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Should You Ever Plead Misdemeanors Before Felonies?
June 7, 2022
How often does this happen: you have a defendant charged with felony possession of a controlled substance and misdemeanor possession of marijuana.
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What’s in a name? That which we call weed/by any other name would smell as sweet
June 7, 2022
We all dread that one infamous line in an offense report: “I detected what I know through my training and experience to
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Pretty Maps & Plea Bargains: Tips on Handling Cellular Records Analysis in Criminal Defense Cases
June 7, 2022
I’m going to be blunt from the start: If you are not using a trained, qualified, experienced and knowledgeable analyst for cellular
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Attacks and Hypocrisy During the Confirmation Hearings of Associate Justice-to-be Ketanji Brown Jackson
June 7, 2022
On March 21, 22 and 23 of this year, over 9 million viewers tuned in to Fox News, MSNBC or CNN to
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Columns

June 6, 2022

DOWNLOAD PDF VERSION Features 21 | Should You Ever Plead Misdemeanors Before Felonies? – By Dean Watts 23 | What’s in a

June 6, 2022

What an honor to be writing my first column as President of Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association! I remember how this journey

June 6, 2022

“One thing I know for sure is that family is not defined by blood.” —Jessica Scott TCDLA is proud to celebrate the

June 6, 2022

Anymore I dread turning on the news every morning. I used to be a news junkie, but I just can’t handle it.

June 6, 2022

As we all know, the privilege of being an attorney comes with a lot of responsibilities. In the same way that doctors

June 6, 2022

While our lives were being upended by a pandemic, the Supreme Court and Congress have upended discrete aspects of federal sentencing that

June 6, 2022

Kudos to Robert Pelton for his interview with CBS News, an article titled “Journalist Seeks Answers from a One Time Texas Attorney

June 6, 2022

Typical Scenario: Defense lawyer to County Attorney: “Good morning, Henry, where’s the lab report on that little bit of green leafy stuff

June 2022 SDR – Voice for the Defense Vol. 51, No. 5
June 7, 2022
Voice for the Defense Volume 51, No. 5 Edition Editor: Kyle Therrian From Editor Kyle Therrian: Not many cases for the month
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May 2022 SDR – Voice for the Defense Vol. 51, No. 4
April 30, 2022
Voice for the Defense Volume 51, No. 4 Edition Editor: Kyle Therrian From Editor Kyle Therrian: All I wanna do is zoom-a-zoom
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April 2022 SDR – Voice for the Defense Vol. 51, No. 3
April 5, 2022
Voice for the Defense Volume 51, No. 3 Edition Editor: Kyle Therrian From Editor Kyle Therrian: It’s hard practicing law right now.
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