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July/August 2006<br />

Volume 35 No 6<br />

<strong>The</strong> purpose of TCDLA is to<br />

protect and ensure<br />

by rule of law<br />

those individual rights<br />

guaranteed by the<br />

<strong>Texas</strong> and Federal Constitutions<br />

in criminal cases;<br />

to resist the constant efforts<br />

which are now being made<br />

to curtail such rights;<br />

to encourage<br />

cooperation between lawyers<br />

engaged in the furtherance<br />

of such objectives<br />

through educational programs<br />

and other assistance;<br />

features<br />

columns<br />

departments<br />

14 when lawyers rebel<br />

by keith s. hampton<br />

18 this is the way an experienced<br />

lawyer does it<br />

by bill trantham<br />

24 motion of the month<br />

6 president’s message<br />

8 executive director’s perspective<br />

10 editor’s comment<br />

12 federal corner<br />

5 membership benefits<br />

7 staff directory<br />

9 schedule of events<br />

26 significant decisions report<br />

and through such cooperation,<br />

education, and assistance<br />

to promote<br />

justice and the common good.<br />

<strong>Voice</strong> for the <strong>Defense</strong> (ISSN 0364‐2232) is published monthly, except for January/February and July/<br />

August, which are bi-monthly, by the <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Criminal</strong> <strong>Defense</strong> <strong>Lawyers</strong> <strong>Association</strong> Inc., 1707 Nueces<br />

Street, Austin, <strong>Texas</strong> 78701. Printed in the USA. Basic subscription rate: $40 per year when received as<br />

a benefit of TCDLA membership. Non‐member subscriptions: $75 annually. Periodicals postage paid<br />

at Austin, <strong>Texas</strong>.<br />

POSTMASTER: Send address changes to <strong>Voice</strong> for the <strong>Defense</strong>, 1707 Nueces Street, Austin, <strong>Texas</strong> 78701.<br />

<strong>Voice</strong> for the <strong>Defense</strong> is published to educate, train and support attorneys in the practice of criminal<br />

defense law.<br />

CONTRIBUTORS: Send all feature articles to Rebecca Davis, 211 South Rusk Street, Weatherford, <strong>Texas</strong><br />

76086, 817.341.4500. Please send all other materials for publication to Emmett Harris, 114 E. North Street,<br />

Uvalde, <strong>Texas</strong> 78801, 830.278.4551 or to <strong>Voice</strong> for the <strong>Defense</strong>, 1707 Nueces Street, Austin, <strong>Texas</strong> 78701,<br />

512.478.2514, Fax 512.469.9107. E‐mail materials can be sent to mvaldez@tcdla.com.<br />

Statements and opinions published in the <strong>Voice</strong> for the <strong>Defense</strong> are those of the author and do not necessarily<br />

represent the position of TCDLA. No material may be reprinted without prior approval and proper<br />

credit to the magazine. ©2006- <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Criminal</strong> <strong>Defense</strong> <strong>Lawyers</strong> <strong>Association</strong>.

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