Texas Criminal Defense Insights — page 8
Practical, statute-anchored guides on Texas criminal defense — bond practice, suppression, probation, and license-defense intersections.
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EPO modification in DFW courts: practical strategy under Art. 17.292(j)
How emergency protective orders issued under Texas Article 17.292 (Code of Criminal Procedure) work and what a DFW attorney can do to modify or...
Compelling prostitution under §43.05 and the Chapter 62 registration overlay
How Texas PC §43.05 criminalizes compelling prostitution, how the offense interacts with sex-offender registration under Chapter 62, and what defense…
Collateral attack on the §921(a)(33)(B) counsel-waiver requirement
How the §921(a)(33)(B) counsel-waiver requirement can be collaterally attacked in federal felon-in-possession prosecutions where the misdemeanor…
Chapter 85 conversion: when the criminal MOEP becomes a permanent protective order
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CCP Art. 11.07 §3(c) evidentiary hearings
When to demand a live evidentiary hearing on a Texas Article 11.07 habeas application — when affidavit submissions fail and live testimony is required...
BIPP completion under CCP Art. 42A.504 — what to expect
How the Battering Intervention and Prevention Program (BIPP) operates as a probation condition under Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 42A.
Art. 62.058 early termination vs. Subchapter I deregistration
Texas sex-offender registration has two end-points: Art. 62.058 early termination of registration duty and Subchapter I deregistration.
Art. 411.0728 non-disclosure after Drug Court graduation
How Texas Government Code Article 411.0728 lets defendants seal records after completing a drug-court program — eligibility, timing, waiting periods, and…
Art. 17.19 preemptive surrender: the bondsman’s exposure-management tool
How Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 17.19 lets a surety surrender the principal off the bond and what defendants should understand about the…
The Art. 11.07 §4 subsequent-application bar
How Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 11.07 §4 limits second and later state habeas applications — and why how you structure the first filing…
How §5K1.1 and §3553(e) work together — breaking the mandatory minimum
How U.S.S.G. §5K1.1 and 18 U.S.C. §3553(e) interact to provide departures from federal mandatory minimums for substantial assistance —
USSG § 2B1.1 loss-amount challenges in pandemic-relief fraud sentencing
U.S.S.G. § 2B1.1 drives loss-amount enhancements in federal PPP/EIDL fraud sentencing. Actual vs intended loss, credits, role adjustments, and § 3553(a)…
USSG § 2B1.1 loss-amount disputes
USSG § 2B1.1 loss amount drives federal fraud sentencing. The actual-vs.-intended loss split in the Fifth Circuit and how defense counsel litigates it.
The 2023 USSG §1B1.13 amendment
How the 2023 amendment to USSG §1B1.13 reframed compassionate release: the six categories of extraordinary and compelling reasons and how counsel uses…
Building the treatment record for an Art. 62.405 petition
A Texas Art. 62.405 deregistration petition rises or falls on the treatment record. What that record must contain, who must prepare it, and how to build…