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9 Mar 2016, 11:01 am by Michael Lowe
 Most drug possession arrests in Texas are for marijuana, and a little under half of those arrests lead to convictions (48.2% in statutory county courts and 42.3% in constitutional county courts), according to a Texas Department of Public Safety study (for more on this, check out the February 2016 post on Grits for Breakfast). [read post]
31 May 2013, 6:10 am by Lowell Brown
Dallas County residents who meet certain financial guidelines can get free legal advice and consultation at one of nine clinics the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program will host in June. [read post]
7 Jul 2008, 2:01 pm
Those interested should go read the whole thing, but especially interesting to me were suggestions offered toward the end about how other counties might structure PD offices to avoid the same problems with meddling county commissioners:Lollar and Richard Goemann, director of defender legal services for the National Legal Aid and Defender Association, have suggestions for Harris County if it sets up a PD's office.The problems at the Dallas PD's office… [read post]
15 Dec 2008, 7:48 pm
"I felt a responsibility to the victims and to the people of Dallas County to let them know we are going to punish people who commit violent, heinous crimes and hold them accountable," Mr. [read post]
18 Jun 2014, 11:32 am by Clint Broden
An example is former Dallas Cowboy Josh Brent who last week asked a Dallas County judge to let him serve the rest of a jail sentence in a treatment facility. [read post]
31 Jul 2007, 6:24 am
District attorney Craig Washington is asking Dallas County for a special prosecutor to go after people taking advantage of the elderly, saying curren prosecutors are already overloaded. [read post]
4 Oct 2011, 9:44 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The problem is, in counties like Dallas that routinely use authority under 1704.205, nobody has standing to challenge the practice in court. [read post]
22 Dec 2015, 1:33 pm by Amy Starnes
The Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program (DVAP) will hold 10 free legal clinics in January, providing consultation in civil matters to Dallas County residents who meet certain financial guidelines. [read post]
23 Feb 2009, 12:24 pm
A Dallas County jury last week decided such a case, awarding $17.5 million to a former maintenance man for a North Dallas apartment complex who lost his arms and legs from a staph infection. [read post]
17 Dec 2018, 10:41 am by Jeff Rasansky
According to the Tarrant County medical examiner’s office, the victim was identified as T. [read post]
9 Apr 2007, 4:11 am
"Dallas County has had more people exonerated by DNA than all but three entire states. [read post]
7 Dec 2015, 2:41 pm by AWoog
  Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land (which Harris County is part of) comes in at number 3 on that list, and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (which Dallas and Tarrant Counties are part of) is down at number 17. [read post]
27 Aug 2008, 7:40 am
First, it's the largest jury verdict over a jail-neglect suit against Dallas County. [read post]
22 Feb 2008, 2:12 am
Palo Pinto County, whose population numbers about 27,000, was among those jurisdictions, said County Attorney Phil Garrett. [read post]
12 Nov 2015, 6:14 am by Bryce Hopson
In light of the specific issues that are faced by litigants in family law cases, the District Courts of Dallas County have promulgated a series of orders (collectively the “Dallas County Standing Order Regarding Children, Pets, Property and Conduct of the Parties”) that applies in every divorce suit and every suit affecting the parent-child relationship that is filed in Dallas County. [read post]
18 Sep 2010, 11:45 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Such is the case with constables' offices in Dallas County, where commissioners will likely vote Monday to eliminate 80 positions devoted to traffic enforcement. [read post]
20 Oct 2017, 10:28 am by William K. Berenson
Highway 67 in southern Dallas County which will ease some of the bottle-necking that is common in that area. [read post]
10 Jun 2019, 2:22 pm by Jeff Rasansky
The Dallas County medical examiner’s office has identified the woman killed as 29-year-old Kiersten Symone Smith. [read post]