Mark Bennett | May 1, 2008
Frisco, Texas DWI lawyer Hunter Biederman brings us this heartwarming story of Mike Crusee, a state rep from Williamson County, Texas illustrating the white republican hypocrisy for which that county is justly famed. Mr. Crusee, who “carried and passed legislation in 2003 that created something called the ‘driver responsibility program’ to help fund the Texas [...]
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Mark Bennett | March 28, 2008
Williamson County’s John Bradley says, “The government has already decided, as a matter of law, that [marijuana] is not available for such a [medical] purpose. No defense permitted.” (H/T Robert Guest, via Grits.) Oops, sorry, John! DPS Troopers are shopping for Denton, Dallas, and Tarrant County judges to “go to for blood warrants.” Not to [...]
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Mark Bennett | February 13, 2008
Scott’s condescending attitude toward DWI trials had me thinking this week: Hey, after I get out of my DWI trial I should maybe write something about the importance of DWI trials. So here I am on the other side of another DWI trial. DWI cases aren’t beneath the dignity of any criminal-defense lawyer in Texas [...]
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Mark Bennett | February 12, 2008
DWI — total refusal with no accident, but driving facts include alleged flight from the police (a felony, with which he would undoubtedly have been charged if the cop were not making it up). Unusual jury demographics for Harris County: A 29-year-old hispanic male waste company driver; A 50-year-old black female loan closing manager; A [...]
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Mark Bennett | July 25, 2007
Libertarian ex-prosecutor and anti-drugwar mouthpiece Robert Guest writes about Mothers Against Drunk Driving stealing our tax dollars. It seems that the National Highway Transportation Safety Agency has given MADD $400,000 to watch DWI court proceedings in New Mexico. Here’s New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson’s press release about the “contract.” In part: The court monitoring project [...]
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