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12 Feb 2010, 9:55 am
Today Eric Davis responds to those who think that making a stink about the prosecutor’s violation of the law was “throwing him under the bus”: Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos promised that she would hold prosecutors accountable for ethical violations. [read post]
10 Feb 2010, 3:39 pm
It is time that Sheriff Adrian Garcia, all 15 misdemeanor judges, and the Harris County District Attorney, Pat Lykos start allowing officers to write citations for low level marijuana possession like other counties have been doing for a while now. [read post]
10 Feb 2010, 3:39 pm
It is time that Sheriff Adrian Garcia, all 15 misdemeanor judges, and the Harris County District Attorney, Pat Lykos start allowing officers to write citations for low level marijuana possession like other counties have been doing for a while now. [read post]
10 Feb 2010, 3:39 pm
It is time that Sheriff Adrian Garcia, all 15 misdemeanor judges, and the Harris County District Attorney, Pat Lykos start allowing officers to write citations for low level marijuana possession like other counties have been doing for a while now. [read post]
9 Feb 2010, 2:45 pm
Yesterday the State of Arizona, represented by the Pinal County Attorney’s Office (to avoid the appearance of conflict of interest—are you listening, Pat Lykos?) [read post]
8 Feb 2010, 5:22 pm
There are a number of things that Pat Lykos and company have gotten right in the last year—copies of offense reports, treating trace cases as parapernalia cases, backing off on seeking vengeance in car crashes, to give just three examples—but as many things they’ve gotten wrong—the Whale policy, no probation for illegal immigrants, and just about every story on Murray’s blog. [read post]
27 Jan 2010, 9:07 am
Second, criminals who may be identified through forensic testing are able to remain on the streets and, potentially, commit new crimes.HPD's backlog on processing fingerprints is currently 6,000 cases, reports Olson.Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos says in the article that the backlog argues for making the crime lab independent. [read post]
29 Dec 2009, 4:31 am
A Houston Chronicle editorial today praises Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos for her decision to join the rest of the state's large jurisdictions and cease filing state-jail felony cases on defendants found with crack pipes where labs detect traces of drugs. [read post]
24 Dec 2009, 4:09 pm
Pat Lykos is very little like Andy Thomas. [read post]
18 Dec 2009, 8:01 am
“This is something that's a very solemn duty,” Lykos said, “and it shouldn't be undertaken lightly. [read post]
17 Dec 2009, 7:16 pm
Pat Lykos might act to mitigate that (end the prosecution due to the overwhelming appearance of impropriety (while supporting her assistants fully hahahahahaha sorry couldn't stop myself)), but she can't prevent it. [read post]
10 Dec 2009, 12:53 pm
Pat Lykos is betting that there won't. [read post]
9 Dec 2009, 3:53 am
Really, despite the police union's opposition, this is a no-brainer: Even Murray Newman thinks it's a good idea and he can't agree with Pat Lykos on the weather. [read post]
7 Dec 2009, 1:27 am
District Attorney Pat Lykos insists that money should be no object: Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos said federal funding â€" even economic stimulus funding â€" should be used to help Houston clear the backlog of DNA cases and begin testing evidence in property crimes as quickly as the next six months. [read post]
4 Nov 2009, 2:34 pm
So if Pat Lykos wants to hire Joan Schmo to be a Misdemeanor 4, she has to get Joan’s hiring on the Commissioners Court agenda and get the court to vote on it at a monthly meeting. [read post]
30 Oct 2009, 11:00 am
Memo from Pat Lykos to Harris County prosecutors: if you violate Batson you’re “incompetent;” if you violate Brady it’s the defense’s fault (Brian Rogers, Houston Chronicle) (also see Houston criminal defense lawyer Murray Newman). [read post]
28 Sep 2009, 9:33 am
The Dallas Observer has an interview with the only serious, announced Republican in the 2010 Dallas District Attorney's race who will apparently be the guy competing with Craig Watkins for the slot next year: Meet Phillip Linder.Espeically after rookie DA Pat Lykos in Harris County held serve for Republicans while Democrats took judgships countywide in the 2008 elections, the GOP will likely see this race in Dallas and the 2010 county judge contest as their last, best chance… [read post]
27 Sep 2009, 2:15 am
I didn't watch the debate on this bill so I don't know if they just thought it wasn't needed or if nobody brought it up.An example that arose soon after session, however, raised this issue somewhat prominently: This summer somebody created a funny but rather mean-spirited Twitter site in the name of Harris County DA Pat Lykos, changing it to FakePatLykos (which is still active) after the DA complained and Twitter shut it down.It was just a gag and nobody with half a… [read post]
1 Sep 2009, 8:06 am
The Pat Lykos DA’s Office has, in the last eight months, shown a marked tendency to act without calm deliberation. [read post]
29 Aug 2009, 4:26 pm
Throughout DA Pat Lykos' 2008 campaign to replace the former district attorney, Charles "Chuck" Rosenthal who was forced to resign in disgrace, rumors dogged the "reform" candidate that, as a criminal district court judge, Lykos had a reputation for being intemperate, rude, and pronged to stirring unrest in both her courtroom and chambers. [read post]
