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Hi, I’m Jay Cohen from Blass Law, and I wanna talk about, What to Say to the Police: Kids Edition. We all want our kids to be successful out of prison. The reality is kids are gonna do stupid things. And the days of cops bringing them home to get whooped by their parents are …

Hi, I’m Jay Cohen from Blass Law. And I want to talk about what happens in an ALR hearing. ALR stands for Administrative License Revocation. This is the hearing you need if you were arrested for DWI and you either failed a breath or blood test, or you refused to give a specimen of your …

Hi, I’m Jay Cohen from Blass Law and I wanna talk about what to do during a traffic stop. When you see those lights in your rear view mirror pull over immediately. Let me tell you you would much rather have an officer say you need to pull forward or pull over somewhere else instead …

Hi, I’m Jay Cohen from Bass Law and I want to talk about what to do if you are falsely accused of a crime. The first thing you need to do, and the most important thing, is hire a lawyer. We get calls all the time from people saying, “Hey, I’m being accused of this, …

The police called and asked me to give a statement. What should I do? You have the right to remain silence and you have the right to have a lawyer present. To answer your question, you need to call me and I not give a statement to the police.

Hi, I’m Jay Cohen from Blass Law. And I want to talk about consent as an exception to the warrant rule. What this means is that you gave the cops permission to search. Consent has to be valid, meaning it has to be given voluntarily and by a person with the authority to consent. Voluntarily …

What to say and what not to say when you came in the contact with the police? Name and date of birth. Police officers have to identify and you have to tell them your name and date of birth. That’s it! You don’t have to tell them anything else. And if you don’t, you gone …

There are different levels of proof in legal cases. Everyone’s heard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt and thinks they know what it means. But in Texas it’s not defined, so what I can do is I can compare these other levels of proof just so you can get an idea of how high proof …

When you are charged with a crime you worry about tons of things. And one of them is usually “Will I go to Jail if I am Convicted?” There a million answers to this question but here are some examples of when you will be either more likely or less likely to end up in …

Today I want to remind everyone that if you encounter the police don’t admit to anything! We are working on two cases today and one of them involve a boating while intoxicated case. My client is on a jet sky and gets run into another boat. Luckily no one was seriously injured, but when the …

The offense of false report requires that a person have the intent to deceive and knowingly makes a false statement to law enforcement that’s material to a criminal investigation. We see this commonly in domestic disputes. When officer go out there gone be statements from everyone involved and if you give a statement but then …