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21 Apr 2016, 11:12 am by Gritsforbreakfast
In Dallas, for example, the city has advised municipal judges they may only reduce fines and fees for indigence after defendants have been sentenced, failed to pay, and have gone into default, not at the time the sentence is imposed. [read post]
20 Aug 2020, 10:32 am by Gritsforbreakfast
A man named Otis Mallett has had his old drug conviction cleared because the sole testimony against him came from Gerald Goines, a corrupt Houston PD narcotics officer who may have set up scores of innocent defendants including, potentially, Houston native George Floyd, who was murdered by police in Minneapolis. [read post]
8 Feb 2019, 11:40 am by Michael Lowe
” Reading the county’s definition, you might get the idea that police searches are almost limitless as long as there is some kind of permission given to the police officer. [read post]
15 Nov 2017, 2:09 am by Michael Lowe
  Allegations of Prosecutorial Misconduct by Waco DA Reyna Greg Davis worked for Abel Reyna in the McLennan County District Attorney’s Office until 2014, when Davis quit. [read post]
16 Nov 2008, 6:13 pm
Sidebar: The WSJ article quotes a district attorney from Clatsop County, Oregon who fears "the public's false impression from TV cop shows that most prosecutors are bloodthirsty and routinely railroad defendants. [read post]
1 Jun 2020, 1:11 pm by Amy Starnes
(Subscription required) — Texas Lawyer Now trending: ‘Zoom kiosks’ to breach digital divide between public and remote courts — In what could be the start nationwide trend, two Texas counties are among courts in at least four states that are creating public computer stations for litigants to connect to video conference court proceedings. [read post]
6 Mar 2011, 1:42 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Supreme Court requires that bail decisions should be based on the risk factor posed by a defendant to the public and the individual's financial resources, in Harris County in 2009, magistrates lowered bond amounts for financial reasons less than 10 percent of the time. [read post]
14 Jun 2023, 4:55 pm by Michael Lowe
  In our local area, these include the Medical Examiner’s Office for Dallas County; the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office; and the Collin County Medical Examiner’s Office in McKinney, Texas. [read post]
18 Jan 2017, 10:05 am by Michael Lowe
”   Increased Public Awareness of Prosecutorial Misconduct There has been increased public awareness about abuses by state attorneys, true. [read post]
21 Mar 2008, 1:37 am
She was as astonished by the arguments for Gillespie County as I was that it was constitutional to lock a defendant up in jail for weeks or months without charging them or providing them access to an attorney. [read post]
6 Aug 2010, 11:51 am by Robert Guest
To that end, the city has unleashed an army of rabid officers to prey upon, and cite with reckless abandon, the driving public. [read post]
22 Aug 2013, 5:53 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
I should also mention my appreciation that Justin Wood, the lobbyist for the Harris County DA's office this year, worked amicably to nail down the bill language. [read post]
19 Apr 2020, 8:39 am by John Floyd
In Dallas County, thirty-one inmates in the jail have tested positive for the virus. [read post]
15 Feb 2010, 12:42 pm by Hunter Biederman
The Specialized Crime division of the Dallas County D.A.'s office handles all felony white collar crime cases, starting with a loss value of $1500. [read post]