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Halloween DUI and DWI Enforcement in Houston DWI While one tends to think of increased DUI risks during the traditional holiday season encompassing Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve, the...

Underage Drinking and Driving in Galveston DWI In the state of Texas, like many states, there is a zero tolerance policy for underage drinking and driving. As a result,...

Minors and Drinking in Galveston Criminal Defense Texas law prohibits individuals who are under the age of 21 to purchase, attempt to purchase, possess, or consume alcoholic beverages. It...

DWI Accusations vs. Scientific Evidence DWI Scientific evidence is paramount for most of the cases our law firm wins. As a defense attorney serving Greater Houston for over...

A Weekend Ruined by a DWI Arrest DWI For those who have never gotten one, a DWI may sound like nothing serious – certainly nothing to ruin a weekend. Those...

Intent and Attempt Crimes: An Overview Criminal Defense While some may find it counterintuitive, the crime of attempt has been on the books in Texas for almost 50 years now....

DWI Collateral Consequences in Brazoria County DWI Driving while intoxicated (DWI) is one of the most serious nonviolent crimes one can commit. Because of the potential risk to life...

Texas Has Some of the Steepest DWI Fines DWI Texas’ fines for first-offender DWI incidents are among the nation’s highest, according to an analysis by the Houston Chronicle. The fine for...

How to Check for Warrants in Houston Criminal Defense A few times per week we get phone calls to our Houston office from people interested in finding out if there is...

How to Avoid Drunk Driving Charges DWI With Houston and the general Harris County region being on the radar of the Texas Department of Public Safety with regard to...

Facing a 3rd or 4th DWI Charge? DWI Police in Harrington, Delaware recently arrested a man in connection with driving under the influence of alcohol. It was his sixth DUI...

Pros and Cons of Texas Field Sobriety Tests DWI In Texas, one of the common ways that police agencies develop probable cause to arrest you for DWI is through field sobriety...

Houston Man Charged in 2 Fatal DWI Crashes DWI According to the Houston Chronicle, a Houston-based man faces charges in two fatal separate DWI-related auto crashes A Look at the Case...

Could Texas Decriminalize Marijuana? Drug Crimes State representative Joe Moody (D-El Paso) authored HB 507, a bill that would essentially decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana. The...

Only in Texas: Intoxication Manslaughter DWI If you or a loved one wound up taking the life of another person in an automobile collision, you will probable be...

Child Charged With DWI: What to Do DWI It’s 2:00 a.m. and you get a phone call informing you that your child has been charged with driving under the influence....

Houston Officer Charged in Cocaine Conspiracy Drug Crimes A longtime Houston Police Department officer was charged just last month in connection with trafficking huge amounts of cocaine into Texas, according...

Texas Prostitution Charges Sex Crimes Prostitution is considered a crime against public decency in Texas and there are many laws criminalizing it and related acts. The penalties...

Texas Marijuana Possession Laws and Penalties Drug Crimes The legal landscape for the possession and use of marijuana has changed considerably in the last 10 years. In fact, 23 states...

How Houston Police Spot Drunk Drivers DWI Officers of the Houston Police Department and Deputies of the Harris County Sheriff's Offense are trained to spot indicators that a person...

Implied Consent Ruled Unconstitutional DWI Getting pulled over by a police officer for any reason isn’t much fun. If you’ve been drinking and get pulled over, the...

Texas Boating While Intoxicated Consequences DWI For many people, one of the most enjoyable activities is to get on a boat and head off onto the open water...

Reasons People Drink and Drive DWI Most people are aware of both the dangers and the penalties for drinking and driving. Yet, it still happens every day. So,...

Synthetic Marijuana Lands Officer in Jail Drug Crimes In January ABC News 5 reported that Michael Anthony Moreno, a seven-year veteran of the Edinburg Police Department, and his sister have...

MADD Lobbies for Ignition Interlock Company DWI Colleen Sheehy-Church, the president of MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving), recently spoke at a conference sponsored by SmartStart, an ignition interlock company,...

New Evidence Stays Death Row Execution Criminal Defense flickr image by tgpAfter several appeals to Texas Court of Criminal Appeals were denied, new evidence has resulted in an order...

Quick Texas DWI Overview DWI Attorney Tad Nelson is a highly accomplished Houston DWI lawyer who holds a Board Certification in criminal law as well as a...

Know When to Say No Criminal Defense We all like to get out, enjoy life, and sometimes, have a drink from time to time. There's nothing wrong with having...

Teacher Reputation After Sexual Allegations Sex Crimes flickr image by KT KingOn January 28, 2015, Juan Antonio Chapa, a Hanna Early College High School teacher, was placed on...

Sobriety Checkpoint Debate DWI Sobriety checkpoints are controversial for a variety of reasons. On one side of the coin, civil liberty activists and lawyers view sobriety...