Chuck Earns Cookies & Thank You from Client
If you have never been charged with a crime, it can be hard to understand how important the results of a case become to a defendant. After an arrest, everything is put on hold. Chuck Lanehart recently earned homemade cookies and a personal thank you note. To Mr Lanehart, I wanted to personally thank you…
Caprock Chronicle: The Texas Panhandle Preacher that Poisoned his Wife
The First and Last Hanging in the Texas Panhandle
The Law According to Chappell
Published for the Texas Independent Bar Association Byron “Lawyer” Chappell was called the grandfather of Lubbock attorneys, and he was one of the most colorful advocates in Lubbock’s legal history. His more celebrated contemporaries — Travis Shelton, George Gilkerson, Clifford Brown —are considered icons of the Texas criminal bar. But Chappell’s low-key, practical yet zealous,…
Chuck Lanehart Publishes Historical Book on Lubbock and the South Plains
An Assault Charge is Dropped and a Drug Possession Case Earns Pretrial Diversion
Possession of Multiple Drugs After a Traffic Stop Chuck Lanehart was hired in the fall of 2020 by two young ladies in their early twenties who were stopped traveling through Lubbock County after a trip to California, Las Vegas and other vacation spots. Their vehicle was searched, and officers found a variety of recreational drugs:…
Defendant with Bad Psychedelic Trip Avoids Penalty and Clears Criminal Record
Recently, Chuck Lanehart defended a 20-year-old college student enrolled in a pre-med program. He was camping with friends in a rural county at a Texas state park and took LSD. Unfortunately, he had a “bad trip” and appeared to be having a mental breakdown. Worried for his safety, his friends called 911. Police arrived and…
Recent Results for Lubbock Criminal Defense Lawyers: Chuck and Fred
Lafitte, Lynching and Electrocution to Lethal Injection
Texas Marijuana Possession and Felony THC Case Dismissed
