If you've been charged with drug trafficking (or any other drug-related offense), be skeptical of the advice from your friends or the internet. Once you've been arrested for a drug case, part of your defense attorney's job is to review the facts of your case in order...
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Promote sober driving this year with these tips
When someone is arrested for a drunk driving accident, it could potentially cause them to face serious charges, which could include jail time. Here are tips that you can use to help yourself and your friends to not wind up in this serious situation: Take...
What’s an expunction? Can you get one in Texas?
If you make a mistake and default on a bill, the record of that mistake can only follow you around for about a decade. Eventually, your good fiscal behavior will earn you a clean record. Unfortunately, criminal records don't work the same way. Make a mistake that...
Senate passes criminal justice reform bill born in Texas
Texas leaders have reason to celebrate: Nearly a decade after it began, a proposal that is designed to reduce drug crime and empty prisons of repeat offenders has passed the United States Senate. The bipartisan bill known as the First Step Act is designed to change...
Laboratory testing may help you fight drug charges
Building a strong defense to drug possession charges often requires using legal tools to find weaknesses in the evidence against you. Depending on the circumstances of your arrest, you may have a number of ways to challenge the charges, including questioning the...
Could medical marijuana lead to a drug trafficking charge?
The national attitude toward marijuana has undergone a massive shift in recent years -- but that doesn't mean that people aren't being prosecuted for marijuana crimes. It's important to remember that state laws regarding marijuana possession vary considerably, even in...
Do you want to avoid a drunk driving charge this holiday season?
Let's make this perfectly clear: There is only one way to absolutely avoid a drunk driving charge this holiday season. Don't drink and drive. Half of all adults say that drinking always plays a part in their holiday celebrations -- and 16 percent admit to drinking...
Do you know what constitutes a prescription drug crime?
There are all sorts of ways to get into legal trouble with prescription drugs these days. It's even possible that you may have already committed a drug crime without realizing it. The Texas Controlled Substances Act governs the rules surrounding prescription...
Advocates for marijuana reform push for new legislation in Texas
Texas has been very slow to decriminalize marijuana in any way, even for medicinal purposes. Meanwhile, states as diverse as Alaska, California, Colorado, Michigan and Maine have legalized the drug for recreational use to some degree. Could Texas finally be moving in...
What’s an implied consent law?
Imagine you're driving home from work one afternoon and you're completely sober. Nevertheless, an officer asks you to take a Breathalyzer test. What will happen if you refuse? Due to "implied consent" laws, your refusal to submit to a Breathalyzer test will result in...
