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7 Mar 2024, 12:45 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
The ouster of Kim Ogg in Houston and the re-election of José Garza in Austin -- coupled with the ouster of 3 members of the Government Always Wins faction on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals -- signal a sea change in criminal-justice reform politics in Texas compared to a decade ago.Increasingly, Democrats in Texas' largest counties favor reform and in both Harris and Travis made decisive choices for progressive candidates. [read post]
26 Feb 2024, 12:17 pm by Michael Lowe
  The biggest Medicaid Fraud cases prosecuted in Texas criminal courts don’t involve the patient, but the health care provider. [read post]
12 Feb 2024, 8:30 am by Gritsforbreakfast
“There will be no more survivors,” Judge Karen Sage of the 299th Criminal District Court said at the conclusion of Rios’ sentencing. [read post]
7 Jan 2024, 11:51 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The Harris County DA is running for reelection under attack from her party's left flank; the Travis County DA is running for reelection under attack by his party's conservative wing. [read post]
8 Dec 2023, 10:14 am by Howard Friedman
Karsan's medical license, finances and personal liberty.Responding to the decision, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a press release:The Temporary Restraining Order (“TRO”) granted by the Travis County district judge purporting to allow an abortion to proceed will not insulate hospitals, doctors, or anyone else, from civil and criminal liability for violating Texas’ abortion laws. [read post]
22 Sep 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Alito Pauses Order Banning Biden Officials from Contacting Tech Platforms Politico – Josh Gerstein and Rebecca Kern | Published: 9/14/2023 Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito temporarily paused a lower-court order limiting Biden administration officials from contacting social media firms. [read post]
1 Sep 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
The justices faced heightened security risks, Thomas noted, after the leak of the court’s majority opinion to overturn Roe v. [read post]
16 Aug 2023, 1:36 pm by NARF
East Feliciana Parish Sheriff Jeffrey Travis, et al. [read post]
7 Aug 2023, 8:21 am by Alicia Maule
Jimenez’s innocence has been widespread, particularly among Travis County state legislators. [read post]
4 Aug 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Limits of Congressional Power to Regulate Supreme Court Untested MSN – Michael Macagnone (Roll Call) | Published: 8/2/2023 Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr. started a flurry of conversation among judicial and congressional experts when he expressed a self-proclaimed “controversial view” that Congress does not have “the authority to regulate the Supreme Court – period. [read post]
28 Jul 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
If the surrounding county was a reliable source of Democratic votes in the past, it is a landslide county now. [read post]
14 Apr 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
District Court vacancy and the two Republican senators from Louisiana offered no objections. [read post]
11 Apr 2023, 3:48 am by Seán Binder
Responding to the tweet, Travis County District Attorney José Garza said, “In a state that believes in upholding the importance of the rule of law, the governor’s statement that he will intervene in the legal proceedings surrounding the death of Garrett Foster is deeply troubling. [read post]
26 Feb 2023, 4:00 am by jonathanturley
The Travis County district court rejected the motion to dismiss, but the Seventh Court of Appeals correctly reversed by holding that “a reasonable person of ordinary learning would deem [the] accusation about Lilith being a criminal entity engaged in criminal acts as opinion. [read post]
9 Jan 2023, 12:15 pm by Amy Howe
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals – the state’s highest court for criminal cases – rejected the trial court’s recommendation, concluding that Escobar had not shown that the false DNA evidence had actually affected the jury’s decision. [read post]
2 Dec 2022, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Hank Johnson threatened a probe if the court did not launch its own inquiry into the claims. [read post]
9 Nov 2022, 12:11 pm by John Elwood
The state of Texas (in the form of the Travis County District Attorney) supports the petition, ending its brief by stating, “the State agrees with Petitioner that this Court should summarily reverse the [Court of Criminal Appeals’] ruling or, alternatively, grant the petition and set this case for argument. [read post]