Category Archives: Know Your Rights

Galveston Police Chief, Richard Boyle, Retires After 40 Years of Service

(GALVESTON, TX) October 2, 2017 – After 40 years of service to the law enforcement [...]

What Is the Texas Law on Falsifying a Drug Test?

You found yourself needing to pass a drug test for work, probation, or some other [...]

Payment of Purchase Price for Drugs Does Not Constitute Money Laundering

The mere payment of the purchase price of drugs, by whatever means, does not constitute [...]

Special Conditions of Probation Not Justified, Substantively Unreasonable

United States v. Wolf Child 2012 WL 5200347 (9th Cir. 2012). Special conditions of probation [...]

Requiring a Suspect to Wait for Drug Dog at the Scene Was Unreasonable

Requiring a suspect to wait 1:15 (one hour and fifteen minutes) on the side of [...]

Cop’s “Weapons Frisk” of Locked Vehicle Deemed Improper

Defendant was parked and approached by an officer.  The officer asked Defendant to step out [...]

Colorado Legalizes Recreational Use of Marijuana – Law Update

COLORADO LEGALIZES RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA – LAW UPDATE Amendment 64 allowing the legalization of recreational use [...]

Defendant’s Post-Arrest, Pre-Presentment Confession Was Admissible

Oscar Cantu-Ramirez (“Cantu-Ramirez”), Raul Cantu-Ramirez (“Raul”), and Lauro Abel Grimaldo (“Grimaldo”) appeal their sentences and [...]