by Megan Cook | Sep 20, 2014 | Criminal Defense, Criminal Defense, DWI, Texas Penal Code
Sue is drunk. She is in the public. Contrary to common belief this does not make Sue guilty of public intoxication (in San Antonio Texas). The Texas Public Intoxication law requires that Sue not only be in the public, and intoxicated, but it requires that she be a...
by Megan Cook | Jan 26, 2014 | Criminal Defense, Texas Penal Code, YouTube Channel (SanAntonioDefenders)
Here is a criminal video that gives you a quick overview of the LONGEST time you can be in prison (or jail) if you commit various crimes in Texas. I made this video using 2013 movie trailer clips, so that you could quickly get a picture for the maximum punishment....
by Megan Cook | Apr 16, 2013 | Criminal Defense, Texas Penal Code
When a first time offender is charged with a crime in San Antonio, Texas, we find that there is one thing in the forefront of the accused criminal’s mind: “Am I going to jail?!” No, You are (Most Likely) Not Going to Jail In San Antonio, Texas, first...
by Megan Cook | Jan 28, 2013 | Criminal Defense, Criminal Defense, RECENT SUCCESS, Recent Success, RECENT SUCCESS, Texas Penal Code, THEFT & Property Crime
Congratulations to Justin Cook for getting his client’s burglary case in the 175th District Court of Bexar County, Texas dismissed today. The Cook & Cook Client was charged with burglary. Burglary is the legal name for the act of entering a house with...
by Megan Cook | Aug 6, 2012 | Evidence & Criminal Procedure, Texas Penal Code
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 murder trial....
by Megan Cook | Aug 5, 2012 | Criminal Defense, Criminal Defense, Texas Penal Code
Ex Post Facto is latin for “from after the action”. The concept in Texas and across the United States refers to the fact that a person cannot be charged with a crime that was not written at the time the crime occurred. If Amy murdered Fred on August...
