Chuck Lanehart's new Caprock Chronicle covers the first successful execution of a defendant in Lubbock County's history. In 1953, Walter Whitaker was an airman at the Reese Air Force Base, now part of Texas Tech and South Plains College, west of downtown. Whitaker initially admitted to killing his girlfriend and soon to be wife after…
Downtown Lubbock is changing and the City of Lubbock is moving forward on the next phase of making the Omni Building, City Hall. Chuck Lanehart was interviewed by KAMC News Lubbock on the move. Local business owners, including Chuck Lanehart, an attorney at Chappell, Lanehart & Stangl, said the old Omni building detoured traffic because…
It’s that time of year where work productivity decreases from March Madness. While watching games in your free time or at the water cooler is legal, what about brackets and placing bets on winners and losers? Attorney Chuck Lanehart was interviewed by KLBK News on gambling crimes and if it applies to college basketball. Gambling…
Chuck Lanehart’s new Caprock Chronicle honors women for National Woman's Day. Lanehart digs through the archives to reveal the first female attorneys in Lubbock. Today about 35% of all lawyers are women. In 1910, only 3 women in Lubbock were practicing law. One of those women was a relative of Daniel Boone. Learn more about…
A trial is further delayed for Sampson Oguntope, accused of murder and assault in 2012. The 23 year old Texas Tech student was arrested 6 years ago. A trial is still an unknown for friends and family members of victims in Slaton. Chuck Lanehart was interviewed on the case by KLBK Lubbock. At issue is…
Chuck Lanehart's new Caprock Chronicle reveals the legal profession in a developing Lubbock. Although the town's population had a large percentage of lawyers, few were filing lawsuits. Practicing law before the 20th century required extensive travel, vast paperwork and easier bar exams. The first felony crime in Lubbock County, involved the theft of a horse.…
Compiled by Chuck Lanehart 100+ Years Ago Statement Made Public in Amarillo Shows Remarkable Decrease in Crime Crime in the borders of Potter County has shown an astonishing decrease within the past few years . . . “An estimate of 90 per cent decrease in the numbers of crimes committed within the past two years,…
This week, Chuck Lanehart successfully argued for rejection of all charges arising from his client’s arrest on felony drug possession charges earlier this year. The client was traveling from Colorado and had in his possession a quantity of THC products legally purchased in Colorado. He was stopped in a small Texas county for speeding 80-mph…
This week, Chuck Lanehart negotiated a pretrial diversion for his client, a 20-year-old Texas Tech student accused of Driving While Intoxicated. Earlier this year, she was involved in a minor traffic accident. The officer smelled alcohol on her breath, and arrested her for DWI following field sobriety tests. She agreed to a blood test, which…
Chuck Lanehart wrote a new Caprock Chronicle, on one of the last rape executions to happen in Texas. The story begins in Lynn County, with a black man accused of raping a young, white woman at her farmhouse. Needless to say, the case captured national interest. After a brief trial and failed criminal defense, the…
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