Blog Posts in 2012
Posted on Apr 25, 2012 By Herman Martinez
As I have mentioned before, there are two types of community supervision, (probation) in Texas. One is probation, the other is deferred adjudication. What a lot of criminal lawyers do not mention to ...
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Posted on Apr 20, 2012 By Herman Martinez
Of course, as a Houston Marijuana Lawyer, it is fairly typical to be representing someone on 4/20. For those that are searching for the answer to "what is 4/20?" or "why did my son just ...
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Posted on Apr 12, 2012 By Herman Martinez
As a practising Houston Criminal Lawyer I have always found it to be annoying that the Harris County, Texas District Attorney's Office (HCDAO) makes me take notes of my client's offense ...
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Posted on Apr 12, 2012 By Herman Martinez
I am not the type of criminal defense attorney who brags about a win, but I was especially annoyed that the State made my client go to trial on a theft case that should have been dismissed without ...
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Posted on Apr 2, 2012 By Herman Martinez
The way people are treated when they are arrested in Houston, Harris County, Texas leads them to believe that they are guilty until they can prove their own innocence. Luckily, this is not the law in ...
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Posted on Mar 30, 2012 By Herman Martinez
This is a comment I get from clients all the time who are desperate to resolve the jam they find themselves in when arrested for a criminal charge. My clients are typically willing to do whatever it ...
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Posted on Mar 23, 2012 By Herman Martinez
I was reading the unfortunate situation of Joakim Soria, Kansas City Royal closer , who decided to undergo season ending surgery after getting a third opinion when I realized why people think it is so ...
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Posted on Mar 12, 2012 By Herman Martinez
As a Houston Criminal lawyer I help people in different ways. Once way I help people is by keeping a conviction off their permanent record. A pretrial diversion allows this to happen. Best of all, it ...
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Posted on Feb 4, 2012 By Herman Martinez
One of the biggest challenges as a Houston Criminal Defense Attorney is defending a sexual assault case.The reason being is when picking a jury for this type of case most people are uncomfortable wih ...
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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 ...
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