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19 Dec 2016, 5:47 am by Gritsforbreakfast
"Murray Newman - a former prosecutor fired by former DA Pat Lykos who, like many of those terminated this week, suffers from a wistful nostalgia for the Johnny Holmes era - opined that, "Yes, it is absolutely true that this happens with every Administration, but the numbers are usually relatively small. [read post]
2 Oct 2015, 12:06 pm by John Floyd
  In April 2008, local attorney Pat Lykos handily defeated Siegler for the district attorney’s job. [read post]
22 Aug 2014, 12:59 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Ogg and Anderson also disagree on how to prosecute possession of trace amounts of harder drugs, with Ogg backing the stance of former DA Pat Lykos that such cases should be prosecuted as Class C paraphernalia charges, as is done in other big Texas cities.Another Ogg attack has been to question Anderson's handling of the Houston police detective who lied about investigating more than a dozen homicides and whether he was given special  treatment. [read post]
4 Sep 2013, 10:05 am by Gritsforbreakfast
If Siegler had been elected Harris County District Attorney in 2008 instead of losing in a runoff to Pat Lykos, IMO she'd have been a media darling and instant Texas GOP star with an inside track to becoming Attorney General in the 2014 election cycle. [read post]
13 May 2013, 8:49 am by davidharrisauthor
  The first CIUs were established by DA Craig Watkins in Dallas and former DA Pat Lykos in Houston, and they have begun to pop up in other places. [read post]
13 May 2013, 8:49 am by davidharrisauthor
  The first CIUs were established by DA Craig Watkins in Dallas and former DA Pat Lykos in Houston, and they have begun to pop up in other places. [read post]
12 May 2013, 4:59 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Jolly also laments that, if Estes' bill became law, the public could never have known last year about political connections between then-challenger Mike Anderson and a so-called "runaway" grand jury investigating former DA Pat Lykos (no charges were ever filed).Jolly points out that Texas is one of only two states still using the "key man" system to appoint grand jurors, where a judge appoints commissioners who in turn appoint the grand jurors. [read post]
27 Apr 2013, 7:18 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Then-Harris DA Pat Lykos briefly ended the practice but he replacement, Mike Anderson, made renewing it a central campaign promise. [read post]
23 Mar 2013, 6:14 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Readers may recall that one-term Harris County DA Pat Lykos stopped charging "trace" cases as a felony, contributing to reduced jail crowding, but her opponent in the GOP primary, the current DA Mike Anderson, ran on a platform of charging those cases as felonies again. [read post]
19 Dec 2012, 9:35 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Two former crime lab employees have filed a civil suit in federal court alleging retaliation by outgoing Harris County DA Pat Lykos for revealing damaging information about Houston PDs blood alcohol testing vans, or BAT vans, as they're universally known. [read post]
18 Sep 2012, 8:20 am by Matt Brown
Murray’s newest crusade seems to be some issue with Harris County Texas’s chief prosecutor, the soon-to-be-replaced Pat Lykos, and a defense lawyer named Dick DeGuerin. [read post]
31 May 2012, 7:38 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Most Dems I've heard from want nothing to do with Oliver's candidacy, so unless Lykos enters the race as an Independent, Anderson will coast into office (as will Ms. [read post]
30 May 2012, 2:38 pm by Mark Bennett
Not only was Pat Lykos ousted by Harris County primary voters, but John Bradley of Williamson County was as well. [read post]
30 May 2012, 11:21 am by Steve Hall
Attorneys at Houston’s criminal courthouse came to work Wednesday shocked that perennial candidate Lloyd Oliver, once indicted for illegal lawyering, beat well-liked Zack Fertitta in the Demorcratic primary and surprised that retired judge Mike Anderson trounced incumbent Pat Lykos on the GOP side. [read post]
28 May 2012, 7:15 pm by Mark Bennett
The Democratic candidates are Zach Fertitta and Lloyd Oliver; the Republican contenders are Mike Anderson and incumbent Pat Lykos. [read post]
3 May 2012, 10:30 am
Here's this week's round up of forensic news: Harris County District Attorney, Pat Lykos, has publicly disclosed issues that a controlled substances analyst has been suspended for problems in casework. [read post]