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19 Oct 2007, 1:47 pm
"More lawyers join criticism of Keller; Latest complaint against judge in death row case also includes signatures of other judges": The Houston Chronicle today contains an article that begins, "Joining a swelling tide of criticism, 130 attorneys from Harris County have filed a judicial conduct complaint condemning the actions of Judge Sharon Keller, who presides over the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. [read post]
19 Oct 2007, 9:27 am
"It profoundly affected the whole community, every child of trick-or-treating age," said Mike Hinton, then a Harris County prosecutor who sent O'Bryan to death row. [read post]
18 Oct 2007, 6:35 pm
McDuffee filed suit in a Montgomery County district court claiming a violation of free speech. [read post]
17 Oct 2007, 10:24 pm
The Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association is also filing a complaint with the Judicial Conduct Commission. [read post]
17 Oct 2007, 3:23 am
He had been convictedin 1986 for the rape and shooting death of a Harris County woman.Forewarned that the last-minute appeal was on its way but would be a fewminutes late due a computer crash, several other judges on the state'shighest criminal appeals court stayed late so they could handle theappeal.The computer malfunction made it impossible to print out and deliver 11copies of the 108-page appeal petition by 5 p.m. [read post]
16 Oct 2007, 9:00 am
Of course, here, Judge Keller through the clerk and staff was told that something would be filed and she made a conscious decision not to allow it be by closing the court and making the clerk's office unavailable.The decisions made by Presiding Judge Keller are inexcusable.The Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association is also filing a complaint with the Judicial Conduct Commission. [read post]
16 Oct 2007, 7:04 am
Casey Foundation has given Harris County a $300,000 grant to implement alternative measures to placing non-violent youth in juvenile detention. [read post]
15 Oct 2007, 12:43 am
"UPDATE: Judge Criss announces in a blog post on Burnt Orange Report that she has officially added her name to the complaint against Judge Keller by the Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association.MORE: The Waco Tribune Herald says Keller's actions "shamed the state. [read post]
14 Oct 2007, 6:40 am
" However, legislatures in California, North Carolina and Texas have authorized collaborative law. [read post]
14 Oct 2007, 1:40 am
With one complaint already filed by some of the state's most prominent lawyers, and another one being prepared by the Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association, this week's Grits reader poll asks, "Should Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Sharon Keller be sanctioned for refusing to accept a 20-minute late death penalty appeal without consulting her colleagues? [read post]
14 Oct 2007, 1:22 am
The new jail in Houston will increase the criminal justice portion of Harris County's budget from 16% to 25% of the total. [read post]
12 Oct 2007, 11:00 pm
The mistrial increases the likelihood that the venue of the retrial will be changed from Harris County. [read post]
12 Oct 2007, 1:00 pm
The Court of Appeals’ decision was discussed in some detail in a previous post on this site captioned “Texas Property Tax: property tax exemptions for affordable housing projects” along with a subsequent decision by the same Court of Appeals that reached exactly the opposite result on the same legal issue but different facts, Harris County Appraisal District and Harris County Appraisal Review Board v. [read post]
12 Oct 2007, 4:53 am
As I said yesterday, the Harris County Criminal Lawyers' Association will be filing a complaint against Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Sharon Keller for barring the courthouse doors to Michael Richard's lawyers, preventing them from getting a stay of execution from the U.S. [read post]
11 Oct 2007, 11:04 pm
The Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association plans to file its own complaint with the Commission on Judicial Misconduct against Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Sharon Keller, reports Mark Bennett at Defending People.Writes Bennett, "When Sharon Keller barred the courthouse doors to lawyers for Michael Richard, she killed Mr. [read post]
11 Oct 2007, 9:00 pm
Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal apologized for the wrongful conviction, which arose in connection with the crime lab's erroneous claim that no semen was found on the bedsheet involved in the rape. [read post]
11 Oct 2007, 11:57 am
The Harris County Criminal Lawyers' Association is going to be filing a complaint against Judge Keller with the Commission on Judicial Conduct on Monday. [read post]
10 Oct 2007, 6:05 am
Harris County District Attorney Chuck Rosenthal apologized to Taylor in court Tuesday, and several council members echoed his regret. [read post]
8 Oct 2007, 2:04 am
(See Grits' 2005 series on Harris County jail overcrowding.) [read post]
8 Oct 2007, 1:40 am
This morning (right now, actually, thanks to the wonders of Verizon wireless broadband) I'm in state district court in one of the counties adjoining Harris County. [read post]
