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Mar 23, 2020 Criminal

Jail in a Time of COVID: Tarrant County to Jail Emergency Order Violators

During an emergency meeting on Sunday, March 23, Tarrant County District Attorney Sharen Wilson supported the county’s Second Amended Declaration...

Oct 30, 2019 Criminal

Duplicity in Prosecution or Politics as Usual? In recent days, Tarrant County District Attorney Sharen Wilson has publicly stated that...

Jun 17, 2019 Criminal

Gamble vs. U.S. (2019) The Supreme Court handed down its decision in Gamble vs. United States (No. 17–646) on July...

May 27, 2019 Criminal

Updated: July 22, 2019 – Here are the 40 new criminal law legislative changes you need to be aware of...

Apr 22, 2019 Criminal

What is the First Step Act? The First Step Act, formally known as the Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely...

Mar 23, 2019 Criminal

The Court of Criminal Appeals handed down State v. Martinez , answering whether the State’s testing of blood previously drawn by...

Mar 4, 2019 Criminal

If you follow the news, you’ve undoubtedly heard and seen the term “witness tampering” time and again. In recent years,...

Mar 1, 2019 Criminal

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals recently went to great lengths to explain how it came to decision with a...

Feb 23, 2019 Criminal

The Supreme Court, in Timbs v. Indiana, recently handed down a unanimous decision that may be the death knell for...