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Insights, updates and news on criminal law in Texas and the 5th Circuit.
By Shawn Matlock

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Last Entry: July 28, 2012 at 20:23:07

David Dewhurst is a Moron...

Posted on July 28, 2012
Ok, well maybe that's a little strong. I don't know if Mr. Dewhurst is indeed a moron. Maybe he just does moronic things. Now, this commercial is "Paid For By Texas Conservatives Fund" and "Not Authorized By Any Candidate". Of...

Please place all metal objects and your dignity in the tub...

Posted on May 20, 2012
Damn terrorists. I can't even go to the grocery store without having to go through a metal detector. There is increased security practically everywhere. Of course, in many instances it's necessary. There are many places that, for whatever reason, require...

Show Me The Money!!!

Posted on May 20, 2012
It's really not about the money. Never has been. But, damn. Really? I'm quite certain there will be many that will read this and conclude it's just another attorney complaining about money. But that's not what this is about. It's...

Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in....

Posted on May 09, 2012
"Damn. He's back." I can hear the comments, sighs and general discontent echo through the halls of the hallowed Tarrant County Tim Curry Criminal Justice Center. Let's be honest, few people ever really enjoyed this little blog. Most, given the...

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This is what it means to be Super?

Posted on March 28, 2010
When I first left law school, I was always impressed with those attorneys that were seen as the best. Everyone knew their names, they won all of the big cases, and they were the ones that received all of the...

A Day of Firsts

Posted on March 20, 2010
On Friday afternoon, in a small, crowded conference room of the Omni Hotel in downtown Fort Worth, the twenty-five year struggle to clear the name of Tim Cole officially ended. And his true legacy began. Texas Governor Rick Perry officially...

What's in a name?

Posted on March 10, 2010
March 2nd proved to be an interesting day in local judicial politics. Among other things, it marked the first election contest for the newly-created 432nd District Court. It also marked the end for the recently-appointed judge, Ruben Gonzalez. As you'll...

Fairness is what justice really is

Posted on February 22, 2010
Impartial: adjective - not partial or biased; fair; just; an impartial judge That's the Webster's definition. Some might say that definition stopped at the door of the 213th District Court of Tarrant County while Judge Bob Gill was presiding, specifically...

Lies, damned lies, and statistics

Posted on February 16, 2010
Some people hate that Texas elects its judges. Some like it. I've always been a fan of a nonpartisan type of election, where only lawyers could vote for judges. I know. Somewhere, Alexander Hamilton is smiling at my elitist view....

Just 'cause it's fun I don't know.

Posted on January 11, 2010
Just 'cause it's fun I don't know. Sometimes, it's just fun to watch.

Republicans 82 - Democrats 20

Posted on January 05, 2010
"Got a little fight in ya! I like that." This is one of my favorite lines from one of my favorite movies (The Dark Knight) by the Joker. Maybe it's just my sick sense of humor. What does that have...

Hero

Posted on November 25, 2009
I know that for the most part people think that I simply use this blog to rant and rave about various things. After all, according to one prosecutor, "All he does is complain about things and talk about himself." Maybe...

Happy Holidays Who says I don't

Posted on November 23, 2009
Happy Holidays Who says I don't like the holidays? Enjoy, and be safe.

And they're off!

Posted on November 19, 2009
Boy, that didn't take long, did it? Within only a couple of weeks of me writing this, we have news of a primary contest for the Republican candidate for the 432nd District Court. Local Fort Worth attorney Tom Zachry has...

An open letter to Mike Ilitch, Detroit Tigers owner

Posted on November 12, 2009
No, this has nothing to do with law or elections or anything like that. This is being written because this blog receives an average of 1400 hits per week, and with any luck, someone somewhere will pick it up and...

If justice is blind, does she still poll the voters?

Posted on November 08, 2009
To the judge or to the jury, that is the question. This is not so much a legalistic interpretation of Hamlet?s preeminent line, but rather the conundrum of the modern day criminal defense attorney. You see, in Texas, prior to...

No habla ingles

Posted on October 29, 2009
It sounds too ridiculous to be true. If anyone should know what crimes the police can charge you with, it should be the police, right? I mean am I asking too much for the cops to know what the hell...

So you want to be a lawyer?

Posted on October 19, 2009
You think you want to be a lawyer, huh? You don't. Trust me. I say that as someone that not only is a lawyer, but someone who hates lawyers. Do something else. Let me guess. You want to be a...

Words matter

Posted on October 07, 2009
Words matter. They do. Whether they are the simple ones we like to hear like, ?You?re hot? or ?I love you? or they are the ones we don?t want to hear, ?It?s not you, it?s me? or ?I don?t love...

Where's the reset button on this thing?

Posted on August 27, 2009
Perhaps we have become accustomed to picking up the morning newspaper and reading another story of a wrongfully convicted person freed because DNA proved the person did not commit the crime in question. As a general rule, there is no...

I hate to say I told you so, but...

Posted on August 21, 2009
I told you so. Call me Captain Clairvoyant. But just as I speculated about over a month ago will come to fruition. Tarrant County is getting its first Hispanic felony court judge. This afternoon Governor Rick Perry, probably following my...

Is it time?

Posted on July 21, 2009
Few things about judges capture the nation's attention the way a Supreme Court confirmation hearing does. After all, most people have no exposure to judges or the courts except through a hearing such as Judge Sotomayor's confirmation hearing. I think...

My Docket is Bigger Than Your Docket

Posted on July 16, 2009
There are more than five months before the deadline to file as a candidate for a judicial office here in Texas in advance of the 2010 election, and yet some are already in campaign mode. Given that judges in Texas...

Client Control

Posted on July 15, 2009
I love this phrase. It shows a complete lack of understanding of the justice system, as well as the attorney's role in it. It makes me laugh. It makes me cry. Well, maybe not cry. All too often I hear...

Catalano for Judge Campaign Fundraiser

Posted on June 25, 2009
Just a reminder that Robb Catalano's Campaign for Criminal District Court No. 3 has a fundraiser tonight at Daddy Jack's from 4:30 to 7:00. Daddy Jack's is of course here. And people (read prosecutors) thought I only used this for...

Scooped?

Posted on June 21, 2009
There are really only about three things I can claim to do very well, and needless to say, investigative reporting is not one of them. Of course, that doesn't mean I can't scoop the famed Fort Worth Star-Telegram. I recently...

Boom Goes the Dynamite It's always

Posted on June 12, 2009
Boom Goes the Dynamite It's always nice to see that no matter how bad your day in court was, it could be worse. At least you didn't sound like this guy in front of the jury.

The Race for 3

Posted on June 09, 2009
It's official. Well, as official as these things get, I suppose. Judge Elizabeth Berry will not be running for reelection in 2010 for Criminal District Court 3. That means we will have a new judge. Who will it be? I...

Tarrant County on track for new felony district court

Posted on May 23, 2009
So it appears the criminal courts of Tarrant County are about to grow my one. Senate Bill 1553, which has passed the full Senate and now sits in House Committee, calls for the creation of five new district courts in...

Is this bad?

Posted on May 19, 2009
I'm just thinking out loud here, (ok, typing, but whatever) but does the word "reprehensible" seem like a good campaign slogan? Every now and then, what happens in state court comes back up in federal court. It almost never, ever,...

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