Houston Criminal Defense Blog
Posted on Feb 1, 2012 By Herman Martinez
One of the many changes high schools have made since I attended school is the amount of children that are prescribed drugs to treat different conditions. Most of the drugs that the kids are prescribed ...
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Posted on Jan 5, 2012 By Herman Martinez
Judge Karahan, a former prosecutor, and Houston Criminal Defense Attorney understands how important it is to have all the evidence in a case before being able to properly evaluate a case. Thus, he has ...
Continue reading "Discovery Order For Harris County, Texas County Criminal at Law #8," »
Posted on Nov 24, 2011 By Herman Martinez
My clients that read this blog have requested that I post more personal information so people can learn more about me outside of the area of criminal law. I understand that, but I think most people ...
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Posted on Nov 24, 2011 By Herman Martinez
How would you like to be paying for your lawyer to get the necessary experience to properly defend your case?Every Attorney's website claims to have experience regarding their chosen area of law. ...
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Posted on Nov 20, 2011 By Herman Martinez
One of the most common things that judges do in an assault case involving a family member is to order a no contact between the person accused of the crime and the alleged victim in the case especially ...
Continue reading "How Do I Remove This Protective Order?" »
Posted on Nov 15, 2011 By Herman Martinez
I generally do not like to comment about high profile cases, but I was floored when I heard Brian Williams, NBC's "Nightly News" anchor promote that he would, on his Monday night show ...
Continue reading "What Is Jerry Sandusky's Sexual Assualt Lawyer Thinking?" »
Posted on Nov 11, 2011 By Herman Martinez
As a criminal lawyer that speaks Spanish I am frequently asked to interpret for the courts. I have a rule that I will interpret for my clients and if the court needs some help with a defendant that is ...
Continue reading "Judge, I Am Going To Interpret Everything You Say" »
Posted on Nov 11, 2011 By Herman Martinez
As you may have noticed recently there have been a few changes to this website. As the owner of a law firm there are many responsibilites. I have to make sure that my staff is happy while also doing a ...
Continue reading "The Buck Stops With Me" »
Posted on Oct 24, 2011 By Herman Martinez
I am happy to report that after undergoing a second surgery late last month I am back up to my normal speed. I want to thank everyone for their support during this time. I have been amazed how ...
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Posted on Oct 7, 2011 By Herman Martinez
For those of you that visit this blog or website regularly you will be noticing some significant changes. One of the most obvious changes is the blog is now The Martinez Law Firm. This comes about ...
Continue reading "Change Is Good" »
Posted on Sep 12, 2011 By Herman Martinez
It seems like the Texas legislature is trying to play catch up with social networking technology this term. For example, Online Impersonation is now a criminal offense. Previously, Section 33.07(a) of ...
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Posted on Sep 12, 2011 By Herman Martinez
Under current law, the act of sending a sexually explicit text message may be prosecuted under adult pornography laws. This can lead to felony convictions and possible life long registration under the ...
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Posted on Sep 12, 2011 By Herman Martinez
On September 1, 2011 K2, also known as Spice, Genie, and Fire & Ice, that was sold as incense, but may be a product that has been sprayed with a chemical compound that mimics the effects of THC, ...
Continue reading "No More Legal Synthetic Marijuana In Texas" »
Posted on Sep 7, 2011 By Herman Martinez
I was recently notified by one of my former clients that was trying to review my law firm on Google that my Google Places listing was not available. Once I further researched why my listing was not ...
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Posted on Sep 7, 2011 By Herman Martinez
I received the sad news today that Raford Carter, one of the most memorable Harris County, Texas Criminal Lawyers passed away . Sadly, his death was not a surprise. Mr. Carter was confined to a ...
Continue reading "One Of The Old School Criminal Lawyers Passes" »
Posted on Aug 31, 2011 By Herman Martinez
One of the biggest misconceptions people have with an Assault Family Violence case that is filed in Harris, County Texas is that both people must be related. In my practice as a criminal lawyer I have ...
Continue reading "What If I Am Not Related To That Person?" »
Posted on Aug 23, 2011 By Herman Martinez
I purposefully refrained from commenting on the Casey Anthony Trial because I do not believe that a lawyer should comment on a case without knowing all the pertinent facts. I am not familar with ...
Continue reading "What If The Jury Hates Me?" »
Posted on Aug 18, 2011 By Herman Martinez
I am sorry that this blog is not specifically criminal law related, but I feel the need to write. While professionally, things are continuing to go well for me 2011 has not been the best of years for ...
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Posted on Aug 11, 2011 By Herman Martinez
I had a unique issue today in the Harris County State Jail Court. I will try to be concise and keep this blog from being too legal. My client was charged with the state jail felony of cocaine ...
Continue reading "Probation For A Drug Possession Case Despite A Prior Felony Conviction" »
Posted on Aug 9, 2011 By Herman Martinez
While walking my dog Dawson yesterday in the street rather than the sidewalk, because he could not stop sniffing the grass near the sidewalk ,I was reminded about some of the trivial ways that police ...
Continue reading "Can I Really Be Arrested For Not Using a Sidewalk?" »
Posted on Jul 9, 2011 By Herman Martinez
Not sure whether my recent emergency hospitalization was just bad luck or part of the aging process. Since having the emergency surgery my doctor informed me that I will out of actioin for two to four ...
Continue reading "Your Lawyer Is Out For A While" »
Posted on Jul 3, 2011 By Herman Martinez
I was recently reading about a new attorney service based out of the Northeast, in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island, that allows an individual to pay a monthly fee to be connected with a ...
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Posted on Jun 28, 2011 By Herman Martinez
One of the most talked about issues in Harris County, Texas is jail overcrowding. While a lot of the talk is about the inmates being housed in facilities that are on a par with third world countries ...
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Posted on Jun 17, 2011 By Herman Martinez
One of the true legendary Judges of Harris County, Texas, William Hatten, passed away this week at the age of 97. It seems like almost anyone who has been a Houston Criminal Lawyer for more then ten ...
Continue reading "Harris County Loses A Legendary Judge" »
Posted on Jun 8, 2011 By Herman Martinez
Sometimes as a Houston Defense Lawyer I get in discussions with prosecutors that I can not believe are serious discussions. For example, earlier this week I was arguing with an assistant Harris County ...
Continue reading "Probation Violation While In Custody?" »