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Archive for April, 2010

The legislators in Texas are tackling a wide variety of issues during this current legislative session, dealing with topics ranging from education to immigration to the current economic crisis. Like every other year, some of the bills that are being considered garner a lot of attention and controversy. One example is the bill that was passed by the Texas Senate yesterday that would allow for sobriety checkpoints in our state for the first time in fifteen years. Right now, Texas is one of only eleven states that does not allow for such a guard against drunk driving. The question, however, is whether or not this new law would really address the problem it is meant to help.

The bill approved by the Senate would allow police officers to set up check points for four-hour periods on designated nights. However, federal highways and interstates, bridges, and roads that provide the only way in and out of a particular area would be exempted from the possibility of such a check point. Also, the law would not affect counties with a population of less than 250,000 people and cities that do not have at least 500,000 residents within its borders. These routes constitute a lot of roadway that cannot be checked by law enforcement for intoxicated drivers, including many of our college towns and vacation areas. Does this legislation serve its intended purpose if some of the areas with the most serious DWI problems cannot be monitored? One of the bill’s supporters, state Senator John Carona (R-Dallas), believes that the law as written will save up to 300 lives a year. Does this justify the effort, or will the questions raised about the law’s effectiveness prevent it from taking effect?

The criminal defense attorneys at Bertolino LLP are always following the activity in Austin, (let alone Houston and San Antonio) because we know that the decisions made by our state legislators will affect many of our clients. If you are arrested for driving while under the influence, either due to your actions behind the wheel of a car or at an eventual check point, our Austin criminal defense attorneys can help. Please contact on of our lawyers in our Austin, Houston, or San Antonio office to discuss the charges you are facing. http://www.belolaw.com

Attorney Mario Madrid talks about the range of penalties for drug crime convictions. Madrid, Martinez & Associates handles all criminal charges including DWI, DUI, Drug Crimes, Theft, Robbery, Burglary, Assault, Domestic Violence, Sex Crimes, White Collar Crimes and more. You can contact Mr. Madrid at www.mmalaw.com or 800-724-1876.

By Michael Webster: Syndicated Investigative reporter. Aug 14, 2009 2:00 PM PDT

El Paso lawyer Gary Hill has been indicted by a state grand jury on a charge of aggravated assault.  Hill was arrested and jailed Wednesday.

Hill was indicted in an incident from July in which he allegedly waved a handgun following a car crash as reported by the El Paso Times today.

Police said that Hill was involved in the car crash just before noon on July 22 at his Downtown office.

Hill allegedly pulled a handgun on the other vehicle’s driver and told him, “You want to _____ with me, I’ll kill you.”

Carey Marcella McClintock – May 2008

Gary Hills problems may be just beginning. Carey Marcella McClintock was allegedly threatening to testify against  the prominent and well known El Paso criminal defense lawyer who has represented Mexican and American drug traffickers and that he himself was beholding to the drug cartels and their gang members.

Carey’s father has been independently investigating his daughter’s killing and now believes that Carey was taken from a Texas town near Dallas to Juarez Mexico across the border from El Paso Texas on a ruse, and was brutally murdered on August 31, 2008 in Juarez Mexico, so she could not testify.  

She was found in an abandoned house in the desert minutes outside of the city.  She had been beaten and stabbed multiple times. Carey’s father believes that his daughter was about to testify against Hill and others in a federal and on going investigation involving the Mexican drug cartel and there hired assailants the El Paso’s Barrio Azteca Gang  One Of The Most Dangerous In Nation. “I believe she was coerced into going to El Paso by the attorney and the attorney’s girl friend where she was provided transportation and was put up in a hotel in Juarez and all paid for by the same attorney. Her family fears that what really happened to Carey has happened to others and that her murder and others like hers will never see the light of day and will never be solved by the corrupt Mexican authorities.

Carey’s father feels that his only hope is by American law enforcement investigate the matter. He says the American authorities refuse to investigate because they claim the crime was in Mexico. The El Paso Police Dept has been informed as to the details surrounding the case where the local attorney illegally transported and harbored a known fugitive, yet no investigation is underway. The father also thinks the same attorney had something to do with his daughter’s murder.

Hills reputation was first tarnished and suffered a black eye in 1993 when he was charged with racketeering. Also indicted were judges Scott Segall and Enrique H. Pena.

Hill, 64,is not returning phone calls and is  referring all questions about the matters to his attorney Richard Esper, who rebutted the claims made by Jorge Pedroza, the driver of the other vehicle in the accident.

Esper said that Hill was frustrated by the accident and argued with Pedroza but that he never threatened anyone and did not have a gun during the incident.