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Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments in Case Involving Free Speech Online In a recent USA Today article published on December 1st, Supreme Court correspondent Richard Wolf weighs in on a pending decision regarding free speech and threats made online. Attorney Don Flanary represents 19-year old Justin Carter, who was jailed last year for comments …

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Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Throws Out Improper Photography Law Ronald Thompson was arrested in September of 2011 for “improper photography.” He was later indicted on 26 counts of improper photography for allegedly taking pictures of children at SeaWorld San Antonio. Don Flanary, a known First Amendment warrior and experienced trial attorney, brought the case to the …

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Ex-cleric Gets Probation in Bribery Case Attorney Don Flanary of Goldstein, Goldstein & Hilley appeared alongside his client, Anthony M. “Tony” Mayhan on Friday, August 8th in Federal Court. Mayhan received five years of probation and 1,000 hours of community service (U.S. v. Anthony Mayhan; Cause No. 5:12-CR-1084-FB). In October, Mayhan pleaded guilty to a bribery charge …

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Attorney Don Flanary Secures Acquittal in Intoxication Manslaughter Case As reported by San Antonio Express-News, Attorney Don Flanary secured an acquittal on Friday, May 30, 2014, in the case of: State of Texas v. Eugene Malloy (Cause No. 2009-CR-4541) in the 379th Judicial District Court of Bexar County Texas. Jurors acquitted Eugene Malloy of intoxication manslaughter in the death …

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Don Flanary\\\’s Teenage Client Faces Decade in Prison for Social Media Comment As reported by The Washington Post on February 13th, 2014, Attorney Don Flanary\\\’s teenage client faces a decade in prison for comments he made on Facebook, suggesting he would shoot children at an unnamed elementary school. Justin Carter, of New Braunsfel, was arrested …

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Attorney Donald Flanary Said Arresting Teenage Client for Facebook Threat \\\”Bonkers As reported by the Houston Press on February 12th, 2014, attorney Donald Flanary said charging his teenage client with a third-degree terroristic threat for a Facebook comment is absurd considering the prosecution does not have the conversation thread.Justin Carter, of New Braunfels, posted a …

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