Blog Posts in August, 2009
Posted on Aug 31, 2009 By Herman Martinez
Si udsted busca un abogado en Houston por favor oprima aqui. Todo en estas pagina esta en espanol. Yo soy un abogado que hablar espanol. Ademas toda las personas en mi oficina habla su idioma. I am a ...
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Posted on Aug 31, 2009 By Herman Martinez
Judge Mike Fields, presiding Judge of Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 14, is not allowing the DWI DIVERT Program in his court. As a Houston DWI Lawyer, I understand the judge's position ...
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Posted on Aug 30, 2009 By Herman Martinez
As a Houston DWI Attorney, I am always curious where our DWI clients are arrested. It is important to know where the arrest occurred for several reasons. Lately, I have seen a significant number or ...
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Posted on Aug 27, 2009 By Herman Martinez
While a Harris County grand jury indicted Harris County, Texas Criminal Court-at-Law #3, Judge Donald W. Jackson on a misdemeanor charge of official oppression he is still presumed to be innocent. The ...
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Posted on Aug 24, 2009 By Herman Martinez
Now that the Harris County DWI Pretrial Diversion Program (DIVERT) has started I mentioned that Judge Bill Harmon will not be participating. According to the prosecutors in his court, Judge Mike ...
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Posted on Aug 23, 2009 By Herman Martinez
There are three ways a person may be found to be driving while intoxicated. Please click here to find the Texas DWI statute. Also, take note of the ommission of the word drunk. It is imperative that ...
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Posted on Aug 19, 2009 By Herman Martinez
One of my clients, that had a DWI arrest dismissed, cleared from their record had the experience published. I was given permission to post it here. Despite getting the case dismissed the urge still ...
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Posted on Aug 17, 2009 By Herman Martinez
I stumbled upon an article about an Illinois man that was found in contempt of court for yawning too loudly. The man spent three weeks locked up. I think everyone would agree that when in a court room ...
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Posted on Aug 17, 2009 By Herman Martinez
You will notice that your DWI video will have a black line on the wall behind you. The reason the line is placed there is to determine if there is any swaying on your part. A good DWI video will show ...
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Posted on Aug 14, 2009 By Herman Martinez
Judges are required to order the installation of the interlock machine on subsequent DWI offenses in Texas. Also, most Harris County, Texas judges order the machine to be installed when there is an ...
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Posted on Aug 14, 2009 By Herman Martinez
My clients always share one thing in common...they are always ashamed about their DWI arrest. It does little to tell them that anyone who has a drink in Houston could be arrested. In fact, many ...
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Posted on Aug 13, 2009 By Herman Martinez
As a Houston DWI Lawyer I know that a DWI in Houston, Harris County, Texas is a traumatic experience for anyone. Typically, it happens late at night, the accused is not prepared to get arrested, and ...
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Posted on Aug 12, 2009 By Herman Martinez
For some reason, a lot of people think they could represent themselves in a DWI case. They quickly change their mind once they have been arrested, go to court for the first time. A person arrested in ...
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Posted on Aug 11, 2009 By Herman Martinez
Please remember to pay your DWI surcharges because if you do not pay them your license will be suspended. Also, if you have been granted an occupational license by a court that will be invalid as ...
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Posted on Aug 11, 2009 By Herman Martinez
A lot of my colleagues that are Criminal Attorneys in Houston have offices in or around downtown, but I much prefer that our office is in the Galleria area. We started with a law office downtown, but ...
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Posted on Aug 10, 2009 By Herman Martinez
You may have seen the recent tragic news story where a New York woman driving drunk drove down the wrong side of the highway crashing and killing herself, her daughter, three nieces and three men in ...
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Posted on Aug 7, 2009 By Herman Martinez
Yes, it could happen to anyone and may be used as a defense in the future by a DWI attorney. According to studies certain diets like the Atkins may lead to higher readings. This takes place because ...
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Posted on Aug 6, 2009 By Herman Martinez
A few fellow Houston Criminal lawyers quizzed me today whether the newly appointed Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is the first Hispanic to sit on the court as reported. This was asked because ...
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Posted on Aug 3, 2009 By Herman Martinez
A few people quizzed me today whether the newly appointed Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is the first Hispanic to sit on the court. as reported. This is asked is because most lawyers think that ...
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Posted on Aug 3, 2009 By Herman Martinez
The rumor around the Harris County Courthouse is that Judge Bill Harmon, presiding judge of Harris County Criminal Court at Law #2, is going to say "NO" to any Harris County District ...
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Posted on Aug 3, 2009 By Herman Martinez
Anyone that has been in the unfortunate situation of going to the Harris County Criminal Courthouse knows how difficult parking can be to find near the complex. Starting today the parking situation is ...
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Posted on Aug 3, 2009 By Herman Martinez
As a Houston Criminal Attorney I am always surprised what people decide to wear to court. I always tell our clients to dress like they would for Church. For the past couple of years, and since they ...
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Posted on Aug 3, 2009 By Herman Martinez
Recently, I asked an important question relating to the Harris County District Attorney's Office Pretrial Diversion Program. I wanted to know if a person charged with DWI with a child passenger ...
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Posted on Aug 1, 2009 By Herman Martinez
Si Uds. buscar un abogado que hablar Espanol oprima aqui. Todas las personal en nuestra oficina hablan Espanol. Si Uds. o un familiar tiene un caso criminal como DWI, Asalto, or Robo nuestra oficina ...
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