by georgeroland | May 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
Courts have, for over a century now, considered a MAN assaulting a WOMAN to be a crime of “moral turpitude.” See Curtis v. State, 81 S.W. 29 (Tex.Crim. 1904); Stewart v. State, 272 S.W. 202 (Tex.Crim. 1925); Lloyd v. State, 204 S.W.2d 633 (Tex.Crim. 1947); Dempsey v....
by georgeroland | May 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
I would imagine that a great number of confidential informants (that’s the police word for them; to everyone else, they are generally known as “snitches”) are surprised to learn that their identity is not so “confidential” after all. The privilege to refuse to...
by georgeroland | May 3, 2014 | Uncategorized
Without a doubt, the greatest drama ever to be aired on HBO was The Wire, which ran from 2002-2008. For those unfamiliar with the show, each season took a look at a different player or character in the Baltimore drug trade. Early on in the show, the...