Deandra M Grant - The Texas DWI Gal

06/15/2026

Decades of arson forensics have been scientifically dismantled. Texas's Article 11.073 junk science writ gives defendants a tool to reopen these convictions.

06/15/2026

In one day in 2020, Texas regulators admonished Bexar senior judge Mark Luitjen twice: for an ex parte call to prosecutors and for slurs spoken in court.

06/15/2026

Bexar judge Stephanie Boyd livestreamed her court on YouTube with a live comments section, joined plea talks, and demeaned a defendant. The Commission warned her.

06/15/2026

In August 2026, Texas CLR Connect gives defense counsel direct, equal access to crime lab records statewide. Here is what the new discovery portal changes.

06/15/2026

The first conviction under the federal Take It Down Act has landed. What the new AI deepfake law criminalizes and what it means for criminal defense.

06/12/2026

A former Brooklyn judge resigned the bench, then was charged with wire fraud conspiracy. How judicial conduct commissions and criminal courts run separate tracks.

06/12/2026

Ohio judge Leslie Ann Celebrezze got 60 days in jail and a two-year law suspension for steering divorce cases to herself and a man she loved. The full case file.

06/12/2026

Texas discovery reforms — the Michael Morton and Richard Miles Acts — got real teeth from State v. Heath in 2024. Now lawmakers are trying to roll them back.

06/12/2026

iOS 26.4 enables Stolen Device Protection by default, disrupting police phone forensics. What it means for warrants, passcodes, and Fifth Amendment rights.

06/12/2026