Search for: "County of Harris, Texas" Results 2041 - 2060 of 4,052
Sort by Relevance | Sort by Date
RSS Subscribe: 20 results | 100 results
15 Jan 2014, 7:32 am
The first group of counties (Harris, Dallas, Tarrant, Bexar, Travis, Collin, Denton, El Paso, Hidalgo and Fort Bend), the Supreme Court, the Court of Criminal Appeals and the 14 Courts of Appeal become mandatory January 1, 2014. [read post]
14 Jan 2014, 12:12 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
”There's also a good discussion of the challenges facing a mental-health pilot program approved at the Harris County Jail by the Texas Legislature last year: In 2011 and 2012, some 920 people were booked into the Harris County Jail five times or more. [read post]
13 Jan 2014, 11:37 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The real issue appears to be that the Harris County DA doesn't seek reimbursement. [read post]
13 Jan 2014, 7:19 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Harris County prosecutors entered disciplinary records into evidence from the probation department, the Harris County Jail and the Texas Youth Commission during the punishment phase of a murder trial and the trial judge allowed it over defense objections. [read post]
12 Jan 2014, 1:30 pm by Georgialee Lang
Not so fast… Houston Judge Lisa Millard had something else to say “I sentence you to Harris County Jail for 180 days”. [read post]
12 Jan 2014, 10:19 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Without him, there's zero chance Texas would have closed three prison units over the last two sessions.As Texas' longest serving senator, a committee chairman, and Harris County's only senator on the budget conference committee last session, it'd be nuts for SD15 voters to replace John Whitmire with a rookie at this juncture. [read post]
12 Jan 2014, 7:27 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia this week "was called to testify before the U.S. [read post]
7 Jan 2014, 8:49 am by Michael Markarian
—which enjoys the bipartisan support of 262 cosponsors combined in the Senate and House—was part of the Senate Farm Bill from the beginning, as introduced in the Agriculture Committee, thanks to the leadership of Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., Ranking Member Thad Cochran, R-Miss., and Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. [read post]
31 Dec 2013, 7:44 pm by Mary Pat Dwyer
Harris 13-351Issue: Whether the Federal Arbitration Act preempts a state-law rule that forbids arbitration of state-law employment-discrimination claims unless an arbitration agreement “clearly and specifically” refers to those claims, even when the parties agree to arbitrate “any legal disputes . . . which arise out of, or are related in any way to” the “employment . . . or its termination. [read post]
31 Dec 2013, 7:06 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Imagine if the Harris County Public Defender suffered the same sort of conflict when the Jonathan Salvador fiasco arose at the DPS crime lab in Houston? [read post]
26 Dec 2013, 11:16 am by Reproductive Rights
The New York Times: Texas: Grand Jury Clears Abortion Provider, by Erik Eckholm: A grand jury in Harris County found no evidence of criminal behavior by a Houston doctor who performs late-term abortions and was accused by anti-abortion groups of... [read post]
25 Dec 2013, 7:05 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Oops.The CCA did grant one actual innocence claim last week after laboratory testing proved that Jerrell Bell, who was convicted in Harris County of possessing less than a gram of cocaine, in fact "did not possess a controlled substance." [read post]
24 Dec 2013, 12:35 pm by Casey Johnson
On Saturday, December 21, the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO) celebrated the opening of the North Line in Houston, Texas. [read post]
23 Dec 2013, 1:44 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, whose jurisdiction includes both Texas and Louisiana, already greenlighted Texas' essentially similar litigation.You tell 'em, PaulWrites Paul Kennedy at The Defense Rests, complaining that an acquitted defendant was sent back to jail before being released, "There are far too many judges sitting on the bench in Harris County who have the mistaken belief that they work in the district attorney's judicial division." [read post]
23 Dec 2013, 8:16 am by Beth Graham
  After the Harris County trial court denied the plaintiffs’ motion, they filed an interlocutory appeal with Texas’ First District. [read post]
18 Dec 2013, 1:23 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Dallas County under District Attorney Craig Watkins has displaced Harris County over the last six years as the death penalty capital of Texas. [read post]
17 Dec 2013, 2:49 pm by Lowell Brown
Board of Education of Topeka, KS case and learned about the importance of the ruling from Texas Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman. [read post]