Dallas Criminal Lawyer – David Finn

Holly Huffman, an Eagle Staff writer, has reported that District Judge Rick Davis will not be allowed to preside over a series of upcoming cases assigned to his courtroom, including a capital murder trial set to begin next week, an administrative judge ruled Thursday.
Judge Olen Underwood, presiding judge of the administrative region that includes Brazos [...]

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Parole Definitions
Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) manages the overall operation of the state’s prison system, parole, and state jail systems. It also provides funding, training, and certain oversight of parole. TDCJ is the largest state agency in Texas.
Institutional Division (ID) of the TDCJ is responsible for managing and operating the State’s prison system for [...]

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——————————————————————————In TheCourt of AppealsSixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana
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No. 06-04-00060-CR
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TONY ROY ELARDO, AppellantV.THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
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On Appeal from the 115th Judicial District CourtUpshur County, TexasTrial Court No. 13,526
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Before Morriss, C.J., Ross and Carter, JJ.Opinion by Justice Ross
O P I N I O N
Tony [...]

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David Finn
COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXASFORT WORTH
NO. 2-02-126-CR
EX PARTE
SWANDA MARIE LEWIS
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FROM CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT NO. 1 OF TARRANT COUNTY
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OPINION ON REMAND
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INTRODUCTION
On January 16, 2003, we issued our opinion reversing the trial court’s denial of pretrial habeas relief. Because we concluded that the State’s repeated use [...]

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National Association of Criminal Defense LawyersThe Champion MagazineRICO ReportMay 2005, Page 55
Can Prosecutors Buy Testimony?By Barry Tarlow
Can a prosecutor pay a fact witness for testimony? Surprisingly, the question has no clear answer, and a split in the circuits has emerged.
The general rules are reasonably clear about the benefits a [...]

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NACDL Champion MagazineMay 2005, Page 20
Data Privacy And The Vanishing Fourth AmendmentBy Daniel J. Solove
To live in the modern world, we must enter into numerous relationships with other people and businesses: doctors, lawyers, merchants, magazines, newspapers, banks, credit card companies, employers, landlords, ISPs, insurance companies, phone companies, and cable companies. The list goes on and [...]

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GETTING OUT EARLY:
BUREAU OF PRISONS DRUG PROGRAM
By Alan Ellis and J. Michael Henderson
The Federal Bureau of Prisons provides a very specialized program which can benefit offenders with substance abuse problems and, as an incentive, offers qualified offenders additional time off of their sentences beyond good conduct time. This program is known as the [...]

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