Blog Category | Texas Penal Code

Texas criminalizes inappropriate and aggressive physical contact. State assault statutes also make it a crime to put someone in fear of imminent injury. One person can face assault charges over aggressive language, frightening actions or even threatening text messages in some cases. Assault charges in Texas do not necessarily require...

Texas, like all other states in this great country, has the Beyond a Reasonable Doubt law. The way that I explain this concept to jurors is by telling them my own story dealing with this legal concept. In law school I had to sit as a juror during a mock...