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The (Now Speedily Dissolving) Fourth Amendment
It is no secret that the Fourth Amendment, which enshrines the “right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures” has been dying a slow death for about the past twenty years. Slowly, but...
Hotels and the Fourth Amendment: Tilghman v. State
Until June 2021, it was well-established that a person staying in a hotel had a reasonable expectation of privacy in the rented room. Equally well-established was that this expectation of privacy was “[n]o less than a tenant of a house.” Thus, a person could expect to...
2021 Jessica Sosa Act: aka, Texas Good Samaritan Overdose Law
September 1, 2021, the Jessica Sosa Act (also known HB 1694, and by its “long title” as “an act relating to a defense to prosecution for certain offenses involving possession of small amounts of controlled substances, marihuana, dangerous drugs, or abusable volatile...
New Texas Fentanyl Law Changes Are More a Statement Than Effective Law
On September 1, 2021, Texas decided to get “tough” on fentanyl. Problem is, the Legislature decided to issue something closer to a political statement on fentanyl than an actual, workable law. Effective September 1, 2021, the Texas Legislature has added a “new”...
Codeine Complexity in the Court of Criminal Appeals
September 22, 2021, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals released its decision in Biggers v. State. The case centered on a relatively convoluted group of statutes concerning the possession of codeine and codeine mixtures. The decision in that case brought a win for...
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