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The attorneys at the Goolsby law firm do go into federal court. Federal offenses are typically much more serious than other offenses because it is a hire range of offense. Those can include tax fraud, white collar crime, or drugs. You could have a [...]

When it comes to the variety of lawyers out there it’s easy to find cheap new lawyers who are right out of school. They might not have business and so will charge really low rates. The problem with that is they can't spend any [...]

There are a few cases in which the police can search your vehicle randomly. You can give them permission if they ask to search your car. Another way is if they believe there is something in your car. If, for example, you are pulled [...]

There are two ways a person can avoid arrest. One of them is on foot, by example, trying to run away from the police. Another way is in a car, if someone does not pull over when the police tell you to. It’s important [...]

Felony cases have to go in front of a grand jury, in which an indictment is submitted. A grand jury looks at it and determines whether or not it should go further. It can be one sided with the jury seeing the police report [...]

There are couple of reasons you might be eligible for expunction in Texas. One is you're found not guilty by a jury, or by a judge, in that case you are immediately eligible to be expunged. Another one would be where the attorneys at [...]

Having any type of illegal drug on you is considered drug possession. If you know drugs are there, even if they aren’t yours, in the same room as you, you can be seen as being able to possess the drug. You need to have [...]

There is a difference between burglary and theft. Theft is where you take something, conceal it, with an intent to make it your own and deprive it of someone else. Burglary is where you go into some place, be it a car, a building, [...]

Criminal mischief is an offense where some amount of damage was done to property or someone else. It could be the case of someone scraping a car with a key, or spray-painting on a building. Those examples could be considered criminal mischief, in which [...]

There are a couple of defenses that can be used when it comes to burglary and theft charge. In one example a police officer might think a person was responsible for a  broken window, or a call was made about a suspicious person. For [...]