Most minor drug offenses are state crimes. While state prohibition statutes largely mirror federal rules, every state determines on its own what substances it wants to prohibit or limit public access to through statute. When someone gets pulled over in traffic and then arrested for…
A fraud conviction in federal court can land you in prison for years, end your business career and ruin your reputation with your family, friends and community. One of the most common reasons that federal prosecutors bring fraud charges against someone in the Dallas-Fort Worth…
You probably see it on televised crime shows all the time: A prosecutor offers a defendant the opportunity to receive a lighter sentence if they agree to plead guilty to reduced charges. A plea bargain can be offered in many types of criminal cases, even…