Law Office of Brett A. Podolsky - Criminal Defense Attorney
It’s easier than ever to communicate with electronic devices. Emails, text messaging, and video chatting are technologies that many people use on a daily basis to stay in touch with friends, family, and loved ones. When these technologies are used to carry out an illegal action, criminal charges may be the result.
In the Texas criminal justice system, few crimes are punished as harshly as sexually-based offenses. Defendants who are convicted of sexual crimes can expect to receive extremely severe sentences. Sexual crimes are viewed as an extreme threat to society, and those who are convicted of these actions are routinely removed from society by being incarcerated […]
Few crimes cause as much outrage as rape and sexual assault in Texas. These crimes are scorned, both in the media and in the court system. The legal punishments for crimes of a sexual nature in Texas are both severe and thorough. Being convicted of a sexually-based offense can quickly lead to decades of imprisonment […]
In many sexual assault cases, charges are filed after a person engages in sexual contact with another person without that person’s consent. While this may seem like an activity that occurs between strangers, the truth is that it can happen between married couples as well. Under Texas law, the fact that two people are legally […]
Every state in the country is required to abide by the rulings of Megan’s Law. One of the major portions of this law is the requirement for each state to maintain an accurate and up-to-date registry of all convicted sex offenders who reside in that state. This registry must contain updated information on each sex […]