Do Collin County’s Blood Testing Labs Get Paid Per Conviction? It’s a valid question. If the answer were “yes,” would it spark outrage? A new study shows that State Crime labs, are in fact paid per conviction. In a new paper written in the Criminal Justice Ethics journal, they found…
I’m pleased to report that I have been selected to speak at this years, "Gideon’s Trumpet" seminar in Wichita Falls. My topic this year will be DWI Blood Testing: A Simplified Overview of Gas Chromatography. Or more appropriately titled, "Gas Chromatography for Dummies Lawyers." Learn to: – Fight DWI Blood Test…
Next week I’m headed to Gas Chromatography school held at Axion Chromatography Labs in Chicago, IL. It is an extremely intensive course with less than 70 graduates thus far across the country. So why am I spending a fortune on this course and wasting a week in Chicago in a…
by Andrea Grimes Published 8.24.2011 From D Magazine SEPT 2011 No matter how easy it looks on prime-time television, putting bad guys in jail isn’t as simple as slipping on a dark pair of sunglasses, coming up with a scathing quip, and having an invariably sexy forensic biologist deliver…
Well, it looks like Dallas doesn’t like the breathalyzer either. An article in the DMN today explains that the Dallas PD wants to start forcefully taking blood from DWI suspects. I still haven’t understood why the legislature enacts a law like the one listed below, then skirts the issue:…
Today’s lecture on Cross of the Chain of Custody Witness was presented by Houston DWI Lawyer Tyler Flood. A very good showing. It was in the Q & A style of a cross examination, so a bit hard to put into a blog the exact questions. But here are some of the points…
Today presenting on how to cross examine the Blood Drawer (Nurse, qualified technician, etc) was attorney Kelly Case. A really great job. So good, I don’t really want to give up the strategy or specific questions on my blog. If any attorneys are interested in my notes or thoughts, I’ll send…
The pre-trial discover portion of this seminar is being taught by Houston DWI lawyer Troy McKinney. Troy is responsible for putting on many DWI seminars, and speaks at most of them. Not to be confused with Collin and Dallas DWI Attorney Troy Burleson (my law partner). First off, you cannot defend a blood…
One of today’s speakers, Mark Daniel, a Ft. Worth Criminal Defense Attorney, has been getting a lot of recognition for his recent work on Tarrant County District Judge Elizabeth Berry’s case. Much of the good press was about he finally getting her case dismissed. Not easy in a case where…
Well, today I am attending the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association‘s Top Gun DWI – A Blood Test trial from Start to Finish. In the past I did some live blogging from another DWI Seminar Here, here, and here. I got a pretty good response from it, so I’m going to give it…