Texas Criminal Defense Archives

Sexual assault and sexual misconduct are serious actions with devastating effects for both the victim and the defendant. Significant legal distinctions between the two can have important implications for people who perpetrate these crimes. Sexual assault is a crime that involves non-consensual sexual contact, while sexual misconduct refers to a broader range of behaviors that […]

Sexual assault and rape are serious crimes. If someone has accused you of sexual assault or rape in Dallas, you should contact an attorney with years of experience vigorously defending clients against similar charges. Texas prosecutors take violent sex crimes like rape and sexual assault very seriously, and a conviction for these types of charges […]

When it comes to sexual assault cases, the law dictates what is and isn’t considered legally consensual in the state of Texas. Consent laws in Texas clearly define what is considered consensual sexual activity and what constitutes sexual assault. These laws are necessary to protect victims of sexual assault as well as those accused of […]

If you’ve been convicted of a sex crime, you likely had to serve jail time for your crimes and may have had to pay fines, as well. Another penalty often associated with sex crimes is the requirement for offenders to register in the sex offender registry. Though being listed on the sex offender registry can […]

Dallas criminal defense attorney, Mark T. Lassiter, is representing former Hallsville ISD track coach, Dean McDaniel, in a case involving improper teacher-student relationship accusations. McDaniel was accused of engaging in sexual contact with a 15-year-old student. In planning for the case, Lassiter requested to see all evidence in possession of the prosecution. District Attorney Coke […]

A 19-year-old woman, identified only as A.M., filed a complaint in Harris County Court in Texas against fast food restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken, KFC manager Sean McIntosh, and other KFC managers, on Monday, November 28, and an amended version filed Friday, December 2, said that McIntosh raped her “at hotels, at the KFC store, […]

Fifty-two-year-old Jeffrey Scott Miller, who was a teacher’s aide at Trinity Meadows Intermediate School in Keller, lost his job on Friday, October 21 after he was arrested for charges of online solicitation of a minor. Miller was one of eight people who were arrested on suspicion of being a child predator by agents with the […]

24-year-old Watauga, Texas resident Matthew Anthony Keller is facing a statutory rape penalty of not less than 15 years and not more than 30 years of federal imprisonment, a $50,000 fine, and a lifetime of supervised release. These penalties come after he made a guilty plea to one count of production of child pornography on […]

Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky, who faced wide criticism for giving a light sentence to 20-year-old Stanford University swimmer and rapist Brock Turner, recused himself from making a major decision in another sex crime case. In a statement submitted to the court on Monday, August 22, Persky said: “While on vacation earlier this month, my family […]

Thirty-four-year-old in Fort Worth in Tarrant County, Texas resident and registered sex offender Jayson Neil Sparks has been recaptured and put in jail after taking off from his trial during a break on Friday, August 5. A report from the Fort Worth Star Telegram showed that Sparks was sentenced in absentia on Thursday, August 4 […]