The question: Can I be arrested for DWI in Texas if my BAC is under 0.08? The short answer: Yes. The 0.08 blood alcohol concentration limit is one way Texas defines intoxication but it is not the only way. Under Texas Penal Code §49.01, a person is also intoxicated if they have lost the normal […]
The question: Should I answer the officer’s questions after a DWI arrest? The short answer: Almost never beyond identifying yourself. After a DWI arrest, you must provide your name, date of birth, and address. You do not have to answer questions about whether you’ve been drinking, where you’ve been, what you ate, or anything else […]
We are proud to announce that Deandra Grant, Managing Partner of Deandra Grant Law, will present on Auto-Brewery Syndrome at the International Association of Forensic Toxicology Consultants (IAFTC) Annual Conference on Friday, May 29, 2026, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:20 p.m. Eastern. The IAFTC brings together a global network of forensic toxicology experts, and this […]
How a federal judge in the Eleventh Circuit received discipline for an affair in chambers, a partisan political event, and false statements to the chief judges — and why the public may never learn the judge’s name UPDATE — JUNE 12, 2026 When this file was first published in May 2026, the subject judge […]
How a complaint by the Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission led to the suspension of Jefferson County Probate Judge Yashiba G. Blanchard and what comes next THE QUICK ANSWER On May 21, 2026, the Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission filed a 120-page complaint against Jefferson County Probate Judge Yashiba G. Blanchard, charging her with seven categories […]
How Harris County district judge Natalia Cornelio earned a Public Reprimand and why this one is still being fought THE QUICK ANSWER In 2025, the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct issued a Public Reprimand to Natalia “Nata” Cornelio, a Harris County criminal district judge. The Commission found she signed a bench warrant that […]
On May 21, 2026, U.S. District Judge Nancy Brasel sentenced Aimee Bock, the founder and executive director of the Minnesota nonprofit Feeding Our Future, to 500 months in federal prison (just over 41 years) for her lead role in a $250 million scheme to defraud a federally funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
THE GAVEL OF SHAME • CASE FILE NO. 2 How Fannin County district judge Laurine Blake earned a Public Admonition from the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct THE QUICK ANSWER In 2025, the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct issued a Public Admonition to Laurine Blake, the longtime district judge in Bonham, Texas. […]
This month Cybergenetics (the company behind the TrueAllele probabilistic genotyping system) announced the launch of the TrueAllele Investigative Database (TA-ID), a tool built to re-examine DNA evidence that crime labs previously set aside as “inconclusive”: the low-level, partial, degraded, and mixed samples that traditional analysis could not search. The pitch is that thousands of stalled […]
How municipal judge Jennifer Eggen earned a Public Reprimand from the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct THE QUICK ANSWER In October 2025, the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct issued a Public Reprimand to Jennifer Eggen, a former municipal judge in Hereford, Texas. The Commission found that she berated children and parents from […]