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15 Jun 2015, 10:00 am
The Texas Supreme Court issued two significant rulings on June 12, 2015. [read post]
5 Sep 2016, 9:43 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Grits believes we should celebrate by eliminating it and merging Texas' two high courts.Focus on recurrent deaths, medical care at Harris jailAccording to an article in the Huffington Post, which prominently quoted Harris County Public Defender Alex Bunin, "Texas largest jail hasn't learned much from Sandra Bland's death. [read post]
30 Jan 2008, 10:48 am
From Earl Musick: The Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association feels that the election of the next Harris County District Attorney is extremely important to our organization and to the citizens of Harris County. [read post]
12 Feb 2010, 8:00 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Search around these blogs for the Harris County judicial races in which you're interested. [read post]
30 Aug 2018, 3:02 am by Walter Olson
“You don’t auction professional services,” said Terry O’Rourke, assistant county attorney for Harris County (Houston), Texas, in charge of the opioid litigation, regarding the hefty 35% fee plus expenses the county has contractually agreed to pay to its contingency-fee outside counsel. [read post]
14 Aug 2012, 12:28 pm by Adam Schachter
For example you can find links to the profiles of the Southern District Bankruptcy Judges, Chapter 13 Trustees, and Harris county clerks. [read post]
8 Mar 2010, 9:37 pm by johntfloyd
Judge Acknowledges Innocent People Have Likely been Executed Harris County Criminal District Court Judge Kevin Fine on Thursday, March 4, 2010, created a tsunami of controversy in the Texas legal community when he reportedly made a comment that he was declaring the state’s death penalty unconstitutional. [read post]
30 Dec 2009, 2:09 am by Herman Martinez
  Like the city of of Honululu, Hawaii, the Montgomery County, Texas District Attorney's Office, a neighboring county of Harris County, Texas is trying to scare its citizens from getting arrested for DWI. [read post]
30 Dec 2009, 2:09 am by Herman Martinez
  Like the city of of Honululu, Hawaii, the Montgomery County, Texas District Attorney's Office, a neighboring county of Harris County, Texas is trying to scare its citizens from getting arrested for DWI. [read post]
1 Aug 2016, 6:54 am by Gritsforbreakfast
This Article uses detailed data on hundreds of thousands of misdemeanor cases resolved in Harris County, Texas — the third largest county in the U.S. [read post]
21 Jan 2019, 6:15 am by Gritsforbreakfast
So TDCJ's suicide situation isn't notably better than the Harris County Jail. [read post]
15 Feb 2020, 2:36 pm by Texas Legal News
Harris County, TX (February 15, 2020) – A major motor vehicle accident on Friday claimed two victims’ lives. [read post]
13 Feb 2020, 3:17 pm by Jay W. Belle Isle
Los Angeles County Superior Court, Harris County Court and Harris County District Court are the first new offerings; extensive new features for state courts include entity and document searching. [read post]
28 Aug 2014, 4:13 am by Gritsforbreakfast
We do this a lot in Texas (particularly in indigent defense: "Comal County will lead the nation ... [read post]
1 Dec 2017, 7:36 am by Amy Starnes
(Photo credit: Harris County DA’s Office) In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, the Texas District & County Attorneys Foundation created a relief fund and asked people to donate to help their struggling peers. [read post]
15 Apr 2020, 1:19 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
We're still waiting for the Supreme Court of Texas to rule whether Governor Greg Abbott's executive order on COVID-related jail releases is valid (see Grits' writeup here).In the meantime, though, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg has filed an "emergency motion" with the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals arguing that judges do not have authority under the Code of Criminal Procedure to consider "public health… [read post]
6 Feb 2014, 5:27 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia is seeking yet another variance from the Texas Commission on Jail Standards to house extra prisoners in the county jail, even though the county and local PDs have failed to implement jail diversion programs that could prevent overcrowding. [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]
10 Sep 2018, 7:01 am by Bob Kraft
Dallas and Harris Counties experienced larger year-to-year increases–Dallas County increased 20 percent, while Harris County, which covers the Houston area, shot up 62 percent. [read post]
14 Aug 2012, 9:20 am by Steve Hall
That's the sixth-highest overall total in the state, behind much-larger counties including Harris, Dallas and Bexar. [read post]