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Grand Jury Packets Can Be an Effective Tool Against a Felony Charge
Grand Jury Packets Can Be an Effective Tool Against a Felony Charge

When a client first contacts us after they’re accused of committing a felony-level offense, our first steps in their case is to evaluate whether we can fight the charges at the Grand Jury level. Grand...

Why a Local, Collin County Defense Attorney Can Serve You Best
Why a Local, Collin County Defense Attorney Can Serve You Best

The defense attorneys at The Collin County Law Group have been asked many times, “why should I hire you over this other attorney whose office is in Dallas, near where I live.” As Collin County...

Denton County Case No-Billed
Denton County Case No-Billed

Thanks to the hard work of Jon O’Toole and Sarah Fox, trial attorneys at Collin County Law Group, a client had their first-degree felony Denton County Case no-billed by the Grand Jury. The client was...

Bail and a Couch
Bail and a Couch

Bail. All of a sudden the most important topic in criminal law. When Tonya Couch appeared in front of the judge on Monday, her bail, or more correctly the amount and conditions of her bail,...

First Amendment Freedoms
First Amendment Freedoms

First Amendment freedoms are most in danger when the government seeks to control thought or to justify its laws for that impermissible end. The right to think is the beginning of freedom, and speech must...

Auld Lang Syne
Auld Lang Syne

As we close out 2015 and open 2016 please be careful. Not everyone on the roads will be sober. Some may be sending 2015 to its grave with too much remorse, while others welcome 2016...

Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas

While we’re not in the office today as we celebrate Christmas with our family, please know we’re thinking about all of you. We hope your day is filled with joy, peace and love. For those...

Texas Holidays Mean No Refusal Weekends for DWI Cases
Texas Holidays Mean No Refusal Weekends for DWI Cases

As the holidays come around again, people begin to plan for Christmas and New Year's parties. They get together with loved ones and friends and family to celebrate. These celebrations sometimes involve alcohol and a...

Grand Jury Indicts 106 in Twin Peaks, Waco Case
Grand Jury Indicts 106 in Twin Peaks, Waco Case

Its been said a prosecutor could get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich. In Waco they may have ordered the party platter. In what some called a "marathon session," the grand jury in...

Collin County Criminal Cases Throwing in the Towel
Collin County Criminal Cases Throwing in the Towel

In Collin County every citizen charged with a crime gets their mugshot taken when being booked into jail, this is no different than the other 253 counties in Texas. What Collin county does differently is...