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Former Wichita Falls trooper Chad Harden pled guilty to Tampering/Fabricating Physical Evidence


Last Friday, August 20th, 2021, ex-trooper Chad Harden pled guilty to Tampering/Fabricating Physical Evidence with Intent to Impair 2 years deferred adjudication community service, 160 hours community service, $300 fines, with the acknowledgment that he would not seek early termination from probation. A delicate brush on the hand compared to sentences often handed out to…
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License Plate Reading Cameras in Fort Worth


As reported by NBCDFW Fort Worth Police have installed license plate reading cameras throughout the city as a tool to combat crime. The 63 new cameras from Atlanta based company, Flock Safety, are an addition to the approximately 500 cameras already used to track vehicles throughout the city. The camera feed reportedly is monitored live…
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Supreme Court Rules on Medical Cannabis Patients on Probation


The Law Office of David Sloane is well known for being on the front line fighting for marijuana legalization in Texas. Until the plant is legal, our office holds the responsibility of vigorously defending those accused of marijuana crimes. Especially medical cannabis patients. The office has seen cases in Texas where an individual on probation…
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Dallas Police to stop people to enforce shelter-in-place laws


The Dallas Police have announced through the media they’re going to be stopping people to enforce the shelter-in-place laws. If the police stop you merely to inquire if you are engaged in an “essential activity” and nothing more they are doing so unlawfully! Absent their observation of you’re having committed some other violation they need…
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JUDGE SUPPRESSES ALL EVIDENCE OBTAINED FROM UNLAWFUL STOP/DETENTION


  3-16-2020   PRESS RELEASE   JUDGE SUPPRESSES ALL EVIDENCE OBTAINED FROM UNLAWFUL STOP/DETENTION Including 400 pounds of Marijuana and 5 pounds of THC Extracts.  The defendant’s in this case have authorized me to discuss their case.   On March 12, 2020 Hon. Judge Jack McGaughey of the 97th District Court in Montague County held…
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Hemp update March 2020: Apply to grow hemp in Texas today!


Farmers can finally apply to grow industrial hemp in Texas The 2018 Farm Bill was signed into law in December of 2018. This bill removed hemp, defined as Cannabis sativa L. and any part of that plant, including the seeds thereof and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether growing…
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My past charges have been expunged. Can I still app for a Texas Concealed Handgun License?


A lot of former clients that we have had their charges dismissed and the record of their arrest expunged are calling and asking how to respond when being asked about “arrests,” on government forms such as with the application for the Texas Concealed Handgun License. When confronted with a global “have you ever been arrested”…
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Lawsuit Against Texas DPS Regarding Disgraced State Trooper


Today, I have begun taking initial formal steps in preparation to sue the Texas Department of Public Safety (Highway Patrol) for the release of criminal investigative files under the Texas Public Information Act. The records I am seeking concern ex-trooper Chad Harden, 45, of Iowa Park, who was recently booked into Wichita County Jail and…
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The “Smell of Marijuana” and Probable Cause


In an automobile the smell of marijuana alone is enough to give an officer probable cause to search. The Supreme Court has long held officers can use trickery and deceit to catch law-breakers. Unfortunately it has now became commonplace for many officers to routinely say or imply they smell marijuana even though they do not….
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Differing Prosecution Standards Across Texas


It is the right of the citizen to travel upon public highways. However, what individuals navigating through Texas in possession of marijuana don’t know is that each county within the State of Texas holds its own standards of prosecution. Having travelled through the entire state, the Law Offices of David Sloane has noticed that the…
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