Recent Posts in Bond Category
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 Oct 8, 2010 By Herman Martinez
Former Houston Rocket Steve "Franchise" Francis has been arrested for public intoxication in Los Angeles, California. He was an NBA all star while playing for the Rockets. He never fulfiled ...
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Posted on Oct 7, 2010 By Herman Martinez
One of my clients was 5 minutes to court today because of the incredible line outside to enter the Harris County Criminal Justice Center. The lines outside the courthouse are notorious. However, this ...
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Posted on Jun 3, 2010 By Herman Martinez
The general public has no idea how to bond someone out of jail. They receive a phone that frantic phone call from a relative, friend, or loved one requesting to be bonded out of jail in the middle of ...
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Posted on May 24, 2010 By Herman Martinez
A lot of clients get annoyed when their court case interferes with their working schedule. Most court appearances are scheduled for weekday mornings and take anywhere from one hour to three each time. ...
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Posted on May 20, 2010 By Herman Martinez
Our criminal defense firm regularly gets a phone call from someone that just had a person they know get arrested for a crime asking the above question. As I would do on most subjects if I was not a ...
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Posted on May 20, 2010 By Herman Martinez
Party girl, Lindsay Lohan is in criminal hot water again. Apparently, she is not doing very well with her probation. Fortunately, she was notified about her arrest warrant while working in France. I ...
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Posted on May 20, 2010 By Herman Martinez
Today, I was in the elevator with someone that was still reeking from smoking marijuana the night before or the morning of court. Please keep in mind that when using the elevators in the Houston, ...
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Posted on Feb 21, 2010 By Herman Martinez
Yesterday, I received an email inquiring why a bond would be $50,000. As it usually happens my reply illicited several other emails back and forth. I tried to explain that there is a bond schedule for ...
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Posted on Feb 17, 2010 By Herman Martinez
After a sucessful outcome to my trial on Monday I was geared up today to go trial on another case. I guess my client was not as excited as I was since he decided not attend for some unknown reason. ...
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Posted on Oct 20, 2009 By Herman Martinez
This is a question that I get regularly when someone's friend or family gets arrested for DWI in the middle of night in Houston. For a first time offender, the bond should be set at $500 if they have ...
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Posted on Oct 6, 2009 By Herman Martinez
In my practice as a Houston Criminal Defense Lawyer a few times a year I have clients that contemplate leaving the United States to avoid their pending charges. Most of the time I convince them that ...
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Posted on Sep 12, 2009 By Herman Martinez
I am always disappointed when one of my clients gets their bond revoked and put back in jail. Typically, the client and/or their family has spent a significant amount of money to bond them out of ...
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Posted on May 28, 2009 By Herman Martinez
What ever happened to being presumed innocent...just this week I overheard a judge reprimanding a person on bond for DWI that his driving habits were not normal according to his interlock log. I ...
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Posted on May 26, 2009 By Herman Martinez
In a lot of instances a court will initially set a very high amount in a case. For example, in a theft case where the value of the alleged property that was stolen is one hundred thousand ($100,000) ...
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Posted on May 22, 2009 By Herman Martinez
A question that I get asked routinely as a Houston Criminal Lawyer : "There is a warrant out for my arrest...I do not want to go to jail." "What should I do?" This is a situation everyone would like ...
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