Lance Stott | June 17, 2011
The other day Jose Baez, the lawyer for Casey Anthony, asked a witness a question: “Were you asked to do a paternity test to determine whether Lee Anthony was Caylee’s father?” The answer to the question was, “Yes, and he wasn’t.” The jury didn’t hear that answer, though, because prosecutor Jeff Ashton objected, and the [...]
Lance Stott | February 28, 2011
Sec. 25.11. CONTINUOUS VIOLENCE AGAINST THE FAMILY. (a) A person commits an offense if, during a period that is 12 months or less in duration, the person two or more times engages in conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 22.01(a)(1) against another person or persons whose relationship to or association with the defendant is [...]
Lance Stott | February 16, 2011
There are two models when it comes to charging and collecting legal fees. There’s a civil model, in which the lawyer sits at a desk and keeps careful notes of the time he spends on a case: the phone calls and faxes, the traveling here and there, the interrogatories and depositions, and all the mountains [...]
Lance Stott | December 1, 2010
The Statesman has a (surprisingly) fair article on Judge Charlie Baird. In Travis County, where judges release more defendants on personal recognizance, or PR, bonds than any of the five most populous counties in Texas, Baird stands apart from his peers for regularly giving the jail release to defendants charged with the most serious crimes… [...]
Lance Stott | December 1, 2010
Grits for Breakfast has news that at least one appeals court here in Texas has shot down DPS’s argument that people whose licenses are suspended for failure to pay surcharge are ineligible for an occupational license. Their reasoning is pretty straight-forward: the statute says anyone whose license has been suspended for a reason other than [...]
Lance Stott | November 30, 2010
Mirriam Seddiq posted the other day about bullying. She said, “I am decidedly against school turning my kids into giant weenies who won’t know how to stand up for themselves,” and “I was never bullied so I don’t know what it feels like. My parents always told me that if someone tried to do something [...]
Lance Stott | November 17, 2010
This was worth watching: And this was worth reading: The Things He Carried
Lance Stott | August 16, 2010
What Defense Lawyers Do: By requiring the state to prove its case and helping defendants understand their options in the criminal justice system, defense attorneys can help ensure that the state doesn’t send innocent people to jail and that individuals who commit criminal offenses receive appropriate sentences that punish without leading to unnecessary prison and [...]
Lance Stott | August 2, 2010
SB 1070 A. NO OFFICIAL OR AGENCY OF THIS STATE OR A COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR 17 OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THIS STATE MAY ADOPT A POLICY THAT LIMITS OR 18 RESTRICTS THE ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAWS TO LESS THAN THE FULL 19 EXTENT PERMITTED BY FEDERAL LAW. Not sure what this means. I’m [...]
Lance Stott | March 30, 2010
I wonder if this is what she imagined her wedding would be like? Hutaree wedding – link.
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