We’ve got a throwdown. Mark Bennett from Texas thinks that we’re a bunch of namby-pamby pretenders. In response to my post that peripherally mentions Texas lawyers whining about “expunction” (some made-up Texas word that’s supposed to mean “expungement”), Mark provides a laundry list of why criminal defense is better in Texas than New York.
That’s right. Better in Texas, where there are enough capital executions for a daily game show. Where criminal defense lawyers can nap through trial with impunity. Where the judges are more likely to pack heat than the defendants (actually, it’s probably a draw). The State that gave us Tom Delay!
Are you gonna let some yahoo in Gucci cowboy boots skewer New York criminal defense lawyers on a longhorn? Let’s have your comments about why New York criminal defense lawyers have it better than Texans.
One more thing, this Bennett guy writes:
There’s a barbecue restaurant here in Houston, Goode Co. Barbeque. They purvey some of the best Texas-style barbecue ( Wikipedia ) in the state. [talk about damning with faint praise!} They make a pecan pie that’s second only to mine, and they will ship it anywhere; It’s not easy to read in the picture, but the inscription painted above their logo is “You might give some serious thought to thanking your lucky stars you’re in Texas.”
You think they mean that Texas jails are nicer than the Tombs or the Rock? Extra points if you work in something about Texas “BBQ”.
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Gucci? Isn’t that they company that makes tassel loafers for Manhattan lawyers?
No thank you The boots are Luccheses.
Dude, your blogging software can’t parse html.
I’m conducting a very scientific poll on my blog about this very issue. I will announce the results shortly and the verdict is final.
a public defender
http://www.google.com
Maybe that works? Without the HTML?
No, it just can’t understand that drawl of yours. Don’t fret there, I fixed it.
So your favor the Luccheses, eh? I thought their consigliore was some guy named Tony Roma.
But that’s not fair to mark. In order to be arrested in Texas, you would have to want to BE in Texas in the first place.
Ouch.
Boyz, boyz. Let’s face it: in NY, you have the mob. Fair enough. But they are sort of last year’s news, eh? Tain’t like the Gotti’s are big players any more.
In Texas, we have the border. The porous, open Southern border that has turned Houston into Miami circa 1980. For one example, my first appellate victory involved a mere 473 kilos of cocaine. If the drugs don’t come THROUGH Texas, this is where they are CONTROLLED out of. We gotcha there.
Secondly, we get better freakshow cases here than you’ve had in NY for a while. A dentist driving over her husband — 3 times — in a Mercedes? Only in Texas.
So, we’ve got the bread and butter drug cases up the yingyang, and the freakshow cases for entertainment value. I’ll take that over representing muggers (for court appointed fees!) any day.