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Entries from August 2005

Dallas Jail: Here We Go Again

August 17th, 2005 · 2 Comments

Inmate’s water cut for 4 days Dallas County: Jail investigating guard’s apparent rules violation
07:25 AM CDT on Wednesday, August 17, 2005
By JAMES M. O’NEILL / The Dallas Morning News
A mentally ill inmate at the Dallas County Jail was left in his cell without running water for four days this month after a [...]

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If You Can’t Argue the Facts: Observer Story Re: Jail

August 12th, 2005 · No Comments

If You Can’t Argue the Facts… Plus: Every Picture Tells a StoryPublished: Thursday, August 4, 2005Dallas Observer, Matt Pulle
If You Can’t Argue the Facts…County commissioners go to comical lengths to suppress jail study
Last March, George Rodrigue, the managing editor of The Dallas Morning News, received a rather stern letter from a high-paid private attorney representing [...]

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Recent Virginia DWI Case:Law Unconstitutional

August 12th, 2005 · No Comments

DUI law ruled unconstitutionalVa. presumes guilt if blood-alcohol level is 0.08, a judge says
BY MATTHEW BARAKATTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS Aug 12, 2005
McLEAN — A Fairfax County judge has ruled that key components of Virginia’s drunken-driving laws are unconstitutional, citing an obscure, decades-old U.S. Supreme Court decision that could prompt similar challenges nationwide.
Virginia’s law is unconstitutional [...]

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New DWI Case-Field Sobriety Tests

August 11th, 2005 · No Comments

COURT OF APPEALS
DECISION
DATED AND FILED
January 12, 2005
Cornelia G. Clark
Clerk of Court of Appeals
This opinion is subject to further editing. If
published, the official version will appear in
the bound volume of the Official Reports.
A party may file with the Supreme Court a
petition to review an adverse decision by the
Court of Appeals. See WIS. STAT. § 808.10
and RULE [...]

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DMN Continues Scrutiny of Dallas Jail-Jim O’Neill

August 2nd, 2005 · No Comments

7/25/2005 Day: Monday PTHE DALLAS MORNING NEWSCounty jail escapes feds’ eyeDallas: Officials say probe isn’t needed, but critics welcome it JAMES M. O’NEILLStaff WriterMETRO Zone: DALLAS Edition: SECOND Column Name: Series: Page Number: 1B Word Co
Just as in Dallas, county jails in Los Angeles, Santa Fe, N.M., Memphis, Tenn., Baltimore, Long Island, N.Y., and elsewhere [...]

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Excellent Federal Venue Motion

August 2nd, 2005 · No Comments

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTSOUTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXASHOUSTON DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
V. CRIM. NO. H-04-27-4
ARMANDO SANTOS CESAR SANCHEZ
DEFENDANTS’ MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR INSTURCTED [...]

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