Recent Posts in Criminal Defense Lawyer Category
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 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 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 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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Posted on Nov 11, 2011 By Herman Martinez
As you may have noticed recently there have been a few changes to this website. As the owner of a law firm there are many responsibilites. I have to make sure that my staff is happy while also doing a ...
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Posted on Oct 7, 2011 By Herman Martinez
For those of you that visit this blog or website regularly you will be noticing some significant changes. One of the most obvious changes is the blog is now The Martinez Law Firm. This comes about ...
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Posted on Jul 9, 2011 By Herman Martinez
Not sure whether my recent emergency hospitalization was just bad luck or part of the aging process. Since having the emergency surgery my doctor informed me that I will out of actioin for two to four ...
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Posted on Mar 17, 2011 By Herman Martinez
I received the most interesting phone call from a person that hired me recently. It seems that this person really went the extra step to check out the lawyers he wanted to hire. Not only did he do his ...
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Posted on Mar 4, 2011 By Herman Martinez
I was proud to see that our stand alone blog was recognized by the Texas Bar Journal in their March issue. It is not very often that the Texas Bar Journal recognizes a small law firm especially one ...
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Posted on Mar 3, 2011 By Herman Martinez
You would think that being a criminal defense lawyer would prepare me for an encounter with the police, but I was caught off guard today when walking my dog this morning in my neighborhood when I ...
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Posted on Feb 1, 2011 By Herman Martinez
I know it has been a while since I attended law school, but I do not remember any class that deal with bedside manor for attorneys. The only class that discussed how a lawyer and a client should ...
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Posted on Nov 2, 2010 By Herman Martinez
Since it was raining today I used the tunnel system to get to the courthouse therefore I was unable to see what type of line there was outside the criminal courthouse. I suspect that it was relatively ...
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Posted on Oct 29, 2010 By Herman Martinez
I received an innocent enough email last night from a "student" asking some questions regarding how I became a criminal defense attorney as well as more personal questions asking where I grew up and ...
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Posted on Oct 22, 2010 By Herman Martinez
Yesterday, I was attending a seminar in the Harris County Criminal Justice Center dealing with "How to deal with a tough prosecutor." We were half way through the seminar when who comes strolling into ...
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Posted on Oct 22, 2010 By Herman Martinez
I am not sure if this is that big of a deal, but we are now on Facebook . Click here to visit the site. I will be posting short messages on there much like Twitter. I find Facebook much easier to use ...
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