Failure to Identify | Texas Criminal Defense
Texas Failure to Identify Charges What is “Fail to ID” in Texas? In Texas it is a crime if a person intentionally refuses to give his name, residence address, or date of birth to a police officer who...
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Cody L. Cofer | Board Certified Criminal Law Attorney
Cody L. Cofer | Board Certified Criminal Law Texas Board of Legal Specialization We are proud to announce that managing trial attorney, Cody Cofer, is now board certified by the Texas Board of Legal...
View ArticleCourt Corrects False Forensics
Before anyone takes “forensic evidence” to the bank, they should read this opinion from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals: “Salvador committed ‘professional misconduct’ [by] using the evidence in one...
View ArticleTragic Situation | Fort Worth Court Makes Tough Decision
Regardless of where your politics fall or your believes lead you, the tragedy facing the Munoz family is heartbreaking. Judge Wallace had a horrible decision to make. The attorney for the family,...
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How to find the best lawyer for my case
Choose the Right Lawyer for Your Criminal Case Guerrilla Guide to Hiring a Lawyer I am often surprised by the questions I’m asked during initial consultations. Some people that come in have clearly...
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Introduction: Hiring the Best Criminal Defense Attorney
Choose the Right Lawyer for Your Criminal Case Guerrilla Guide to Hiring a Lawyer I am often surprised by the questions I’m asked during initial consultations. Some people that come in have clearly...
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Thank you all for 3 great years!
3rd Anniversary of Cofer Law February 7, 2014, has been 3 Years Three years ago I returned from my honeymoon and hung out my shingle. Married to my best friend and greatest supporter, I opened the...
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What you should consider when choosing a lawyer
Evaluating a Criminal Defense Attorney Article 1: Guerrilla Guide to Hiring a Lawyer Without a doubt, trusting your attorney is of paramount importance. However, learning whether you can trust a person...
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What to look for in choosing a lawyer
Without a doubt, trusting your attorney is of paramount importance. However, learning whether you can trust a person is a difficult task, and all of us know that we’ve had people in our lives we...
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Tarrant County Early Voting
Hurry to the polling place. Early voting has begun and will continue until February 28. With our primary system in a county dominated by one party, you absolutely must vote in the primary to have any...
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Congratulations to Lauren Crisera |“Not Guilty” TWICE This Week
Lauren Crisera Received Two Verdicts of “Not Guilty” This Week! Without a doubt, Lauren is a very skilled trial attorney, but TWO acquittals in one week…well, that’s just amazing. She picked a jury on...
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Lauren Crisera
Attorney Lauren Crisera | Profile Fort Worth Criminal Defense & Family Law Lauren Crisera has dedicated her career to representing those accused of criminal offenses. Prior to moving to Texas...
View ArticleCell Phone Search without a Warrant
Police Don’t Have Unbridled Discretion to Search Cell Phones State of Texas v. Anthony Granville NO. PD-1095-12 Texas Court of Criminal Appeals The appellant was arrested on a Class C ticket. His cell...
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Vote in Tarrant County Primary | Last Day
Today is the last day to vote in the Tarrant County Primary. As you know, Tarrant County is dominated by Republican voters, so if you want to make a difference in the upcoming election TODAY is the...
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Thoughts on Clarence Darrow’s Autobiography
Darrow’s The Story of My Life I must admit, if I am not reading for work, I read for escape. I do not often read legal themed fiction, and I have only read a few biographies of jurists. I stumbled...
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Judge, My Brain Made Me Do It!
The current research into how brain function impacts criminal or moral behavior quickly conjures images of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Minority Report. Neuroimaging data is becoming more...
View Article71 Arrests Made In Connection With New York Child Porn Ring
A rabbi, a police chief, and a little league coach walk into a New York police station… This is not the start of a joke, but rather the beginnings to a federal investigation of a child porn ring...
View ArticleWhat One Man Did When He “Lost His Mind”
Parker County is a quiet place, and if you’re from Dallas or Fort Worth you might only know the county for its annual peach festival. Generally, however, Parker County, which includes the cities of...
View ArticleThe Great Forensics Faux Pas of Bexar County
In 2013, Annie Dookhan, a chemist in one of Boston’s crime labs, made headlines when she pleaded guilty to 27 accounts of misleading investigators, filing false reports and tampering with evidence....
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