Recent Headlines About Criminal Acts and Cases
When you're accused of a crime, you may feel very alone. Browse our collection of recent news articles to learn about new developments in the law and to see how other defendants have faced criminal accusations.
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Prosecutors coming around on pot Prosecutors across the country are slowly coming around in their approach to marijuana possession -
DPS steps up enforcement for July 4th weekend The Texas Department of Public Safety will increase patrols over the fourth of July weekend -
More problems with blood tests The firing of a lab analyst who tested blood samples for Bexar County reveals there could be problems with hundreds of blood tests -
Talking your way out of an arrest? McAllen police department faces lawsuit after officer lets drunk driver go after getting her number -
Kerry Kennedy found not guilty of driving while intoxicated After a highly publicized trial focusing on the effects of ambien a jury found Kerry Kennedy not guilty -
Man arrested despite .00 breath test An Austin man was arrested for DWI even though his breath test came back at .00 -
Former Sheriff seeks dismissal because of lie A former Williamson County seeks dismissal of his DWI case because officer who arrested him committed perjury -
Holiday crackdown produces over 1400 arrests The 21 day crackdown over the holidays resulted in over 1,400 arrests for drunk driving -
Suspect too drunk too blow Police claim a man suspected of driving while intoxicated was to drunk to register on the breathalyzer -
Sometimes the only defense is stupidity Arlington Texas man made it easy on police by running into police car in jail parking lot -
Criminal Law Upate available Winter edition of the Criminal Law Update has been uploaded to the Documents section -
Some people never learn Women arrested for third time in a year while on her way to bail her friends out of jail -
Beware of driving in the left lane DPS officials in Harris and Montgomery counties cracked down last week on drivers who did use the left lane of traffic properly. -
Here's a tip - don't commit an offense in front of 40 witnesses A Rosebud-Lott school bus driver was arrested for driving while intoxicated with over 40 kids on the bus -
Sometimes a deal is too good to be true Defendants who obtained favorable pleas through bribes to the District Attorney's office now claim the pleas were invalid -
Pace of legislation addressing marijuana legalization picks up The number of States proposing or passing some type of legislation dealing with marijuana legalization continues to grow -
Public opinion swings toward legalization of marijuana A majority of Americans now favor the legalization of marijuana -
Police team up to offer free taxi rides home A DUI and traffic safety task force teamed up with several companies to offer free taxi rides to intoxicated drivers -
Surcharge reform may become an election issue More lawmakers are starting to realize the driver's license surcharge program may be so flawed that the only thing to do is abolish it -
PI and Deputy sheriff accused of setting up DWI arrests Private investigator and sheriff's deputy work together to set up people on DWI arrests to help investigators divorce clients