INTRODUCTION Whether you agree with smoking marijuana (a.k.a. weed, bud, grass, dope, herb, reefer, pot, you get the picture) or not, it
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DOWNLOAD PDF VERSION Features 19 | The New Cannabis Fight: What You Need to Know About Marijuana, THC, and Hemp – By
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There’s a case name Texas criminal lawyers should memorize because we’ll probably be citing it for decades: Watkins. “Your honor, I object.
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“Permanence, perseverance, and persistence despite all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from
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I am saddened to inform you that after 250 articles (yes, 250!) Buck Files has decided to put his pen down/close down
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After Governor Abbot announced that he was lifting regulations involving mask‑wearing and social distancing, it was not long before the OCA put
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Assume lawyers are representing a client in an Article 11.07 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure post‑conviction writ. A contract was
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Dear and Beloved Colleagues, Last we spoke, we talked about double jeopardy. Today, we move on to maybe my favorite word in
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For nearly a quarter of a century, I have been writing for The Voice about federal criminal cases. For my 250th –
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Kudos to Jason Cassel, who helped dismiss the murder charge against his client, Deborah Smiley McFadden, for the death of her then‑boyfriend,
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