Alexander Ali Forrest's Legal Guides (4)

"To Kill a Mockingbird: 50 Years"

Aug 02, 2010

Last week marked the 50th Anniversary of Harper Lees classic, To Kill a Mockingbird. I first read this marvelous book in the seventh grade. As an attorney practicing criminal defense, I read the book...

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In the Name of Liberty

Jun 15, 2010

Whether you choose "liberty" over "security" or "security" over "liberty," the reality is both decisions come with consequences, some good, others bad. This is often the tension that lawmakers must ...

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No Limiting Instruction on BAC taken 2 1/2 hours after Defendant was Removed from Operating Vehicle

May 22, 2010

The San Antonio Court of Appeals recently issued theBagheridecision, 04-08-00913-CR (Tex.App. --San Antonio 5-12-10), making it even harder for defense attorneys to get a limiting instruction to the ju...

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The Impossibility of Having an Impartial Jury in High Profile Cases

May 10, 2010

This past week, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals decided the Mays case, No. AP-75, 924 (Tex.Crim.App 4-28-2010), a case which unfortunately follows the reasoning from Powell v. State, 898 S.W.2d 82...

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