Beginning March 5, 2024, a new Texa law goes into effect (Chapter 51). The new law concerns “Illegal Entry into This State.” The law empowers Texas prosecutors to file charges for immigration based crimes ordinarily prosecuted by Federal authorities. The new law also created 5B.002 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. The law permits […]
New TX Laws for 2024: Illegal Entry Crimes
Will Fentanyl test kits remain illegal in Texas?
Fentanyl test kits could save lives in Texas. The epidemic of drug overdose deaths has surged in the last several years, due in large part to Fentanyl. Fentanyl is an extremely potent drug, up to 100 times more potent than morphine, and its effects can be both powerful and short-lived. This makes it particularly dangerous […]
MEXICO LEGALIZES RECREATIONAL COCAINE USE
The legal climate in Mexico right now has unexpectedly come out on the side of individual liberty and against the drug war, even as they spent billions of dollars fighting that drug war every year. One could argue that the legal system is in conflict with the political goals of the country in the drug […]
I Ran From the Police and They Caught Me! What am I Looking At?
When the adrenaline kicks in, or maybe your fight or flight instinct tells you to ‘RUN,’ people sometimes try to get away from the police. Maybe you are accused of trying to get away from the police. Potential punishments for evading arrest or detention depend on several things, namely, whether or not you were in […]
THEY DIDN’T READ ME MY RIGHTS!…BUT…DOES IT MATTER?
There is a common misconception about your rights, relating to a person’s “Miranda” rights, and the effect of an officer not reading you Miranda warnings when you are arrested. Movies and television would have you believe that it is some kind of magic bullet – if they did not read you Miranda warnings, you were […]
A New Year’s Resolution: Exercise Your Constitutional Rights!
ASSERT YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS IN 2019 You may have never been in a position where you needed to flex your constitutional rights. In fact, many reading this might say: if I am doing nothing wrong, why should I assert my rights? Won’t this make things harder for me? I can answer that for you real […]