Blog Posts in July, 2010
Posted on Jul 27, 2010 By Herman Martinez
Since I DVR all my favorite episodes I rarely watch live television and try my best to watch commercials when I do. Today, I was watching live television and heard a news story stating that they will ...
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Posted on Jul 23, 2010 By Herman Martinez
One of the most frustrating emails I get is when a person writes a long email, but never asks a question. Today, I received one from avvo.com, an internet site that is intended to help the public with ...
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Posted on Jul 21, 2010 By Herman Martinez
One of the most difficult legal concepts for anyone outside the criminal justice system is our right not to testify in a criminal case. Most people know this right as pleading the "5th." As a criminal ...
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Posted on Jul 15, 2010 By Herman Martinez
A lot of my clients want to know what the conditions of a potential probation may be so I have decided to provide a list of the common requirements to successfully complete a probation in Houston, ...
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Posted on Jul 13, 2010 By Herman Martinez
After being on vacation for two weeks I always anticipate my first day back at the courthouse to go smoothly despite this never being the case. Sure enough, after turning the corner from the Harris ...
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Posted on Jul 9, 2010 By Herman Martinez
After more then twenty of year of being a public servant Judge Deborah Stricklin, 180th District Court of Harris County Texas has decided to retire. Earlier in the year she had made it known that she ...
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Posted on Jul 8, 2010 By Herman Martinez
The Houston Chronicle has reported a a new Houston Police Department policy forbidding officers from talking to lawyers for defendants without "express permission" from prosecutors. Some lawyers are ...
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Posted on Jul 7, 2010 By Herman Martinez
Lindsay Lohan was sentenced Tuesday to 90 days in jail for violating terms of probation over a three-year-old drug case. After leaving jail she, Lohan will spend another 90 days at an in-patient rehab ...
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