Anybody who has ever watched a crime drama has probably heard the phrase, "You are being arrested for assault and battery." Often, this makes it sound like battery and assault are the exact same charge. However, this is not the case. Battery and assault are closely...
For many people in Texas, the de-facto visualization of a drunk driving charge is a person standing on the side of a road blowing into a hand-held breath testing device. Yet the fact that law enforcement officials measure one's breath to determine the alcohol content...
If someone is facing trial for a criminal offense, there is often a lot of time between the arrest and a final guilty or not guilty plea. Most people facing charges would like to spend that time elsewhere rather than in jail. One of the things the judge decides in the...
