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Galveston Criminal Defense and DWI Attorneys creates these informative videos to help educate people who have been charged with a crime in Houston or Harris County, Texas. Managing Partner Brian Foley discusses various topics related to criminal law and prosecution in Houston, Texas. Watch the full library on our YouTube channel, or browse every video below — each has its own page so it can be found and indexed individually.
Video: Galveston criminal defense attorney explains that police are legally allowed to lie during an investigation — and why the right response is not to argue or correct them, but to stay polite and ask for a lawyer.
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Video: Why prosecutors treat a case differently when the defense lawyer is known to try cases — from a former Galveston County Felony Chief who now defends clients in Galveston.
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Video: A former Galveston County prosecutor explains the single most damaging thing people do after an arrest — trying to talk their way out — and why silence is the strongest position you can take.
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Video: A Galveston trial attorney explains what jury selection (voir dire) is really for — not interrogating jurors, but building trust and listening for the people who can see your side.
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Video: A former Galveston County prosecutor explains why the first plea offer in a criminal case is almost never the best one — and how the offer improves as the defense does its work.
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Video: A Galveston criminal defense attorney explains why the statement you give at the scene rarely prevents an arrest — but almost always shows up months later as evidence against you.
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Trial is the client's call. Weigh the offer, risks, and next step. Board Certified Galveston criminal defense attorney and former Chief Prosecutor Brian Foley explains. Serving Galveston, League City, Huntsville, and Galveston County, Texas.
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Video: A Galveston trial attorney explains why jurors respond to authenticity over performance — and why the lawyer who is honest about a case's weaknesses earns the credibility to win its strengths.
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Video: A former Galveston County prosecutor explains the difference between an arrest and a charge — why the DA's intake division, not the officer, decides what you are actually charged with, and why that matters for the defense.
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Video: A Galveston criminal defense attorney explains how a single phrase — to an officer, on a jail phone, in a text to the complainant — can define the prosecution's theory of your case.
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The jury is chosen before a single witness testifies — and who sits in the box can shape the whole trial. A former Chief Prosecutor explains why jury selection matters.
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Video: A Galveston criminal defense attorney explains the balance between moving fast — preserving evidence, meeting deadlines — and being patient enough to let the State's case show its weaknesses before resolving.
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Video: A former Galveston County prosecutor explains mitigation — how counseling, classes, treatment, and community service completed before the case is resolved persuade prosecutors and judges to reduce or dismiss.
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Video: A Galveston criminal defense attorney explains why a trial is not a search for truth in the abstract — it is governed by rules of evidence and procedure, and the lawyer who knows those rules controls what the jury hears.
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Video: A Galveston criminal defense attorney explains why being innocent does not protect you from a conviction — and why navigating bond, discovery, deadlines, and trial rules requires someone who knows the system.
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Video: A Galveston trial attorney explains the real objective of jury selection — identifying the jurors who cannot be fair and the ones who can — and why listening matters more than talking.
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Video: A former Galveston County prosecutor lays out the choice in the plainest terms — the cases that end in conviction are the ones where the defendant talked, and the cases that end in dismissal are the ones where they didn't.
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Video: A Galveston criminal defense attorney explains how memory works under stress, why innocent people get details wrong, and how prosecutors turn honest inconsistencies into 'lies' in front of a jury.
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Video: A Galveston criminal defense attorney debunks the myth that officers already know what happened — and explains why the appearance of certainty is an interrogation tactic, not a fact.
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Video: A Galveston criminal defense attorney explains why the rules of ordinary conversation — be helpful, explain, cooperate — do not apply in a criminal investigation, and why the first days after an arrest decide the case.
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Video: A former Galveston County prosecutor explains why innocence must be proven through the process — evidence, motions, negotiation, trial — and why a lawyer who has worked inside that process is the difference.
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Video: A Galveston criminal defense attorney explains the rule of evidence that lets prosecutors use anything you say against you — and why the same rule does not let you use your own statements in your favor.
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Video: A Galveston criminal defense attorney explains how angry words during an argument — threats, insults, 'I'll kill you' — become terroristic threat charges and evidence of intent in assault cases.
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Video: A former Galveston County prosecutor explains what 'adversarial' actually means — the State's job is to convict you, not to find the truth — and why the defense lawyer is the only person in the room whose job is you.
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Video: A Galveston criminal defense attorney on the paths available after a first arrest — pretrial diversion, deferred adjudication, dismissal, expunction and nondisclosure — and why preparation is what turns a mistake into a closed chapter.
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Video: Former prosecutor Brian Foley on why he became a defense lawyer — and what criminal defense actually protects: the individual in front of the State, the constitutional rights everyone shares, and the life a client still has to live.
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Supreme Court's Recent Decision on Marijuana Users and Firearm Rights — Board Certified Galveston criminal defense attorney and former Chief Prosecutor Brian Foley of Galveston Criminal Defense and DWI Attorneys PLLC, serving Galveston County and Galveston County, Texas.
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Video: A former Vehicular Crimes prosecutor explains why the standardized field sobriety tests depend on the officer's judgment — and how footwear, road surface, weather, injuries, and improper instructions change the result.
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Video: Breath tests are not foolproof. — video from Galveston criminal defense attorneys and former prosecutors Brian Foley and Luis Baez.
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Video: A Galveston drug defense attorney explains why a product sold legally over the counter at a Texas smoke shop can still be a felony in your pocket — the gap between hemp retail rules and the Texas Controlled Substances Act.
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Video: A Galveston drug defense attorney explains the legal status of delta-8, delta-10, and THCA in Texas — why they are not named in the Controlled Substances Act, how prosecutors charge them anyway, and where the defense lies.
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Video: A Galveston drug defense attorney explains why a single THC vape cartridge is charged as a state jail felony in Texas — Penalty Group 2, weighed with the oil — while a bag of marijuana flower is a misdemeanor.
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Video: A Galveston criminal defense attorney explains what to say when an officer asks to search your vehicle — you can refuse, refusal is not probable cause, and consent waives every challenge to what they find.
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Video: A Galveston criminal defense attorney on how ordinary people become defendants — a vape in the console, a handgun in the wrong building, an argument that got loud — because they did not know the line was there.
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Video: A Galveston weapons defense attorney explains Texas Penal Code § 46.03 — the places where carrying a handgun is a felony even for a lawful owner under permitless carry: bars, schools, polling places, courthouses, airports, and more.
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Video: A Galveston criminal defense attorney on why police encounters feel overwhelming — the lights, the commands, the authority — and the three things to hold onto: stay calm, stay polite, and ask for a lawyer.
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Video: A Galveston criminal defense attorney explains the Fourth Amendment right to refuse a search of your car, your home, your phone, and your person — and why consenting waives the defenses a lawyer would otherwise raise.
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Do You Really Have to Talk to the Police if They Stop You? — Board Certified Galveston criminal defense attorney and former Chief Prosecutor Brian Foley of Galveston Criminal Defense and DWI Attorneys PLLC, serving Galveston County and Galveston County, Texas.
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Video: A former Galveston County prosecutor takes apart the most common reason people talk to police — 'I have nothing to hide' — and explains why innocent people's statements are the ones that convict them.
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Video: A former Vehicular Crimes prosecutor explains why the right to remain silent matters most in a DWI stop — the drinking questions, the sobriety tests, and the roadside admissions that become the State's whole case.
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Video: A former Galveston County prosecutor walks through a traffic stop step by step — pulling over, documents, questions, searches, sobriety tests — and what to say at each stage to protect yourself.
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Video: A Galveston DWI attorney explains the two-part legal definition of intoxication in Texas Penal Code § 49.01 — loss of normal use of mental or physical faculties, or an alcohol concentration of 0.08 — and why both matter at trial.
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We've all heard the story: breakup, drinks, a bad drive home. Let's talk DWI and pretrial diversion. Board Certified Galveston criminal defense attorney and former Chief Prosecutor Brian Foley explains. Serving Galveston, League City, Huntsville, and Galveston County, Texas.
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Video: Board Certified Galveston DWI attorney and former Vehicular Crimes prosecutor Brian Foley explains how a Texas DWI works — the stop, the tests, the 15-day license deadline, penalties, and defenses.
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Video: A Galveston criminal defense attorney explains what to do when police knock — you do not have to open the door, you do not have to step outside, and without a warrant they cannot come in. What to say through the door.
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Celebrate smart and stay safe. Board Certified Galveston criminal defense attorney and former Chief Prosecutor Brian Foley explains. Serving Galveston, League City, Huntsville, and Galveston County, Texas.
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New Year's celebrations should end with memories, not a DWI. Board Certified Galveston criminal defense attorney and former Chief Prosecutor Brian Foley explains. Serving Galveston, League City, Huntsville, and Galveston County, Texas.
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Video: Galveston criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor explains Texas Penal Code § 9.33, when you are legally justified in using force — even deadly force — to protect another person.
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Video: A Galveston criminal defense attorney on why every Texan who might step in to protect a friend or family member needs to understand Penal Code § 9.33 — defense of a third person — before it happens.
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Video: A Galveston criminal defense attorney on defending a stranger — what Texas law allows when you intervene in an attack on someone you do not know, and why 'reasonable belief' is judged from what you saw.
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Understanding the nuances of Penal Code 9.32 is essential. Board Certified Galveston criminal defense attorney and former Chief Prosecutor Brian Foley explains. Serving Galveston, League City, Huntsville, and Galveston County, Texas.
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Texas Penal Code 9.32: Deadly Force in Defense of Person — Board Certified Galveston criminal defense attorney and former Chief Prosecutor Brian Foley of Galveston Criminal Defense and DWI Attorneys PLLC, serving Galveston County and Galveston County, Texas.
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Video: Check out the first steps to a DWI from Galveston DWI Attorney Brian Foley, Board Certified in Criminal Law.
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Board Certified Galveston DWI attorney Brian Foley explains how to cross-examine a police officer on the standardized field sobriety tests — HGN, Walk and Turn, and One Leg Stand.
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Video: How pushing a cop can be a felony - Galveston Criminal Attorneys — video from Galveston criminal defense attorneys and former prosecutors Brian Foley and Luis Baez.
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Video: Galveston DWI Attorney - How prosecutors think about DWI cases — video from Galveston criminal defense attorneys and former prosecutors Brian Foley and Luis Baez.
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Galveston DWI attorney Brian Foley breaks down the walk-and-turn field sobriety test — the eight clues, who shouldn't be tested, and why how you look on video matters most.
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Video: Facing theft charges in Galveston, TX? Attorney Brian Foley explains the benefits of pretrial diversion and how it differs from deferred probation. Learn how pretrial diversion can lead to expungement and keep your record clean.
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Video: Charged with theft in Galveston, TX? Attorney Brian Foley discusses the importance of having legal counsel and understanding the differences between deferred probation and pretrial diversion. Learn how even minor mistakes at self-checkout can lead to serious charges and why professional representati
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Video: If you've been charged with theft in Galveston, TX, involving amounts between $100 and $750, this video is for you. Attorney Brian Foley provides expert insights into the legal process, potential consequences, and defense strategies for theft cases. Learn about pretrial diversions, the importance of
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