2023-01-27: Updated: 2023-01-27 12:29:38 How does an inmate’s medical condition affect his parole review in Texas? By Pullan & Young
2022-09-23: Updated: 2022-09-23 11:52:13 Texas 11.07 Writ of Habeas Corpus Investigations By Pullan & Young
2022-06-10: Updated: 2022-06-10 09:55:42 When can you withdraw a guilty plea in Texas? By Pullan & Young
2022-05-30: Updated: 2022-05-30 15:58:09 Don’t panic over Shinn v Ramirez…but also make sure to hire competent State habeas counsel By Pullan & Young
2022-05-13: Updated: 2022-05-13 14:35:13 Challenging felony charges in Texas with a pretrial writ By Pullan & Young
2022-04-29: Updated: 2022-04-29 10:20:58 The Old and the Cold: Subsequent 11.07 writs and old convictions By Pullan & Young
2022-04-15: Updated: 2022-04-15 11:47:51 FAQ: When is the best time to file an 11.07 writ? By Pullan & Young
2022-03-25: Updated: 2022-03-25 14:08:13 Challenging deadly weapon findings on direct appeal and in 11.07 writs in Texas By Pullan & Young
2022-03-04: Updated: 2022-03-04 14:04:46 Ariadne’s thread: Using 11.07 and 11.073 writs to challenge DNA evidence By Pullan & Young
2021-08-06: Updated: 2021-08-06 16:05:17 11.07 Brady Claims in Texas: what did they know, and when did they know it By Pullan & Young
2020-05-29: Updated: 2020-05-29 16:25:26 11.07 writs and actual innocence explained By Pullan & Young
2020-04-24: Updated: 2020-05-19 16:19:31 subsequent writs, Article 11.073, and a question about future actual innocence claims By Pullan & Young
2020-04-10: Updated: 2020-04-11 09:11:41 11.07 Writ of Habeas Corpus and Effective Legal Challenges to Texas Open Pleas By Pullan & Young
2020-04-05: Updated: 2020-04-10 14:59:47 Playing Hot Potato: The Risks and Rewards of the Open Sentencing Plea in Texas By Pullan & Young
2020-03-26: Updated: 2020-03-26 20:27:08 TDCJ and Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 Updates By Pullan & Young
2020-03-21: Updated: 2020-05-19 16:26:54 The Texas Guilty Plea, Part 3: Proving an Involuntary Plea By Pullan & Young
2020-01-26: Updated: 2020-03-20 16:34:54 The Texas Guilty Plea, Part 2: Plea Offers, Plea Bargains, and Judgements By Pullan & Young
2020-01-12: Updated: 2020-01-29 16:10:08 The Texas Guilty Plea, Part 1: Admonishments and the Plea Colloquy By Pullan & Young
2020-01-09: Updated: 2020-01-12 12:37:39 Constitutional and Statutory Rights for release on Discretionary Mandatory Supervision in Texas By Pullan & Young
2019-12-22: Updated: 2020-01-12 12:40:21 Inside the belly of the beast: Your Constitutional Rights during Texas Parole Review By Pullan & Young
2019-12-14: Updated: 2020-01-12 12:39:57 Texas Discretionary Mandatory Supervision and “Short way” explained By Pullan & Young
2019-11-08: Updated: 2019-11-08 15:39:08 Texas Criminal Appeals: strategic thinking on error preservation By Pullan & Young
2019-11-06: Updated: 2019-11-06 09:35:32 Texas Parole Risk Assessment: What’s your number? By Pullan & Young
2019-10-27: Updated: 2020-05-19 16:28:30 Public Disclosure Laws Limit Investigations into Brady Claims By Pullan & Young
2019-10-19: Updated: 2019-10-19 08:33:15 The Motion for New Trial in Texas Criminal Cases By Pullan & Young
2019-10-09: Updated: 2019-10-09 15:47:23 Texas Parole: the long bureaucratic road to release By Pullan & Young
2019-10-02: Updated: 2019-10-02 16:54:18 11.07 Writ of Habeas Corpus and Reduced Sentences By Pullan & Young
2019-09-30: Updated: 2019-09-30 17:10:41 Tow your rights: non-consent tows after arrest By Pullan & Young
2019-09-19: Updated: 2019-09-19 15:27:06 It’s important to ask if your attorney takes court appointments By Pullan & Young
2019-09-16: Updated: 2019-09-16 16:28:52 Texas House Bill 1271: the hope for good time credits for 3g offenses By Pullan & Young
2019-09-04: Updated: 2019-09-04 10:11:39 Third Party Consent – The Curse of the Purse By Pullan & Young
2019-08-11: Updated: 2019-08-11 21:08:13 “Actually Not Guilty” – For those who thought they had drugs but really didn’t By Pullan & Young
2019-07-13: Updated: 2019-07-13 17:24:43 Should your Texas marijuana case have been dismissed? By Pullan & Young
2019-07-12: Updated: 2019-07-12 16:02:26 Beware of schemes targeting registered sex offenders By Pullan & Young
2019-06-11: Updated: 2019-07-12 15:58:02 Texas Parole FI -1 (further investigation) time table update By Pullan & Young
2018-09-24: Updated: 2018-09-24 15:37:01 How to avoid the Eighth Amendment when arguing that a sentence is grossly disproportionate By Pullan & Young
2018-09-05: Updated: 2018-09-05 16:55:12 Timing is everything: “final convictions” and Article 11.07 writs By Pullan & Young
2018-05-09: Updated: 2018-05-09 16:48:31 Marijuana Edibles in Texas: Worth the Risk? By Pullan & Young
2017-06-30: Updated: 2017-06-30 17:29:20 Working and Being on Probation in Montgomery County Gets Harder By Pullan & Young
2017-04-21: Updated: 2017-04-21 13:56:46 New Rules for Conditions of Bond in Montgomery County By Pullan & Young
2016-08-29: Updated: 2016-08-29 16:57:14 3 big differences between Probation and Deferred Adjudication By Pullan & Young
2016-07-14: Updated: 2016-07-14 15:37:22 Five Criminal Justice Myths You Should Know By Pullan & Young
2015-11-02: Updated: 2015-12-16 14:09:49 Texas Grand Jury Reform Does Not Go Far Enough By Pullan & Young
2015-10-23: Updated: 2015-12-16 14:10:38 What is the difference between a writ and a direct appeal? By Pullan & Young
2015-07-10: Updated: 2015-09-02 18:18:39 Overreach of sex registration laws getting national attention By Pullan & Young
2015-04-27: Updated: 2015-07-21 14:20:55 Supreme Court limits officers’ ability to conduct other criminal investigations during routine traffic stop By Pullan & Young
2015-04-01: Updated: 2015-12-16 14:15:15 Interesting Bribe case out of Dallas Court of Appeals By Pullan & Young
2015-03-16: Updated: 2015-12-16 14:16:13 Revised Online Solicitation of a Minor Statute set for hearing this Wednesday. By Pullan & Young
2015-03-05: Updated: 2015-12-16 14:16:59 Ninth Court of Appeals Gives Prosecutors a Way to Charge Synthetic Marijuana Crimes By Pullan & Young
2015-02-17: Updated: 2015-12-16 14:17:33 Insanity defense in Chris Kyle murder trial is about more than a medical diagnosis By Pullan & Young
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