Appeals & Legal News
Staff Attorney Positions at the Dallas Court of Appeals
The Dallas Court of Appeals has two positions open for staff attorneys. I worked as a briefing attorney for the First Court of Appeals. I had a staff attorney above me but we had similar responsibilities. Each week each of us was assigned a case. We were given the...
Very Good Article on the Reliability of the Breathalyzer Machine
An important and detailed article by the New York Times on the breathalyzer machines and the very real problems that they have. The point of the article is that the breathalyzer machines have real problems with reliability. Mostly attorneys know that the breathalyzer...
Opinion from the Court of Criminal Appeals on TRAP 34.6
Interesting opinion by the Court of Criminal Appeals on Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure (TRAP) 34.6. The case concerned a hearing that the parties believed had been transcribed by the court reporter. According to the Court "[t]he trial court held a hearing on...
Amber Guyger Appeal
Should Amber Guyger File An Appeal? Amber Guyger filed a notice of appeal a week ago. Since Guyger's attorneys filed this notice I have been asked whether the decision to do so was a good idea. The consensus appears to be that because she got ten years on a murder...
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