On October 30, 2013, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held that Texas Penal Code §33.021(b) was unconstitutionally overbroad. The Court ruled that the language in subsection (b) is language that is either already criminalized in another penal code section or is constitutionally protected free speech. Ex parte Lo, 424…
Governor Rick Perry signed several bills into law that will impact the San Antonio area and surrounding communities, Bexar county, and Texas. The regular 82nd legislative session ended on May 30, 2011, and the following Senate Bill took effect on September 1, 2011. The following summary of the law concerns…
A 43-year-old man in San Antonio, Texas was sentenced Friday on 22 counts of possession of child pornography to 220 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Each count of possession of child pornography, a 3rd degree felony, carries a maximum range of punishment of 10 years. But, Judge…