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Tengo un documento falso… ¿puede haber una consecuencia?

November 24th, 2009
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El uso de documentos gubernamentales ilegítimos es ilegal y puede tener repercusiones serias.

Por ejemplo, si usted tiene en su poder un documento gubernamental que ha sido falsificado, como una licencia de conducir, tarjeta de residencia permanente o inspección de su coche, podría ser arrestado por ello.

Dependiendo del tipo de documento falso, la cantidad de documentos falsos y los acontecimientos con ese caso, usted podría ser acusado de una felonía del primer grado.  La pena de un cargo como este sería de 5 a 99 años de prisión y una multa opcional de hasta $10,000.

Si usted ha sido acusado de un caso criminal y necesita un buen abogado que lo represente, no dude en llamar a Scheiner Law Group, P.C. al (713) 783-8998.

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Rick “The Undertaker” Perry

November 20th, 2009
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Rick Perry ingnored a panels recommendation to spare the life of Robert Lee Thompson, 34.  The Texas Board of Pardons and Parole has only recommended that 3 death sentences be stopped in Perry’s run as governor.  The Houston Crhonicle reports that only once has Perry listened to His Board.  In Thompson’s case, his co-defendant was the one who killed the victim, but it was clear from the article that it was not for lack of trying.  Thompson was a brutal participant in the robbery and even shot another man.  By all accounts, Thompson had a documented history of violent robberies.

The article does not say what the Board of Pardons based its recommendation.  I am curious to know if there were mitigating factors.  I am curious to know how much time Rick Perry (or his staff) spent on reviewing the case vs. the Board of Pardons.  I want to know how much time was spent discussing this. 

Whether a person supports the death penalty is there own position, though usually unthought out and arrived at by superficial reasons.  Even the most zealous supporter of the Death penalty would agree that if Texas is going to kill people as punishment, Texas should get it right.  That is why these questions are so important.

My imagination pictures the scenario going something like a staff member goes and tells Perry, “hey Boss, we got this execution thing going on.  You should let it happen.  I think your approval rating would be hurt more by stopping it.

Perry: “O’kay, make it happen.  But be sure and have someone write a statement that makes me sound compassionate but protective of the citizens.”

I hope it is not dealt with that lightly, but I have no reason to think otherwise.  The portion of the article that described Thompson’s mother watching her son die was gut wrenching.  Even if he was a killer who deserved such a fate, any parent can sympathize with how hard that must have been for her to see. 

Because of that perspective, I think Perry and other elected officials (judges) who are in a position to make such decisions should have to watch an execution.  I am not saying watch every criminal execution.  Just experience one.

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¿Una convicción de robo me puede perjudicar?

November 19th, 2009
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Sí, una convicción de robo le puede perjudicar y probablemente más de lo que usted piense.   El gobierno estadounidense categoriza el robo como una infamia moral, como se basa en la deshonestidad, y esto puede tener consecuencias muy serias. 

Una convicción de robo podría ocasionar problemas con un cambio de trabajo, el alquilamiento de un apartamento distinto, o hasta con una solicitud de ciudadanía o residencia permanente.  Por ejemplo, cuando uno va en busca de un trabajo nuevo, el empleador revisa el historial criminal del solicitante.  Como el empleador tiene derecho a contratar a quien sea, probablemente buscará a un solicitante con un historial criminal limpio.

Desafortunadamente, una convicción de robo es permanente y no hay manera de borrarse de su historial criminal.  Por lo tanto, si usted ha sido acusado de un delito de robo u otro delito categorizado como infamia moral, no lo tome a la ligera.  Al contrario, busque a un abogado de defensa criminal que pueda defenderlo.  Llame al (713) 783-8998.

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¿Qué efecto puede tener una convicción criminal?

November 13th, 2009
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Una convicción podría tener una consecuencia negativa, no solamente si quiere aplicar para una residencia o ciudadanía americana;  sino también si quiere buscar un trabajo o hasta un departamento en un área mejor. 

Por lo tanto, si usted tiene un problema legal y necesita un buen abogado de defensa criminal en Houston que lo represente, llame a Scheiner Law Group al (713) 783-8998.

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Sheriff’s Office fails to Protect and Serve

November 10th, 2009
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According to the Houston Chronicle, friends and family of Oliver “Bubba” Bills, Jr. continuously called the San Jacinto Sheriff’s Office for help on Saturday, November 9, 2010.  Seven hours later, a squad car was dispatched to the Bills’ home, only to find Mr. Bills, his mother, his gilfriend, and her 4 year old daughter dead.  The Sheriff’s Office advised that only four squad cars were available on Saturday, and that a serious accident and another incident prevented them from sending a unit out to Mr. Bills’ home right away. 

The Sheriff’s Office should concern itself with serving the community by providing timely aid, instead of finding excuses to defend itself when they don’t do their job.  We have all heard stories of calls that are never answered.  A couple of years ago, I called the non-emergency line, as the Bills did in this case, because of an altercation outside my home.  A group of people outside were arguing and fighting, and it appeared the outcome was going to be deadly, as some serious threats were said back and forth. I waited around for someone to show up after I made that one phone call but no one ever did.   The family and friends of Mr. Bills did not only call once asking for help; they called numerous times and for hours.  The Sheriff’s Office should understand that people call for help because they need it and that if they would have promptly answered these people’s call for help, 4 people would probably not be dead today.

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