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20 Jul 2013, 4:57 am by Gritsforbreakfast
After the Houston Chronicle published a story about a directed acquittal following an alleged Brady violation (withholding exculpatory evidence) by former prosecutor Jon Hall in a Galveston District Court, Grits linked to the article and lamented that the state bar had taken no action, basing that on the fact that no public reprimand had been issued more than two years after the event. [read post]
16 Jul 2013, 11:50 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The Houston Chronicle brings word of a remarkable case of prosecutors allegedly woodshedding an eyewitness and withholding exculpatory evidence ("Innocent Texas City man wants $3 million after 10 months in jail," July 15). [read post]
12 Jul 2013, 10:51 am
Houston Chronicle That $710 BILLION is over and above any revenue from Obamataxes as indicated in this CBO report. [read post]
10 Jul 2013, 4:37 am by Gritsforbreakfast
For those interested in the always-hot topic of inmate phone service, particularly the unconscionably high rates charged by some vendors to inmate families, Cindy George at the Houston Chronicle brings word of an all-day webcast today on the subject. [read post]
5 Jul 2013, 6:40 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The Houston Chronicle today published an update ("Ex-prosecutor admits helping judge accused of sending secret text messages") on an ugly case of alleged judicial and prosecutorial misconduct out of Polk County. [read post]
24 Jun 2013, 5:23 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Now it's either somebody at the Chronicle or some other Houston media outlet's turn to do the same for the Harris County jail. [read post]
19 Jun 2013, 9:30 pm by Jeff Gamso
  Carol Christian in the Houston Chronicle has some details (link stripped).Gridley, 50, failed to appear in court May 7 for the bench trial before Judge Carl Ginsberg in the 193rd State District Court, records stated.Ginsberg found that Gridley had made defamatory statements about Bankson and Charlton on June 6, 2011, when she volunteered false information to the Liberty County Sheriff's Office, claiming that a mass grave containing dismembered bodies was at the… [read post]
12 Jun 2013, 6:19 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
A DPS supervisor in Conroe, "Glenn Merkord was suspended for 30 days this month for renewing certifications for machine operators who had not fulfilled all of the requirements for certification, according to a letter the Department of Public Safety sent Merkord notifying him of his punishment," reported the Houston Chronicle. [read post]
7 Jun 2013, 6:56 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
The latest Houston Chronicle coverage of the Jonathon Salvador story out of the DPS-Houston crime lab (see "Drug convictions may be tossed," June 6) brought Houstonians the news that thousands of drug cases may be overturned because of Mr. [read post]
4 Jun 2013, 4:23 am by Gritsforbreakfast
From the Houston Chronicle's Dane Schiller, see an interesting post detailing how members of the Raza Unida prison gang allegedly wormed their way in with a Texas prison guard. [read post]
3 Jun 2013, 6:00 am by LTA-Editor
Craig Estes (R-Wichita Falls) told the Houston Chronicle, “Our legislative intent was to have law enforcement be able to use drones. . . . [read post]
29 May 2013, 10:00 am by Joe Mullin
The state Senate passed the bill 26-5 late Sunday, the Houston Chronicle reported, and the bill has now been sent to the governor for signing. [read post]
27 May 2013, 10:48 pm by Kevin LaCroix
  My friend took my criticisms as a challenge, and managed to locate and send to me a link to a very interesting September 2011 blog post from a Houston Chronicle blog called SciGuy. [read post]
27 May 2013, 6:31 am by Gritsforbreakfast
So in retaliation, I authored an op ed against his wiretap expansion bill in the Houston Chronicle and shared it with the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee staff, submitted written testimony against the bill at the public hearing on the House side, and visited with committee members' offices behind the scenes to scuttle Frazier's pet legislation. [read post]
25 May 2013, 8:18 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Reported the Houston Chronicle ("Former DA convicted in corruption trial," May 24), "A jury on Friday night found former Cameron County District Attorney Armando R. [read post]
23 May 2013, 8:01 am by Jonathan Bailey
H2M is seeking damages and an injunction against the show. 2: Houston Home Builder for Celebrities Wins $1.3M Copyright Suit Next up today, Robert Stanton at the Houston Chronicle reports that Houston-based architecture firm Hewlett Custom Home Designs has won a lawsuit against Frontier Custom Builders over alleged infringement of architectural works. [read post]
22 May 2013, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
The Chickens Have Come Home to Roost: The Inevitability of the IRS’s Problems, in the Face of Unrelenting Hostility From Republicans As investigative journalists quickly discovered (as published in The New York Times, The Houston Chronicle, and The Los Angeles Times), the low-level mistakes that have now caused such outrage have their roots in years of Republican hostility to the IRS. [read post]
20 May 2013, 10:00 pm by Nietzer
However, even the ever-optimistic Astros manager, Bo Porter, admitted in an interview to the Houston Chronicle last week that “He has no idea if the Astros’ rebuilding plan will work. [read post]