2009
“The Lateral Hire”; or “Nuckin Futs”
Posted on January 29,2009
Listen to This Today
Posted on January 29,2009
Newman in the Houston Press
Posted on January 28,2009
From the Mailbag
Posted on January 28,2009
It's Thursday, and R.W. Lynch Still Lies
Posted on January 28,2009
Free Goodies from ASTC
Posted on January 27,2009
Irony or Stupidity?
Posted on January 26,2009
What Kind of Schmuck Would Hire Frank Pignatelli?
Posted on January 26,2009
Why the Why?
Posted on January 26,2009
Offense Report Copies
Posted on January 25,2009
CharonQC's Podcast #90
Posted on January 23,2009
Worst Jury Selection Advice Ever: Don't Listen
Posted on January 23,2009
Call for Articles
Posted on January 23,2009
Powerful Word Magic
Posted on January 22,2009
Ken at Popehat Kicks the LA Times's Journalistic Butt
Posted on January 22,2009
Complex Questions and Children
Posted on January 22,2009
Prosecutors Protecting Children (But Only When It's Convenient)
Posted on January 20,2009
Legal Sufficiency and Proof
Posted on January 20,2009
If You See the High Ground, Take It
Posted on January 19,2009
The Uncashed Check
Posted on January 19,2009
Greed is Not Good
Posted on January 16,2009
New Harris County Blog
Posted on January 16,2009
J'accuse
Posted on January 16,2009
Say It. Draw It. Act It.
Posted on January 15,2009
An Interesting Court-Appointed Fee Arrangement
Posted on January 15,2009
Texas Criminal Legislation in the Works
Posted on January 15,2009
A Scavenger's Feast, Delivered
Posted on January 14,2009
How to Turn Villains Into Victims
Posted on January 14,2009
Do Not Go To Law School
Posted on January 13,2009
Open Letter to the Judiciary
Posted on January 13,2009
Wait: “Temporary Attorney” is a Career?
Posted on January 12,2009
Maybe He Meant it as Praise?
Posted on January 12,2009
In Support of the Nudge
Posted on January 11,2009
This Is What They Teach at Georgetown?
Posted on January 10,2009
Advice to a Young Criminal Defense Trial Lawyer (bump)
Posted on January 09,2009
Mock Trial and Real Trial
Posted on January 09,2009
The Smell of Fear / The Smell of Sex
Posted on January 09,2009
Maybe My Favorite Old Blog Post...
Posted on January 08,2009
Writing Sample
Posted on January 08,2009
Pride
Posted on January 08,2009
I Demand a Recount
Posted on January 07,2009
Prosecutors: We're Punishing Sinners
Posted on January 07,2009
A Different Sort of Red Light Camera, and A Surprise for Bal'mer
Posted on January 07,2009
I Would Bet That It Has
Posted on January 07,2009
Blame Brain Drain?
Posted on January 06,2009
Three Notable Developments Across the Pond
Posted on January 05,2009
Bad Lawyer. No Cookie.
Posted on January 04,2009
Ethos
Posted on December 31,2008
Newspeak of the Day
Posted on December 31,2008
HPD and Video Redux
Posted on December 29,2008
All for Want of a Horseshoe Nail
Posted on December 29,2008
RIP
Posted on December 27,2008
The Coronation Poll
Posted on December 27,2008
Memo to Future Lawyers
Posted on December 26,2008
Are You Man or Mutton?
Posted on December 25,2008
Lykos, Meet Streisand
Posted on December 24,2008
Car Keyers and the Importance of Having Gideon
Posted on December 23,2008
Rescheduled From This Thursday
Posted on December 23,2008
Justice vs. Fairness
Posted on December 22,2008
Because Sometimes We Buy Our Own Bullshit
Posted on December 20,2008
Big Trouble Only
Posted on December 19,2008
Georgia Wants to Kill
Posted on December 19,2008
More on Mark Sandoval
Posted on December 19,2008
More Trial Music
Posted on December 19,2008
For Your Listening Pleasure
Posted on December 19,2008
Criminal Defense Chat with Scott Greenfield
Posted on December 19,2008
Frivolous Conflicted Representation. Where Else but Harris County?
Posted on December 18,2008
Everybody Gets Convicted Anyway
Posted on December 17,2008
Because “Sue” Was Already Taken
Posted on December 17,2008
Freedom vs. Safety
Posted on December 16,2008
Murphy's Law of Investigation
Posted on December 12,2008
A Heck of a ($618,000 ) Job
Posted on December 12,2008
Federal Convictions Reversed
Posted on December 11,2008
Sent to me by a Smiling Judge
Posted on December 11,2008
Vote for Simple Justice
Posted on December 10,2008
Toxic Blog of the Day
Posted on December 10,2008
Thoughts on a Hanging
Posted on December 10,2008
RTF(F)M.
Posted on December 07,2008
No News is Good News
Posted on December 07,2008
Be the Best or Go Home
Posted on December 07,2008
Also, Firings Will Continue Till Morale Improves
Posted on December 06,2008
Add to List of Things That Don't Happen When You Plead Guilty
Posted on December 05,2008
Nobody Beats Up My Brother But Me
Posted on December 05,2008
Another Great Thing About Being a Criminal Defense Lawyer
Posted on December 04,2008
The Fallacy of Godlike Wisdom
Posted on December 04,2008
Blog Down
Posted on December 04,2008
Blog Down
Posted on December 04,2008
It's Wednesday Morning, and DUI Hotline Network Still Sucks.
Posted on December 03,2008
For My Friends, Formerly of the DA's Office
Posted on December 02,2008
Want to Spend Less on Defense? Spend Less on Offense.
Posted on December 02,2008
Internet Marketing for Lawyers: Here Be Dragons!
Posted on December 02,2008
Week of Republican Hatchet Jobs Continues
Posted on December 02,2008
New Rule: No Links to Blatant Marketing Blogs
Posted on December 02,2008
The Outlying Counties
Posted on December 01,2008
Another Opportunity to Vote for Grits or Simple Justice
Posted on December 01,2008
Who's Spending Your Marketing Money?
Posted on December 01,2008
The Coming TOS Boom.
Posted on November 29,2008
Power Doesn't Like Truth
Posted on November 29,2008
Rotten Tomatoes or Peeled Grapes for Scott Andringa?
Posted on November 28,2008
Somewhere Napoleon is Smiling
Posted on November 25,2008
Matt Shirk, You Are the Weakest Link.
Posted on November 25,2008
Look on the Bright Side: This Way You Can Do It on the Clock
Posted on November 25,2008
Memo to Non-Criminal Defense Lawyers
Posted on November 24,2008
Nothing to Do with PDs and Private Lawyers
Posted on November 23,2008
Gen Y Not as Savvy as They Say?
Posted on November 21,2008
What if They Gave a WOD and Nobody Came?
Posted on November 21,2008
Near the Khyber Pass, 1985/6
Posted on November 20,2008
Texas's Medical Marijuana Bill
Posted on November 20,2008
Frankly, I'd Rather Mail You a Check and Burn the $4.95.
Posted on November 20,2008
I Want Angry Jurors With Low Self-Esteem
Posted on November 19,2008
Real Life Experience, Applied
Posted on November 18,2008
Lethal Generosity in the Legal Profession
Posted on November 14,2008
Three Guys in Desperate Need of Razors
Posted on November 14,2008
Next Week is “Get to Know a Fellow Blogger” Week
Posted on November 14,2008
JDSupra. Give Content, Get Your Clients Noticed?
Posted on November 13,2008
NACDL Seminar?
Posted on November 13,2008
What Rhymes With “Brutal Thug”?
Posted on November 12,2008
ADA: Advertising Makes the Man Edition
Posted on November 10,2008
New Judges and Reversal Rates
Posted on November 10,2008
New Judges: Coda – Size Doesn't Matter
Posted on November 08,2008
Need Help
Posted on November 08,2008
That Sharolyn Wood Is Such a Joker.
Posted on November 06,2008
The New Judges: How Bad?
Posted on November 06,2008
An Historic Election
Posted on November 05,2008
The Fifth Amendment Privilege Redux
Posted on November 04,2008
Get that Title!
Posted on November 04,2008
Interpret or Make Law?
Posted on November 01,2008
Another Approach to Death-Qualified Jurors
Posted on October 31,2008
Probation vs. Prison
Posted on October 29,2008
Troy Davis
Posted on October 26,2008
In Trial
Posted on October 22,2008
Blogging Politics
Posted on October 21,2008
The Nature of the Job
Posted on October 20,2008
Notes From DEA Law of Deadly Force Class
Posted on October 20,2008
A Flyspeck Here, a Flyspeck Here, and Pretty Soon You're Up to 12 Million Dollars.
Posted on October 17,2008
Not, in the Usual Sense, Criminal Law
Posted on October 17,2008
Improv, Trial, and Politics
Posted on October 17,2008
Diana Moon Glampers for Vice President
Posted on October 16,2008
Funny the Things You Learn When You RTFM
Posted on October 16,2008
C.O. Bradford on Reasonable Doubt
Posted on October 16,2008
And By the Way, What Ever Happened to &?
Posted on October 15,2008
Memo to Marketers
Posted on October 15,2008
Now It Makes Sense.
Posted on October 14,2008
Texas: Still a Contender
Posted on October 14,2008
A Tale of Two DUIs
Posted on October 14,2008
Be Afraid... But Not That Afraid
Posted on October 14,2008
Proposition of the Week
Posted on October 12,2008
Who Are These People?
Posted on October 12,2008
The Best Criminal Defense Lawyer in Houston
Posted on October 11,2008
Thus Spake Brian
Posted on October 09,2008
Reciprocal Discovery, Anyone?
Posted on October 07,2008
Six Things; or, Does the Market Have Buddha-Nature?
Posted on October 07,2008
Jefferson on the Wisdom of the People
Posted on October 06,2008
Unexpected Happy Endings
Posted on October 04,2008
Looking for Your Money on the Street Where You Lost It
Posted on October 03,2008
A DUI Trial on Unmapped Uneven Terrain.
Posted on October 03,2008
Video Special: More of the Same
Posted on October 03,2008
Just Say “Gosh, No!” to Dullards in High Office
Posted on October 02,2008
More on those Ominous Black Boxes
Posted on September 26,2008
Abe Maslow, Jury Consultant
Posted on September 26,2008
I am Highly Amused
Posted on September 25,2008
Big Brother on Wheels
Posted on September 24,2008
Of Berries, Durians, and Jean Valjean
Posted on September 23,2008
Biggest. Blank. Check. Ever!
Posted on September 22,2008
Spring 1987
Posted on September 22,2008
Not Just a Little Bit Overboard.
Posted on September 22,2008
Spring 1986
Posted on September 22,2008
Join NACDL
Posted on September 20,2008
Genuine John McCain POW Bracelet
Posted on September 20,2008
Yeah, Um, I Think We'll Pass on This One.
Posted on September 18,2008
Politics
Posted on September 17,2008
Downtown Debeautification Project
Posted on September 17,2008
The Game is Afoot
Posted on September 16,2008
A Few More Post-Ike Photos
Posted on September 15,2008
Hurricane update day 3
Posted on September 14,2008
Hurricane Update 0840
Posted on September 13,2008
Hurricane Update 0315
Posted on September 13,2008
Asshat of the Day – Hurricane Ike Edition
Posted on September 12,2008
Hurricane Ike Update – 2130h
Posted on September 12,2008
Hurricane Ike Update – 2015h
Posted on September 12,2008
Hurricane News
Posted on September 12,2008
Storm Update
Posted on September 12,2008
Seen in the Neighborhood
Posted on September 11,2008
Paging Mrs. MalAProp
Posted on September 04,2008
I'll Let Someone Else Judge Whether That Was Appropriate.
Posted on September 04,2008
About Thinking
Posted on September 02,2008
I Trully Hope She Learns From This Expiernce!
Posted on August 29,2008
It's Almost Mesmerizing
Posted on August 29,2008
More Special Prosecutors
Posted on August 28,2008
NLS Tactics and Strategy
Posted on August 27,2008
Welcome to Downtown; Don't Pick Up Any Hitchhikers.
Posted on August 27,2008
Rolls, ¡sí! Pay tickets, ¡no!
Posted on August 26,2008
You Know Your Organization is in Trouble When...
Posted on August 25,2008
A Special Prosecutor
Posted on August 21,2008
The Houston Justice League
Posted on August 19,2008
Testing
Posted on August 18,2008
Raises for Prosecutors and Defenders, or More Pork for Other Projects?
Posted on August 18,2008
A Little Sunday TJ
Posted on August 17,2008
Everyday Incidents
Posted on August 14,2008
Tell Me Again Who the Victim of this Particular Crime Is?
Posted on August 12,2008
Naivete
Posted on August 12,2008
The Secret to Winning: Bennett-Style
Posted on August 11,2008
Bad Cop! No Donut!
Posted on August 07,2008
Dialing for Defense Dollars
Posted on August 07,2008
Scott Greenfield Blogs Mimi Coffey
Posted on August 05,2008
Jury Trials Blowing Away
Posted on August 04,2008
Naptime in the Courtroom
Posted on August 04,2008
Read this Book
Posted on August 04,2008
Practical Blawgosphere, Scavenging Department
Posted on August 03,2008
Federal Mortgage Fraud in Texas = Payday for Criminal Defense Lawyers?
Posted on August 03,2008
New Contributor to the Practical Blawgosphere
Posted on August 01,2008
Bad DUI Advice and Internet Anonymity
Posted on August 01,2008
Officers, You're Doing a Heck of a Job.
Posted on July 30,2008
Million-Dollar Legal Advice
Posted on July 29,2008
Last Thursday's Reasonable Doubt
Posted on July 29,2008
Arrogant, or Just Dim?
Posted on July 29,2008
First Blog from TLC
Posted on July 29,2008
The Client's Decisions, the Lawyer's, and Chastisement to Insolent Pups
Posted on July 28,2008
The Scavenging Thread
Posted on July 27,2008
I Thought I was an Infomaniac...
Posted on July 27,2008
“A Marvelous and Precarious Machine”
Posted on July 25,2008
Ask the Legal Marketing Guru
Posted on July 25,2008
Marketing the Hired-Gun Prosecutor
Posted on July 25,2008
Must-Watch TV
Posted on July 24,2008
Love in the Air?
Posted on July 24,2008
Would a Group of Lawyers Offering this Service be a “Cover Band”?
Posted on July 23,2008
From the Harris County Sexually Oriented Enterprise Regulations
Posted on July 23,2008
Wednesday Lagniappe
Posted on July 23,2008
Ego
Posted on July 23,2008
The Trick Question: Prosecutors' Questions Answered, and Answers Questioned
Posted on July 22,2008
More on the “One-Witness Rule” Trick Question in Jury Selection
Posted on July 21,2008
The Dubois, Wyoming Blawgers' Convention
Posted on July 19,2008
The One-Witness Rule
Posted on July 17,2008
Untitled 8
Posted on July 16,2008
Another Odd Victory
Posted on July 16,2008
One Double Strike
Posted on July 15,2008
Trial Psychosis
Posted on July 14,2008
To My Republican Friends
Posted on July 14,2008
In Trial*
Posted on July 14,2008
The Right Way to Give Up a Case
Posted on July 10,2008
From the Houston Criminal Law News
Posted on July 09,2008
Untitled 4
Posted on July 08,2008
The Miami Motion to Substitute
Posted on July 08,2008
Congratulations!
Posted on July 07,2008
Take That, Fort Collins!
Posted on July 07,2008
New Harris County Criminal Law Blog
Posted on July 06,2008
Guest Post from an Iraq War Veteran
Posted on July 06,2008
Anger, Retribution, Oh Crap, Splat.
Posted on July 05,2008
Quis custodiet Custodes Ipsos?
Posted on July 05,2008
ABA Ten Principles of a Public Defense Delivery System
Posted on July 05,2008
Can DUI Be Expunged in Texas?
Posted on July 05,2008
Another Mark Bennett
Posted on July 05,2008
Thoughts on Independence Day
Posted on July 04,2008
DUI No-Refusal Weekend
Posted on July 03,2008
The Declaration of Independence
Posted on July 03,2008
Not Fail-Safe in the Courthouse
Posted on July 02,2008
The Joe Horn Law
Posted on July 01,2008
Also Heard at the Courthouse
Posted on July 01,2008
Not Right, But Not a Crime
Posted on June 30,2008
Badvertising Hall of Shame / ADA
Posted on June 30,2008
No, Really, Thank You!
Posted on June 26,2008
Book Review: Your Witness
Posted on June 26,2008
Dirty DWI Secrets
Posted on June 25,2008
Calling All Criminal Blawgers
Posted on June 24,2008
DWI: Victimless Crime
Posted on June 24,2008
To Blow or Not To Blow? A Little Texas DWI Law.
Posted on June 23,2008
Believe in Karma
Posted on June 23,2008
DWI Trial Tomorrow
Posted on June 22,2008
Thoughts on Internet Marketing for Lawyers
Posted on June 21,2008
Some Houston-Area (and elsewhere) Criminal Justice Links
Posted on June 21,2008
North Texas Criminal Court and Jail Information
Posted on June 21,2008
Survival Situations: What's at Risk?
Posted on June 19,2008
The Mind and Criminal Defense
Posted on June 19,2008
Blind Strikes and Double Strikes
Posted on June 19,2008
Based on Actual Facts
Posted on June 18,2008
Is Only Kelly Siegler Man Enough to Tell the Truth?
Posted on June 14,2008
A Cross-Examination Photo
Posted on June 13,2008
Ollie the Cabdrivertising Criminal Attorney
Posted on June 03,2008
Top 100, Depending Where You're Counting From
Posted on June 03,2008
Racehorse Haynes in Trial
Posted on June 02,2008
A Common Fact Pattern
Posted on June 02,2008
I Leave the Punchline Writing to You
Posted on May 30,2008
Google Down?
Posted on May 27,2008
Survival And Criminal Defense I
Posted on May 27,2008
Actual Innocence in Collin County
Posted on May 23,2008
Lawyering Rule of the Day
Posted on May 22,2008
No More Sources For You! [Updated]
Posted on May 22,2008
From Today's Mailbag.
Posted on May 22,2008
Judge Caprice Cosper
Posted on May 21,2008
Life for Quintero
Posted on May 20,2008
TOS Violations in Criminal Solicitation of a Minor Case
Posted on May 19,2008
Probation Eligibility in Texas
Posted on May 18,2008
What Lawyers're Doing Across the Pond
Posted on May 16,2008
Mack Arnold Fundraiser
Posted on May 16,2008
New Poll: Rusty Duncan
Posted on May 14,2008
Problems With Judge Voir Dire
Posted on May 13,2008
For a Public Information Office
Posted on May 12,2008
The Hired-Gun Prosecutor
Posted on May 10,2008
Confidence-Inspiring
Posted on May 10,2008
Suffering Laryngitis
Posted on May 07,2008
That's Why Prosecutors Shouldn't Try POM Cases
Posted on May 07,2008
Not Writing But Typing
Posted on May 06,2008
Glen Rose, Texas, May 4, 2008
Posted on May 06,2008
Which is Worse?
Posted on May 05,2008
It Might Just Work
Posted on May 05,2008
The Real News: AP is Clueless
Posted on May 02,2008
Hoist With His Own Petard
Posted on May 01,2008
Diplomatic?
Posted on April 30,2008
What We Are vs. How We Act
Posted on April 30,2008
The Myth of the Ruthless Lawyer
Posted on April 28,2008
Asshat Lawyer of the Day
Posted on April 26,2008
Too Broken?
Posted on April 26,2008
Wanted: SQL Hacker
Posted on April 25,2008
Wayne Green's First Rule of Evidence and of Appellate Practice
Posted on April 25,2008
Texas Amicus on Virginia v. Moore
Posted on April 25,2008
A Tale of Two Associations
Posted on April 24,2008
Virginia v. Moore in Texas
Posted on April 24,2008
The Dignity of the Judicial Process
Posted on April 23,2008
Things Only Civil Lawyers Would Say, Part I
Posted on April 23,2008
ACDLA and The Reposa Affair
Posted on April 22,2008
Always Ready, Seldom Prepared
Posted on April 22,2008
Scientific Study of Genes' Effect on Behavior
Posted on April 21,2008
A Death in the Family
Posted on April 19,2008
Fly the Friendly... No, Better Make That the Paranoid Antisemitic Skies
Posted on April 18,2008
Sic Semper Tyrannis
Posted on April 18,2008
Improvisational Blogging II
Posted on April 17,2008
CLE Tomorrow
Posted on April 17,2008
Introduction to Intake
Posted on April 17,2008
The Martial Law Statute
Posted on April 17,2008
... And Another 30 Days For Looking at Her Like That!
Posted on April 16,2008
Larry Pozner's Lessons Learned
Posted on April 15,2008
Welcome, Former Prosecutors, to the Real World
Posted on April 14,2008
Need Spreadsheet / Database Program for Monster File
Posted on April 14,2008
WE Live Sheltered Lives
Posted on April 13,2008
The Commerce Clause
Posted on April 13,2008
Free Consultations No More?
Posted on April 11,2008
Kevin McHenry of R.W. Lynch: Cluephone Ringing; It's For You
Posted on April 11,2008
Former Prosecutors III — A Specific Case
Posted on April 11,2008
Lanyard Nation
Posted on April 10,2008
Josh Karton in Houston
Posted on April 10,2008
America's Best Prosecutor?
Posted on April 10,2008
Improvisational Blogging
Posted on April 10,2008
For a Public Defender's Office
Posted on April 09,2008
Lykos Wins, in Case You Were Wondering
Posted on April 08,2008
Commissioners Approve PD Study
Posted on April 08,2008
On Today's Harris County Commissioners Court Agenda
Posted on April 08,2008
The UCC and the BAR
Posted on April 07,2008
Do You Love the Law?
Posted on April 04,2008
70 “Predator” Probations
Posted on April 02,2008
Reconsidering General Deterrence
Posted on March 31,2008
The Only Viable Threat
Posted on March 30,2008
Paging Malum
Posted on March 28,2008
Three Stupid State Tricks
Posted on March 28,2008
Rosenthal in Contempt
Posted on March 28,2008
Nullification Resources
Posted on March 28,2008
Jury Nullification: The Book
Posted on March 28,2008
Story of the Day
Posted on March 28,2008
No-Nazi Zone
Posted on March 27,2008
Texas Medical Marijuana Acquittal
Posted on March 27,2008
For Your Consideration
Posted on March 27,2008
Truth and Jury Nullification
Posted on March 27,2008
This F**kin F**ker's F**ked.
Posted on March 27,2008
Guest Post: Jury Nullification — A Prosecutor's View
Posted on March 26,2008
Know Anger, Know Fear. No Fear, No Anger.
Posted on March 26,2008
The Importance of “Make People Afraid”
Posted on March 25,2008
From Baboon to Caveman to...?
Posted on March 25,2008
What I Learned Last Weekend
Posted on March 25,2008
Strange Traffic Pattern
Posted on March 25,2008
More Truth About Fear
Posted on March 24,2008
New Way to Subscribe
Posted on March 24,2008
Works on Voters, Too.
Posted on March 23,2008
Mean, True, or Both?
Posted on March 22,2008
Why We Must Keep the Church Out of Government
Posted on March 22,2008
Subscribe to Comments
Posted on March 22,2008
Next Time, Avoid Eye Contact
Posted on March 21,2008
Why religion is Unavoidable
Posted on March 21,2008
Blog Against Theocracy 2008
Posted on March 20,2008
A Pistol is What You Use...
Posted on March 19,2008
Changed “Who Are You?” Poll
Posted on March 19,2008
Three Opinions
Posted on March 19,2008
Happy Birthday
Posted on March 18,2008
The Defense Investigator
Posted on March 18,2008
Ignorant or Arrogant?
Posted on March 17,2008
Another Poll: Who Are You
Posted on March 16,2008
The Values Poll
Posted on March 16,2008
Share Your Opinion on the WoD
Posted on March 15,2008
Lost Patience
Posted on March 14,2008
Anonymous Bloggers
Posted on March 14,2008
The Mack Arnold Trust
Posted on March 14,2008
DA Traits: Arrogance and Viciousness or Humility and Compassion
Posted on March 13,2008
DA Magidson
Posted on March 13,2008
P.P.S.
Posted on March 13,2008
P.S.
Posted on March 13,2008
New Blogging Software
Posted on March 12,2008
Wire Writers Speak
Posted on March 11,2008
The Wire
Posted on March 11,2008
Proposed Change to Rule of Privilege in Texas Criminal Cases
Posted on March 10,2008
Blog or Government Propaganda Tool?
Posted on March 08,2008
Wednesday Evening Staff Meeting 2
Posted on March 08,2008
The Code
Posted on March 08,2008
More Proof that Higher Fees are Better
Posted on March 06,2008
Dear Jim Leitner
Posted on March 05,2008
Admit it: You Goofed.
Posted on March 05,2008
No Such Thing as a Professional Juror
Posted on March 04,2008
Three Republican DA Candidates
Posted on March 04,2008
You're Not Listening!
Posted on March 04,2008
The Loss of Meaning
Posted on March 03,2008
Mexico Discovers Due Process
Posted on March 01,2008
The Wolf and the Yarmulke
Posted on February 29,2008
Trial Lawyers and Litigators
Posted on February 29,2008
Four Nasty Little Surprises
Posted on February 29,2008
More of Dean and Me on the Marconi
Posted on February 29,2008
Siegler Video is Up
Posted on February 29,2008
Wednesday Evening Staff Meeting
Posted on February 29,2008
Siegler Reasonable Doubt Video
Posted on February 29,2008
New York is Definitely Different
Posted on February 28,2008
The Best Free Show in Town
Posted on February 28,2008
Carry Me
Posted on February 28,2008
If You Come See Bennett & Bennett...
Posted on February 26,2008
Faith-Based Legal Argument
Posted on February 25,2008
Trial Again Tomorrow
Posted on February 25,2008
Fond Memories of Snookems
Posted on February 24,2008
The Lesser of the Two Evils
Posted on February 23,2008
Lykos Reads the DA Playbook
Posted on February 23,2008
Babies and Bathwater
Posted on February 22,2008
Information Wants to Be Free
Posted on February 22,2008
Real Bloggers Get DOSed
Posted on February 21,2008
Dean and Me on the Marconi
Posted on February 21,2008
Elsewhere
Posted on February 21,2008
The Rorschach Ink-Blot Debate
Posted on February 20,2008
The Mote and the Beam
Posted on February 20,2008
Proper Accreditation
Posted on February 19,2008
Thought for the Day
Posted on February 19,2008
... Gone!
Posted on February 15,2008
A Little Respect...
Posted on February 14,2008
Copies
Posted on February 14,2008
The Fourteenth Amendment Right to Sex Toys
Posted on February 13,2008
National Politics
Posted on February 13,2008
Happy Anniversary Friends
Posted on February 13,2008
“Just” a DWI Jury Trial?
Posted on February 13,2008
Me and Buford on the Teevee
Posted on February 12,2008
Picked a Jury Today
Posted on February 12,2008
Chron is Clueless Again
Posted on February 10,2008
More Public Information from HCSO
Posted on February 08,2008
Take Two Aspirin But...
Posted on February 08,2008
Let the Government Clean Up its own Mess
Posted on February 08,2008
Jury Trial Today
Posted on February 08,2008
No More Contact With KHOU
Posted on February 07,2008
Don't Encourage KHOU
Posted on February 07,2008
Todd, Pat and Me on the TeeVee
Posted on February 07,2008
Ceci n'est pas une subpoena.
Posted on February 07,2008
My Six Words
Posted on February 06,2008
See the Republican DA Candidates! Live! All Nude!
Posted on February 06,2008
It's Tuesday, and Pat Lykos is Still Lame
Posted on February 05,2008
The Question of Compassion
Posted on February 05,2008
Chuck is Going... Going...
Posted on February 05,2008
Morons.
Posted on February 04,2008
Compassion and Sociopathy
Posted on February 04,2008
A Lesson in Federal Contempt
Posted on February 03,2008
Anonymous Commenters
Posted on February 03,2008
Expert Needed
Posted on February 02,2008
Don't Contact Channel 11 About the Debate
Posted on February 02,2008
Harris County Sheriff's Email Retention Policy
Posted on February 02,2008
TBI and Depression
Posted on February 02,2008
TBI, PTSD, and Depression
Posted on February 01,2008
Chuck's Very Bad Day?
Posted on February 01,2008
Unleash the Spin Hounds!
Posted on February 01,2008
Chuck's on the Stand...
Posted on February 01,2008
KTRK Interview re Chuck Rosenthal
Posted on January 31,2008
Time for a Change of Format?
Posted on January 31,2008
Does Mensa Matter?
Posted on January 31,2008
One of the Toughest Jobs in the World
Posted on January 30,2008
Meet Pat Lykos
Posted on January 30,2008
The Candidates' Debate
Posted on January 30,2008
Wall Street Journal Discovers TBI
Posted on January 30,2008
Prosecutors and Judges: How is this Possibly Okay?
Posted on January 29,2008
Phone Call from a Slave Ship
Posted on January 28,2008
More on Boucher
Posted on January 28,2008
My PGP Public Key
Posted on January 26,2008
You Can Always Say No
Posted on January 26,2008
Why Chuck Won't Leave — Another Data Point
Posted on January 26,2008
Why Chuck Won't Leave
Posted on January 26,2008
Who Am I Not?
Posted on January 26,2008
Judiciary Public Information
Posted on January 25,2008
The 174th District Court
Posted on January 24,2008
Is there a Prosecutor Missing?
Posted on January 24,2008
Ignorance is Strength
Posted on January 24,2008
Protest too Much?
Posted on January 23,2008
Damning with Faint Praise
Posted on January 22,2008
The Uncashed Check
Posted on January 21,2008
Is it Racist?
Posted on January 20,2008
Mean Girls in the Blawgosphere!
Posted on January 19,2008
Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc?
Posted on January 18,2008
Another Popularity Contest
Posted on January 18,2008
Four out of Four Candidates Agree: Change is Needed
Posted on January 17,2008
Mean Girls in the Courtroom?
Posted on January 17,2008
New Harris County Criminal Justice Blawg
Posted on January 16,2008
Harris County DA's Diversity Policy is “Pretty Much Ignored”
Posted on January 16,2008
What Tangled Webs...
Posted on January 15,2008
The Heart of the Matter
Posted on January 15,2008
Welcome Language Fans
Posted on January 15,2008
The Rosenthal-Siegler DA's Office (?)
Posted on January 15,2008
The Prosecutor's Reply
Posted on January 14,2008
One Less Witness
Posted on January 14,2008
O Canada
Posted on January 14,2008
More on the Fifth
Posted on January 13,2008
The Fifth
Posted on January 12,2008
Memo to Kelly Siegler: Blame Canada
Posted on January 12,2008
Done
Posted on January 11,2008
Chuck to be Investigated?
Posted on January 09,2008
The Harris County DA's Office at Work
Posted on January 09,2008
Celebrate Open Records Week!
Posted on January 08,2008
My Train of Thought: Banishment... Transportation... Outlawry...
Posted on January 07,2008
Sometimes All a Story Needs is the Right Headline
Posted on January 07,2008
Trial Insurance
Posted on January 04,2008
Republican Party Disagrees...
Posted on January 04,2008
How is an Election Like a Marriage?
Posted on January 04,2008
Chuck May Not Be Out; Kelly May Not Be In
Posted on January 03,2008
By the Way...
Posted on January 03,2008
So Long, Chuck
Posted on January 03,2008
The Park Sex Sting
Posted on January 02,2008
Who Will Be Our Next D.A.?
Posted on January 02,2008
Back Again
Posted on January 02,2008
Le Procureur Soleil de la Republique?
Posted on December 29,2007
Your Tax Dollars at Waste
Posted on December 28,2007
Government's Talents
Posted on December 28,2007
Chuck's Apology
Posted on December 28,2007
Lawyers Appreciate... The U.S. Constitution
Posted on December 27,2007
Okay, but why the RIGHT ear?
Posted on December 27,2007
Practical Blawgosphere Wiki
Posted on December 22,2007
Why Try the Unwinnable?
Posted on December 21,2007
Plea Plead Pleaded Pled? Please!
Posted on December 21,2007
Logical Extreme
Posted on December 21,2007
Practical Blawgosphere Wiki
Posted on December 20,2007
Justice?
Posted on December 20,2007
I'm Back
Posted on December 20,2007
On Vacation
Posted on December 13,2007
Offshore My Job? Not Bloody Likely!
Posted on December 11,2007
Drug Defense Brainstorming
Posted on December 11,2007
Failure to Testify
Posted on December 10,2007
TSA = Thieves Shun Accountability
Posted on December 09,2007
Juror Misconduct
Posted on December 08,2007
Maybe Not the Strongest Self-Defense Case
Posted on December 08,2007
Police Surveillance of a sort
Posted on December 08,2007
Welcome Prosecutors
Posted on December 07,2007
Flight to Nowhere
Posted on December 06,2007
Give Me Cover
Posted on December 06,2007
Becoming a Federal Criminal Defense Lawyer II
Posted on December 05,2007
“We Will Show that the Defendant is a Con Artist”
Posted on December 04,2007
Busting the Panel
Posted on December 04,2007
How to Become a Federal Criminal Defense Lawyer
Posted on December 01,2007
A Reader Writes
Posted on November 30,2007
Another Beauty Contest
Posted on November 29,2007
Just Pleading Guilty
Posted on November 29,2007
Aimless Rambling
Posted on November 28,2007
Legal History Query
Posted on November 28,2007
Winning Despite Yourself
Posted on November 27,2007
Jury Argument in Criminal Cases
Posted on November 27,2007
Two Courthouses
Posted on November 27,2007
The Tyro's Return
Posted on November 23,2007
Why Let Juries Sentence?
Posted on November 22,2007
How to Start a Law Practice
Posted on November 20,2007
Where are the Texas Experts?
Posted on November 20,2007
Texas Murder Sentences: Probation to Death
Posted on November 20,2007
Lawyers Who Never Lose
Posted on November 19,2007
Game Over, Dude
Posted on November 16,2007
Judicial Elections
Posted on November 16,2007
A couple of Good Moments, and One Less Good
Posted on November 16,2007
Bad Sports.
Posted on November 16,2007
Jury No Longer Out.
Posted on November 15,2007
Jury is Still Out
Posted on November 14,2007
Federal Sex Offender Registration
Posted on November 14,2007
Jury Watch
Posted on November 14,2007
Jury is Out
Posted on November 13,2007
Hit Me Again, Baby!
Posted on November 13,2007
The Things We Carry
Posted on November 09,2007
Cops Say the Nicest Things
Posted on November 08,2007
The Motorcycle Rule of Cross-Examination
Posted on November 07,2007
Letter or Spirit?
Posted on November 07,2007
A Much Better Day
Posted on November 07,2007
Trial Fuel
Posted on November 06,2007
Not My Finest Day in Court
Posted on November 06,2007
Picking a Jury
Posted on November 05,2007
Compassion Revisited
Posted on November 04,2007
Vote Early, Vote Often
Posted on November 02,2007
The Ethics of Snitching 2
Posted on November 02,2007
Crossing the Doctor — Gathering Your Pebbles
Posted on November 01,2007
Terry MacCarthy in Plano
Posted on November 01,2007
Doing the Right Thing in Collin County
Posted on November 01,2007
Chapter 4, the Tao of Criminal Defense Trial Lawyering
Posted on November 01,2007
The Ethics of Snitching
Posted on October 27,2007
The Myth of Fingerprints 2
Posted on October 26,2007
The No-Snitches Clause
Posted on October 25,2007
Brits Discover Neurolaw, Rediscover Hume
Posted on October 24,2007
Not Guilty. Wait... Never Mind.
Posted on October 23,2007
Law School: Substance or Skills
Posted on October 23,2007
Chapter 3, The Tao of Criminal Defense Trial Lawyering
Posted on October 23,2007
The Next Step in Preparing to Cross-Examine the Doctor
Posted on October 20,2007
Go Downtier
Posted on October 19,2007
New York Popularity Contest?
Posted on October 19,2007
Preparing to Cross-Examine the Doctor
Posted on October 18,2007
Know When to Shut Up
Posted on October 18,2007
Moderated Comments?
Posted on October 17,2007
Dealing With the State's Expert: One Last Question
Posted on October 17,2007
Sharon Keller Cont'd
Posted on October 17,2007
More on Sharon “Killer” Keller Complaint
Posted on October 16,2007
I'm Mark Bennett. I Solve Problems.
Posted on October 16,2007
Chapter 2, The Tao of Criminal Defense Trial Lawyering
Posted on October 15,2007
Will Defend for Sex
Posted on October 14,2007
Keller Complaint
Posted on October 12,2007
Subpoenaing MySpace Records
Posted on October 12,2007
Foreign Blawgs
Posted on October 12,2007
The Same the World Over
Posted on October 12,2007
Sharon Keller Complaint
Posted on October 11,2007
Why Fear Luck?
Posted on October 11,2007
Ten Best? No Dice.
Posted on October 11,2007
Malum and Mao
Posted on October 11,2007
The Myth of Fingerprints
Posted on October 10,2007
Patriot Act Unconstitutional
Posted on October 10,2007
Chapter 1, The Tao of Criminal Defense Trial Lawyering
Posted on October 10,2007
Cheap Meat or Prime?
Posted on October 10,2007
In Waaaayyyyyyy Over His Head
Posted on October 10,2007
What Are You Wearing?
Posted on October 09,2007
Loyalty Oaths in the Courtroom
Posted on October 08,2007
Criminal Defense Contract v1
Posted on October 07,2007
Harris County Jail Population
Posted on October 05,2007
Russell Plea Bargain Agreement
Posted on October 05,2007
Do You Take Payments?
Posted on October 05,2007
Texas Bar Journal
Posted on October 05,2007
Skype
Posted on October 04,2007
Basics: Texas Sentencing Scheme
Posted on October 04,2007
About the Death Penalty
Posted on October 03,2007
Great Lawyer Advertising
Posted on October 02,2007
Time, Toil, Talent, and The Show
Posted on October 01,2007
Trial Mode Off
Posted on September 30,2007
Lawyer Personalities
Posted on September 28,2007
Manners
Posted on September 26,2007
Have Some Frickin' Compassion!
Posted on September 26,2007
Stephen Gustitis's Trial Blog
Posted on September 26,2007
Statute of the Day
Posted on September 26,2007
Advice to New Lawyers
Posted on September 25,2007
The Business of Practicing Law
Posted on September 25,2007
Sun Tzu and Lao Tse
Posted on September 24,2007
If You Have to Ask...
Posted on September 22,2007
Anger and Fear
Posted on September 21,2007
Dude, Where's My Client?
Posted on September 20,2007
Why We Poll the Jury
Posted on September 20,2007
Have Fun
Posted on September 19,2007
Freedom vs. Safety vs. Charity
Posted on September 19,2007
Like Clients?
Posted on September 18,2007
Impending Trials
Posted on September 17,2007
Statements or Questions
Posted on September 17,2007
Mencken on Government
Posted on September 17,2007
Ghostblawging OK?
Posted on September 15,2007
Elsewhere...
Posted on September 15,2007
Resiliency
Posted on September 14,2007
Commodified Lawyering?
Posted on September 14,2007
If Nobody Talks, Everybody Walks
Posted on September 13,2007
TBI in McNews
Posted on September 13,2007
A Great Moment in Trial Lawyering
Posted on September 13,2007
DUI or DWI?
Posted on September 12,2007
Parties
Posted on September 12,2007
Hayneswatch
Posted on September 12,2007
About the Clients and Ethics
Posted on September 11,2007
Time to Take a Stand?
Posted on September 10,2007
Phone Records III (Updated 8 November 2011)
Posted on September 10,2007
“The Law is a Nymphomaniac”
Posted on September 09,2007
Lawyers who Guarantee Results — Advice to Clients
Posted on September 08,2007
Another Odd Sort of Victory
Posted on September 08,2007
Lying Liar Lawyers
Posted on September 07,2007
We Predators
Posted on September 06,2007
Managing the Risk of Child Sex Abuse
Posted on September 06,2007
Verisimilitude and Plausibility
Posted on September 05,2007
Miedo de Lenguajes
Posted on September 02,2007
The Texas Juror Experience Project
Posted on August 31,2007
Minnesota Weenies
Posted on August 31,2007
Teaching Jury Selection
Posted on August 30,2007
Our Cousins Down Under
Posted on August 29,2007
From Lynna, With Love
Posted on August 27,2007
For Want of a Nail...
Posted on August 27,2007
Red Teaming the Criminal Case
Posted on August 25,2007
Freedom vs. Safety
Posted on August 25,2007
Phone Records II
Posted on August 24,2007
Happy Birthday to Me.
Posted on August 23,2007
From the Mailbag
Posted on August 23,2007
Why Not?
Posted on August 23,2007
Client Confidentiality in Texas
Posted on August 22,2007
The Mind of the Criminal Defense Trial Lawyer
Posted on August 20,2007
The Case of the Stolen Client
Posted on August 20,2007
Advice to New Practical Blawgers
Posted on August 19,2007
Another Practical Blawger
Posted on August 18,2007
Everybody Knows You're Supposed to Let the Client Stun You.
Posted on August 17,2007
Mea Maxima Culpa
Posted on August 17,2007
Privilege Breakdown
Posted on August 17,2007
More on Covering Your Ass
Posted on August 16,2007
Vanity
Posted on August 16,2007
Covering Your Ass
Posted on August 15,2007
Made With Mac
Posted on August 15,2007
The Detention Hearing in Federal Court
Posted on August 15,2007
Sometimes You Have to Bask
Posted on August 14,2007
Fox Requests Comment on New Henhouse-Guarding Standards
Posted on August 14,2007
Name that Sign!
Posted on August 14,2007
Could We Be Wrong?
Posted on August 10,2007
What Would You Do If... ?
Posted on August 10,2007
Six Witness Rules
Posted on August 10,2007
The Question, Revisited
Posted on August 09,2007
Who Broke the Internet?
Posted on August 08,2007
Digging Dirt
Posted on August 07,2007
No More Jury Probation for Murder in Texas
Posted on August 07,2007
Unimpressive.
Posted on August 06,2007
More on Representation for the Working Poor
Posted on August 06,2007
How Much is Too Much?
Posted on August 04,2007
Sex Offenders: Animals or Human Beings?
Posted on August 03,2007
How Much?
Posted on August 03,2007
Be Afraid. Be Very Afraid.
Posted on August 02,2007
Who Do You Want Representing You?
Posted on August 01,2007
Technicalities
Posted on July 31,2007
New Blog Worth Reading
Posted on July 31,2007
Welcome Prosecutors!
Posted on July 30,2007
An Unused Resource for Veterans with TBI
Posted on July 30,2007
Defining Reasonable Doubt
Posted on July 30,2007
Motion to Change the Facts
Posted on July 28,2007
What Else Cops Know
Posted on July 28,2007
More Advice to the Young Criminal Defense Trial Lawyer — Part 4. Politics and the Bar
Posted on July 28,2007
More Advice to the Young Criminal Defense Lawyer — Part 3. Volunteer, Low Bono, and Pro Bono
Posted on July 28,2007
More Legal First Aid
Posted on July 28,2007
Johnny Holmes and the Personal Moral Judgment
Posted on July 27,2007
Legal First Aid — DWI
Posted on July 27,2007
Lawyer Salaries
Posted on July 27,2007
The Snitch Lawyer
Posted on July 26,2007
More Advice to the Young Criminal Defense Lawyer — Part 2. Books and Movies
Posted on July 26,2007
Stop the MADDness
Posted on July 25,2007
Pistol-Packin' Prosecutors — An Englishman's Response
Posted on July 25,2007
More Advice to the Young Criminal Defense Trial Lawyer — Part 1. Boundaries
Posted on July 25,2007
More Advice to the Young Criminal Defense Trial Lawyer — Preface
Posted on July 25,2007
What is a Win?
Posted on July 24,2007
Who Are We?
Posted on July 24,2007
More DEA Skulduggery
Posted on July 23,2007
Duck!
Posted on July 21,2007
Prosecutorial Skulduggery Uncovered by Grits
Posted on July 21,2007
A Day in the Work of a Criminal Defense Lawyer
Posted on July 20,2007
Most Evil Legal Principles
Posted on July 20,2007
Wrong, Wrong, and... RIght?
Posted on July 19,2007
Politics and Defense
Posted on July 19,2007
The Second Simplest Story: A Prosecutor's Account
Posted on July 17,2007
The Opposite of Fear
Posted on July 17,2007
Objects of Punishment in Federal Court
Posted on July 16,2007
The Problem of Volition 1
Posted on July 16,2007
Neuroscience and Neurolaw
Posted on July 16,2007
Practical Blawgosphere Rollcall
Posted on July 14,2007
test
Posted on July 13,2007
Mapping the Blogosphere
Posted on July 13,2007
An Odd Sort of Victory
Posted on July 13,2007
The Power of Fear
Posted on July 12,2007
More on Bennett's Chainsaw
Posted on July 12,2007
Welcome to the Practical Blawgosphere
Posted on July 11,2007
Another Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer Heard From
Posted on July 11,2007
Law Group Bites the Dust
Posted on July 11,2007
The Nature of Freedom
Posted on July 10,2007
Judges' Voir Dire
Posted on July 10,2007
How Common is TBI?
Posted on July 10,2007
Blawg Review — the Bill of Rights
Posted on July 10,2007
Humble Thanks
Posted on July 09,2007
Lawyer Advertising — the Next Iteration
Posted on July 09,2007
Badvertising
Posted on July 08,2007
Why is Snitching UnAmerican?
Posted on July 08,2007
Why TBI is Important
Posted on July 07,2007
The Abandonment of American Ideals
Posted on July 06,2007
Right v. Legal — an Example
Posted on July 05,2007
If Illegal ? Wrong, What Does “Wrong” Mean?
Posted on July 05,2007
Polygraph Examinations
Posted on July 04,2007
Read it Today.
Posted on July 04,2007
Happy Independence Day!
Posted on July 04,2007
How TBI Happens
Posted on July 03,2007
Allegations Never Presented to the Jury
Posted on July 03,2007
Statutory Minimum and Maximum Sentences
Posted on July 03,2007
Simplifying the Juror Accuracy Analysis
Posted on July 03,2007
Statistical Support for the Sixth Amendment
Posted on July 02,2007
Chaos and the “Official Woman”
Posted on July 01,2007
Free Legal Advice
Posted on June 30,2007
Federal Cases: “But I've Never in Trouble Before”
Posted on June 29,2007
A Criminal Case is a Lawsuit in which the Government is Suing a Person
Posted on June 29,2007
Right v. Wrong
Posted on June 28,2007
Who Are You Helping, and Who Are You Hurting?
Posted on June 28,2007
Us v. Them: A Prosecutor's Perspective
Posted on June 27,2007
Occam's Razor in the Criminal Courthouse
Posted on June 27,2007
Support the Troops — Acquit a Vet
Posted on June 27,2007
Good and Bad Voir Dire II
Posted on June 27,2007
PDs Better than Appointed Counsel
Posted on June 27,2007
How to Choose a Criminal Defense Lawyer
Posted on June 26,2007
The Other Costs of a Guilty Plea
Posted on June 26,2007
Good Fees Make Good Lawyers
Posted on June 25,2007
Something to Look for in a Criminal Defense Lawyer
Posted on June 25,2007
A Prosecutor Wins Despite Himself
Posted on June 23,2007
One Thing NOT to Look For in a Lawyer
Posted on June 23,2007
The Guilty Plea Cost-Benefit Analysis.
Posted on June 22,2007
Avvo III
Posted on June 21,2007
Texas or New York
Posted on June 20,2007
I Coulda Been a Contender!
Posted on June 20,2007
More on Avvo
Posted on June 19,2007
The Other Side of Texas's Bloodlust
Posted on June 19,2007
How Many Cases?
Posted on June 19,2007
Us v. Them II
Posted on June 18,2007
Demented and Sad, but Social.
Posted on June 18,2007
Four More Good Things About Texas Criminal Defense Practice
Posted on June 18,2007
What's that Roaring Sound?
Posted on June 17,2007
Us v. Them
Posted on June 17,2007
Lucky Stars — an Anti-Whine.
Posted on June 16,2007
Butterfly Knives
Posted on June 16,2007
Two More Blawgs for the Blawgroll
Posted on June 16,2007
Still More HCCLA Merchandise
Posted on June 16,2007
More HCCLA Merchandise
Posted on June 16,2007
Don't Use the Government to Raise Your Kids
Posted on June 14,2007
Definition: Ex Parte
Posted on June 13,2007
Your Tax Dollars at Work
Posted on June 13,2007
Top 11 Criminal Law Blogs
Posted on June 12,2007
Jury Nullification Meme
Posted on June 11,2007
Read...
Posted on June 08,2007
Honoring the Dead with Destruction?
Posted on June 08,2007
Give Me the Darn File!
Posted on June 08,2007
Attorneys Making Bonds
Posted on June 07,2007
Welcome International Visitors
Posted on June 06,2007
A Silly Website
Posted on June 06,2007
Quote o' the Day
Posted on June 06,2007
Suppression of Evidence by Juries in Texas
Posted on June 06,2007
Jury Sentencing in Texas
Posted on June 05,2007
Pro Bono
Posted on June 05,2007
Search Terms
Posted on June 04,2007
Is Trial Your Last Resort?
Posted on June 04,2007
Good Morning! I said, GOOD MORNING, CLASS!
Posted on June 02,2007
Bad Expunction News
Posted on June 01,2007
More on Scaled Questions in Criminal Jury Selection
Posted on June 01,2007
Quote of the Day
Posted on June 01,2007
Spreading Safety or Fear
Posted on June 01,2007
The Domestic Violence Assault Case
Posted on June 01,2007
HR 916 – a Dissenting Voice
Posted on May 31,2007
Quote of the Day
Posted on May 31,2007
The ACLU's Decision Making Process
Posted on May 30,2007
Sad and Ironic but Not Surprising
Posted on May 29,2007
Doing the Right Thing? It Could Cost You!
Posted on May 28,2007
Warrantless DWI Blood Draws, and a Urinary Catheter
Posted on May 26,2007
“The Question” and Compassion
Posted on May 26,2007
The Artist as Frustrated Lawyer
Posted on May 26,2007
Scaled Questions in Jury Selection
Posted on May 23,2007
The Other Problem With Hourly Billing
Posted on May 22,2007
How is Baseball Like Trial?
Posted on May 21,2007
My Voir Dire Fetish
Posted on May 20,2007
The Bar Poll
Posted on May 18,2007
Getting the Jurors' True Feelings
Posted on May 17,2007
Prior Inconsistent Statements
Posted on May 16,2007
A Prosecutor's Voir Dire: Lessons
Posted on May 16,2007
Why I Do It
Posted on May 16,2007
In Trial Again... Almost
Posted on May 15,2007
Three Rules for Dealing with the Media (When You Can't Talk to Them)
Posted on May 15,2007
Five Questions
Posted on May 15,2007
The Presumption of Innocence
Posted on May 14,2007
Terry MacCarthy Cross-Examination CDs
Posted on May 14,2007
A Truly Compassionate Profession Redux
Posted on May 14,2007
Group Voir Dire II
Posted on May 13,2007
Bad Voir Dire / Good Voir Dire
Posted on May 13,2007
Top 10 Criminal Defense Blog
Posted on May 13,2007
Group Voir Dire
Posted on May 13,2007
High-Profile Cases
Posted on May 11,2007
Video and Banquet
Posted on May 11,2007
Schrödinger's Jury
Posted on May 10,2007
How to End the Witchhunt
Posted on May 09,2007
Terrence MacCarthy and Milton Erickson
Posted on May 09,2007
“Faith-Based Science”
Posted on May 08,2007
HCCLA Merchandise
Posted on May 07,2007
Prison Article
Posted on May 07,2007
Another Common Ethical Violation
Posted on May 07,2007
State Constitutions
Posted on May 07,2007
Plain English
Posted on May 06,2007
The Client Manifesto
Posted on May 04,2007
How to Stifle Creativity
Posted on May 04,2007
Radical Stuff
Posted on May 03,2007
Brain Scans
Posted on May 02,2007
Former Prosecutors II
Posted on May 02,2007
TLC Lawyers' Blogs
Posted on May 01,2007
Weed in the Car
Posted on May 01,2007
Still More on Nonjudgmental Jurors
Posted on April 29,2007
More on Nonjudgmental Jurors
Posted on April 28,2007
Quote of the Day
Posted on April 27,2007
Nonjudgmental Jurors
Posted on April 27,2007
The Art
Posted on April 27,2007
Indefensible
Posted on April 26,2007
Get Out of Jail Free
Posted on April 26,2007
Prosecutorial Memes.
Posted on April 26,2007
In Trial Today
Posted on April 25,2007
Dealing With the Media and Fighting Like You Mean It.
Posted on April 24,2007
Advice to a Young Criminal Trial Lawyer
Posted on April 23,2007
Cops and Lawyers
Posted on April 21,2007
Happy Birthday to Underdog Blog
Posted on April 20,2007
DWI and Automatism
Posted on April 20,2007
Arrest Them All, Let the Grand Jury Sort Them Out!
Posted on April 19,2007
Different Sorts of Justice
Posted on April 19,2007
Why We Do What We Do
Posted on April 18,2007
Factual Guilt vs. Legal Guilt
Posted on April 18,2007
Lawyers Doing Nothing
Posted on April 17,2007
Nonsexist Language
Posted on April 17,2007
Today's Quote
Posted on April 17,2007
Ethical Fee-Setting
Posted on April 16,2007
Extortion
Posted on April 16,2007
More On Lawyers Using Clients' Names in Publicity
Posted on April 14,2007
More on TBI
Posted on April 14,2007
Letter Lawyers
Posted on April 14,2007
Voir Dire Question
Posted on April 13,2007
Lawyers Who Don't Care
Posted on April 13,2007
More on State's Rights
Posted on April 13,2007
Traumatic Brain Injury
Posted on April 12,2007
A Very Good Day
Posted on April 12,2007
Another Poem
Posted on April 10,2007
A Poem
Posted on April 10,2007
Trial Technologies Reading List 1
Posted on April 10,2007
A Pirate's Life for Me
Posted on April 09,2007
Imprisonment for Debt
Posted on April 07,2007
Tainting the Jury Pool II
Posted on April 06,2007
Tainting the Jury Pool
Posted on April 06,2007
Altered States in the Courtroom
Posted on April 06,2007
Legalize Methamphetamine
Posted on April 05,2007
Order of Argument
Posted on April 05,2007
State's Rights
Posted on April 05,2007
Verse of the Day
Posted on April 05,2007
A Too-Common Ethical Violation
Posted on April 03,2007
Two Kinds of People
Posted on April 03,2007
Who Should Go to Prison?
Posted on April 02,2007
Intellectual Property?
Posted on April 01,2007
More on Creativity
Posted on April 01,2007
The War on Drugs
Posted on March 31,2007
Where are the Women?
Posted on March 31,2007
Trust
Posted on March 30,2007
Good Advice
Posted on March 30,2007
Federal Drug Conspiracies
Posted on March 29,2007
Former Prosecutors
Posted on March 29,2007
Lawyer Advertising
Posted on March 28,2007
A Childlike Mind
Posted on March 28,2007
A Great Day in Criminal Law History.
Posted on March 27,2007
Pistol-Packin' Prosecutors
Posted on March 26,2007
Other Trial Technologies
Posted on March 24,2007
Why Mindfulness Matters in Trial
Posted on March 24,2007
Mindfulness
Posted on March 23,2007
Beating up on the Mentally Ill
Posted on March 23,2007
Pot Calls Kettle Black
Posted on March 23,2007
Introduction
Posted on March 19,2007
Changes to Nondisclosure of Deferred Adjudication in Texas
Posted on June 22,2005
Clients Aren't Property
Posted on March 09,2005
Whew.
Posted on November 13,2004
A Response to a Reader
Posted on October 11,2004
Taking Responsibility
Posted on October 11,2004
The Emperor's Clothes
Posted on September 28,2004
"Make No Mistake"
Posted on September 11,2004
To my Republican Friends
Posted on September 11,2004
Who's a Rat?
Posted on August 26,2004
While We're on the Topic of the Bill of Rights...
Posted on August 17,2004
Free Speech?
Posted on August 17,2004
Keyesian Voting
Posted on August 15,2004
More on Blakely
Posted on August 15,2004
The Criminal "Justice" System
Posted on August 13,2004
Burying the truth
Posted on August 13,2004
Blakely v. Washington
Posted on August 13,2004
My first, self-referential, post
Posted on August 13,2004