SAN ANTONIO CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY
If you should be taken into custody by a police officer, you have the right to know what charges are being filed against you and all of the potential penalties of those charges. If you choose to remain silent, that cannot be used against you, but anything that you write or sign is allowed to…
In the past ten years we have seen great advances and a powerful criminal justice tool: deoxyribonucleic acid, otherwise known as DNA. DNA is being used by law enforcement to identify criminals with indisputable accuracy in cases where biological evidence exists. But, DNA can also be used to clear suspects and exonerate individuals who have…
The preliminary DWI hearing is not where you will be formally charged with anything; that occurs in the DWI arraignment. During the preliminary hearing, there is a chance that some or all of your DWI charges could be dismissed; however, you need a solid defense in order to do so. During this hearing, the prosecution will most likely…
According to MySanAntonio.com, an alleged murderer confessed his crime to out-of-state relatives before the body had even been found. Albert Guerra was found dead and dismembered in his Northwest Side home in mid-May, and both Michael Scott Quinn, 50, and Connie Yanez, 36, have been arrested in relation to the crime. “The motive for the…
The San Antonio Express-News recently ran an interview with Gary L. Wells, a psychology professor at Iowa State University and also the director of social science for the American Judicature Society’s Institute of Forensic Science and Public Policy. Wells has been studying witness identification since 1975. He has conducted extensive research on lineup procedures and…
In the wake of the Long Star College Cy-Fair campus multiple stabbing incident, there has been questions about why students are not screened before admittance. According to KVUE, the answer is simple: it’s illegal. In the state of Texas the law states that public institutions, such as schools, do not have the legal right to…
A burglar in Fort Bend County was caught in early April by a family’s eight surveillance cameras, according to Kens5News.com. The family lives in the Village of Oak Lake subdivision near Sugar Land, according to Kens5, and had the surveillance cameras installed after “someone walked into their house a few months ago.” The cameras showed…
A 44 year-old Von Ormy woman has been sentenced to 30 years in prison of the September 2011 murder of her boyfriend. Beatrice Ann Ibanez pleaded guilty to stabbing Alfred Ramirez, 46, in the heart. Ibanez initially claimed self-defense after the murder. But prosecutors had a problem with that defense because it was the same…
Glen Dukes, 43, was already spending time in the Bexar County Jail when new charges were brought against him. Since February 7th, Dukes was being charged for several counts of human trafficking and other sex crimes. The former pimp has now been charged in connection with the murder of a former working girl back in…
In early March a woman and her son were shot dead in their home, found by the woman’s sister, according to Click2Houston.com. A neighbor, Carlos Pomares, “was devastated to discover the loss of his neighbors, who he considers like family,” according to Click2Houston. “When I went inside the house, I found the mother dead on…
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