Unhappy New Year and the No Refusal Weekend
You are at a party to celebrate the New Year. You have a few drinks. You drive home. As you are driving down the street you see flashing lights in the rearview mirror. Your heart races, your breathing becomes shallow, and your palms get clammy. It is a “No Refusal Weekend” and now you MUST give a sample of your blood or breathe to the officer if they ask for it. That is not true. You always have the right to refuse to give a sample of your blood or breathe. A “No Refusal Week
Failure to make a legal stop leads to DWI questions
It was a Saturday morning about 6:30. A friend of mine was driving down a major street in Fort Worth. He looked up and saw the bright red and blue lights flashing behind him. When the officer walked-up to the window of the car, the officer said, “Do you know why I stopped you?” “No,” my friend responded. “I saw you fail to make a legal stop, twice.” Mike had unknowingly failed to make a legal stop at two intersections. His car came to a full stop. He did not put anyone at ris
Heroin More Deadly Than Guns
The Washington Post issued an article yesterday stating that heroin took more lives in the United States than did guns. Drugs and guns are not in some far away land. Even in Parker County, you might find yourself facing a drug offense in court. As a criminal defense attorney, I do not want to find your name in the obituary section of the paper. Honestly, I do not want you to need to call me for picking up a drug offense. I know that with stats like those in the Washington Po
