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scottsins

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  1. Just a heads up. That thread, just a few tweets down, has a photo of casualties before they were covered up. One appears to be a very young child. I wish I had known before I saw it.
  2. https://www.statesman.com/story/news/2016/09/22/manslaughter-charge-against-former-detective-charles-kleinert-dropped/10113116007/ This APD shooting case came to mind when I read the posts above about state court criminal proceedings against fed employees discharging federal duties.
  3. The legal definition is “republicans lost in this county”.
  4. Lol. They are going to ban Delta 8 this session and no one will do shit to stop it.
  5. Who knows if the damages model would have been validated y a jury…and then a judge…and then various appellate attacks, which by the way, would drag out any payment for many, many years, while incurring even more expenses for Dominion. It’s weird, but not surprising, that so many people are substituting their judgment and analysis for those esteemed litigation professionals who made the call here.
  6. All of this is pretty reasonable, except all of the talk about the pain inflicted by the civil case against Perry. Victim’s family likely won’t get shit, since Perry is probably judgment proof AF.
  7. “Main reason” would be much more difficult to prove, of course. I’m just hanging my hat on this DA having more than just Cohen saying so. I’m really thinking that there may be specific documents specifically laying out that intent in a concrete way.
  8. That’s all correct. My question is how “in-kind campaign contribution” is defined under the applicable statute. Is there any language that speaks to “primary purpose”, etc.?
  9. Can someone tell me what these are and how I can kill them forever?
  10. I haven’t eaten torchys since they overhauled and totally fucked up their online ordering. Jalapeños do not appear as an available addition? Fuck. That.
  11. https://bodega.badiaspices.com/product/sazon-tropical-bundle/?gclid=Cj0KCQiApKagBhC1ARIsAFc7Mc4JbicCTino4xmk5fpARgWQfpKLnkm6E-g1gghBVbUwmnGcA0TAvSsaAkoAEALw_wcB
  12. Fuck that. March should always be the Roscoe.
  13. This, and a DP case ties up at least 3 ADA’s, an investigator and an entire district court for 2+ months, minimum. The realities of the strain on our system are not adequately discussed. The Justice system is not even functional as-is, virtually anywhere, so a lot of sacrifices have to be made. The juice isn’t worth the squeeze in the vast majority of DP eligible cases.
  14. Your take is definitely the one that buy into. He stacked them (consecutive).
  15. I agree with that premise. It was just the degree of disparity between the jobs.
  16. Really appreciate Nicole and others’s updates and input. Some of you might be intrigued by the big trial just starting up in Bell County right now. It’s a death penalty case so they still have a couple of weeks of jury selection before beginning testimony. Defendant is Cedric “Spider” Marks, who is representing himself.
  17. Yeah. I probably have no idea what I’m talking about. I’m just a guy who’s been doing criminal law from both sides since 2005.
  18. Agreed. He got a tiny Harsin from the spotlight and decided to be a TV star. His crosses elicited the needed testimony but, from a pure “how to try a case” perspective, was terrible and often just showboating as others have noted.
  19. I mean, misdemeanor prosecutors in shitty Texas counties make about 90k, plus they match 7% for retirement at a factor of 2.2x. It’s not a ton, but it’s not 1/4 of what an AVERAGE criminal defense attorney pulls. Also, some of the very best skilled trial attorneys I’ve ever seen work for the state.
  20. Wait. The Onstar data was not know about by the defense until after the trial started? Regarding the video on Paul’s phone, is it the same one referenced in the Netflix series, or a different one? The Netflix doc mentioned a video on Paul’s phone that had Alex’s voice on it.
  21. Zero sugar Dr. Pepper used to be Pepsi Max? The fuck? Pepsi Max was rebranded as Pepsi Zero Sugar, my dude.
  22. This. Also, an option that they don’t even want to consider is: Take pen. Record kid’s identifying/contact/residence info. If it comes back as D9, go get your warrant and proceed. There’s no reason to just pop the felony booking with no lab test.
  23. Also, doesn’t voting take place at elementary/middle/high schools? This bill doesn’t address those children. Hmmmm…
  24. About tree fiddy.
  25. Correct. I would also point out that the Texas state statutes relevant to this issue MAY not be affected for several reasons. The UCW statute is most analogous, EXCEPT the underlying PO in Texas requires a finding that family violence has actually occurred (FV includes threats of violence). That requirement is not in the federal statute. This distinction might make a difference since a lot of this opinion focuses on “law abiding citizen”, which a person subject to a Texas PO is arguably not. Also, there is a Texas criminal law for “violation of a protective order”. Since virtually all Texas protective orders include a prohibition against firearm possession, someone could be prosecuted under that statute.
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