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5 Nov 2008, 7:59 pm
"Lykos wins Harris DA as Bradford's early lead vanishes," is the Houston Chronicle report by Brian Rogers and Roma Khanna.After a roller coaster night of watching and waiting, Republican Pat Lykos appeared to edge out Democrat C.O. [read post]
3 Dec 2008, 8:44 am
Two stories about incoming Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos deserve readers attention:First, she's already consolidating her own leadership team, starting with a new first assistant, Jim Leitner, and also bringing onboard former Judge Roger Bridgwater. [read post]
7 Jul 2010, 4:36 pm
I called Harris County DA Pat Lykos today, seeking answers to four questions that seemed to have been left tantalizingly open after last week's House Corrections Committee hearing: 1) Her view on the proper role of state jails, 2) what she meant by her call to fundamentally overhaul how mental illness is treated in the justice system, 3) a more detailed description of her view of what a "detox center" that's an alternative to jail would look like in practice,… [read post]
15 Mar 2009, 6:34 am
New Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos has been receiving praise from unlikely quarters, recently, first for changing the office policy to allow defense counsel to receive police offense reports, then for actually apologizing over an egregious mistaken ID case prosecuted by her predecessor. [read post]
12 Nov 2008, 8:16 am
Houston Chronicle columnist Rick Casey previews a Pat Lykos administration at the Harris County District Attorney's Office:here comes Lykos, who has not only never prosecuted but who also has never headed a large organization, to lead one of the largest law firms in town, with about 250 prosecutors and hundreds of support staff. [read post]
26 Mar 2012, 6:08 pm
At the top is the elected DA, Pat Lykos, and her immediate assistants, dictating office policy. [read post]
9 Dec 2009, 3:53 am
That's why I consider the issue of jail overcrowding in Harris County more a question of political will than demographic necessity: Pat Lykos demonstrated leadership in this decision and she deserves credit for it. [read post]
5 Apr 2009, 2:34 pm
Many Harris County defense attorneys also hold the prosecutors in high professional esteem. [read post]
30 Jul 2009, 12:13 am
Harris County DA Pat Lykos yesterday rolled out a highly punitive and possibly illegal "diversion" program for first-time DWI cases, leaving the Houston-area legal blogosphere abuzz. [read post]
29 Aug 2009, 4:26 pm
Harris County District Attorney's Office Administration Begins to Define Itself By: Houston Criminal Defense Attorney John Floyd and paralegal Billy Sinclair The Houston Chronicle reported recently in yet another article that a number of veteran prosecutors have departed from the Harris County District Attorney's Office. [read post]
22 Jul 2010, 9:48 am
In response to a query from Grits, Harris County DA Pat Lykos emailed me today with a little more detail on the idea she proposed at the House Corrections Committee hearing last month to create detox centers where police could take intoxicated people instead of jail. [read post]
30 May 2012, 12:09 pm
On the Republican side, Mike Anderson kicked Pat Lykos’s butt. [read post]
30 Jun 2010, 5:48 pm
Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos was especially full of excellent ideas today, as mentioned in the previous post, but in particular I should highlight her suggestion that the state authorize "detox centers besides jail," so that every intoxicated person doesn't automatically become a criminal defendant.I think that's a terrific idea. [read post]
12 Nov 2008, 3:20 pm
"My goal is to assure the people we will restore the rule of law in Harris County, to restore public confidence," she said.Earlier coverage includes: Pat Lykos Narrowly Elected DA in Harris County In Houston Race, Justice, and Texas Lawyer: State Offer Triggered Rosenthal's Exit [read post]
2 Nov 2010, 9:13 pm
Also, Fox calls Pennsylvania for Pat Toomey. [read post]
26 Jan 2009, 12:24 am
Harris County officials are coming to grips with the causes of jail overcrowding now that the tanking economy means building and staffing a new jail is not an immediate option.As has been discussed on Grits many times (see below), Harris County's main jail overcrowding problem stems from radical increases pretrial detention: "The number of people in [the Harris County] jail who are awaiting trial has grown by about 64 prisoners a month for the past two years and… [read post]
12 Mar 2012, 5:57 pm
First, the politics angle: The HCRP supports incumbent Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos. [read post]
19 Mar 2008, 7:20 am
Harris County Criminal Lawyers' Association's Reasonable Doubt television show with Todd Dupont, Pat McCann, and Mark Bennett. [read post]
13 Mar 2008, 1:20 am
I'd speculated that the Governor would just wait and appoint the GOP winner in the runoff to be the interim Harris County District Attorney, but Rick Perry must not have liked the remaining two options - Pat Lykos and Kelly Siegler - because the Houston Chronicle reports that he's appointing Assistant US Attorney Ken Magidson Harris County DA, a position he'll hold for the next nine months before returning to the federal prosecutor's office.Mr. [read post]
31 Mar 2009, 1:12 pm
"Prosecutors disciplined in jury flap," is Brian Roger's report in last Friday's Houston Chronicle.Saying they were negligent and incompetent when they struck seven blacks from the jury pool in a recent murder trial, Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos castigated two of her prosecutors Thursday, docking their pay and removing them from trial work. [read post]
