After police found Dallas criminal defense lawyer Phillip Patrick Robertson in an East Dallas hotel room, overdosed on drugs and possessing 1.5 grams of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia, and transported him to the Dallas County Jail, according to an arrest warrant affidavit, he asked officers: “Can’t you guys show me some discretion?”
In the two years since Robertson’s January 2014 arrest, his troubles have played out in other, very public forums. In a Dallas state criminal court, he faces a pending charge of possession of 1 gram of methamphetamine. Proceedings before a grievance committee of the State Bar of Texas led in July to a three-year suspension of his law license.
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