Blog Posts in August, 2010
Posted on Aug 24, 2010 By Herman Martinez
I had to deal with a rather unreasonable prosecutor today. Her position was that my client did so well when submitting to the police officer's standardized field sobriety tests was because of his ...
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Posted on Aug 19, 2010 By Herman Martinez
It is sometimes difficult to trust a prosecutor since we are adversaries and essentially have different agendas. After being a criminal defense attorney in Houston for over ten years I have come to ...
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Posted on Aug 18, 2010 By Herman Martinez
I hope this does not become a trend in Harris County, Texas, but I have come across two cases this month where someone's family violence assault case that was previously dismissed was used to make ...
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Posted on Aug 11, 2010 By Herman Martinez
I never think of Houston, Texas as a vacation spot like Miami, Orlando, or Los Angeles, but this summer I have seen an increase in people getting arrested for DWI in Houston while vacationing. The ...
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Posted on Aug 9, 2010 By Herman Martinez
Today, I was fortunate to defend a case where the police report mirrored what my client said to me in our first interview. I must admit that this is not typical. What happens more often is that the ...
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Posted on Aug 4, 2010 By Herman Martinez
A Harris County man was recently released from prison after spending 27 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit after DNA evidence cleared him of aggravated sexual assault. The case received ...
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