Mr. Gerald Harris Goldstein | Private Law Practice

Gerald "Gerry" Harris Goldstein is a nationally known and respected defense lawyer and Past President of both the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America and Texas Lawyer's Legal Legends, has been profiled in numerous publications, has served as an adjunct professor of law at University of Texas School of Law in Austin and at St. Mary's University School of Law in San Antonio, and is a fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. He is also Board Certified in Criminal Law.

Gerry is an Adjunct Professor each fall Semester at St. Mary'sSchool of Law , here in San Antonio , Texas and has done so since 1998.  The Class is entitled: Advanced Criminal Law (Defense of a Complex Federal Prosecution).  The topics and materials distributed to the students are as follows:

1.              Grand Jury Practice
2.              Pretrial Release
3.              Indictments [Joinder/Severance/Transfer]
4.              Pretrial Motions
5.              Suppression of Evidence
6.              Jury Selection
7.              Trial [Evidence]
8.              Examination of Witnesses
9.              Direct Examination
10.             Jury Instructions
11.             Closing Arguments

From 1982 to 1993 Gerry was also an Adjunct Professor at the University of Texas School of Law in Austin , Texas and taught the same courses as listed above. 

Other topics/seminar papers that Gerry speaks about are:

• 2008 Supreme Court Update
• Crawford & the Current State of the Hearsay Rule
• Crossing the Double Crosser
• Federal Appeals - What will the next 50 years look like?
• Hot New Trends from the Supremes
• Motions to Supress
• Notable Recent and Pending Federal and TX Crim Cases
• Tenth Circuit Standards of Review

REPRESENTATIVE CASES

*UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT*

• Cable News Network, Inc. v. Noriega, __ U.S. __ (1990) [Amicus Curiae NACDL]
• Barefoot v. Estelle, 463 U.S. 880 (U.S. Tex. 1983)
• Barefoot v. Estelle, 77 L.Ed.2d 1090 (U.S. Tex. 1983)
• Moreno-Gonzalez v. U.S., No. 07-400 (2008)

*FEDERAL COURT OF APPEALS*

• Barefoot v. Estelle 103 S.Ct. 1765, 697 F.2d 593 (5th Cir. 1986)
• Brooks v. Estelle, 702 F.2d 84 (5th Cir. 1983)
• Brooks v. Estelle, 697 F.2d 586 (5th Cir. 1982)
• Davis v. Zain, 79 F.3d 18 (5th Cir. 1996)
• In Re Auclair, 961 F.2d 65 (5th Cir. 1992)
• In Re Grand Jury Proceedings, 644 F.2d 348 (5th Cir. 1981)
• In Re Grand Jury Proceedings (Clinton Manges), 745 F.2d 1250, 53 U.S.L.W. 2248, 40 Fed.R.Evid.Serv.2d 461 (9th Cir. 1984)
• In Re Grand Jury Proceedings (Clinton Manges), 40 Fed.R.Evid.Serv.2d 461 (9th Cir. 1984)
• In Re Grand Jury Subpoena for Atty. Representing Criminal Defendant Reyes-Requena, 926 F.2d 1423, 59 U.S.L.W. 2618, 32 Fed.R.Evid.Serv. 1167 (5th Cir. 1991)
• In Re Grand Jury Subpoena for Atty. Representing Criminal Defendant Reyes-Requena, 32 Fed.R.Evid.Serv. 1167 (5th Cir. 1991)
• In Re Grand Jury Subpoena for Atty. Representing Criminal Defendant Reyes-Requena, 913 F.2d 1118, 59 U.S.L.W. 2245, 31 Fed.R.Evid.Serv. 1167 (5th Cir. 1990)
• In Re Grand Jury Subpoena for Atty. Representing Criminal Defendant Reyes-Requena, 31 Fed.R.Evid.Serv. 1167 (5th Cir. 1990)
• In Re Special Grand Jury 81-1 (Leon D. Harvey), 697 F.2d 112 (4th Cir. 1982)
• Isbit v. Secretary of Defense, 476 F.2d 661 (5th Cir. 1973)
• Lann v. Maxwell, 91 Fed.Appx. 970 (5th Cir. 2004)
• League of United Latin American Citizens Council No. 4434 v. Clements, 923 F.2d 365 (5th Cir. 1991)
• League of United Latin American Citizens Council No. 4434 v. Clements, 914 F.2d 620, 59 U.S.L.W. 2250 (5th Cir. 1991)
• League of United Latin American Citizens Council No. 4434 v. Clements, 999 F.2d 831 (5th Cir. 1993)
• League of United Latin American Citizens Council No. 4434 v. Clements, 986 F.2d 728 (5th Cir. 1991)
• League of United Latin American Citizens Council No. 4434 v. Clements, 902 F.2d 322, 59 U.S.L.W. 2250 (5th Cir. 1990)
• League of United Latin American Citizens Council No. 4434 v. Clements, 902 F.2d 293, 58 U.S.L.W. 2711 (5th Cir. 1990)
• Miller v. Laird, 474 F.2d 999 (5th Cir. 1973)
• PMG Intern. Div. L.L.C. v. Rumsfeld, 303 F.3d 1163 (9th Cir. 2002)
• Piper v. Hauck, 532 F.2d 1016 (5th Cir. 1976)
• Rafferty v. U.S., 477 F.2d 531 (5th Cir. 1973)
• Shanley v. Northeast Independent School Dist., Bexar Co., Texas, 462 F.2d 960 (5th Cir. 1972)
• SBC Communications, Inc. v. F.C.C., 154 F.3d 226 (5th Cir. 1998)
• Sosa v. Dretke, 133 Fed.Appx. 114 (5th Cir. 2005)
• U.S. v. Amuny, 767 F.2d 1113 (5th Cir. 1985)
• U.S. v. Antone, 753 F.2d 1301 (5th Cir. 1985)
• U.S. v. Ballis, 28 F.3d 1399, 1994 WL 411273 (5th Cir. 1994)
• U.S. v. Becton, 632 F.2d 1294 (5th Cir. 1980)
• U.S. v. Benavidez, 664 F.2d 1255, 9 Fed.R.Evid.Serv. 1006 (5th Cir. 1982)
• U.S. v. Butts, 729 F.2d 1514 (5th Cir. 1984)
• U.S. v. Butts, 710 F.2d 1139 (5th Cir. 1983)
• U.S. v. D.K.G. Appaloosas, Inc., 829 F.2d 532, 56 U.S.L.W. 2263, 9 Fed.R.Serv. 83 (5th Cir. 1990)
• U.S. v. Currency Totaling $48,318.08, 609 F.2d 210 (5th Cir. 1980)
• U.S. v. Davis, 583 F.2d 190 (5th Cir. 1978)
• U.S. v. Douglas, 837 F.Supp. 814 (N.D. Tex., 1993)
• U.S. v. Ebertowski, 896 F.2d 906 (5th Cir. 1990)
• U.S. v. Galloway, 951 F.2d 64 (5th Cir. 1992)
• U.S. v. Gant, 759 F.2d 484 (5th Cir. 1985)
• U.S. v. Garcia Abrego, 141 F.3d 142 (5th Cir. 1998)
• U.S. v. Geittman, 733 F.2d 1419 (10th Cir. 1984)
• U.S. v. Gonzales, 436 F.3d 560 (5th Cir. 2006)
• U.S. v. Gonzalez, 700 F.2d 196, 78 A.L.R.Fed. 399, 12 Fed.R.Serv. 1063 (5th Cir. 1983)
• U.S. v. Gonzalez, 12 Fed.R.Serv. 1063 (5th Cir. 1983)
• U.S. v. Hawkins, 658 F.2d 279 (5th Cir. 1981)
• U.S. v. Henricksen, 564 F.2d 197 (5th Cir. 1977)
• U.S. v. Hogan, 779 F.2d 296 (5th Cir. 1986)
• U.S. v. Hogan, 771 F.2d 82, 18 Fed.R.Serv. 3d 83 (5th Cir. 1985)
• U.S. v. Hogan, 763 F.2d 697, 18 Fed.R.Serv. 450 (5th Cir. 1985)
• U.S. v. Jenkins, 974 F.2d 32 (5th Cir. 1992)
• U.S. v. Kohler, 836 F.2d 885 (5th Cir. 1985)
• U.S. v. Lozano, 158 Fed.Appx. 632 (5th Cir. 2005)
• U.S. v. Mack, 643 F.2d 1119, 8 Fed.R.Serv. 117 (5th Cir. 1981)
• U.S. v. McFarland, 633 F.2d 427 (5th Cir. 1980)
• U.S. v. McKeller, 798 F.2d 151 (5th Cir. 1988)
• U.S. v. Moeller, 80 F.3d 1053 (5th Cir. 1996)
• U.S. v. Moore, 743 F.2d 254 (5th Cir. 1984)
• U.S. v. Morris, 568 F.2d 396 (5th Cir. 1978)
• U.S. v. Moreno-Gonzalez, 2008 WL 4356257 (11th Cir. 2008)
• U.S. v. Niver, 689 F.2d 520 (5th Cir. 1982)
• U.S. v. Nunn, 525 F.2d 958 (5th Cir. 1984)
• U.S. v. Nunn, 527 F.2d 1390 (5th Cir. 1984)
• U.S. v. Ortiz, 942 F.2d 903 (5th Cir. 1991)
• U.S. v. Parks, 684 F.2d 1078 (5th Cir. 1982)
• U.S. v. Pettigrew, 77 F.3d 1500 (5th Cir. 1996)
• U.S. v. Pozos, 697 F.2d 1238 (5th Cir. 1983)
• U.S. v. Pool, 660 F.2d 547, 9 Fed.R.Evid.Serv. 4 (5th Cir. 1981)
• U.S. v. Price, 869 F.2d 801 (5th Cir. 1989)
• U.S. v. Ramos, 71 F.3d 1150 (5th Cir. 1995)
• U.S. v. Rana, 129 Fed.Appx. 890 (5th Cir. 2005)
• U.S. v. Reeves, 730 F.2d 1189, 15 Fed.R.Serv. 659 (5th Cir. 1984)
• U.S. v. Ritchie, 15 F.3d 592, 62 U.S.L.W. 2502 (6th Cir. 1994)
• U.S. v. Salinas, 610 F.2d 250 (5th Cir. 1980)
• U.S. v. Salinas, 601 F.2d 1279, 55 A.L.R.Fed. 701 (5th Cir. 1979)
• U.S. v. Quiroz-Hernandez, 48 F.3d 858 (5th Cir. 1995)
• U.S. v. Solow, 574 F.2d 1318 (5th Cir. 1978)
• U.S. v. Tilley, 18 F.3d 295, 62 U.S.L.W. 2613 (5th Cir. 1994)
• U.S. v. Villarreal, 963 F.2d 770 (5th Cir. 1992)
• U.S. v. Watson, 669 F.2d 1374, 10 Fed.R.Evid.Serv. 31 (5th Cir. 1982)
• U.S. v. Wilder, 15 F.2d 1292 (5th Cir. 1994)
• U.S. v. Wright, 533 F.2d 214 (5th Cir. 1976)
• U.S. v. Zabaneh, 837 F.2d 1249, 24 Fed.R.Evid.Serv. 1075 (5th Cir. 1988)
• Universal Amusement Co., Inc. v. Vance, 587 F.2d 159, 4 Media L.Re. 1929 (5th Cir. 1978)
• Universal Amusement Co., Inc. v. Vance, 587 F.2d 176 (5th Cir. 1978)
• Universal Amusement Co., Inc. v. Vance, 559 F.2d 1286 (5th Cir. 1977)
• Zimmerman v. Spears, 565 F.2d 310, 78-1 U.S.T.C. P. 9223 (5th Cir. 1977)

*FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT*

• Aquilino v. Laird, 326 F. Supp. 1053 (D.C. Tex. 1970)
• U.S. v. Douglas, 837 F.Supp. 814 (N.D. Tex. 1993)
• Devonish v. Garza, 510 F. Supp. 658 (W.D. Tex. 1981)
• Forte v. U.S., 2005 WL 1801967 (S.D.Tex. 2005)
• Hackett v. Laird, 326 F. Supp. 1075 (D.C. Tex. 1975)
• Helwick v. Laird, 318 F. Supp. 878 (D.C. Tex. 1970)
• In re Grand Jury Subpoena for Atty. Representing Criminal Defendant Reyes-Requena, 724 F. Supp. 458 (S.D. Tex. 1989)
• In Re Possible Violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 201m 371, 491 F. Supp. 211 (D.C.D.C. 1980)
• In Re Reyes-Requena, 752 F. Supp. 239, 31 Fed.R.Evid.Serv. 1179 (S.D. Tex. 1990)
• Jennings v. Laird, 333 F. Supp. 335 (D.C. Tex. 1971)
• Karem v. Priest, 744 F. Supp. 136, 17 Media L. Rep. 2113 (W.D. Tex. 1990)
• Miller v. Secretary of Defense, 352 F. Supp. 335 (W.D. Tex. 1972)
• Rautenstrauch v. Secretary of Defense, 313 F. Supp. 170 (D.C. Tex. 1970)
• Sosa v. Dretke, 2004 WL 1124949 (W.D.Tex. 2004)
• U.S. v. One Hundred and Fifty-Two Thousand Dollars ($152,000) in U.S. Currency, 592 F. Supp. 1017 (D.C. Puerto Rico 1984)
• U.S. v. Ballis, 1996 WL 174996 (E.D. Tex. 1996)
• U.S. v. Becton, 498 F. Supp. 1013 (D.C. Tex. 1980)
• U.S. v. Cofer, 444 F. Supp. 146 (W.D. Tex. 1978)
• U.S. v. D.K.G. Appaloosas, Inc., 630 F.Supp. 1540 (E.D. Tex. 1986)
• U.S. v. Grant, 587 F. Supp. 128 (D.C. Tex. 1984)
• U.S. v. Goldin, 1996 WL 294366 (S.D.Ala. 1996)
• U.S. v. Holloway and Parks, No. P-79-CR-20
• U.S. v. Kelly, 539 F. Supp. 262 (D.D.C. 1982) - DISMISSED
• U.S. v. Kimberlin, 483 F.Supp. 250 (D.C. Ind. 1979)
• U.S. v. Martin, 2003 WL 22736553 (W.D.Tex 2003)
• U.S. v. McCraney, 33 Cr.L. 2131
• U.S. v. Perez, 685 F .Supp. 990 (W.D. Tex. 1988)
• U.S. v. Ritchie, 1992 WL 695477 (E.D.Tenn. 1992)
• U.S. v. Spy Factory, Inc., 951 F.Supp. 450 (S.D.N.Y. 1997)
• U.S. v. Stephens, 2007 WL 2088378 (W.D.Tex. 2007)
• Trombley v. Secretary of Defense, 330 F .Supp. 886 (D.C. Tex. 1972)
• Zollino v. U.S. , 2004 WL 692154 (W.D. Tex. 2004)

*STATE COURT*

• Batres v. State, 762 S.W.2d 611 (Tex.Cr.App. 1988)
• Batres v. State, 727 S.W.2d 83 (Tex.App. - San Antonio 1987)
• Casillas v. State, 733 S.W.2d 158 (Tex.Cr.App. 1986)
• Clark (Jack Wade) v. State, 1994 WL 68275 (Tex.Cr.App. 1994)
• Crawford v. Texas, 617 S.W.2d 925 (Tex.Cr.App. - en banc 1980)
• Cruz v. State, 645 S.W.2d 498 (Tex.App. 4 Dist. 1982)
• Cruz v. State, 586 S.W.2d 861 (Tex.Cr.App. 1979)
• Dexter v. State, 544 S.W.2d 426 (Tex. 1976)
• Durrough v. State, 562 S.W.2d 488 (Tex.Cr.App. 1978)
• Ex Parte Duffy, 607 S.W.2d 507, 17 A.L.R. 4th 546 (Tex.Cr.App. 1980)
• Ex parte Sheridan, 974 S.W.2d 129 (Tex.App.-San Antonio 1998)
• Fair v. State, 758 S.W.2d 898 (Tex.App. - Corpus Christi 1988)
• Goodrich v. State, 156 S.W.3d 141 (Tex.App.-Dallas 2005)
• Hardinge v. State, 500 S.W.2d 870 (Tex. 1973)
• Hawkins v. State, 613 S.W.2d 720 (Tex.Cr.App. 1980)
• Hernandez v. State, 548 S.W.2d 904 (Tex.Cr.App. 1977)
• Iranian Muslim Organization v. City of San Antonio, 604 S.W.2d 379 (Tex.Civ.App. 1980)
• In re Sosa, 2007 WL 2315966 (Tex.App.-San Antonio 2007)
• In re White, 227 S.W.3d 234 (Tex.App.-San Antonio 2007)
• Kennedy v. State, 2008 WL 3540030 (Tex.App.-Austin 2008)
• Manziel v. State, 2003 WL 21356019 (Tex.App.-Tyler 2003)
• Martinez v. State, 899 S.W.2d 655 (Tex.Crim.App. 1994)
• Mauldin v. Coats, 786 S.W.2d 737 (Tex.App. - Tyler 1989)
• Mauldin v. State, 874 S.W.2d 692 (Tex.App. - Tyler 1993)
• Meeks v. State, 692 S.W.2d 504 (Tex.Cr.App. 1985)
• Miles v. State, 501 S.W.2d 91 (Tex. 1973)
• Norton v. State, 771 S.W.2d 160 (Tex.App. - Texarkana 1989)
• Ramirez v. State, 836 S.W.2d 635 (Tex.Crim.App. 1992)
• Ramirez v. State, 1991 WL 261024 (Tex.Cr.App. 1991)
• Ramirez v. State, 801 S.W.2d 110 (Tex.App. - San Antonio 1990)
• Russell v. State, 702 S.W.2d 617 (Tex.Cr.App. 1985)
• Russell v. State, 685 S.W.2d 413 (Tex.App. 4 Dist. 1985)
• State v. Westergren, 707 S.W.2d 260 (Tex.App. 13 Dist. 1985)
• State v. Williams, 780 S.W.2d 891 (Tex.App. - San Antonio 1989)
• Vasquez v. State, 557 S.W.2d 779 (Tex.Cr.App. 1977)
• Ward v. State, 657 S.W.2d 133 (Tex.Cr.App. 1977)
• Wheeler v. State, 659 S.W.2d 381 (Tex.Cr.App. 1982)
• White v. State, 601 S.W.2d 364 (Tex.Cr.App. 1980)
• Ybarbo v. State, 659 S.W.2d 898 (Tex.App. 4 Dist. 1983)
• U.S. v. D.K.G. Appaloosas. Inc., 829 F.2d 532, 56 U.S.L.W. 2263 (5th Cir. 1990)
• U.S. v. D.K.G. Appaloosas. Inc., 9 Fed.R.Serv. 83 (5th Cir. 1990)
• U.S. v. Solow, 574 F.2d 1318 (5th Cir. 1978)
• State v. Williams, 780 S.W.2d 891 (Tex.App. - San Antonio 1989)