Year: 2019
The number of women held in Texas prisons is getting larger year on year and conditions are getting worse. This grim conclusion was reached in a report published last year by the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition. Now lawmakers on the House Committee on Corrections are studying conditions and treatment options for women imprisoned in Texas….
Appellate law helps to ensure a fair trial in the criminal justice system. Here’s what you need to know about appeals and why you should have a Dallas appeals lawyer on your team. Dallas Criminal Appeals — Every person who is involved in a criminal trial wants to be on the winning side of the…
Attorney Mick Mickelsen, a State and Dallas Federal Criminal lawyer, says television can give people the wrong idea about how criminal cases work. Television can offer hours of entertainment, but it’s important to remember that, unless you’re watching a documentary, much of what you see is just that — entertainment. In other words, it’s not…
White collar crimes, like fraud, are extremely complicated to investigate and often demand multiple federal agencies and heavy sentences. This month, seven defendants pleaded guilty to a series of offenses linked to the fraudulent sale of dietary supplements by a Dallas company. The Dallas Morning News noted how USP Labs claimed its products were derived…
Do you know your rights? As a citizen, resident or visitor to the United States, you have certain rights under federal law. While most people learn about the Constitution and the Bill of Rights in school, it’s always good to refresh your memory when it comes to understanding your legal rights under the law. The…
Hit-and-run is a serious crime in Texas. This month, a driver was accused of killing three people on an interstate near Dallas and fleeing the accident scene. Dallas police sought Jesus Chavarria-Vasquez, 32, after three men were killed and two were injured on March 10. Investigators said Chavarria-Vasquez abandoned his 12-year-old son at the scene…
White collar crimes are viewed as serious felonies. Is forgery considered a white-collar crime and how is it charged and punished in Texas? When you hear someone mention a white-collar crime, your first thoughts probably wander to someplace that involves embezzlement or money laundering. The most serious white-collar crimes, at least the ones we read…
No-knock raids by police are a controversial and dangerous practice, nowhere more so than in Texas where police and homeowners have been killed in recent years. In January, two people in Houston were shot dead in a disastrous no-knock drug raid by police. A few weeks later, Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo announced he intends…
Corporate fraud is a complex area of law. Here’s what you need to know about corporate fraud crime, along with answers to the most commonly asked questions. No business, no matter how large or small, is exempt from the risk of corporate fraud. Crimes in this category happen on both large and small scales and…
Texas set up a new jail system a quarter of a century ago intended to keep low-level drug offenders out of the state’s overcrowded prisons. Lawmakers sought to give inmates convicted of non-violent drug offenses less time behind bars than in state prisons. Instead, they would receive rehabilitative services on probation and be supervised to…