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26 Oct 2011, 5:57 am by Gritsforbreakfast
This could turn on DA Pat Lykos quickly and provide Murray Newman, who has already dubbed the event "Watergate on the Bayou," enough additional fodder to last the rest of his bloggerly days. [read post]
24 Oct 2011, 5:28 pm by Mark Bennett
The criminal-defense lawyer’s Christmas that started last week with a grand jury going rogue and evicting the prosecutors while investigating possible wrongdoing in connection with HPD’s Breath Alcohol Testing, or BAT, vans, continues today with Pat Lykos giving the Houston Police Department a vote of no confidence: Lykos tells us she still doesn’t know what went wrong inside that grand jury room last week that nearly led to the arrest of two of her top… [read post]
24 Oct 2011, 11:21 am by Jeff Gamso
  Specifically Harris County (which is Houston) where someone (and quite clearly not a representative of District Attorney Pat Lykos's office) seems to have told a grand jury that it's not just the prosecutor's tool.Here, and I'm going to try to make this short and simple, is the backstory. [read post]
24 Oct 2011, 9:18 am by Bobak Ha'Eri
Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos, instead of investigating the claims in the interest of serving justice, decided to take action against Culbertson and the horse she rode out on. [read post]
23 Oct 2011, 4:42 am by Gritsforbreakfast
See:We've had enough of courthouse cronyismFormer judge Pat Shelton just won't go away A case of 'Oh no, not again'The Chron reported that Judge Pat Shelton left office in the face of criticism "for directing most of his court appointments to attorneys who contributed heavily to his re-election campaigns. [read post]
12 Oct 2011, 4:57 am by Gritsforbreakfast
One welcome difference from similar debates in the past, "District Attorney Pat Lykos  released a statement saying her office is 'committed to working with all relevant officials to resolve the situation to ensure compliance' with state jail standards. [read post]
29 Sep 2011, 2:32 pm by Mark Bennett
Pat Lykos does not like unauthorized people speaking for the DA's Office. [read post]
29 Sep 2011, 2:25 am by SHG
" Harris County District Attorney (and former judge) Pat Lykos is a grown up. [read post]
13 Sep 2011, 11:40 pm by Lovechilde
  The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended against clemency yesterday, leaving Buck's fate in the hands of Governor Rick Perry, who has the power to grant a 30-day reprieve, and District Attorney Pat Lykos, who can seek to withdraw the execution date. [read post]
13 Sep 2011, 11:40 pm by Lovechilde
  The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended against clemency yesterday, leaving Buck's fate in the hands of Governor Rick Perry, who has the power to grant a 30-day reprieve, and District Attorney Pat Lykos, who can seek to withdraw the execution date. [read post]
12 Sep 2011, 10:43 am by Steve Hall
Rick Perry, current Attorney General Greg Abbott and Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos to intervene and stop the execution. [read post]
1 Sep 2011, 7:32 am by Steve Hall
Buck's lawyers with the Texas Defender Service have also asked current Attorney General Greg Abbott and Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos to agree to cancel the execution date, said Andrea Keilan, director of the service. [read post]
8 Jul 2011, 8:13 am by Steve Hall
Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos did not mention Fine's name in a release issued by her office in response to questions about why the death penalty trial was scuttled a week before it started, but she said they were concerned. [read post]
7 Apr 2011, 12:09 pm by Mark Bennett
Anderson before 7 May 2011, Robb gets “I Love Pat Lykos” tattooed on his right forearm, which will be epic. [read post]
7 Apr 2011, 8:43 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Here are a few odds and ends that deserve Grits readers' attention:Praising Pat LykosNewsweek has an article this week praising Pat Lykos' transformation of the Harris County District Attorney's office that would make Murray Newman pull his hair out if he had any. [read post]
6 Apr 2011, 11:52 am by Steve Hall
Change was the message of the 2008 election, but you wouldn't have expected it from Pat Lykos, Houston's chain-smoking, Cadillac-driving Republican district attorney. [read post]
25 Mar 2011, 12:34 pm by Mark Bennett
Colorado District Attorney Carol Chambers, who AmJured in ethics, has done Montgomery County’s Brett Ligon (edit: and Harris County’s Pat Lykos) one better: she “is offering financial incentives for felony prosecutors who meet their goals for conviction rates at trial. [read post]
25 Mar 2011, 4:37 am by SHG
  Harris County, Texas, District Attorney Pat Lycos Lykos has the Trial Dawg Award, among others, to motivate prosecutors to get convictions at trial. [read post]
3 Mar 2011, 11:42 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Though he's already been paroled, thanks to Judge Pat Lykos' Post-Conviction Review Section he'll now get off supervision and become eligible for state compensation. [read post]