Texas has some of the harshest narcotics laws in the country. Even first-time offenders can be sentenced to years in prison for drug possession. The penalties for simple drug possession in the Lone Star State vary depending on the type and quantity of the controlled...
There is an obligation to timely charge suspects
Those who are arrested in Texas must actually become defendants within a reasonable period of time. In other words, they must go from being arrested to charged without delay. This is a right that those apprehended have under the Sixth Amendment of the United States...