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23 Jun 2010, 6:06 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Rick Casey at the Houston Chronicle describes a fascinating appellate case ("When the victim is the 'criminal,'" June 23):In a decision fought by the Harris County District Attorney's Office, the Texas Supreme Court ruled last week that a 13-year-old girl who had made an offer to an undercover vice cop could not be charged with prostitution.Why? [read post]
22 Jun 2010, 6:41 am by Gritsforbreakfast
I don't have time to analyze each of them, but several different items related to indigent defense and public defender offices caught my attention recently:Justice Lite: Harris County should beef up its pilot public defender program, Houston Chronicle, editorial, June 20Congress must rewrite the law governing lawyers for poor death row inmates, Washington Post, June 21 Harris County's request for public defender grant in trouble, Houston Chronicle, June… [read post]
21 Jun 2010, 11:56 am by Dane Johnson Attorney At Law
How far is the Government going to go in its efforts to obtain evidence in Harris County DWI cases? [read post]
21 Jun 2010, 9:38 am by Mark A. Anderson
Two Fort Worth residents were transported to Texas Health Harris Fort Worth hospital on Wednesday after they crashed their Harley-Davidson motorcycle. [read post]
20 Jun 2010, 10:21 pm by Jeff Gamso
The next day he was arrested, booked into the Harris County Jail and held on $20,000 bail. [read post]
16 Jun 2010, 8:44 am by Gritsforbreakfast
By contrast, Harris County's average amount disbursed per open case in 2008 ($2,592) was higher than Bexar ($2,437) or Travis ($2,158). [read post]
11 Jun 2010, 1:48 pm by Heather Young
" The trial in Judge Robert Schaffer's Harris County Judicial District Court #152 encompassed the three-year anniversary of Petrie's death. [read post]
11 Jun 2010, 9:24 am by Steve Hall
"Senator attacks pace to create defender office," is the title of Chris Moran's report in the Houston Chronicle.The state senator who authored the law allowing Texas counties to establish public defender offices said he is “embarrassed” Harris County still does not have one nine years later. [read post]
10 Jun 2010, 11:01 pm
Typical to Harris County’s handling of this situation, there is no mention in the Chronicle article that Harris County officials have had any discussions with Texas Medical Center officials about development and financing of such a venture. [read post]
10 Jun 2010, 8:24 am by Steve Hall
Earlier coverage of the capital and Harris County proposals at the links. [read post]
10 Jun 2010, 4:54 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Harris County rents jail beds in three other Texas counties, but has contracts with seven. [read post]
9 Jun 2010, 3:27 pm
A Harris County deputy has been arrested in connection with a car accident in San Marcos, according to reports. [read post]
9 Jun 2010, 4:00 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Counties also face budget shortfalls, with Harris and Dallas asking departments to identify savings. [read post]
3 Jun 2010, 10:43 am by Jeralyn
The top six local incarcerators in 2008 and 2009: LA, NYC, Houston, Chicago, Philly and Phoenix: Los Angeles County Calif. 19,533/ 19,869 New York City N.Y. 13,804/ 13,130 Harris County Texas 10,063 /11,360 Cook County Ill. 9,984/ 9,737 Philadelphia City Pa. 8,824/ 9,436 Maricopa County Ariz. 9,536/ 8,745 The lowest: Denver and El Paso, TX. [read post]
3 Jun 2010, 7:52 am by Steve Hall
Earlier coverage of the issue in Harris County is here and here. [read post]
2 Jun 2010, 12:03 pm by Walter James
  In his article, Kreighbaum cites Rock Owens,chief of the environmental division in the Harris County Attorney's office as saying that all twenty-six (26) of the court-ordered enforcement actions in the years 2007, 2008 and 2009 originated with investigations by the Harris County Attorney’s Office. [read post]
1 Jun 2010, 12:57 pm by Steve Hall
Harris County, the most populous county in the nation without a public defender office, is set to start a public defender office later this year. [read post]
1 Jun 2010, 8:16 am by law shucks
Desmarais was quoted in “The Road Less Traveled,” in the America Lawyer’s “Taming Texas” cover story, which referred to his two recent defense jury verdicts in the Eastern District of Texas. [read post]
28 May 2010, 11:18 am by Jeff Gamso
  Perhaps it's anticipation of the Let's start down in Harris County, Texas and the adventures of Judge Kevin Here's the recap, for those who may have missed it. [read post]