This is the criminal defense archive for McKinney Texas Criminal Law Blog.
In Texas, it’s illegal to buy, sell, grow, or possess marijuana unless you are authorized to do so for medical purposes. That also applies to THC oil and dabs, a concentrated and more potent form of cannabis. What many people don’t know is that i...
It’s common for sex crime cases involving solicitation of a minor to start with a sting operation, with law enforcement officers going online and pretending to be an underage youth. That’s what happened in 2019 when 41-year-old police detective Darrick Dunn&nbs...
Also Top in Drunk Driving Arrests The auto insurance website BuyAutoInsurance.com just released a report identifying the Top 10 states in the nation with the highest death rates from drunk driving. Unfortunately, the Lone Star State did not fare well. I...
The wheels of the criminal justice system turn slowly. That’s certainly what everyone involved in a 2019 fight in downtown Austin must be thinking as the case finally came to a conclusion two years later with plea deals for three of the four men accused of assaulting a gay cou...
In Texas, you have a legal right to refuse to consent to a DWI test – a blood test or a breathalyzer test. Many people think that if they refuse the blood alcohol or breathalyzer test when the officer asks them on the road, and they wait to get tested later, their blood al...
Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed HB 1927 into law, making it legal on September 1, 2021, for anyone in Texas, aged 21 and over, to legally carry a handgun without getting a state license (unless they are excluded from possessing a firearm by state or federal law). A background check is still requir...
Texas Family Code defines a child as a person aged 10 to 17. In the Texas criminal justice system, children under age 10 cannot be prosecuted for a crime but they could be provided with services if the state feels that’s needed to help them stay out of the juvenile justice system. 17-yr-...
In April 2019, we blogged about how the lack of rules for the collection of people’s images for inclusion and use by facial recognition software. Privacy advocates were raising concerns about the high potential for misuse of this powerful technology. Criminal defense lawyers saw the potential for...
Prosecutors use eyewitnesses to: Identify suspects, Piece together the events that led up to an incident or a crime, Shed light on motives or the emotional state of the people involved. The testimony of an eyewitness to a crime carries a lot of weight with a jury and a judge. It can be th...
Probation is a tool used in the juvenile justice system to help kids learn and grow after a mistake. Is your child facing probation? Hopefully, we can give you some peace of mind by explaining what you can expect. What Is Juvenile Probation? Juvenile probation is a court order that allow...
Conflicts within relationships can result in the cops being called and criminal charges being filed that can turn lives and families upside down. That’s especially true with any crim...
In Texas, it’s illegal to buy, sell, grow, or possess marijuana unless you are authorized to do so for medical purposes. That also applies to THC oil and dabs, a concentrated and more potent form of cannabis...
