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Houston Criminal Defense Attorneys creates these informative videos to help educate people who have been charged with a crime in Houston or Harris County, Texas. Managing Partner Brian Foley discusses various topics related to criminal law and prosecution in Houston, Texas. Watch the full library on our YouTube channel, or browse every video below — each has its own page so it can be found and indexed individually.
Video: Houston criminal defense attorney explains that police are legally allowed to lie during an investigation — and why the right response is not to argue or correct them, but to stay polite and ask for a lawyer.
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Video: Why prosecutors treat a case differently when the defense lawyer is known to try cases — from a former Harris County Felony Chief who now defends clients in Houston.
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Video: A former Harris County prosecutor explains the single most damaging thing people do after an arrest — trying to talk their way out — and why silence is the strongest position you can take.
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Video: A Houston trial attorney explains what jury selection (voir dire) is really for — not interrogating jurors, but building trust and listening for the people who can see your side.
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Video: A former Harris County prosecutor explains why the first plea offer in a criminal case is almost never the best one — and how the offer improves as the defense does its work.
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Video: A Houston criminal defense attorney explains why the statement you give at the scene rarely prevents an arrest — but almost always shows up months later as evidence against you.
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Video: A Houston criminal defense attorney explains that the decision to accept a plea or go to trial belongs to the client alone — and how a good lawyer lays out the offer, the risks, and the realistic outcomes so that decision is an informed one.
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Video: A former Harris County Felony Chief explains how the Texas grand jury works — secret proceedings, no defense lawyer in the room, a probable-cause standard — and how the defense can still influence a no-bill.
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Video: A Houston trial attorney explains why jurors respond to authenticity over performance — and why the lawyer who is honest about a case's weaknesses earns the credibility to win its strengths.
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Video: A former Harris County prosecutor explains the difference between an arrest and a charge — why the DA's intake division, not the officer, decides what you are actually charged with, and why that matters for the defense.
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Video: A Houston criminal defense attorney explains how a single phrase — to an officer, on a jail phone, in a text to the complainant — can define the prosecution's theory of your case.
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Video: A Houston criminal defense attorney explains the balance between moving fast — preserving evidence, meeting deadlines — and being patient enough to let the State's case show its weaknesses before resolving.
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Video: A former Harris County prosecutor explains mitigation — how counseling, classes, treatment, and community service completed before the case is resolved persuade prosecutors and judges to reduce or dismiss.
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Video: A Houston criminal defense attorney explains why a trial is not a search for truth in the abstract — it is governed by rules of evidence and procedure, and the lawyer who knows those rules controls what the jury hears.
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Video: A Houston criminal defense attorney explains why being innocent does not protect you from a conviction — and why navigating bond, discovery, deadlines, and trial rules requires someone who knows the system.
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Video: A Houston trial attorney explains the real objective of jury selection — identifying the jurors who cannot be fair and the ones who can — and why listening matters more than talking.
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Video: A former Harris County prosecutor lays out the choice in the plainest terms — the cases that end in conviction are the ones where the defendant talked, and the cases that end in dismissal are the ones where they didn't.
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Video: A Houston criminal defense attorney explains how memory works under stress, why innocent people get details wrong, and how prosecutors turn honest inconsistencies into 'lies' in front of a jury.
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Video: A Houston criminal defense attorney debunks the myth that officers already know what happened — and explains why the appearance of certainty is an interrogation tactic, not a fact.
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Video: A Houston criminal defense attorney explains why the rules of ordinary conversation — be helpful, explain, cooperate — do not apply in a criminal investigation, and why the first days after an arrest decide the case.
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Video: A former Harris County prosecutor explains why innocence must be proven through the process — evidence, motions, negotiation, trial — and why a lawyer who has worked inside that process is the difference.
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Video: A Houston criminal defense attorney explains the rule of evidence that lets prosecutors use anything you say against you — and why the same rule does not let you use your own statements in your favor.
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Video: A Houston criminal defense attorney explains how angry words during an argument — threats, insults, 'I'll kill you' — become terroristic threat charges and evidence of intent in assault cases.
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Video: A former Harris County prosecutor explains what 'adversarial' actually means — the State's job is to convict you, not to find the truth — and why the defense lawyer is the only person in the room whose job is you.
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Video: A Houston criminal defense attorney on the paths available after a first arrest — pretrial diversion, deferred adjudication, dismissal, expunction and nondisclosure — and why preparation is what turns a mistake into a closed chapter.
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Video: Former prosecutor Brian Foley on why he became a defense lawyer — and what criminal defense actually protects: the individual in front of the State, the constitutional rights everyone shares, and the life a client still has to live.
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Video: Houston criminal defense attorney on the Supreme Court's recent decision involving marijuana users and the federal ban on gun possession by unlawful drug users — and what it means for Texans who own a firearm and use marijuana or THC.
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Video: A former Vehicular Crimes prosecutor explains why the standardized field sobriety tests depend on the officer's judgment — and how footwear, road surface, weather, injuries, and improper instructions change the result.
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A Houston DWI attorney walks through the five most damaging mistakes people make after a DWI arrest in Harris County — and how to avoid them.
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Video: A Houston criminal defense attorney explains five things to know before talking to the police in 2026 — your right to leave, to refuse searches, and to remain silent.
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Video: A Houston drug defense attorney explains why a product sold legally over the counter at a Texas smoke shop can still be a felony in your pocket — the gap between hemp retail rules and the Texas Controlled Substances Act.
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Video: A Houston drug defense attorney explains the legal status of delta-8, delta-10, and THCA in Texas — why they are not named in the Controlled Substances Act, how prosecutors charge them anyway, and where the defense lies.
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Video: A Houston drug defense attorney explains why a single THC vape cartridge is charged as a state jail felony in Texas — Penalty Group 2, weighed with the oil — while a bag of marijuana flower is a misdemeanor.
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Video: A Houston criminal defense attorney explains what to say when an officer asks to search your vehicle — you can refuse, refusal is not probable cause, and consent waives every challenge to what they find.
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Video: A Houston criminal defense attorney on how ordinary people become defendants — a vape in the console, a handgun in the wrong building, an argument that got loud — because they did not know the line was there.
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Video: A Houston weapons defense attorney explains Texas Penal Code § 46.03 — the places where carrying a handgun is a felony even for a lawful owner under permitless carry: bars, schools, polling places, courthouses, airports, and more.
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Video: A Houston criminal defense attorney on why police encounters feel overwhelming — the lights, the commands, the authority — and the three things to hold onto: stay calm, stay polite, and ask for a lawyer.
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Video: A former Harris County prosecutor walks through a traffic stop step by step — pulling over, documents, questions, searches, sobriety tests — and what to say at each stage to protect yourself.
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Video: A Houston criminal defense attorney explains the Fourth Amendment right to refuse a search of your car, your home, your phone, and your person — and why consenting waives the defenses a lawyer would otherwise raise.
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5 Things to Avoid if Charged with DWI in Houston — Board Certified Houston DWI attorneys and former prosecutors Brian Foley and Luis Baez explain the mistakes that can sink a DWI case in Harris County.
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Video: A Board Certified Houston DWI attorney's 2026 survival guide — the 15-day license deadline, field sobriety and chemical tests, penalties, and how to protect your record.
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Video: A former Harris County prosecutor takes apart the most common reason people talk to police — 'I have nothing to hide' — and explains why innocent people's statements are the ones that convict them.
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Video: A former Vehicular Crimes prosecutor explains why the right to remain silent matters most in a DWI stop — the drinking questions, the sobriety tests, and the roadside admissions that become the State's whole case.
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Video: A Houston DWI attorney explains the two-part legal definition of intoxication in Texas Penal Code § 49.01 — loss of normal use of mental or physical faculties, or an alcohol concentration of 0.08 — and why both matter at trial.
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Video: A Houston DWI attorney on the most common DWI story there is — a bad night, a few drinks, and the decision to drive — and what to do in the days after when it ends with an arrest.
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Video: Board Certified Houston DWI attorney and former Vehicular Crimes prosecutor Brian Foley explains how a Texas DWI works — the stop, the tests, the 15-day license deadline, penalties, and defenses.
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Video: A Houston criminal defense attorney explains what to do when police knock — you do not have to open the door, you do not have to step outside, and without a warrant they cannot come in. What to say through the door.
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Video: A Houston DWI attorney's New Year's Day reminder — enforcement is heavy, 'no refusal' is in effect, and the cheapest decision you make all year is the rideshare home.
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Video: A former Vehicular Crimes prosecutor on New Year's Eve DWI enforcement in Houston — no-refusal warrants, saturation patrols, and the plan to make before the first drink.
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Video: Houston criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor explains Texas Penal Code § 9.33, when you are legally justified in using force — even deadly force — to protect another person.
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Video: A Houston criminal defense attorney on why every Texan who might step in to protect a friend or family member needs to understand Penal Code § 9.33 — defense of a third person — before it happens.
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Video: A Houston criminal defense attorney on defending a stranger — what Texas law allows when you intervene in an attack on someone you do not know, and why 'reasonable belief' is judged from what you saw.
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Video: A Houston self-defense attorney on the details of Texas Penal Code § 9.32 that decide cases — 'immediately necessary,' the difference between force and deadly force, provocation, and the no-duty-to-retreat rule.
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Video: Houston Criminal Defense Attorneys on the Castle Doctrine presumption in Texas Penal Code § 9.32(b) — when the law presumes your use of deadly force was reasonable in your home, vehicle, or workplace.
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Video: A Houston self-defense attorney on what to do in the minutes and days after a self-defense shooting — the 911 call, the statement, the grand jury — to make sure Penal Code § 9.32 actually protects you.
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Video: Houston criminal defense attorneys and former prosecutors explain Texas Penal Code § 9.32 — when deadly force is justified, the Castle Doctrine presumption, and the no-duty-to-retreat rule.
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Video: A Houston criminal defense attorney explains the two ways to clear a criminal record in Texas — expunction, which destroys the record, and an order of nondisclosure, which seals it — and who qualifies for each.
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Video: A Houston DWI attorney explains the difference between DWI and DUI in Texas — DWI is the adult intoxication offense; DUI is the zero-tolerance Class C offense for drivers under 21 with any detectable alcohol.
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Video: A Houston DWI attorney explains when a DWI can be removed from your record in Texas — expunction after dismissal or acquittal, and the 2017 law allowing nondisclosure of a first DWI conviction under specific conditions.
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Video: A Houston drug defense attorney on whether 'I smelled marijuana' still justifies a vehicle search in Texas now that legal hemp smells identical — and how the defense challenges odor-based searches.
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Video: A Houston DWI attorney's fifteen-second warning — a DWI has two cases, a 15-day deadline, scientific evidence, and a permanent record, and pleading it out alone at the first setting is the most expensive shortcut in criminal law.
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Video: A Houston DWI attorney's 2025 update — what changed in Texas DWI enforcement, the state fine at conviction, interlock and nondisclosure rules, and what a first-time DWI defendant in Harris County can realistically expect.
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Video: A former Harris County prosecutor explains how the DA's office handles cases where a gun and marijuana are found together — why the marijuana diversion policy does not apply, and how the weapon changes everything.
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Video: A former prosecutor explains how marijuana possession cases are actually tried in Harris County — the affirmative links the State must prove, the hemp lab problem, and why juries acquit on 'knowingly.'
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Video: A Houston DWI attorney on the intoxicated Tesla driver asleep on Autopilot — why Texas law treats a person in the driver's seat as 'operating' the vehicle regardless of who is steering, and whether that will change.
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Video: A former Harris County prosecutor on the routine mistakes in police work — wrong statutes, bad stops, misread field sobriety tests, mistaken identifications — and why the arrest report is the beginning of the inquiry, not the end.
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Video: A Houston DWI attorney on how technology is changing DWI cases in Texas — body cameras, e-warrants for blood, ignition interlock and portable alcohol monitors, vehicle event data, and phone location records.
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Video: A Houston drug defense attorney answers a viral question — hiding marijuana inside your body is still possession, and it adds a tampering-with-evidence felony and a body-cavity search on top of the original charge.
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Video: A Houston DUI attorney gives a 2025 update on Texas DWI and DUI laws, clearing your record, and how technology is reshaping DWI cases.
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Video: A Houston drug defense attorney explains how Senate Bill 2024's ban on cannabinoid-containing e-cigarettes interacts with Texas THC law — retailer liability under the new bill, consumer liability under the Controlled Substances Act.
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Video: A Houston criminal defense attorney on the part of Senate Bill 2024 aimed at e-cigarettes designed to look like highlighters, USB drives, toys, and school supplies — and why concealment-style products draw law enforcement attention.
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Video: A Houston criminal defense attorney explains Texas Senate Bill 2024, effective September 1, 2025 — the new restrictions on e-cigarette products by origin, ingredients, and design, and who can be charged under it.
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Houston criminal defense attorneys explain whether THC vape pens are illegal in Texas after SB 2024 — the sales ban, the failed SB 6, and Penalty Group 2 prosecution risks.
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Houston criminal lawyer Brian Foley explains the Public Duty defense under Texas Penal Code Sec. 9.21 — when conduct is justified, the limits on force, the deadly-force standard, and reasonable belief.
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Video: A Houston criminal defense attorney explains who qualifies for an order of nondisclosure in Texas — deferred adjudication, certain misdemeanor convictions, first DWI — the waiting periods, and the offenses that are permanently excluded.
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Video: A Houston criminal defense attorney explains how to clear an old marijuana case in Texas — expunction after dismissal or diversion, automatic or petition-based nondisclosure after deferred adjudication, and sealing a conviction.
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Video: A Houston criminal defense attorney explains how a misdemeanor resolved with probation — deferred adjudication or a straight conviction with community supervision — can be sealed under Texas nondisclosure law, and the waiting periods that apply.
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Video: A former Harris County Felony Chief explains how plea negotiations actually work — what prosecutors weigh, what leverage the defense has, and why the best offers come after the State's case has been tested.
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Video: A Houston criminal defense attorney explains what happens at an arraignment in Texas — the reading of the charge, the plea of not guilty, bond review, and why the first setting is not the time to make decisions.
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Video: Brian Foley outlines what happens when you get arrested in Houston, Texas in 2025 — arrest, bail, evidence disclosure, arraignment, plea bargains, and expunction.
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Video: A Houston expunction attorney explains how a dismissed, diverted, or acquitted marijuana case in Harris County is expunged — the eligibility rules, the waiting periods, and what an expunction order actually does.
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Brian Foley explains that Harris County is again making full arrests for simple marijuana possession — what happens after an arrest, the General Order Bond, and how to get the case dismissed and expunged.
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Video: A Houston expunction lawyer on why a dismissed marijuana case still shows up on background checks, the difference an expunction makes for jobs, housing, and licensing, and what the petition process involves in Harris County.
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Video: Houston criminal defense attorney explains Harris County Pretrial Services — bond supervision, check-ins, drug testing, and monitoring before you have been convicted of anything.
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Video: A Houston criminal defense attorney explains the right to remain silent under the Fifth Amendment and Article I, § 10 of the Texas Constitution — what it covers, how to invoke it, and the Texas rule that silence itself cannot be used against you at trial.
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Video: A former prosecutor explains the physical evidence that proves who was really the aggressor in an assault case — bruised or split knuckles on the complainant, defensive injuries on the accused — and why officers so often fail to photograph it.
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Video: A former Harris County prosecutor's direct advice — do not give a statement to police, a detective, or an investigator without a lawyer present, no matter how informal the request sounds.
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Video: A former Harris County prosecutor on the mechanics of negotiating a criminal case — when to make the ask, what to put in front of the prosecutor, and how mitigation and case weaknesses are presented together.
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A Houston assault lawyer breaks down Texas Penal Code Section 9.31, which governs the use of non-deadly force in self-defense — the reasonable-belief standard, the presumptions, the limits, and stand your ground.
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Video: A former Harris County prosecutor explains the phone call the DA's office makes to every complainant in an assault or theft case — what is asked, what 'I don't want to prosecute' actually does, and why the case often continues anyway.
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Video: A Houston criminal lawyer explains Texas Penal Code Section 9.22, the necessity defense, and when justified conduct applies in Texas.
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Video: A Houston federal criminal defense attorney explains the hearings that follow a federal arrest in the Southern District of Texas — the initial appearance, the detention hearing under the Bail Reform Act, and the arraignment.
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Video: Houston Criminal Defense Attorneys PLLC on federal criminal defense in the Southern District of Texas — the cases the U.S. Attorney's Office brings, the sentencing guidelines, and why federal defense requires different preparation than state court.
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Video: A Houston criminal defense attorney runs through the rights every person has in a police encounter and a criminal case in Texas — silence, counsel, refusal of searches, a speedy public jury trial, confrontation, and the presumption of innocence.
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Video: A Houston criminal lawyer explains Texas Penal Code Section 9.06, Civil Remedies Unaffected, and how justified conduct can still lead to civil liability.
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Video: A Houston criminal defense attorney on the one quality that matters most in choosing a lawyer — honesty with the client about the evidence, the odds, and the offer — and why lawyers who promise outcomes should be avoided.
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Video: A former Harris County prosecutor explains how a prior record changes a new case in Texas — enhancement of the charge level, the punishment range, bond, eligibility for diversion and probation, and how prosecutors value the case.
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Video: A Houston criminal lawyer on what a plea agreement actually contains — the charge, the sentence, deferred vs. conviction, findings, conditions, and collateral consequences — and why the details matter more than the headline.
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Video: Managing partner Brian Foley answers the top criminal lawyer questions in Houston, Texas — misdemeanor vs. felony, intent, plea deals, self-defense, and your rights.
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Video: A Houston federal defense attorney on why federal agents — FBI, DEA, HSI, IRS, ATF — are more dangerous to talk to than local police: 18 U.S.C. § 1001 makes any false statement a felony, and agents write the report of what you said.
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A Houston criminal defense attorney explains Texas Penal Code Section 9.05 — how the reckless injury of an innocent third person can strip away a self-defense justification.
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Video: A Houston DWI attorney answers the most common question after a DWI arrest — the 72-hour statutory minimum, why time served usually covers it, how probation works, and when jail is a real risk.
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Video: A Houston criminal attorney explains the difference between evading arrest or detention (Penal Code § 38.04, a felony in a vehicle) and fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer (Transportation Code § 545.421, a misdemeanor) — and why the charge often depends on the officer.
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Video: A Houston DWI attorney answers how long a DWI stays on your record in Texas — forever, for a conviction, with no look-back period for enhancement — and the one exception that lets a first DWI be sealed after two to five years.
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Video: A Houston criminal attorney explains that in Texas an officer may arrest for almost any traffic offense — including speeding — under Transportation Code § 543.001, the two exceptions, and why a custodial arrest for a ticket usually means the officer wanted to search.
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Video: A Houston criminal attorney explains the search-incident-to-arrest rule after a traffic arrest — what officers may search under Arizona v. Gant, what they may not, and how a Class C arrest becomes a felony drug or gun case.
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Video: A Houston criminal lawyer explains the inventory-search exception — when police impound a car after an arrest and 'inventory' its contents without a warrant — and the policy and pretext requirements that make many inventory searches suppressible.
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Former prosecutors Brian Foley and Luis Baez explain whether recanting in a Texas family violence case can lead to a false-report arrest, plus evidence-based prosecution and protective orders.
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Video: A Houston criminal attorney explains what happens when a neighbor calls in a 'suspicious vehicle' — the difference between a consensual encounter and a detention, the community-caretaking doctrine, and what an anonymous tip does and does not justify.
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Video: A Houston criminal lawyer explains Texas Penal Code § 38.02 — when you must give your name, address, and date of birth (after a lawful arrest), when you must show a license (as a driver), and when refusing to identify is your right.
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Brian Foley explains Texas Penal Code Section 38.02, 'failure to identify' — when you must give your name, address, or ID to a peace officer, and the penalties for refusing or lying.
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Video: A Galveston criminal defense attorney explains public intoxication arrests on the island — the Seawall, the Strand, Mardi Gras, spring break — the 'may endanger' element officers rarely prove, and how a Class C PI is dismissed and expunged.
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Video: A former Harris County Felony Chief gives his best advice to someone charged with aggravated assault — silence, a lawyer before the grand jury, preserving the evidence of who started it, and understanding what 'deadly weapon' and 'serious bodily injury' actually mean.
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Video: A Houston criminal lawyer explains the automobile exception — when officers may search a vehicle without a warrant or consent — what probable cause actually requires, and the facts officers cite that do and do not meet the standard.
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Brian Foley breaks down the aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charge against Dallas Mavericks assistant coach Darrell Armstrong and how a firearm turns a threat into a second-degree felony.
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Video: Houston criminal defense attorney answers whether shining a high-lumen flashlight at police can get you arrested — and which Texas charges (assault on a peace officer, interference, resisting) prosecutors reach for.
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Brian Foley and Luis Baez break down a viral Jeep Wrangler roadblock video — who has authority to stop you, when driving forward becomes aggravated assault, and why missing context matters.
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Video: A Houston criminal attorney explains that pointing or displaying a weapon while threatening someone is aggravated assault by threat in Texas — a second-degree felony with no injury required — and the road-rage, neighbor, and family scenarios where it is charged.
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Video: A Houston criminal lawyer lays out the five ways police can lawfully search a car in Texas — consent, probable cause, search incident to arrest, inventory, and a warrant — and the one way you control: consent.
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Houston assault attorney Brian Foley explains Texas Penal Code Section 9.04 — when a threat of force, such as displaying a weapon, is legally justified without amounting to the use of deadly force.
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Video: Former prosecutors explain the differences between a Harris County state case and a Southern District of Texas federal case — who investigates, how charges are brought, bond vs. detention, the Sentencing Guidelines, parole vs. no parole, and plea rates.
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Video: A Houston federal defense attorney explains what a target letter from the U.S. Attorney's Office means — you are a target of a grand jury investigation — what the letter offers, and why the window before indictment is where the case is decided.
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Brian Foley and Luis Baez explain what a federal target letter is, why the DOJ sends them, how federal cases differ from state cases, and the steps to take if you receive one.
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Brian Foley answers the most frequent questions from those facing federal charges in Houston — the charges, your rights, bail, penalties, timelines, and what to do next.
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Brian Foley and Luis Baez explain federal drug charges in Houston — how these cases are investigated, common offenses, the harsh mandatory-minimum penalties, and how to defend against them.
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A Houston federal drug charge lawyer explains how federal sentencing guidelines work for drug offenses — base offense levels, mandatory minimums by drug and quantity, the safety valve, and substantial assistance.
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Video: A Houston criminal defense attorney explains Texas Penal Code Section 9.03, when confinement can be justifiable force, and the role of citizen's arrest.
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Video: A Houston criminal defense attorney explains Texas Penal Code Section 9.02, the justification defense, the scenarios in Chapter 9 where it applies, and its limitations.
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Houston DWI attorney Brian Foley explains what a criminal 'record' really is, how a DWI arrest is logged, how long it stays, and the difference between expunction and non-disclosure.
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Houston DWI attorney Brian Foley breaks down the walk-and-turn field sobriety test — the eight clues, who shouldn't be tested, and why how you look on video matters most.
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Video: A Houston DWI lawyer explains how to get a DWI dismissed by challenging the traffic stop, using State v. Hardin and State v. Ballman.
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Board Certified criminal law attorney Brian Foley explains Texas Penal Code Sec. 12.50 — the increased penalties for offenses committed during a declared disaster or evacuation order.
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Video: A Houston public intoxication lawyer explains the most common places people get arrested for public intoxication in Houston and whether you can get it off your record.
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Video: A Houston DWI attorney explains Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 3.05 on racial profiling and how Whren v. United States governs pretextual traffic stops.
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Brian Foley explains Texas Penal Code Section 9.01, the definitions foundational to Chapter 9's justification defenses — custody, escape, deadly force, habitation, and vehicle.
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Video: A Houston criminal attorney breaks down a viral clip of a man struck by a fleeing burglary suspect's car — the charges that follow (aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, felony murder if he dies) and why confronting fleeing thieves is dangerous and legally complicated.
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Video: A Houston criminal attorney unravels the unusual case of Bryant Amastha, a quadriplegic accused of battery on a law enforcement officer.
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Video: A Houston DWI lawyer explains how a DWI can suspend your driver's license, refusal vs. failure suspensions, the 15-day ALR deadline, and occupational licenses.
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Video: A Houston criminal defense attorney explains Texas Penal Code Section 8.02, the mistake of fact defense, and the reasonable belief requirement.
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Brian Foley explains Art. 3.04 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, which defines 'Official Misconduct' — intentional or knowing violations of the law by a public servant acting in an official capacity.
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A Houston criminal attorney explains Texas Penal Code 8.08 — the special lack-of-capacity provision for children with mental illness or developmental disability in Class C cases.
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Video: A Houston criminal defense lawyer explains Texas Penal Code Section 8.07, how age affects criminal responsibility, and certification of juveniles as adults.
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Former prosecutors Brian Foley and Luis Baez explain their experienced, aggressive DWI defense for clients in Galveston, Texas.
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A Houston criminal lawyer explains how the Apple Vision Pro intersects with traffic stops, reasonable suspicion, and driving-without-due-care law.
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Video: A Houston criminal lawyer explains Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 3.03, which defines 'officers' to include both magistrates and peace officers.
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Houston criminal attorney Luis Baez explains the 'walk-thru' — how you may be able to turn yourself in on a Harris County warrant, post bond, and avoid being booked into the county jail.
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Video: Former prosecutors Brian Foley and Luis Baez explain theft and shoplifting charges in Galveston County — the penalty ladder, civil demand letters, and how theft cases get dismissed.
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Video: A Board Certified Houston unlawful carrying of a weapon lawyer explains Penal Code Chapter 46, the plain view exception, and the Kelly v. State case.
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Brian Foley, managing partner at Houston Criminal Defense Attorneys PLLC, breaks down the two subsections that most often lead to Unlawful Carrying of a Weapon (UCW) charges in Texas.
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Houston Criminal Defense Attorneys explain whether a theft-from-Walmart case can be dismissed, and the strategies — challenging intent, analyzing surveillance footage, and mitigation — used to get there.
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Board Certified criminal defense attorney Brian Foley discusses how to find the best criminal lawyer in Houston for your case.
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Brian Foley explains Art. 3.02 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure — a criminal action is prosecuted by the State of Texas against the accused, and why the victim is not a party to the case.
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Video: A Houston criminal defense attorney explains Texas Penal Code Section 8.06, the entrapment defense, the inducement requirement, and Hernandez v. State.
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Houston Criminal Defense Attorneys explain Texas Penal Code Section 8.01, the insanity defense — an affirmative defense available when a severe mental disease or defect meant the accused did not know their conduct was wrong.
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Video: A Houston criminal defense attorney explains how a DWI or other criminal charge can affect a Texas Real Estate Commission license and how to protect it.
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Video: A Houston criminal attorney explains Texas Penal Code Section 7.24, the due diligence affirmative defense for corporations, associations, and LLCs.
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Brian Foley explains Texas Penal Code Section 7.23 — how an individual is criminally responsible for conduct performed in the name of or on behalf of a corporation, association, LLC, or other business entity.
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Brian Foley explains Texas Penal Code 7.22 — when corporations, associations, LLCs, and other business entities can be held criminally responsible for offenses committed by their agents.
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Video: A Houston criminal attorney explains Texas Penal Code Section 7.21, the definitions governing criminal responsibility for corporations, associations, and LLCs.
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Video: A Houston attorney explains Texas Penal Code Section 7.02, the law of parties, and criminal responsibility for the conduct of another.
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Brian Foley explains Texas Penal Code Sec. 7.03 — the defenses that are excluded when an actor's criminal responsibility is based on the conduct of another.
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Brian Foley explains Texas Penal Code Sec. 7.01, Parties to Offenses — how someone can be criminally responsible for another's conduct, and how Texas abolished the distinction between principals and accomplices.
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Video: A Houston criminal attorney explains Texas Penal Code Section 6.04, causation, the 'but for' standard, and concurrent causes.
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Video: Houston criminal defense attorney explains the duress defense under Texas Penal Code § 8.05 — when being threatened with imminent death or serious bodily injury excuses criminal conduct.
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Video: A Houston criminal attorney explains Texas Penal Code Section 8.04, why voluntary intoxication is not a defense, and how temporary insanity can mitigate a penalty.
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Board Certified criminal law attorney Brian Foley explains Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 3.01, why legal definitions matter, and the canons of construction courts use to interpret the code.
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Video: Houston criminal defense attorney explains Texas Penal Code § 8.03 — why 'I didn't know it was illegal' is not a defense, and the narrow exception for reliance on an official statement of the law.
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Board Certified criminal law attorney Brian Foley explains the role of a Houston criminal defense attorney, why you need one, and how Houston Criminal Defense Attorneys PLLC can help.
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Board Certified criminal law attorney Brian Foley explains Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 2.30 — the reporting requirements and victim information rights for certain assaultive and terroristic offenses.
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Video: Brian Foley answers the ten best questions to ask a DWI lawyer in Houston, Texas — penalties, experience, strategies, trial vs. plea, fees, and board certification.
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Board Certified criminal law attorney Brian Foley explains Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 2.28 — law enforcement's duties, and a victim's rights to a DPS declaration and expunction, when an arrested person misuses someone's identity.
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Video: Houston DWI attorneys explain the open container enhancement under Texas Penal Code § 49.04(c) — the six-day minimum jail term, what counts as 'open,' and how the enhancement is challenged.
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Video: Former Domestic Violence Unit prosecutor Brian Foley answers the most common questions after an assault family member arrest in Texas — bond conditions, no-contact orders, 'dropping charges,' gun rights, and expunction.
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Board Certified criminal law attorney Brian Foley explains Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 2.273 and the checks an officer must complete before releasing a child taken into custody under Family Code Section 262.104.
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Board Certified Houston DWI attorney Brian Foley explains how to cross-examine a police officer on the standardized field sobriety tests — HGN, Walk and Turn, and One Leg Stand.
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Board Certified criminal law attorney Brian Foley explains Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 2.271 — law enforcement's duty to investigate reports of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of residents in care facilities.
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Video: A Board Certified Houston DWI attorney explains how to challenge a DWI blood test in court, the disconnect theory, and the penalties in Texas.
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Brian Foley explains Art. 2.25 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure — the requirement that judges report certain convicted individuals to federal immigration authorities — and the duty to advise noncitizen clients under Padilla v. Kentucky.
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Video: Houston criminal defense attorney explains the four culpable mental states in Texas Penal Code § 6.03 — intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, and with criminal negligence — and why they decide the outcome of a case.
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Video: Houston criminal defense attorney explains Texas Penal Code § 6.02 — the rule that every offense requires a culpable mental state unless the statute plainly dispenses with one.
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A Board Certified Houston criminal defense attorney explains illegal traffic stops in DWI cases through Whren v. U.S., Klare v. State, and State v. Hardin.
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Video: Former prosecutor and Board Certified criminal defense attorney Brian Foley explains theft charges in Houston, Texas.
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Video: Former Domestic Violence Unit prosecutor answers the top questions about assault family member charges in Houston — what counts as bodily injury, who is a 'family member,' enhancement to a felony, and how cases get dismissed.
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Video: Houston criminal defense attorney explains Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 1.051 — your right to counsel, when it attaches, appointed counsel for the indigent, and how a waiver of counsel must be made.
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A Board Certified Houston criminal defense attorney answers whether a criminal lawyer and a criminal defense lawyer are the same, and explains why Board Certification matters.
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Video: Houston criminal defense attorney explains Texas Penal Code Chapter 3 — what a 'criminal episode' is, joinder of offenses in one trial, concurrent vs. consecutive sentences, and severance.
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Video: Houston criminal defense attorney explains Texas Penal Code Chapter 2 — proof beyond a reasonable doubt, the presumption of innocence, exceptions, defenses, affirmative defenses, and statutory presumptions.
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Video: Houston criminal defense attorney walks through Texas Penal Code Chapter 1 — the objectives of the Code, territorial jurisdiction, definitions, and how the rest of the Penal Code is built on these sections.
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Video: Houston criminal defense attorney explains Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Articles 1.04 (due course of law) and 1.05 (the rights of the accused — speedy public trial, confrontation, counsel, and the right not to testify).
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Video: Houston DWI attorney breaks down State v. Hardin, the 2022 Texas Court of Criminal Appeals decision holding that briefly touching the lane line is not 'failure to maintain a single lane' — and why it matters for DWI stops.
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Video: Board Certified Houston DWI attorney Brian Foley explains DWI blood test cases — how blood is drawn and analyzed, chain of custody, retrograde extrapolation, and the defenses that beat a high blood result.
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Video: Former Domestic Violence Unit prosecutor Brian Foley explains the difference between assault and assault family member in Texas — elements, punishment ranges, protective orders, and the defenses that work.
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Video: Houston criminal defense attorneys count down the three charges that fill the Harris County jail on Christmas Day — assault family member, DWI, and public intoxication — and how to avoid becoming a statistic.
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Video: Houston criminal defense attorney introduces the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure — Art. 1.01 (short title), 1.02 (effective date), and 1.03 (the objects of the Code, including protecting the innocent and ensuring a fair trial).
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Video: Meet Houston Criminal Defense Attorneys PLLC — former prosecutors Brian Foley and Luis Baez, who defend DWI, assault, theft, drug, and federal charges in Houston, Harris County, and Galveston.
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Board Certified criminal law attorney Brian Foley explains Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 1.052 on signed pleadings and how a good-faith argument can change the law.
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