Dallas Criminal Lawyer – David Finn

RUSTY DUNCAN ADVANCED CRIMINAL LAW COURSE
San Antonio, Texas. Summer 2007.
TEXAS STATE COURT
VS.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
Written and Presented by:GEORGE R. MILNER, IIIMILNER & FINNDALLAS, TEXAS
CRIMINAL PRACTICE IN TEXASSTATE AND U.S. DISTRICT COURTS – A COMPARISON
by: George R. Milner, IIIMilner & FinnDallas, Texaswww.milnerfinn.com
I. INTRODUCTION
Most attorneys will begin their careers practicing in either state or [...]

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Carroll coach who had sex with student won’t go to trial
Carroll ISD: Move not to indict highlights ‘03 law’s varying results
12:00 AM CDT on Friday, June 22, 2007By JEFF MOSIER / The Dallas Morning News jmosier@dallasnews.com
A Carroll High School swimming coach who admitted having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student won’t go [...]

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The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that a federal criminal sentence withinthe Guidelines may be presumed to be reasonable when the case is on appeal.However, it said that such a presumption is not binding.. Although theCourt was divided in some respects, the vote on the result was 8-1 withonly Justice David H. Souter dissenting in [...]

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Here’s an interesting article that appeared in Texas Lawyer regarding Attorney Dan Cogdell. I’ve never met him but I look forward to working with Dan in the recently-indicted Dallas DISD case. The case described below reminds me of a good John Grisham novel. Maybe Dan’s working on the screen-play now.
Enron Defendant Worked Alongside Attorneys [...]

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NOS 12,043; 12,044
STATE OF TEXAS IN THE DISTRICT COURT
VS. OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, TEXAS
RODNEY GLENN GRAY 21ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT
MOTION FOR JUDICIAL CLEMENCY
RODNEY GLENN GRAY, Defendant in the above-captioned cause of action, [...]

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David Finn: This decision is bad news. Hopefully the legislature will change this so Clients do not have to wait for the statute of limitations to expire in order to get an expunction once a Class C case has been resolved via deferred adjudication. The statute needs to be amended.
It makes absolutely no sense [...]

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Experts watching Dallas County jails’ compliance with federal agreement
Dallas County: 6 health experts overseeing fixes as part of federal deal
12:00 AM CDT on Wednesday, June 13, 2007By KEVIN KRAUSE / The Dallas Morning News kkrause@dallasnews.com
Dallas lawmakers helped kill a bill last month that would have required the county to pay for independent jail monitors, [...]

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ON-LINE SOLICITATION OF A MINOR FOR SEXUALPURPOSES
Definition, Laws, & Defense
On-line solicitation of a minor for a sexual purpose, that is, with intent to commit a sexual activity with that minor, is one of the most investigated and targeted activities by both federal and state law enforcement in this day and age. [See my Blog [...]

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More Murphy sex sting criticism arises with video
11:04 PM CDT on Thursday, May 31, 2007
By BYRON HARRIS / WFAA-TV
WFAA-TV Also Online
Byron Harris reports After a series of Murphy sex stings that were played on television last fall, the Collin County district attorney said the cases in all 24 arrests made were [...]

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