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9 Apr 2016, 7:58 am
As justice systems state by state grapple with the myriad issues raised by flawed forensics, which are only beginning to dawn on front-line practitioners, one strongly suspects Texas and California won't be the last to expand habeas corpus in this fashion.See prior, related Grits posts on Texas' junk science writ:Court of Criminal Appeals judges call out colleagues for judicial activism on TX junk science writ Abbott signs bill codifying broad reading of Texas' junk science writ… [read post]
27 Jan 2016, 11:44 am
Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Elsa Alcala sounds hopping mad. [read post]
3 Jan 2016, 5:00 am
But the state claimed the public walkway outside an apartment was fair game.Five of the nine CCA judges, led by Judge Elsa Alcala, disagreed (read her majority opinion). [read post]
3 Jun 2015, 6:06 pm
Judge Elsa Alcala read aloud from the bench the senate bill analysis specifically declaring the bill's intent was to codify their decision.There was some grumbling, though, particularly from Judge Sharon Keller, that the Legislature couldn't interpret its own statutes post hoc, though the sort of verbal commentary about intent she was describing is quite different than the formal act of passing a second law codifying a court's interpretation of a first one. [read post]
29 Nov 2014, 8:32 am
The State agrees that Applicant is entitled to relief.The substantive debate played out in the dissenting opinion by Judge Sharon Keller and a concurrence by Judge Elsa Alcala, who ironically applied the same deferential standard to local prosecutors and the trial court that one normally sees from Keller and Co. when the state wants to hang-em-high. [read post]
28 Nov 2014, 10:01 am
Villareal which declared Texas' mandatory-blood draw statutes in DWI cases unconstitutional, following the US Supreme Court's McNeely decision.Judge Elsa Alcala wrote the substantial majority opinion disallowing mandatory blood draws while Judges Keller and Meyers authored brief, rather perfunctory dissents holding that Texas' statutory exceptions should be upheld as reasonable under the Fourth Amendment. [read post]
15 Aug 2014, 8:38 am
Now in its ninth year, the luncheon will honor community pioneers who demonstrate the ideals of the foundation, including Michael and David Cordúa of Cordúa Restaurants (Outstanding Service as Entrepreneurs); Daniel Velasco, marketing manager of the Houston Texans (Outstanding Service in the Media); Harris County Sheriff Deputies (Outstanding Service as Public Servants); and Judge Elsa Alcala of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (Outstanding… [read post]
15 Aug 2014, 7:15 am
., founder of the MABATx Foundation and partner in Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels, Agosto & Friend in Houston.Now in its ninth year, the luncheon will honor community pioneers who demonstrate the ideals of the foundation, including Michael and David Cordúa of Cordúa Restaurants (Outstanding Service as Entrepreneurs); Daniel Velasco, marketing manager of the Houston Texans (Outstanding Service in the Media); Harris County Sheriff Deputies (Outstanding Service as Public… [read post]
12 Jun 2014, 7:25 am
His coverage opened:In an unusually blunt condemnation, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Elsa Alcala rebuked her court Wednesday for endangering the rights of non-English speakers and for being “a stumbling block in the path toward a better criminal-justice system. [read post]
16 May 2014, 8:06 am
" I suppose Alcala is saying defense counsel may have been ineffective in not asking for the information, even though they didn't know it existed. [read post]
25 Mar 2014, 7:17 am
Essentially, they agreed with Judge Elsa Alcala's dissenting opinion (pdf) in Robbins that "The fact that a witness acknowledges a mere possibility of an alternative hypothesis is not a failsafe escape for due process violations." [read post]
18 Mar 2014, 6:49 am
Those junk science cases are considered more likely to be easily approved, while the Robbins case - which involves an ME who gave erroneous testimony and changed her opinion after she learned more science - is considered the first test case that will provide an indication how the CCA will interpret the new writ.See an amicus brief from the Innocence Project of Texas and prior, related Grits coverage:Texas' new junk science writ called 'elegant' and 'phenomenally important'Backstory:… [read post]
16 Dec 2013, 2:01 pm
See Judge Elsa Alcala's opinion (pdf) on behalf of the majority, a concurrence (pdf) from Judge Tom Price, and a dissent (pdf) from Judge Lawrence Meyers.The case - Wehrenberg v. [read post]
24 Oct 2013, 8:48 am
Judge Elsa Alcala asked if there were any "pattern" to Salvador's misconduct, e.g., if his work had been satisfactory in the beginning and then some event changed his behavior. [read post]
7 Nov 2012, 6:22 am
On the Court of Criminal Appeals, Presiding Judge Sharon Keller and Judges Barbara Parker Hervey and Elsa Alcala each prevailed in their respective races. [read post]
6 Jun 2012, 4:58 am
As Judge Elsa Alcala said at that May hearing, the evidence is "not overwhelming; it's circumstantial," and DNA has sometimes proven men innocent when circumstantial evidence seemed overwhelming. [read post]
5 Jun 2012, 8:56 am
Judge Elsa Alcala: It's "not overwhelming; it's circumstantial. [read post]
6 May 2012, 11:38 am
These quotes were recorded in an account from David Protess at the Huffington Post:Judge Elsa Alcala: " [The evidence against Skinner] is not overwhelming. [read post]
16 Apr 2012, 10:57 pm
Justice Elsa Alcala, a member of the original panel, was no longer on the Houston Court to revisit the issues on motion for re-hearing due to her elevation to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals by gubernatorial appointment. [read post]
16 Apr 2012, 10:57 pm
Justice Elsa Alcala, a member of the original panel, was no longer on the Houston Court to revisit the issues on motion for re-hearing due to her elevation to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals by gubernatorial appointment. [read post]
