Legal Articles, Misdemeanor

Tracking Suspects with Cell phones: Is that Legal?

Cell phones offer the ability to contact loved ones, look up restaurants and even check the weather. However, according to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) these handy devices are also, in some cases, being used to implicate their owners.

All the King’s Men: The Texas Castle Doctrine

Understanding the Texas Castle Doctrine: Texas law allows citizens to use force (including the use of deadly force) to protect themselves, their property, other people in danger, or to stop the commission of a felony. These laws are known as the Texas Castle Doctrine.

Texas Lethal Injection Supply Restocked

While nationally there is a shortage of drugs used to carry out death sentences throughout the United States, Texas has no shortage of drugs and there will be no disruption of lethal injections on Texas Death Row.

Some Personal Observations about Crime and Punishment

Even if an individual is guilty of a crime there are often mitigating factors that should be considered. As a society, we have an obligation to temper justice with mercy.

How Facebook and Other Social Media Sites Can Damage Your Criminal Case

If you are under investigation or face prosecution for criminal charges in Houston, Galveston or anywhere in Texas, you should be acutely aware that information posted on social networks is increasingly finding its way into criminal and civil courtrooms.

Expungement of Texas Criminal Records: Protecting Your Reputation and Future

Many people that submit an application for a job, student financial aid, rental property, college application, home loan or similar opportunity find their request denied with no justification provided by the decision-maker.

Can the Police Conduct a Search of My Vehicle or My Person During a Routine Traffic Stop?

Many people make mistakes during a routine traffic stop that can result in facing criminal charges when they were completely avoidable. It is not surprising that motorists make strategic errors when stopped by a police officer because many drivers are unaware of their rights.

Facing a charge in the Town of Lexington Municipal Court?

This article is designed as an introduction to the procedures that apply in the Town of Lexington Municipal Court located at 111 Maiden Lane, downtown Lexington.

My blood was drawn for a DWI on a No Refusal Weekend… What can I do?

This is a summary of a few tactics Steve Bowling Law utilizes in defending DWI cases.

Your Texas Driver License can be suspended just for being ARRESTED for a DWI, even if later found not guilty!

A brief summary of the timeline to request an Administrative License Revocation hearing before your license will be automatically suspended.

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