This video answers the question: what are my rights with police when stopped by the cops for police questioning? We must know our rights! In this video, Stephen Gustitis answers the question: what are my rights with police when the police want you to go to the police station for questioning. He explains your right [...]
What are 3 good reasons to defend yourself in court? Our 3rd video in the series on plea bargaining pros and cons explains the reasons to plead not guilty, to fight your case, and to defend yourself in court. In this video about fighting your case in court, Stephen Gustitis answers the question why you [...]
The 2nd video in our series on plea bargaining pros and cons. This video explains arguments against plea bargaining. In this video on plea bargaining pros and cons, Stephen Gustitis answers the question about three arguments against deciding to plea bargain your criminal case. Further, the plea bargaining process is explained and the plea bargaining [...]
We begin our series on plea bargaining pros and cons. This series explains arguments for and against plea bargaining. In this first video of a new series on plea bargaining, Stephen Gustitis answers the question about three arguments for deciding to plea bargain your criminal case. Further, the plea bargaining process is explained and the [...]
You just got arrested. This video explains your right to remain silent and your right to an attorney if you get arrested by the cops. In this video, Stephen Gustitis answers the question what are my rights with police after getting arrested and after going to jail. He explains your right to remain silent and [...]
In Brazos County the Department of Public Safety has been using sleight-of-hand to prove up blood test results in ALR failure cases. Their conjuring attempts to correct an evidentiary deficiency in their blood test proof. Specifically, the Department tries to argue these blood test failures resulted from the suspect's "express consent" to provide a blood [...]
I've been remiss. Like my fellow defense attorneys I habitually keep my head buried in court appearances, case law and statutes, cross examination preparation, closing arguments, and customer service. I've been remiss because the daily grind has so easily diverted me from reflecting on a deeper meaning in this work. Namely, safeguarding the great American [...]
In a contested bond revocation hearing, not long ago, the State attempted to admit evidence our client violated a restricted zone using global positioning system (GPS) evidence. They further sought to admit evidence from a Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitoring (SCRAM) device that she inappropriately consumed alcohol while on bond. On the day of the hearing [...]
When I was prosecuting habitually barking dog cases on a 3rd-year bar card, I wondered when my fear of jury trials would ever end. That was 1989. To this day I remain uneasy and agitated the morning a trial begins. In fact, I'm miserable. Until I speak my first words during voir dire, I'm frightened. I fear [...]
Batson v. Kentucky is again front and center in the United States Supreme Court. On May 26, 2015 the Court granted certiorari in Foster v. Chatman, (No. 14-8349, 2015 Term). The case is currently set for argument on November 2, 2015. In Foster, Georgia prosecutors struck all four African-American prospective jurors from the death penalty [...]
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