General Criminal Law Links and Materials
Organizations
Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association
Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
National Assoc. of Criminal Defense Lawyers
American Bar Associatio
n
(ABA)
State Bar of Texas
Phi Delta Phi
The Innocence Project
The Justice Project
Truth in Justice
State and Local Courts
Houston Municipal Courts
Harris County District Courts
Harris County Courts
Fort Bend County District Courts
Fort Bend County Courts
Galveston
County
and
District
Courts
Montgomery County District Courts
Montgomery County Courts
Texas Courts Online
U.S. Supreme Court
Official Site for the U.S.Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court Center
State and Local Agencies
Texas Department of Public Safety
Harris County District Attorney's Office
Harris County DA's Organization Chart
Harris County Misdemeanor Bond Schedule
Harris County Felony Bond Schedule
Galveston County D.A.'s Office
South Texas College of Law
State Laws and Statutes
Texas
Penal Code
Texas Health & Safety Code (Ch. 481,
Texas
Controlled Substances Act)
Texas Transportation Code (Title 7, Traffic Laws)
Code of Criminal Procedure
Other Resources
Harris County's New Policy on Drug Possession
Cases
Texas Legislature Online
Google Scholar (free legal research)
Find
L
aw
(free legal research)
FindACase (free legal research)
Law.com
Texas DPS Physical Evidence Handbook
Notice of Formal Proceedings Against Chief Judge
Sharon Keller
Chief Judge Sharon Keller's Response to the
Commission on Judicial Conduct
Rachell Report, Harris County D.A.'s Office
The Justice Project - "Convicting the Innocent:
Texas Justice Derailed"
Private Investigators
Daniel Kennedy, P.I.
Find Out Investigations
Blogs
Grits for Breakfast
Mark Bennett's "Defending People"
Criminal of the Day
A Public Defender
Scott Greenfield's "Simple Justice"
Rick Horowitz' "Probable Cause"
Brian Tannebaum's "Criminal Defense Blog"
Gerry Spence's Blog
"Deliberations"
Blawg.com
Blogs by Texas Lawyers
ABA Journal Blawg Directory
DWI Links and Materials
Field Sobriety Testing
NHTSA Instructor's Manual, Feb. 2006
NHTSA Student Manual, Feb. 2006
Psychophysical Tests for DWI Arrest
Development and Field Test of
Psychophysical Tests for DWI Arrest
1995 NHTSA Colorado Validation Study
1997 NHTSA Florida Validation Study
1998 NHTSA San Diego Validation Study
The Robustness of the Horizontal Gaze
Nystagmus Test (NHTSA, 2007)
Breath Testing
Texas Breath Test Manual
Here's what Warren Diepraam
(formerly)
of
the
Harris
County D.A.'s Office has to say
about "No
Refusal Weekends"
CMI Online (Manufacturer of the
Intoxilyzer)
CMI's Statement of Warranty for the
Intoxilyzer
Intoxilyzer 5000EN Promotional Brochure
Intoxilyzer 8000 Promotional Brochure
The Texas Dept. of Public Safety's 10/24/08
Press Release regarding the faking of
Intoxilyzer maintenance records
Article from The Houston Chronicle
regarding the faking of Intoxilyzer
maintenance record
s
More materials on Dee Wallace
Court Opinions
Mata v. State, 46 S.W.3d 902 (Tex.Crim.
App. 2001)
(extrapolation of breath test
results)
Texas DPS v. Nielsen, 102 S.W.3d 313 (Tex.
App.--Beaumont 2003)(probable cause to
arrest must be based on the totality of the
circumstances)
State v. Neesley, 239 S.W.3d 780 (Tex.Crim.
App. 2007)(what is a specimen?)
Texas DPS v. Hutcheson, 235 S.W.3d 312
(Tex.App.--Corpus Christi 2007, pet. denied)
(who is qualified to draw a blood specimen)
Wells v. State, No. 07-07-0471-CR (Tex.
App.--Amarillo 2008)(HGN, hearsay and
Crawford)
New Jersey v. Chun, 943 A.2d 114 (NJ
2008)(Defendant entitled to examine source
code of breath test machine)
Minnesota v. Underdahl, Brunner, No. A07-
2293 and A07-2428 (Minn. 2009)
(Defendant entitled to Intoxilyzer source
code upon a plausible showing that the
information would be favorable to the
defense)
Melendez-Diaz v. United States, No. 07-591
(2009) (
Defendant's confrontation rights
violated when State introduced a lab report
that was testimonial in nature by affidavit)
Hall v. State, No. PD-1304-08 (Tex.Crim.
App. 2009)(Use of LIDAR failed to provide
probable cause to arrest as no evidence
was presented that the technology was
reasonably trustworthy)
State v. Johnston, No. 02-08-246-CR (Tex.
App.--Fort Worth 2009)(Court upheld
suppression of blood test results because
the seizure was unreasonable based upon
the "totality of the circumstances.")
U.S. v. Valle-Tellez, No. 2:09CR109 (N.D.
Miss, 2009)(Court held that a traffic was
unreasonably extended because officer was
operating on a hunch rather than
"particularized reasonable suspicion.)
License Suspension Hearings
New Pr
ocedural Rules for ALR Hearings
(Ch.
159)
- effective January 20, 2009
DIC-26 (Request for Administrative Hearing)
ALR Subpoena Form
Sample DIC-24 (Statutory Warning)
SR-37 (Data for Texas Occupational
License)
Other Resources
NHTSA Materials (SFSTS, DRE, etc.)
My blog "The Defense Rests"
The DUI Lawyer Blog Watch
Richard Alpert's DWI Case Law (Texas
District and County Attorneys Association,
TDCAA)
Harris County D.A. DIVERT documents
Law Office of Paul B. Kennedy, Attorney at Law, PLLC
811 Heights Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77007
Tel: (713) 864-9727 Fax: (866) 587-2584
DWI Defense, Criminal Defense, Traffic Tickets, Family Law