This video explains grand jury testimony and the pros & cons of defendant testimony to the grand jury in their own defense. The video further considers the grand jury process and a grand jury hearing. Visit https://www.gustitislaw.com for more information about grand jury testimony and the best criminal lawyers in Bryan-College Station, TX. In this [...]
What is a Writ of Habeas Corpus? This video explains habeas corpus and provides examples of pre-trial and post-conviction writs. Visit https://www.gustitislaw.com for more information about the writ of habeas corpus, the meaning of habeas corpus, and the best criminal defense lawyer in Bryan-College Station, TX. In this video, criminal defense lawyer Stephen Gustitis answers [...]
This video explains actual authority vs apparent authority regarding a consent search in criminal law and how the police use a person's consent to avoid the 4th Amendment probable cause search requirement. Visit https://www.gustitislaw.com for more information about actual authority vs apparent authority and criminal defense lawyers in Bryan-College Station, TX. In this video, criminal [...]
This video begins a new series on consent to search in criminal cases and how the police use a person's consent to avoid the 4th Amendment probable cause requirement. Visit https://www.gustitislaw.com for more information about Fourth Amendment consent searches and criminal attorneys in Bryan-College Station, TX. In this video, attorney Stephen Gustitis explains what consent [...]
This video considers 4th Amendment pretrial motions to suppress evidence and how they can be used to defend your criminal charges. Visit https://www.gustitislaw.com for more information about pre-trial motions to suppress and criminal defense attorneys in Bryan-College Station, TX. In this video, criminal lawyer Stephen Gustitis, defines when pre-trial motions to suppress evidence can be [...]
When considering your right to speedy trial, should you actively assert your speedy trial right by requesting a trial? This video is #3 in our series on your right to a speedy public trial provided by the 6th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Visit https://www.gustitislaw.com for more information about your right to speedy trial meaning [...]
What is your right to speedy trial when you face criminal charges? This video begins a new series on your right to a speedy public trial provided by the 6th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. In this video, Stephen Gustitis explains your right to a speedy trial guaranteed by the 6th Amendment. The video discussed [...]
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 [...]
Consent searches are the bane of the Bryan-College Station criminal defense attorney. Next to our client's confession, the biggest headache for defense lawyers is a consent search. In the same way police are trained to obtain incriminating statements before Miranda warnings become necessary, law enforcement's first-line attack in a criminal investigation is persuading suspects to [...]
Finally, a good Fourth Amendment search and seizure decision from the United States Supreme Court. In Riley v. California (and United States v. Wurie) the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week that police generally may not, without a warrant, search digital information on a cell phone seized from a person who's been arrested. Prior Court precedent held that [...]
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