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31 May 2009, 9:18 pm by Jamie Spencer
Harris County DA Pat Lykos has announced that she will allow first time DWI offenders to apply for Pretrial Diversion and/or be eligible for a Deferred Prosecution: Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos announced plans Friday for a program that allows first-time DWI and drug offenders to avoid conviction, an idea she acknowledged could be a hard sell to the public. [read post]
8 Oct 2013, 7:35 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Collier's blog post linked to a fact-filled report (pdf) from the Office of Criminal Justice Coordination on the Harris County jail population. [read post]
25 Mar 2008, 10:58 am
Harvey Hetzel, director of the county Juvenile Probation Department, said the system would be less burdened if the district attorney's office deferred prosecution in some of these cases. [read post]
6 Feb 2020, 12:01 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Here are a few odds and ends that merit Grits readers' attention:Many agencies won't disclose police misconduct to Harris DAAbout a quarter of Harris County law enforcement agencies refuse to hand over information about problem police officers to the District Attorney's office, reported Keri Blakinger, arising from the grave to issue one last Houston Chronicle story. [read post]
14 Jan 2009, 4:24 pm
Client Falsely Accused of Child Sexual Abuse Wins Second Acquittal Against Determined Public Integrity Unit Prosecutor By: Houston Criminal Lawyer John Floyd and Paralegal Billy Sinclair In early 2008 the Harris County District Attorney's Office launched an investigation into alleged sexual abuse of inmates housed at a county detention facility. [read post]
31 Oct 2007, 8:53 am
 Today the same building has nine family district courts each with an elected family law Judge, an associate Judge and a court staff; plus four additional courts each containing judges who handle attorney general child support cases plus a court staff. [read post]
30 May 2009, 7:31 am
The Harris County District Attorney's Office is considering a progressive approach to the way that first time DWI offenders are prosecuted. [read post]
14 Mar 2011, 5:27 am by Gritsforbreakfast
In addition, the Harris County District Clerk, District Attorney, and other impacted offices would likely experience a cost savings by a reduced number of extension requests that would otherwise have to be prepared and recorded. [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 Jun 2018, 3:48 am by SHG
His work was equivalent to that of unpaid interns used by your office, ours and the District Attorney’s Office. [read post]
18 Feb 2008, 11:51 pm
" Joe Owmby, an assistant Harris County district attorney who is chief of the office's police integrity division, says Rosenthal notified his staff of his resignation by e-mail hours before the press release was issued. [read post]
31 Jan 2012, 12:24 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
A grand jury investigating misconduct at the Harris County District Attorney's Office declined to issue indictments, but put out a stinging public statement critical of the DA's Office's handling of the affair. [read post]
7 Aug 2009, 3:37 pm
  The Harris County District Attorney’s Office did not oppose his release. [read post]
9 Jul 2009, 1:56 pm
As a Houston DWI Attorney, I am surprised that M.A.D.D.has been relatively silent on the new Pretrial Diversion DWI Program proposed by the Harris County District Attorney's Office. [read post]
7 Jul 2009, 8:15 pm
As a Houston DWI Attorney I am grateful that the Harris County District Attorney's Office is implementing the Pretrial Diversion Program. [read post]
3 Dec 2016, 11:14 am by John Floyd
District Court in Houston challenging the bail policies of Harris County. [read post]
7 Dec 2010, 7:57 am by Steve Hall
And it stayed that way, per the direction of Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos. [read post]
26 Oct 2011, 5:57 am by Gritsforbreakfast
But they have called four prosecutors to testify as witnesses and asked for a special prosecutor not affiliated with the Harris Couty DA's office. [read post]
23 Aug 2019, 2:05 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Why does Harris County DA Kim Ogg oppose the proposed bail-reform settlement in Houston? [read post]
12 Jan 2011, 10:48 am by Steve Hall
He rescinded his March ruling and decided to hear evidence before making his decision.Two days into the December hearing, the Court of Criminal Appeals agreed to reconsider a motion by the Harris County District Attorney's Office to stop the hearing and halted the proceedings until further notice.The decision, released this morning, agrees with the district attorney's office that there is no basis under Texas law to… [read post]