On Behalf of Law Offices of Anthony B. Cantrell | Mar 15, 2021 | Criminal Defense
There’s no question that our jails and prisons are over-crowded. There are a number of reasons for this reality. The war on drugs continues to be waged in our communities, sending low level offenders behind bars, and excessive bail amounts leave poor and middle-class...
On Behalf of Law Offices of Anthony B. Cantrell | Jan 7, 2021 | Criminal Defense
The charges for mail theft in Texas range from a class A misdemeanor to a first-degree felony, and some people think the penalties are too extreme. Depending on the details of an alleged mail theft, an individual could face a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and...
On Behalf of Law Offices of Anthony B. Cantrell | May 20, 2020 | Criminal Defense
Police interrogations are meant to be overwhelming. Putting pressure on suspects is often how officers get people to confess, though sometimes those confessions are false. Now, research is showing that suspects with mental illnesses are much more at risk of being...
On Behalf of Law Offices of Anthony B. Cantrell | Mar 30, 2020 | Criminal Defense
If your child has struggled with substance abuse, mental illness or personality disorders, it can be a daily challenge. You may worry that these struggles will put them at odds with the law, and you may wonder what options would be available to you. What might your...
On Behalf of Law Offices of Anthony B. Cantrell | Jul 24, 2018 | Criminal Defense
Since as far back as the 1930s at least, researchers have chronicled inaccuracy issues related to eyewitness identification. For people in Texas who are charged with crimes, a misidentification by an eyewitness can be difficult to overcome at trial. A theme among...
On Behalf of Law Offices of Anthony B. Cantrell | Jan 31, 2018 | Criminal Defense
Texas residents may be aware that the United States has a high level of incarceration. However, they may not know that more than 20 percent of those behind bars have not been found guilty of committing a crime. While some of these prisoners are incarcerated while they...
On Behalf of Law Offices of Anthony B. Cantrell | Dec 20, 2017 | Criminal Defense
On Dec. 18, a Texas judge recommended that a man who was convicted on child sexual assault charges have his conviction be overturned due to mistakes that were made during the criminal investigation process. The man was accused of sexually assaulting a 4-year-old boy...
On Behalf of Law Offices of Anthony B. Cantrell | Nov 29, 2017 | Criminal Defense
In Texas and across the United States, Black men can often receive longer sentences than white men, even when both are convicted of the same crime. A study by the U.S. Sentencing Commission has shown that Black men serve sentences that average 19.1 percent longer than...
On Behalf of Law Offices of Anthony B. Cantrell | Nov 3, 2017 | Criminal Defense
If a person in Texas or anywhere else in America accepts a plea, it may mean reduced penalties compared to being found guilty at trial. However, accepting a plea also means that a person has a criminal conviction on his or her record. It also may mean dealing with...
On Behalf of Law Offices of Anthony B. Cantrell | Aug 28, 2017 | Criminal Defense
The District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals may not have jurisdiction over Texas, but the court is considered highly influential. For one, it’s located in the District and has traditionally been a place presidents look for potential Supreme Court nominees....