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15 Mar 2011, 1:18 pm
In fact, the WSJ described his tactics in his current defense of Raj Rajaratnam as “combative” just a little over a week ago. [read post]
7 Mar 2011, 8:31 am
Wrongly convicted Texans may collect $80,000 for every year in prison, but Comptroller Susan Combs' office ruled that the three men were ineligible for full compensation because they had been on parole for prior crimes when they were imprisoned. [read post]
7 Mar 2011, 6:07 am
Already, write Pulliam and Bray, Dowd has pursued a defense strategy that is combative, even by the rough-and-tumble standards of large criminal trials. [read post]
5 Mar 2011, 7:26 am
Reports the Austin Statesman:The Texas Supreme Court on Friday ordered the state to pay $2.7 million to three wrongly convicted Texans who spent, in total, 52 years in prison for crimes they did not commit.Wrongly convicted Texans may collect $80,000 for every year in prison, but Comptroller Susan Combs' office ruled that the three men were ineligible for full compensation because they had been on parole for prior crimes when they were imprisoned.But a unanimous Supreme… [read post]
1 Mar 2011, 8:22 am
Graves filed a claim with Texas Comptroller Susan Combs after he was released, but it was denied earlier this month. [read post]
28 Feb 2011, 8:06 am
…"At first, I was hesitant to jump on the bandwagon of those attacking Combs' decision. [read post]
24 Feb 2011, 5:31 am
Lisa Falkenberg at the Houston Chronicle wonders why Comptroller Susan Combs won't give compensation to Anthony Graves, noting that, "Texas' compensation law seems tailor-made for a guy like Graves, who was finally freed after nearly two decades behind bars including 12 years on death row, when it became clear he was innocent in the savage Somerville murders of a grandmother and five children. [read post]
18 Feb 2011, 7:13 am
Graves is entitled to as much as $1.4 million in state compensation, but State Comptroller Susan Combs' office, citing what appear to be technicalities, is refusing to make the payment. [read post]
17 Feb 2011, 8:35 am
Comptroller Susan Combs denied the claim because the judge's order didn't contain the magic words "actual innocence," which she claims the statute requires.Whether the comptroller is justified in her claim or just trying not to open a Pandora's Box is another column.But it's been a mystery to many following the case as to why Bill Parnham, the current district attorney for Burleson and Washington counties who has steadfastly supported the case for… [read post]
17 Feb 2011, 8:24 am
Rick Perry has received plenty of attention over the last week for telling the Washington Examiner that he disagrees with Comptroller’s Susan Combs efforts to collect sales taxes from Amazon.com. [read post]
10 Feb 2011, 1:49 pm
District Judge Susan Illston’s ruled from the bench in Sony’s ongoing legal action against the New Jersey hacker, who goes by GeoHot. [read post]
10 Jan 2011, 1:01 pm
Comptroller Susan Combs issued her proclamation today regarding how much money Texas legislators have to spend in the next biennial budget: $72.2 billion, down from $87 billion in the last budget. [read post]
28 Nov 2010, 4:29 pm
According to lawyers for Comptroller Susan Combs, the men were still serving their original sentences when they were charged with rape — even though they were out of prison at the time — so the state cannot pay for any time the two sentences overlapped. [read post]
14 Jun 2010, 8:13 am
All month, we've been combing through the more than 150,000 formerly secret documents relating to the torture and abuse of detainees held in U.S. [read post]
7 May 2010, 9:34 am
According to the WSJ, this signals a scaling back of Goldman’s initially combative response to the SEC charges and unsettled shareholders. [read post]
23 Apr 2010, 8:30 am
Fleck and Susan L. [read post]
12 Mar 2010, 8:47 am
Susan Combs, Comptroller of Public Accounts and Greg Abbott, No. 08? [read post]
12 Feb 2010, 8:26 am
Mary’s University School of Law (San Antonio) Susan Combs, Comptroller of Public Accounts v. [read post]
29 Dec 2009, 4:00 am
Susan Combs, the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, recently announced that Texas will use approximately $23 million in federal stimulus funds for a mail-in rebate program for consumers who purchase certain energy-efficient household appliances during a 10-day period next April. [read post]
17 Dec 2009, 8:04 am
Defendants in what the coalition calls its 'taxpayers' complaint' include the State of Texas, state Comptroller Susan Combs, and the University of Houston System and its Chancellor Renu Khator. [read post]
