One of the most common misconceptions about warrants in Texas is that they eventually expire in that if enough time passes without an arrest, the warrant becomes unenforceable and the problem goes away. For the vast majority of warrants in Texas, this is not true. Texas warrants do not expire on their own. They remain […]
Online solicitation of a minor is one of the most aggressively prosecuted sex offenses in Texas, and one of the most frequently charged as a result of law enforcement sting operations. If you have been arrested under Texas Penal Code §33.021, you may be facing a felony with mandatory sex offender registration and the circumstances […]
Forensic laboratories that serve the criminal justice system are required to maintain accreditation through bodies such as ANAB (ANSI National Accreditation Board) or A2LA (American Association for Laboratory Accreditation). Accreditation requires compliance with established quality standards and periodic external audits that assess whether the laboratory is meeting those standards. When problems are found, accreditation can […]
In any Texas drug case (whether arising from a probation drug test, a workplace test, or a drug possession arrest) understanding the difference between a screening test and a confirmatory test is foundational. These are not two names for the same thing. They are two different analytical processes with different purposes, different reliability characteristics, different […]
If you have been accused of sexually assaulting a child in Texas, you are likely experiencing a level of fear and confusion that is difficult to put into words. The allegation alone can result in immediate separation from your family, loss of employment, and public scrutiny. And the investigation that follows will determine whether you […]
When you are under investigation for murder in Texas, the grand jury proceeding is often one of the first critical battleground and it is one that most people facing charges do not understand until it is too late to use it effectively. A grand jury decides whether the prosecution has probable cause to formally charge […]
The Paycheck Protection Program and Economic Injury Disaster Loan program distributed more than a trillion dollars in pandemic relief funding between 2020 and 2022. Federal prosecutors have been working through the resulting fraud cases ever since, and in 2026 those prosecutions are far from finished. A coordinated federal enforcement sweep in early 2026 charged approximately […]
DFW International Airport intercepted 378 firearms at its security checkpoints in 2024 which is the second highest total of any airport in the United States (behind only Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson). Texas is the number one state in the country for airport gun seizures. Of the firearms detected at DFW, the overwhelming majority were loaded. Almost none […]
A few weeks after a shoplifting arrest in Texas, many people receive a certified letter at home from a law firm they have never heard of. The letter demands payment of several hundred dollars (sometimes significantly more than the value of whatever was allegedly taken) and threatens legal action if the amount is not paid […]
you were stopped on I-35 in North or Central Texas and found yourself facing drug charges, you were not the victim of random bad luck. You were the target of a structured enforcement operation that has been running on this highway for decades. Understanding how that operation works is the starting point for understanding how […]